Hair lightening is a process of permanently making the hair lighter than its natural shade by changing the pigment in the cortex layer. Lighteners are alkaline chemicals that are most commonly available as powders or creams.

Different Types of Hair Lighteners are:

• Cream Lighteners: They are most often used for application at the hair closet to the scalp. 

Oil Lighteners: They are seldom used alone because they are slow and very messy. 

• Powder Lighteners: They are used for frosting as they are usually faster in their activity, are often slightly more alkaline, and can be drying to the hair.

Cap Technique: This involves pulling clean strands of hair through a performed cap with a thin plastic or metal hook, then combing them to remove tangles. The number of strands pulled through determine the degree of highlighting we can achieve. When only a small no. of strands are pulled through, the result will be a subtle look.

Foil Technique: This involves colouring selected strands of hair by slicing or weaving out sections, placing them on foil or plastic wrap, applying lightener and sealing them in the foil or plastic wrap.

Balayage Technique: This involves the painting of a lightener directly onto clean, styled hair. The lightener is applied with a tint brush from base to ends around the head. The effects are extremely subtle and are used to draw attention to the surface of the hair.