orange & green hair with a scabby scalp?

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   hi :)

i am a first time poster.  i actually found this forum last week and without even realizing it, some of you saved my hair!!

i went from blonde to brunette for $14 and no damage thanks to the tricks you all share with each other!  so thank you.

i am posting to help my best friend.  she is naturally a medium ash blonde.

here is the timeline of her hair trauma since last thursday:

1.  at the coaxing of her mom, her naturally light hair is dyed brownish red 

2. she tries to BLEACH her own hair

3. she tries to dye over bleach with medium ash blonde box dye, but
doesn't leave it in for long enough, thus leaving her hair very uneven
and orange.

4. she tries to un-orange her hair and it turns gray/green

5.  she goes to a stylist recommended by a friend the next day.  he just re-oranges her hair w/ bleach.

6. stylist then goes over the bleach with toner that makes her hair super orange. "like even oranger than an actual orange."

7. she goes back to said stylist four days later and gets
highlights, which just turn highlighted parts yellow, while still
keeping the rest of her hair orange.

8. she uses blue/violet stuff by redken to try to neutralize yellows, and nothing happens.

here's what she said:  "so there you have it...what do you think? the blue/violet is
supposed to ashen the yellow, but i'm not supposed to use it more than
once or twice a week or else my hair WILL turn green. 

 also, my scalp is
scabbed all over because of the excessive bleaching and dying all
within a week. maybe i should give it a break for a bit? it hurts and
itches and is so gross."

i originally said maybe she should use toner, but if it turned her hair orange the first time, won't it again?

and... scabby scalp.  not so good.

anybody want to share thoughts?  

other than "shave it all off and start over"  