Sun-In Hair Lightener, Lemon, 4.7 Ounce

I have used Sun In for many years on and off. I recently was using the Tropical Breeze variety and it worked great on my dark brown hair. I didn't even realize how much lighter my hair was getting until I compared pictures from before I started using Sun In and after. The Lemon kind is fine as well. Some say the Tropical Breeze has more peroxide and is "stronger". I haven't really noticed much difference between the two. I spray Sun In on my dry hair and just leave it in. I don't even blow dry it or go in the sun half the time. Sometimes, I spray it and blow dry. When it gets warmer, I will certainly go out in the sun with Sun In in my hair because that will speed up the lightening. I like lighter brown hair but it gets damaged when my stylist does it. I get no damage when using Sun In. It's gradual but that's fine with me. It looks natural too. The only thing is that I don't really get highlights. I get all over lightening. It's probably because I don't spray just a few strands separately but just spray it wherever. Obviously where I spray, it will lighten. I have seen pictures of black haired women going blond just from Sun In but that wouldn't happen with me. It just takes me down a few shades which is all I want. In all, it's a cheap and easy way to lighten even dark hair. I have had my hair professionally highlighted and still used Sun In to brighten my look. It CAN turn a bit brassy at times. I recently dyed over my hair with a dark blonde hair color which toned down the brassiness but didn't lighten my hair overall since you can't go from dark to light without bleaching or peroxide. So now, whenever I see that my hair is looking a little yellow or brassy, I will just dye it with the dark blond and I am good to go. I'm pleased with the product and have been for decades. NOTE: The photo I attached is me at my darkest natural color. The second photo is after three bottles of Sun In and sun exposure. It was starting to get brassy so I eventually toned it down but you can see it really does lighten! I do think though that the second picture makes my hair look a bit lighter than it really is. It really depends on the lighting.

awesome product. Does what it claims to do.

I used Sun In back in high school and recently found it again. I'd always used original, and I really like this lemon scent. I wanted to lighten my hair a bit for summer without going too drastic, and this worked perfectly. After three uses I had some nice highlights and a slightly lighter color. My hair is light brown, and at the fourth use it took on more of a reddish tinge. I love that it kept my hair feeling soft and not over-processed or dry/brittle. It was easy to use as well - spritz damp hair and either blow dry it or head out into the summer heat, and voila. I'd definitely buy again.

I like it!

I absolutely love this product! I use it to lighten my natural ashy brown hair. My hair is now a lightish brown and I love the natural highlight in my hair. I have noticed no damage to my hair. But I don't use it everyday. If I did I'm positive I'd eventually become platinum blonde. I haven't dyed my hair in years and started using it on virgin hair. I eventually became bored with my hair and wanted to lighten/change the color of my hair with little to no damage. (it took me too long to get long and healthy hair to just mess it, I've grown too attached to it quite frankly) My hair is wavy and the best time to put it in ur hairs is when you hair is still damp from the shower. To evenly distribute the product in your hair, while still damp (towel dry) spray as much or little as you want and then brush it through your hair while still damp/wet. Then after your hair is brushed either blow dry or lay out in the sun. For me, to get extra results after I blow dried my hair, I spray more in areas that I want lighten or all over (just light sprits) then I use a hair straightener. It leaves my hair extra shiny and smooth as well as lightens faster than just blow drying by itself. Though I don't do this very often because I know that heat from blow drying or straightening your hair is damaging, so when I do I put coconut oil serum in conjunction to using Sun In in my hair to help protect it from damage. The great thing is though is the coconut oil serum didn't interfere with the Sun In lightening effects.

Does not work

I am naturally dirty blonde with long hair. I use to get highlights every couple of months and it got so ridiculously expensive, I stopped 6 years ago and haven't had my hair professional highlighted since. My sisters and I put lemon juice in our hair during the summer and I am very happy that I found a product that provides the same highlights, if not better, year around. Winter time is always tough because my hair gets darker and I'm tempted to go to the salon, but with this product, I will never be tempted again! I think the trick to this product is to start slow, very slow. I purchased a bottle of the tropical and started with spraying a little on my fingers and adding it to a few strands around my face because I was afraid that it would damage my hair or turn it a funky color. I would do this every other time before I would blow dry my hair, and I really liked the results. No damage and no strange, unnatural color - I also should mention I use this when my hair is towel dried before blow drying. I then got a little braver and started to directily spray it on small sections on the top of my hair, framing my face and then running my fingers through that section to distrubute it. I didn't saturate with the philosophy that less is more. The top half of my hair is now really, really blonde and I am asked all the time if I get my hair high lighted. When I reply with Sun In, people usually do not believe me. I really did not use very much each time, and one bottle lasted my a year and a half. I was shocked it lasted me that long. It is a very good investment for the price. Now my next step is the under layer of my hair. It has gotten significantly darker now that it is January and there is a definate difference in color from the top layer of my hair. I've started to spray about 3-5 times around my bottom layer, towards the roots, and I am fairly confident that I will get the desired results. Through my experience, the key to this product is patience, patience, patience - less is more! I have always heard negative things about Sun In my whole life, but all of those myths are busted. I ordered one in lemon and one in tropical and that should last me a few years. I'm very glad I took that chance and started to use this product and I really hope they never stop selling it!

This stuff is fantastic. You do, though, need to use it carefully. I have medium blond hair that used to get almost white in the summer when I was a child. After a brush with skin cancer I now avoid the sun altogether. I missed my light blond though and after much trepidation, decided to try this. I've read many negative reports where people's hair turned orange. It certainly isn't for everyone. I started very slowly with just one strand of hair. After not really noticing any change after several days, I started with all over my hair. I really used just a little and dried it with a blow dryer. Slowly my hair lightened nicely with some streaks and variations as well. Now I just do the roots about once a month. My hair was getting dried out but probably more from the blow-drying than the Sun-in. I've stopped blow drying except the one time a month I use the Sun-in and my hair has recovered nicely. As for all the hair dressers that warn against this stuff: They make huge bucks coloring hair. Of course they hate an alternative that costs a few dollars. Just start really slowly on a small strand of hair to be sure you won't be one of the one's who hair goes more orange than blond.

Me gusto realmente aclara, gradual. Me gusto, solo hay que usar productos hidratantes después.

I just received it but I know from previous use it works well. Order came fast.

OK, it dries the hair but the result is worth it, I love it, used to buy it all the time when it was still sold in stores, nice blonde color

Me encantó, es muy natural y me aclara el pelo súper bien

I used this product twice and I already achieved the results, guys it’s really worked on my dark hair and I am really happy, I heard many people telling don’t use this product because it will damage hai but in my experience i am telling you should know how to use it, don’t use it every day and don’t leave it on you hair for long time, I applied on wet hair and sat in the sun for 1 hours and washed my hair after 5,6 hours , I just used two times in a week , it’s really worked, thank you 😊