Need Your Input on color!!

you will need a toner(only to get rid of yellows,orangey brassy colors).when you bleach it has to go through phases. In your case, After color fix: red,orange(yes bozo orange,lol),yellow orange,golden or canary yellow.and then pale yellow.In order to get the white blonde or ash blonde highlight color you will have to bleach to pale pale yellow.there is no way around this.And dont try to bleach to white cause it wont happen.I reccomend foils to keep the bleach moist and to process it more uniform.If the bleach dries it quits working.And bleach even moist can only work for 90 minutes.If you are going to tone, Born blonde makes great toners specifically for light blonde shades.And I'm sure you already knew but I'm just checking since I'm not the best at explaining thing.No toner over the brown dye.Just the bleached parts.You can get professional foils from sally's of course.I bought a pack of like 50 for $2.That would be more than enough for you.Maybe even look at the sale rack since they are all the same.This should turn out pretty good.I had this look myself but the stylist didnt tone my highlights so they were yellowy.Not as good as it could have been since I have so much red in my complexion.It would have looked much better white blonde.or just pale blonde with no yellows or orange tones.Sounds like you are ready to do this.Some more random tips.make sure you check the bleach good when processing.Those unwanted tones have a way of hiding in the underneath layers. And yet another novel,lol. Remember to update.I bet it will turn out really nice.

I can only tell you what I would do.I would seperate the strands out that you are going to highlight.Cover the rest of my head with the 5N.Colorfix the left out strands.Bleach and then tone.I like to tone with clairols colorgloss in a demipermanent.It makes the hair look and feel really good.Which is nice after you ruff up the texture a bit with bleach.I just bleached my whole head and colorgloss demi worked really well for me.Those highlighting kits arent made for our hair.Your hair is going to pull alot of red.You might be able to get streaks but more n likely they will be brassy and orangey.If your wanting level 9 or 10 highlights then you will have to bleach and then tone.I only reccomend products from sally's.I have never had a good experience with OTC bleaches and highlight kits.And my hair is a natural level 5.Even when my hair was virgin it always came out yellowy and brassy.And since you used a red dye on your already red undertoned hair the colorstripper will leave you even redder.You'll need actual bleach to get the reds out first.It can be done it just takes a few steps.The reason most likely the hairdressers never got it right was because most will only use highlifts.They fear the dreaded bleach(for good reason).But My hair is still strong and soft even after all I've done.So a few bold streaks or so shouldnt be too bad.Just test everything beforehand.Sometimes it takes a couple of colorfixes to get all the dye out.And if you are going to do the highlights bleach until pale yellow.Make sure all orange tones are gone or thats what you'll be left with orange streaks.Toning cant fix that.And remember bleaching kits from walmart wont give you platinum highlights.Hope it all works out for you.I was able to acheive #8 hair after have putting a permanent #5 over highlights.I stripped it with igora phantom(awsome stuff but costs $23).Then I bleached with 7th stage lightener with two activating packets and 20 volume developer.And then I toned with colorgloss #8.Dont use over 30 volume for your highlights.40 volume and up is completely uneccessary and very hard on your hair.Sorry about the novel but I just wanted to make sure I gave you all the info I could.Good luck;)

just remember to do strand tests first.Everyone's hair is different.I'd feel really bad if you ruined your hair.I am no pro.All I know is from trial and error.Good luck

I am half native american with the same hair type(fine thin).Its not the water so much as the color.Red is notorious for fading.But since your going dark.A #4 or 5 nuetral color would be good for your complexion.My complexion is similar to yours too.I know I hate warm tones on myself.But its all about preference.For at home highlights Your going to have to strip the color first.Or otherwise you'll end up with horrible orange colored streaks.Dont use OTC stuff.Its only meant to lift a couple of shades.Even the home bleaching and highlighting kits cant lift much and the lift they do have is meant for virgin hair.So get some colorfix.(no colorzap,effasol)Only colorfix(cost effecient and healthier).The rest correct with bleach peroxide and ammonia which is horrible.And make sure to do strand tests.