My hair ended up a bit too dark(pic)

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So I decided to sye my hair from 9/10N down to 8N and used Ion 8N liquid with a mix of 10 and 20 developer since I wanted it to deposit some color. I left it on a little too long and my hair grabbed more color than I wanted so now it looks more 6/7N. The pic below actually looks a little lighter than it looks in reality.

I dyed it last night and tried the shampoo/developer(swimmers shampoo and 40) thing this morning. It may have lightened it a little, but not much :( 

I'm trying to decide whether to try the bleach/shampoo/developer thing or just use a highlighting cap and making it seem lighter through highlights.  The highlights would take a lot longer and I've still got to pack 
tonight.   I do sort of like the color, but am leaving for vacation Friday night and want my hair to be a bit lighter in the vacation pics. 

Does anyone on here have experience with the shampoo/bleach/peroxide thing. How fast does it lighten hair? Since you're only supposed to leave it on for 5 minutes, is it less damaging then highlights? 

Edited by anabolina - January 19 2012 at 9:19am