How to lighten hair with hydrogen peroxide

Lightening hair in a salon is considered an expensive procedure, so many girls are looking for an alternative. Hydrogen peroxide is an excellent option, with the help of improvised means you will add saturation to the hair, lighten it and emphasize the color depth. In order to carry out the procedure without harming the hair, you need to follow all the recommendations. Consider the steps in order.

Preparation for lightening hair with peroxide

1. 15-20 days before the procedure, begin full-scale care for the hair. Do not be lazy to prepare nourishing and moisturizing masks, get serums and sprays to facilitate combing. If your hair is already dyed, do not buy products that support color. Otherwise, the result of clarification with peroxide will greatly surprise you.
2. You can not dye your hair 2 weeks before the procedure, so that subsequently the unwanted shade does not come out.
3. Use products without sulfates, SLS and parabens, buy products on a natural basis. Prefer shampoos, balms, serums and masks, which contain at least 75% of medicinal plants. They nourish the hair, prevent cross-section and smooth the scales.
4. Limit the use of appliances operating at high temperatures. These include a hairdryer, a curling iron, an iron, a hair dryer.
5. Temporarily stop covering the strands with varnish, apply gel, wax, mousse and foam.
6. Get in the pharmacy ampoules of vitamins A, E. Every day in the evenings, rub the composition into the hair roots and leave for half an hour.
7. Before the procedure, change into old clothes or cover your shoulders with a towel.
8. Do not neglect the use of gloves. They are sold at any cosmetic store. Otherwise, there is a high risk of damage to the skin of the hands with bleaching components.

Technology of dyeing hair with hydrogen peroxide

Prepare all necessary tools and materials in advance.

First of all, you will need a solution of hydrogen peroxide (3%). In no case do not buy a drug with a higher concentration, otherwise the hair will become brittle and begin to fall out.

Take care of the dispenser bottle. It is sold in pharmacies and hardware stores. If your bottle is empty, wash it and use it.

To lighten hair, you will need: hairdresser clips or flat hairpins; crabs for medium-sized hair; cosmetic swabs or cotton pads; terry towel; crest with wide and sparse teeth; rubber or plastic gloves.

1. Wash your hair with shampoo and balm a few hours before pre-clarification with peroxide. Allow the strands to dry naturally, so they stay hydrated longer. It is necessary to wash all subcutaneous fat, dust and dirt so that they do not react with the drug.
2. After complete drying, comb the strands with a wooden comb, start from the tips, gradually moving to the root zone.
3. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon, dilute it with 400 ml. warm water and rinse the strands. Leave the composition for 5 minutes, then rinse.
4. Dry your hair with a towel, without twisting it and without massaging it in a circular motion, gently collect excess moisture.
5. To understand how much peroxide solution you need, you need to conduct a test. Separate a thin strand in the area that is least visible. Put on gloves, take a cosmetic swab and dip it in peroxide. Cover the curl with the composition, wait 25 minutes. Rinse with cold water and evaluate the result of clarification.
6. Now separate the hair with two straight partings. Move from the temples to the back of the head.Fix 2 sections with clips or hairpins, leave one loose.
7. Divide the part with which staining begins, into 10 curls. Nine of them are killed with crabs so as not to interfere.
8. It's time to start applying peroxide. Put on gloves, pour the solution into the bottle with the dispenser, shake a little. Take one strand from the section, put it on your hand and spray peroxide over the entire surface. Comb with a comb to distribute the composition evenly. Stitch the strand with a hairdresser clip at the root zone.
9. Do the same with each curl from the section. For convenience, you can wrap the strands in foil and not pin them with crabs. Repeat with each subsequent part.
10. Leave the peroxide on your hair, wait about half an hour. Depending on how much you want to lighten, you can control the exposure time. Girls with chestnut and chocolate shades should increase the interval to 40 minutes, light-brown ladies, on the contrary, reduce it. Come from the test that you conducted on a separate curl.
11. To check the result, dissolve one strand and rinse off the peroxide from a small area. If the result did not satisfy you, hold the mixture again. The more abundant the amount of applied solution, the more intense the clarification will be.
12. Peroxide is washed off in contrast. First turn on cool, then warm water. Carefully remove the solution from each strand, otherwise the procedure will continue. Rinse your hair with shampoo, use a balm and make a mask.
13. Treat the curls with a towel, leave them to dry naturally. After a few hours, make the necessary styling.
14. If the result is insufficient, repeat the procedure after 2 days. Girls with dark hair will need 3-4 sessions, this must be taken into account.
15. Lightening will take place effectively and evenly if you make it in several stages, and do not immediately use the entire bottle.

When clarifying with peroxide, it is important to observe safety precautions. Always wear gloves; do not allow the product to get on the mucous membranes of the eyes. Take care of your hair, make nourishing masks every 2 days, buy a spray to maintain color. After shampooing, always apply balm. Do not get carried away with wax, mousse and styling gel.

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