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How To Add Highlights To Your Hair Naturally

You can add highlights to your hair naturally, without stepping foot into a salon. I’m going to give you several tips on how to do it. But first we need to talk about who can get away with this and who can’t. If you hair is blonde right now, well, you won’t have to work very hard to add some highlights to your hair. But if you hair is on the darker side as you read this, you will need to work a little harder and expect a little less from this money saving process.

If your hair is medium to light brown or blonde, here is what you can do to add highlights to your hair naturally. Begin by finding a clean spray bottle. Make sure you write on the front of it with a permanent marker, something like, Lemon spray or Sun Highlight Spray.

Now you will want to create a mixture of 1 part lemon juice and 3 parts water. You can easily do this by using a 2 cup measuring cup. Just look at the measurements on the side and do the following. Fill it to the ½ cup mark with pure Lemon juice. Without dumping that out yet, go to your water source and fill the measuring cup with 1-1/2 cups of water. At this point your measuring cup should be showing the liquid at the 2 cup measurement line. Grab your spray bottle and pour the contents into it. Put the lid on securely and shake it up for a few seconds. That’s it! Now it’s time to put it on your hair.

There are many options to how you apply this to your hair. The most important thing is to do so before going out into the sun. The sun is going to boost the process of achieving natural highlights much faster than if you spray it on and sit in front of the TV for an hour or so. Simply comb or brush your hair smooth before spraying the solution on.

You can apply this to your hair before you leave the house, or take it with you. By taking it with you, you can spritz your hair throughout your day at the beach or beside the swimming pool. Plus, you’ll be smelling very sweet to everyone who walks by!

For a super natural looking head of highlights you can one of the following. Braid your long hair into two French braids, one on each side of your head. Or, just one long, thick braid down the back is fine to. By doing this, you are hiding some of your hair from this process, while exposing some of it to the sun and lemon juice. You can get a really nice “foiled highlight” look by doing this very simple hair style. If you can’t French braid, or braid your hair – try one big pony tail on top of your head. Time to head out to the sun! Don’t forget to take your spray bottle with you.

While sitting in the sun, you’ll want to spray your hair a few times throughout the afternoon. Make sure you don’t spray it in your eyes – this stuff will sting! If you decide to jump into the water and get your hair wet – you’ll want to reapply the lemon mixture again after drying off a bit. Simply spray it all over, then settle in for some more sun time.

After you get home you’ll want to spend a little extra time on your hair. Even though you didn’t use harsh chemicals, like those used at your salon, you’ll still want to condition your hair. Conditioning your hair makes it shine big time. Plus, you’ve just been in the sun and it will need that extra tender loving care conditioned provides the hair shaft.

Also, don’t grab the hair dryer too quickly. Maybe opt for sitting outside and running your hands through your hair while it dries instead. This should give you extra body while protecting your new highlights.

If you repeat this process a few more times, your natural hightlights should not only be bright and blonde, but shiny and healthy looking.

Just a note to you gals with darker hair. If you choose to do this process, you will probably see more of an auburn highlight result. Don’t expect blonde, as this can only be truly achieved from visiting your salon and using the stronger highlighting chemicals. Be careful, you don’t want to get those bright orange highlights, which can happen to women with darker hair when trying to add highlights to your hair naturally.

So, get to mixing, and braiding, then hit the beach. You’ll be saving money and time and at the same time, changing your hair color. It’s pretty easy to add highlights to your hair naturally. Women have been doing it for hundreds of years, long before there were salons. Have fun and good luck!