View Full Version : I don't know if this has been asked before, but I'm going to ask anyway
BeccaAngel
March 12th, 2011, 02:04 PM
Whats more damaging to your hair, the sun or chemical lighteners? My guess is the chemicals but whats your opinion? :)
enfys
March 12th, 2011, 02:08 PM
It would depend on exposure I would imagine. UV light breaks down just abut everything natural in the end, so one chemical lightening could do less damage than five years daily high sun exposure. Avoiding both is probably the safest bet!
Are you looking to lighten your hair? There are threads about honey and cinnamon lightening in the herbal section that you may find useful.
BeccaAngel
March 12th, 2011, 02:14 PM
It would depend on exposure I would imagine. UV light breaks down just abut everything natural in the end, so one chemical lightening could do less damage than five years daily high sun exposure. Avoiding both is probably the safest bet!
Are you looking to lighten your hair? There are threads about honey and cinnamon lightening in the herbal section that you may find useful.
My natural is coming in which is a light brown, but I don't want to damage it if I don't have to. So far I'm just growing it out, once in a while i get tired of looking at the darker brown and waiting for my natural colour to come in. So I sometimes want to change that but I don't want to damage it and I dont want to make it blonde or orange. I most definately dont want to cut it off because I'm loving my length. So wish me luck and any advice would be great!:)
McFearless
March 12th, 2011, 05:02 PM
Like enfys said you could try honey lightening on your darker ends. I do think dyes damage the hair more but I haven't really experienced damage from sun exposure.
ScarlettAdelle
March 12th, 2011, 05:57 PM
Both are damaging, but chemical lightening is by far worse. I've never seen a girl in tears because the sun gave her a haircut. The same cannot be said about chemical lighteners.
rena
March 12th, 2011, 05:57 PM
I would equally not reccomend either. The sun fries it and destroys the part of the hair that makes it slip against itself, and the chemicals suck out moisture, as far as I know.
enfys
March 12th, 2011, 05:57 PM
My natural is coming in which is a light brown, but I don't want to damage it if I don't have to. So far I'm just growing it out, once in a while i get tired of looking at the darker brown and waiting for my natural colour to come in. So I sometimes want to change that but I don't want to damage it and I dont want to make it blonde or orange. I most definately dont want to cut it off because I'm loving my length. So wish me luck and any advice would be great!:)
So the darker shade is just dye? Investigate Color Oops or Colour B4; I am pretty sure therr have been threads on them. They are meant to remove dye which may be all you need.
I don't think regular sun exposure is too bad, but purposeful, lengthy sessions may as a minimum frazzle your hair a bit.
ScarlettAdelle
March 12th, 2011, 06:00 PM
So the darker shade is just dye? Investigate Color Oops or Colour B4; I am pretty sure therr have been threads on them. They are meant to remove dye which may be all you need.
Be sure to account for the fact that most colors, even if you're going darker, lift before they deposit color. Your hair will not be the same color it was prior to coloring, even if every artificial color molecule is removed. You may have to dye back to your natural color.
BeccaAngel
March 14th, 2011, 12:17 PM
So the darker shade is just dye? Investigate Color Oops or Colour B4; I am pretty sure therr have been threads on them. They are meant to remove dye which may be all you need.
I don't think regular sun exposure is too bad, but purposeful, lengthy sessions may as a minimum frazzle your hair a bit.
Actually I just recently used color oops and even though the dye isn't gone my hair has been lightened up quite a bit. So thanks for the advice and information.:)
RitaCeleste
March 14th, 2011, 12:43 PM
Ion makes a good color remover you can get at Sally's. It says do it twice if you still have dye to remove. I found the color remover to be way less damaging than trying to chemically lighten it back up. I still damaged my hair because I tried to turn black cherry back to red with a 30 developer before I bought the color stripper. Then of course I had to add the red back and all I had was 20 developer....Now I'm stuck using deep conditioners, hair oil and a reconstructor occasionally. My hair is doing way better but its expensive and time consuming. Chemicals do the most damage. Color does less damage to my porous hair than a perm, but over time it seems to be catching up.
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