How to lighten hair with hydrogen peroxide

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

Preparing to lighten the hair with peroxide

1. 15-20 days before the procedure, begin a full-scale care for hair. Do not be lazy to prepare nourishing and moisturizing masks, get serums and sprays to facilitate combing. If your hair is already colored, do not buy products that support color. Otherwise, the result of clarification with peroxide will surprise you greatly.
2. You can not dye your hair for 2 weeks before the procedure, so that later the undesirable 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 hair, prevent cross-section and smooth scales.
4. Limit the use of devices operating at high temperatures. These include hair dryer, curling iron, iron, thermal rollers.
5. Temporarily stop coating the strands with varnish, applying 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 in any cosmetic store. Otherwise, there is a high risk of damaging the skin of the hands with whitening ingredients.

Hydrogen Peroxide Hair Dyeing Technology

Prepare all the necessary tools and materials in advance.

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

Take care of the availability of the dispenser bottle.It is sold in a pharmacy, hardware and gardening stores. If you have an empty bottle lying around at home, wash it and use it.

To lighten the hair will need: hair clips or flat hairpins; medium sized hair crabs; cosmetic tampons or cotton pads; terry towel; comb with wide and sparse teeth; rubber or polyethylene gloves.

1. A few hours before lightening with peroxide, wash your hair with shampoo and balsam. Allow the strands to dry naturally, as they stay hydrated longer. All subcutaneous fat, dust and dirt must be cleaned so that they do not react with the preparation.
2. After complete drying, comb the strands with a wooden comb, start from the tips, gradually moving towards 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 the hair with a towel, not twisting them and not massaging in a circular motion, gently collect excess moisture.
5. To understand what amount of peroxide solution you need, you need to conduct a test.Separate the thin strand in the area that is least visible. Put on gloves, take a cosmetic swab and dip it in peroxide. Cover the composition of the curl, wait 25 minutes. Rinse with cold water and evaluate the result of clarification.
6. Now separate the hair in two straight partings. Move from the temples to the nape. Fix 2 sections with clips or barrettes, leave one uncovered.
7. Divide the part from which staining begins, by 10 curls. Nine of them slam 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 the peroxide over the entire surface. Comb with a comb to distribute the composition evenly. Pin a strand with a hairdresser's clip near the root zone.
9. Do the same with each section of curl. For convenience, you can wrap the strands with foil and do not stab with crabs. Repeat with each subsequent part.
10. Leave peroxide on the hair, wait about half an hour. Depending on how much you want to lighten up, you can control the exposure time.Girls with brown and chocolate shades should increase the interval to 40 minutes, light-blond women, on the contrary, should be reduced. Proceed from the test that you conducted on a separate curl.
11. To check the result, dissolve one strand and wash the peroxide from a small area. If you are not satisfied with the result, hold the mixture again. The more abundant the amount of the applied solution, the more intense the clarification will be.
12. Peroxide is washed off contrast. First turn on the 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 curls with a towel, leave them to dry naturally. After a few hours make the desired styling.
14. If the result was insufficient, repeat the procedure after 2 days. Girls with dark hair will need 3-4 sessions, this should be taken into account.
15. Lightening will take place efficiently and evenly if you make it in several stages, and not immediately use the entire bottle.

When peroxide clarification is important to observe precautions. Always wear gloves.Do not allow any contact with the mucous membranes of the eyes Take care of your hair, 1 time in 2 days make nourishing masks, buy a spray to maintain color. After shampooing your hair, always apply balm. Do not get carried away with wax, mousse and styling gel.

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