Does lemon juice really lighten blonde hair?

[Tilllly]

In the sun?

Or is that just one of the stupid things I tried as a teenager

Nah. My friend with gorgeous, long mid-blonde hair tried it on holiday once in Spain - sat in the sun all day with it on. Result: sticky mess. 😂

That def sounds like my teens in the 90's. Along with a bottle of Sun-In 😂

It worked for me. I'm not a true blonde, but it lightened my hair so much that it was obvious when it was growing out.

@HonoriaLucastaDelagardie Did it really dry your hair out?

I think it to quickens the effects of sun on your hair, so I'd assume that it would make it straw like?

No but it dries the absolute fuck out of it, irritates the scalp (and face) and makes you smell like burnt marmelade.

Like a blonde haystack.

So basically no...,🤣

What about wet hair drying in the sun?

Did it really dry your hair out?

I don't recall that it did, but it was a long time ago. I only did it once, as I recall.

My hair always does go lighter in the summer, but the lemon juice really made a difference. One of my friends was convinced I had actually dyed it blonde.

I remember using Sun In as a teenager and ending up with orange hair
I do remember having more success with chamomile shampoo though and have just googled it and confirmed that it is indeed a natural lightening agent.

All I can think of with lemon juice is the number of wasps you'd be attracting at the moment!

Oh my god. I'd successfully wiped the memory of my summer with the massive Sun-In stripe until now.

"With lemon" so it was "natural"...

I think it did (it was a long time ago) but not in a good way.
Mind you, it wasn't as bad as Sun-in

It worked for me. I have dark brown hair. In the 80s I sunbathed with coconut oil on my skin and lemon juice on my hair. I ended up very tanned with coppery streaks in my long hair. I didn't attract any wasps.

Sun in made me look like crystal tipps

My mum bought this groundbreaking leave in conditioner from Avon (one touch???) and it was still o few days before it didn't feel like a Brillo pad