Re: Would this be a good mix? (first time)
Posted by Alison on December 6, 2004 at 18:12:49:
In reply to: Re: Would this be a good mix? (first time) posted by Katherine on December 6, 2004 at 15:15:05:
: : : Your mixes sound fine, but you're quite ambitious if you think: you
: : : can get any noticable lightening with lemon juice and sun or
heat
: : in
: : : one day. Lightening with lemon takes weeks, in my experience.
: :
: : Thanks for telling me! I didn't know that. Did it damage your
hair?
:
: Hi, Elizabeth - I seem to be a bit of a rarity, but I find with the
: lemon juice, the problem isn't hair damage - it is skin damage! I
got
: a very nasty dermatitis from it, my first time round, including
where
: I had inadvertently splashed some on my breast during application.
It
: has taken over three months to heal. I hasten to add that I seem
to
: be in a very small minority, but others have mentioned itching as
an
: apparent result of using lemon juice. So the caveat is to do a
patch
: test with it [as one is supposed to do with hair dyes] before any
: further work. If you already know that you have no sensitivity to
it -
: carry on!
The lemon juice never seemed to bother my skin so much, but it did
make my hair sort of straw-like while I was using it. I would shower
and comb the lj in while my hair was wet, and it would be sort of
crunchy afterwards. But, when I stopped using it, my hair was normal
again, just a bit dry for a while. It was not a highly effective way
of doing things, and so then I turned to peroxide. :/
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