Re: I don’t think that lemon juice bleaches hair.

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Posted by Alison on March 13, 2004 at 14:22:46:

In reply to: I don’t think that lemon juice bleaches hair. posted by Faery Ring on March 13, 2004 at 13:34:25:

: 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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