Hair coloring alternative

I've tried for the last time with chemicals to get the red highlights out of my brown hair. The more I color it, even with semi-perm color, the redder it gets and the more damaged it gets. Does anyone know of any alternative ways to color hair like color enhancing shampoo or a homemade recipe? I can't afford to go to a salon to get it corrected right now.

> Have you tried Hayashi's colour shampoo?> They have lots of colours too choose from & if you> leave the shampoo in for 15 minutes the colour result> is quite good but I will say I found it a little> drying, I'm madly searching for my old text as it has> a lot of herbal infusions that REALLY COLOUR&> WORK, I will keep looking as soon as I find the book I> will post you back as the receipies are lengthy. Can> you tell me what colour you are trying to achieve,> well I'm off to find that darn book!!> Try not to stress!!> Best Wishes Simone(C)I'm trying to get a light brown with as little red highlights as possible. My hair is originally medium brown and gets very red when I put chemicals on it. Thanks for any help!> I've tried for the last time with chemicals to get the

> Hi Roberta,> found my book!!, here goes a herbal infusion to darken> your hair(don't hate me if it does'nt work!!). You> need to use a strong infusion of SAGE, let it steep> (Brew)in boiling water overnight before applying, for> a stronger effect add arrowroot powder to turn the> infusion into a gel/paste apply evenly & leave on> for half an hour, when using this method it is a good> idea to try a patch test (as I tried this & my> hair went really dark brown), here's how to do the> infusion- the brew consists of 30grams of the dried> herb to 500 millilitres of boiling water if the herbs> are fresh use double, NEVER use metal containers to> infuse (steep) as the herbs may react in a weird way> so only use Glass!!, or China.> Good Luck,> Simone. (C).Is this permanent or does it wash out if it's too dark. Do you put in on dry or wet hair? I really don't want it any darker, just want the red out and back to a light brown. I probably need one of those double processes done at a salon one day. I might try this though. Thanks for looking for the book. What's the book called? Also, what does 500 millilitres convert to in quarts or gallons? I live in the the only place on earth not using the metric system.> I'm trying to get a light brown with as little red