Faery, Does lemon juice bleach hair without the sun?


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Posted by Jane on March 13, 2004 at 19:02:02:

In reply to: Re: I don’t think that lemon juice bleaches hair. posted by Alison on March 13, 2004 at 14:22:46:

Faery,
So do I understand you correctly in that you think lemon juice can
bleach hair, even without the aid of the sun?
Jane
: : I have been using a lot of citric acid in my henna mix and it
: doesn’t
: : do a thing to fade my mom’s pitch-black hair. Normal skin and
hair
: : pH is slightly acidic so I wouldn’t worry about the amount of
lemon
: : juice in the henna paste affecting your hair that much.
: :
: : I have heard of the lemon juice and sunlight idea to bleach or
: : lighten hair color but I suspect it is really just the sunlight
: that
: : is doing the work. Has anyone tried soaking some hair in lemon
: juice
: : and comparing the hair color?
:
:
: Yep. The lemon really does help lighten, but not when I mix it
with
: stuff, like henna.

 


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