Hair Lightening Shampoo

[Daydreamer.]

My mother wants to lighten her hair for the summer. While shopping for her hair dye, I saw Grisi Ricitos de Oro Chamomile Shampoo. It claims to lighten hair. Has anyone tried it? If so, what were your results? Here's a link to it: http://www.amazon.com/Ricitos-Oro-Hypoallergenic-Chamomile-Manzanilla/dp/B0039W0C5O/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1465033548&sr=8-1&keywords=Ricitos+shampoo

[lapushka]

Is she a blonde or a brunette?

John Frieda has a new product in their line for brunettes to lighten hair slightly. It comes with a "dye/bleach" (one product) and a shampoo and conditioner.
http://www.johnfrieda.com/en-US/ProductDetail/Hair-Care/Brilliant-Brunette/Visibly-Brighter-In-Shower-Lightening-Treatment

[meteor]

I haven't tried Grisi Ricitos De Oro Chamomile Shampoo, but looking at the ingredients list, I'd say it should work similarly to a chamomile rinse - i.e. staining hair temporarily with more warm, golden colors, which can give overall brighter look, if the hair is light enough. I don't think it would work very well on very dark brown shades, for example, but should work on dark blondes, I would imagine...

Ingredients Grisi Ricitos De Oro Chamomile Shampoo: Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Chamomile Extract, Coconut DEA, Fragrance, DMDM Hydantoin, Tetrasodium-EDTA, Poliquaternium 10, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Natural Color
http://www.kmart.com/grisi-ricitos-de-oro-shampoo-with-manzanilla-tear/p-038W032531611001P

As for the John Frieda Visibly Brighter In-Shower Lightening Treatment, it works because of peroxide, which is damaging, of course. (By the way, John Frieda Go Blonder Controlled Lightening Spray (http://www.johnfrieda.com/en-US/ProductDetail/Hair-Care/Sheer-Blonde/Go-Blonder-Controlled-Lightening-Spray#/ingredients/) is also a peroxide-based spray.) Personally, I'd just get a few strategically placed blonde highlights via foils or freehand balayage over a heavy coconut oil soak or wih Olaplex to help buffer some damage. Depending on peroxide vol. you use, you may be getting better results quicker with even less damage this way. But that's just me. :flower:

Ingredients of John Frieda In-Shower Lightening Treatment: WATER, DECYL GLUCOSIDE, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE, MINERAL OIL, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, ETHANOLAMINE, FRAGRANCE, ACRYLATES/BEHENETH-25 METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER, POLYQUATERNIUM-7, GLYCERIN, MYRISTYL ALCOHOL, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, TETRASODIUM EDTA, ETIDRONIC ACID, PHOSPHORIC ACID, ACETAMINOPHEN, SALICYLIC ACID, HONEY EXTRACT, BENZYL ALCOHOL, CALENDULA OFFICINALIS FLOWER EXTRACT, SALVIA OFFICINALIS (SAGE) LEAF EXTRACT, CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACT
http://www.johnfrieda.com/en-US/ProductDetail/Hair-Care/Brilliant-Brunette/Visibly-Brighter-In-Shower-Lightening-Treatment#/ingredients/

[Daydreamer.]

Is she a blonde or a brunette? John Frieda has a new product in their line for brunettes to lighten hair slightly. It comes with a "dye/bleach" (one product) and a shampoo and conditioner. http://www.johnfrieda.com/en-US/ProductDetail/Hair-Care/Brilliant-Brunette/Visibly-Brighter-In-Shower-Lightening-Treatment She has brown hair that is dyed an auburn color.

[Daydreamer.]

I haven't tried Grisi Ricitos De Oro Chamomile Shampoo, but looking at the ingredients list, I'd say it should work similarly to a chamomile rinse - i.e. staining hair temporarily with more warm, golden colors, which can give overall brighter look, if the hair is light enough. I don't think it would work very well on very dark brown shades, for example, but should work on dark blondes, I would imagine... Ingredients Grisi Ricitos De Oro Chamomile Shampoo: Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Chamomile Extract, Coconut DEA, Fragrance, DMDM Hydantoin, Tetrasodium-EDTA, Poliquaternium 10, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Natural Color http://www.kmart.com/grisi-ricitos-de-oro-shampoo-with-manzanilla-tear/p-038W032531611001P As for the John Frieda Visibly Brighter In-Shower Lightening Treatment, it works because of peroxide, which is damaging, of course. (By the way, John Frieda Go Blonder Controlled Lightening Spray (http://www.johnfrieda.com/en-US/ProductDetail/Hair-Care/Sheer-Blonde/Go-Blonder-Controlled-Lightening-Spray#/ingredients/) is also a peroxide-based spray.) Personally, I'd just get a few strategically placed blonde highlights via foils or freehand balayage over a heavy coconut oil soak or wih Olaplex to help buffer some damage. Depending on peroxide vol. you use, you may be getting better results quicker with even less damage this way. But that's just me. :flower: Ingredients of John Frieda In-Shower Lightening Treatment: WATER, DECYL GLUCOSIDE, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE, MINERAL OIL, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, ETHANOLAMINE, FRAGRANCE, ACRYLATES/BEHENETH-25 METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER, POLYQUATERNIUM-7, GLYCERIN, MYRISTYL ALCOHOL, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, TETRASODIUM EDTA, ETIDRONIC ACID, PHOSPHORIC ACID, ACETAMINOPHEN, SALICYLIC ACID, HONEY EXTRACT, BENZYL ALCOHOL, CALENDULA OFFICINALIS FLOWER EXTRACT, SALVIA OFFICINALIS (SAGE) LEAF EXTRACT, CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACT http://www.johnfrieda.com/en-US/ProductDetail/Hair-Care/Brilliant-Brunette/Visibly-Brighter-In-Shower-Lightening-Treatment#/ingredients/ Thanks for your detailed response. I'll let her know.

[lapushka]

She has brown hair that is dyed an auburn color.

Then I think the John Frieda product might not be bad, but the other one you mentioned is milder and might not give as big of a change. Search YT for this product by Frieda, and some vids will pop up of people trying it. I'll give you one. It is in Dutch, though. The girl on the left will be doing the darkening treatment, while the girl on the right will be doing the lightening treatment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nfALVn34JA

[Nightamin]

Then I think the John Frieda product might not be bad, but the other one you mentioned is milder and might not give as big of a change. Search YT for this product by Frieda, and some vids will pop up of people trying it. I'll give you one. It is in Dutch, though. The girl on the left will be doing the darkening treatment, while the girl on the right will be doing the lightening treatment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nfALVn34JA

Sorry to hijack an old-ish thread, but.. I just so happen to have the John Frieda In-Shower lightening treatment, I've used a Sun-In type product occasionally on my hair heavily oiled with coconut oil to minimise damage -- could I apply coconut oil overnight and then put the treatment over top, or would it prevent it from working? :confused:

[Nightamin]

It works! If anyone ends up wondering, the treatment does lather up, however I don't really know at what point it worked i.e. upon application or upon lathering it up/adding water. In any case, the coconut oil is effective. :)