Complete hair change

Hello! I know I'm new and maybe shouldn't start off by asking a bunch of questions, but I'm hoping to change my hair completely. It's only an experiment really, I might hate it and end up getting rid of it in a day... but I'd really like to try. My hair now is rather short, and dark brown. I'm hoping to grow it about shoulder length or longer, and dye it blond. To give you the best idea of what I'm going for, here's a couple of pictures:




I'm just wondering right now, with dark brown, short hair, what steps should I be taking this early to make sure things are easiest and come out best in the end? Are there things I can do to make sure that my hair has the same "character" (lol, probably sounds silly) as shown in the picture? Any more information needed about my hair or anything like that I'll gladly give! Thanks a lot!


Edited by hightytighty - October 25 2007 at 7:49pm

Hi I'm sorry, I updated the links now! Tell me if those work, please.

Thanks for the response! But if I color it blonde now, wouldn't it simply turn brown as my hair grew? 

lol okay, i was mostly wondering why it would be smarter to color now rather than later. I don't mind high-maintenance, that's fine with me.  Thanks for your help! :)

Also, hair bleached at the roots tends to be healthier than hair bleached on the head. If you were to cut your hair short again after growing it out, it'd all be fairly healthy.

Take pics if you do it!