I went to a pretty good salon the other day to get partial highlights and now I look like a zebra.

My natural hair color is dirty blonde. I've been dying it a couple shades lighter for a long time.  I went to the salon to get a root touch-up, but decided to do something different:  I had her partially cover my roots with streaks of the color that the rest of my hair is, and then I had her add some streaks another shade lighter.  She did this only on the top of my head.  The problem is, now the lightest streaks are too light and too 'regular'  -- they do not look natural at all and to me seem very noticable.  I don't want to go back there to have them fix it.

Is there a way that I can do this myself?  I was thinking of going over my roots with a darker color (more like the rest of my hair) but I'm scared.  The only area that really pops out is the roots that she covered.  Should I just do a normal root touch-up?  I realize I'll still have different shades in there, which is fine -- I just don't want screaming blondeness in there -- it's almost white (or so it seems, as the shade is so much lighter than the rest).

Thanks

Well - you may get unpredictable results if you dye the lighter color darker yourself.  I know you're upset with your stylist but I think you need to call her up, tell her what it is you don't like, and ask her to fix it.  What she'll probably do is foil some lowlights into the blond.  It'll break up the blond and make everything blend more naturally.  Listen, you paid for this service and you should get what you asked for.  Once you color over it yourself the stylist can no longer take responsibility for it and she'll have no choice but to charge you should you come back there in a state of panic because you messed it up, trying to fix it on your own.  If you really, really don't want her to fix it - ask if another colorist there can. 

Believe me, sometimes being patient and trying to call the salon and work it out with them is much easier than the emotional trauma you'll put on yourself trying to fix the problem at home and ending up with a worse dilemma.  I know, I've been there.

Good luck and please let us know how it goes.