Many of us don’t know the best kept beauty secret that is the use of lemon juice for lightening hair color. Lemon juice works great on blonde hair that need to be kept lighter in tone.Squeeze juice from 8 lemons of you have long hair and 4 lemons if you have medium to short hair.

Apply the juice evenly on your hair. Take care to spread the juice on your parting lines, top of the hair and roots. You don’t have to rub the juice on the scalp though no harm will be done if you do so.

Let the juice remain in your hair for at least 60 minutes. You can spend this time by sitting in the sun. Don’t prolong this time because the acids present in lemon juice will get oxidized in the presence of sun and might make your hair brittle. Even when sitting in the sun with lemon juice on choose a place where you aren’t directly exposed to sun’s light. After an hour rinse the lemon juice off from your hair using plain cold water.

Once you have washed off the lemon juice completely from your hair apply a conditioner. This will keep your hair from becoming too dry.

You can apply lemon juice on your hair and take a sun bath as many times as you want in a week. The key lies in repeating it often. It will take about four weeks before you start noticing a visible difference in the color of your hair.If your hair becomes too dry after repeated use of lemon juice then you are doing the process too often. If you continue with it you will end up having bleached out too much of your natural color from your hair.

Your hair texture will also improve with your hair looking and feeling soft and shiny. The process of lightening your hair using lemon juice is a lengthy but natural and as effective as getting highlights from a professional treatment.

Lemon juice treatment for hair lightening is meant only for blondes. Red haired women and brunettes will not get any visible results. Also, if you have had your hair chemically treated recently or if your hair has been exposed to chlorine then you must avoid using lemon juice. Lemon juice in conjunction with chemicals or chlorine might end up damaging your hair beyond repair.