Hairdressers! I've never coloured before please advise me

[margaritasbythesea]

I am a redhead with quite a lot of pure white hair. I am considering getting 'highlights ' put in to make the white less prominent but I really don't know what I am doing or what to ask for. Ive always had nice hair and I feel it is not nice atm. This is made worse by the fact I have emigrated and don't have a regular hairdresser I trust. Not am I very fluent. I'm also worried that, it being Spain, they won't have had much experience colouring red hair.

What might look nice do you think? And what is the maintenance like? How much am I looking at paying in uk prices. Or perhaps having gone as far as I have I should just go grey.

I am 43. My hair is wavy and extremely fly away.