Lighten Hair Color

The Best Hair Color for Pigmentation

You're not the first girl to swoon over the hair color you see on a box of dye, then feel mortified when you see how your own locks turn out with the dye. Giving your hair a different pigment involves more than squirting hair dye into your...

How to Lighten Your Hair Color & Braids

Lightening and braiding your hair are two processes that can do serious damage to your tresses, so be extra careful when doing both – otherwise, you'll be left with a head of dry, light-colored frizz. But as long as you play it safe and take...

How to Lighten My Red Roots

Red roots either occur naturally -- if you're a natural redhead and you need a touch-up -- or through color error. The reasons roots stay warm and rosy while the rest of your hair lightens perfectly are almost always the same: the heat from your...

How to Lighten the Color of Lipstick

There's nothing more frustrating than finding what you think is the perfect shade of lipstick, only to discover that it's too dark or the wrong tone. No one wants to spend hard-earned money to look like Elvira's twin sister. Of course, you can...

Shampoos to Lighten Hair Color

Shampoos that lighten hair color alter the color molecules in your mane to brighten the pigments you want and cover up those you don't. They work gradually, so they're not a one-shot deal. You will definitely notice the impact after one wash....

Does Sun Exposure Affect the Color of Your Hair by Lightening It?

You just spent $80 at the salon getting your hair altered to the perfect shade and now you’re ready to hit the beach and show off your beautiful, shining mane. But, like Cinderella’s embellishments at the stroke of midnight, the...

Bleaching or Lightening for Colored & Dyed Hair

Going lighter with your hair color looks and feels great -- as long as hair stays healthy. Most women lost their virgin hair long ago, so dousing your tresses with peroxide, a key ingredient in almost all lighteners, might seem like a lot of hair...

Hair Lightening & Hair Coloring Facts

Lightening or changing your hair color can be an instant charisma booster. It can make you feel younger, sexier and more vibrant. Changing your natural locks to another shade is one of the fastest ways of transforming yourself, whether you do it...

What Homemade Items Can Help Lighten Hair Color?

Whether you want to kick up your natural blond color by lightening it a few shades or you're ready to lighten your naturally dark locks, everyday items will help you effectively lighten that mane. Most can be found around the home and those that...

How to Lighten the Hair After a Color Rinse

Whether you've had a color mishap at the salon or you went a little too dark dyeing your hair at home, lightening a color rinse takes patience and perseverance. Color rinses deposit hair dye onto the hair's cuticle. They're designed to stick...

How to Lighten & Color My Hair

If you have dark color or red undertones in your hair and want to change its color -- hey, you're not stuck with what Mother Nature gives you -- then you definitely need to use some bleach to strip your hair first. By bleaching your hair, then...

How to Correctly Use Prell When You're Wanting to Lighten Your Hair Color

You shell out a small fortune for a pro dye job only to come out of the salon in tears. If the color is too dark, don't panic. Remember that bottle of Prell shampoo your Grandma always had in the shower? Pick some up and use it to tone down your...

How to Use a Conditioner to Lighten the Color of Hair Dye

It can happen to the best of us. You head to the salon with a gorgeous image of sultry, dark locks in mind and step out with -- oh, you don't even want to talk about it. If your dye job came out way darker than expected and you're not sure how...

How do I Lighten Hair That Was Colored Too Dark?

If you've ever whipped off a towel on your head, ready to appreciate your newly dyed locks, only to find that your "Auburn Sunshine" is more like "Midnight Black", then you know the sinking, gut-wrenching feeling that is "hair panic." Before you...

How to Get Hair Dye to Lighten

Oh girl, you need to lighten up! Your hair is much too dark. Whether intentional or not, that color is not going away without a fight. You no doubt already tried to recolor it without success. No matter how hopeless it may seem now, there is a...

How to Lighten Hair With Lemon Juice & a Blow Dryer

Sometimes you just need a little pick-me-up without spending a fortune. One of the quickest and easiest ways to fight winter blahs or celebrate summer's first sunshine is to lighten up! Your hair, that is. Natural hair lightening is quick and...

How to Lighten Hair Color With Dreadlocks

Dreadlocks, sometimes affectionately referred to as "sex hair," are made of small knots that become tightened and matted together. A common misconception is that dreads are stinky and by default all-natural, but in fact they can (and should be)...