Blonde hair.....gone but not forgotten

 

I am naturally light to medium brown, hairdresser says between 5/6 with slightly warm undertones.  I had been using loreal ferria metalic silver blonde (which is extra lightening, no need for a pre-lightener, on roots and then pulled though for 5 mins) for a couple of years which gives me a light to medium blonde base and then I sometimes have a few highlights put in.  The colour is ok, but it is still a little brassy tbh. 

 

Anyway I decided to go a little darker and my hairdresser used the following colour.... 'Organic' brand in golden brown, ......I think a shade 5 or 6 and then a very few highlights on top.

Well I hate it....it was a  dull colour with slight green/ash hues to start with and it came out way too dark ( I was after a very light brown), and so I have been trying lemon juice conditioners to lighten it for the past 2/3 weeks.  It is now starting to look a light, mousy brown with a reddish tone and the highlights are a little brassy looking.

 

I have been reading through and hear what you say about not being able to lighten with just another shade, so does that mean that a highlift tint would work.  I remember when I could afford to get my hair done at my local regis salon that my hairdresser used special ash blonde and then put a few highlights in.  This used to lighten it quite a lot, but the base was still a touch yellow.

I love the look of the wella koleston perfect special blonde range (the nordic trends look gorgeous) bascially I love the cool creamy blonde shades.  I don't mind a light to medium blonde base as long as it is cool and not brassy/yellow. 

I was thinking of using the koleston special ash blonde, but then saw the two new colours 12/61 and 12/81 and the special blonde violet ash and wondered what the difference was compared with the special ash blonde 12/1. Would they be any cooler and possibly not quite as light?

If I proceed with one of the above colours, when my roots are starting to show, would the developer 9 be sufficient or would I need a 12?.......... and is that all I would need (special ash colour and developer....mixed 1+2 with welloxon perfect 9%/12% ). 

Also would I leave it on the roots for a set time and then pull through the rest of hair (how long for each)......or because the ends are not blonde would I have to put it all over?

Hair is not too bad condition just a little dull/dry, but I am conditioning like crazy to help that and it is improving.

 

I know it would be advisable to get it done professionally, but there is no way I can afford it and I think that my colour is just going to get lighter and slightly redder as the brown fades and the previous blonde shows through ..... a rather brassy effect.

 

Thanks for reading and hope you can help in some way

 

I've been thinking about my colour and the brown has got a little lighter and was thinking rather than go to the extremes of bleaching all over, that it would probably be kinder to my hair to have a few highlights that would give the impression of much lighter hair.

 

 

I used ash for a while, it helped TONS with brassy tones, however it turned grey/purple after a while. SUCKY.

 

 

 

I was asking advice for how to go back to blonde, and after reading some posts and replies on here, decided to just get a highlight kit and do a few on the top and front of my hair, and the result is in the pics.  It lightened my hair around my face sufficiently, without too much more damage to my hair and the dark at the bottom of my hair looks quite nice now!