Question before I mess up my hair

I've decided I really want to dye my hair right now, I don't want to wait until I bleach it. I'm not sure what colour yet, maybe a dark purple or the same red that was at the front of my hair. It'll be a long time before I bleach my hair though so hopefully all the colour will be washed out and I'll just have plain orange hair which should be easier to bleach. What do you think? I really want to dye it but I don't want to damage it too much either.

Hi! Even if your hair is thick, I'd say that you should probably have a professional do the bleaching...not as much for the color (since you said you like unnatural, unusual colors :) ), but since bleaching does all sorts of terrible things to your hair, and doing it at home could be kinda dangerous (I know- I have, in the past, fried my hair beyond recognition trying to bleach it myself).
Regular coloring you can probably do on your own, but make sure you've got some good conditioner(s) if you're going to do all of this color-changing.
Good luck to ya!

Well, I wish it were that easy. Anytime you apply lightner (bleach) on any color hair especially dark hair you are going to pull the blue out of your natural color first. So what are you left with? Red and Yellow=Orange. Or any combination in between, not natural looking.:) Sophie

Are you going to a Salon to have your hair done Vineman?

You are talking about some pretty serious color. Especially on thick Dark hair. There are a lot of variables.

So, my best advise is to see your Stylist. And I`m giving this advise, because I correct colors gone wrong everyday.

Incase you are determined to do it yourself, Yes anytime you apply color only to ty to remove it later it complicates things.

And performing chemical services one after the other is a tricky business, even for seasoned Colorists`.

:)Get Thee To A Stylist...or better yet Become One.:)