[avril]

* Select the area
* And create a new layer and set the blending mode to soft light



* Grab a big brush and set its mode to overlay
* Make sure you have white picked as a colour



* Make sure you have white as a color i know i've already written this but it wont work it you have a non white colour selected (heh non-white sure thats unoriginal.... unoriginal like a fox!)



* Coulor in what you want to lighten



* and the end result the top is the orig....

I actually gather this info through search and I find it very useful...hope it is...