How to Make Homemade Hair Bleach

While no homemade recipe will bleach jet-black hair to platinum blond, there are a number of ingredients you can use to give your hair highlights or a softer, lighter color. These ingredients are simple to use and are probably already in your home.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Lemon juice (either real or bottled)
• Peroxide
• Chamomile flowers

1. After shampooing, rinse your hair with 1 cup of lemon juice. Make sure to work the lemon juice completely through your hair. Sit in the sunshine for at least 15 to 30 minutes or until your hair is dry.

2. Highlight your hair by using a comb to saturate only the desired areas with lemon juice. As in the step above, expose your hair to sunlight until dry.

3. Mix 1/4 cup of peroxide with water. Rinse your hair with the mixture and let it dry before determining if the mix has stripped the natural hair color light enough. If not, increase the amount of peroxide with water to 1/2 cup and repeat the procedure.

4. You can achieve gradual effects on lighter hair by using a brew of chamomile flowers and water. Boil several cups of water and pour over 1/2 cup of flowers. Allow to cool and then use as a rinse.

Tips & Warnings

• Do a test sample first to make sure the method you have chosen will work with your hair. Cut a small sample of hair and immerse in the mixture for 10 minutes. Remove and let dry to see the results.
• Never use household bleach in an attempt to lighten your hair color. Household bleach can cause serious damage to both your hair and your scalp.