Howdy Cowboy's;

I wanted to introduce myself; my name is Buck and I am 50 years old, and wish to lighten my hair, and I am lost as to all the different products out there, a little about me,

I am Gay and have a boyfriend we love each other very much, I am retired and Charlie works at the VA (Veterans Administration) I stay at home allot and have a great deck outside, and I love to tan, I live in Florida so Tanning is just part of the syndrome here, I have a very dark tan and complection, my hair is short, about 1 1/2 inch long, it used to be light blond most of my life, but in the last 20 years it has become a light brown, I wish to have my hair blond for the summer, I have never done anything like this before, so where do I start? I definitely don't want to screw it up, not that it couldn't grow back out later, but like I said it's light brown now, and I want it to be blond to reflect my nice tan, and to just change the usual ho hum, same ole' same ole'.

I believe I want a perminate hair color, or lack of color, seems there are lightening products that range in price from $7.00 dollars to $40.00 dollars, what do I need to do here?  can I do this at home?  will lightening my hair make it weird? my hair is very thin, Not Balding thin! but just light weight, I have a full head of hair, but I just keep it short like a military cut style, do I look for a peroxide? Bleach? product, CHRIST! I don't know what the heck I am doing here HELP!!!!!

Thanks.....Love Bucky