Hair colour/highlights help needed, picture added...

[MelodyPondering]

Hi, I am in need of some opinion please!

I have mousy dark blonde hair and have had blonde golden highlights for the past 10 years I reckon.

It seems to fade really quickly and the golden bits look a bit too orange to me.

I have toyed with the idea of lowlights, all over blonde, all over brunette, lighter blonde highlights. I'm stumped and stuck in a rut basically.

If you had my hair, what would you do?

Bit of a morning bump

I've just had golden highlights and hairdresser told me to use purple shampoo as it brightens the blondes, you put it on for 5 mins and it also gets rid of brassy bits apparantly.

What would I do? I would go all over coppery ginger safe in the knowledge that the colour would take! But if you don't like coppery colours that won't help.

I always think richer warmer colours look nice for winter, so maybe some light brown and chestnut low lights? Or two shades of brown if you want to avoid red althogether. Correct me if it's the lighting, but you quite fair, so I wouldn't go for all over brunette straight away without trying some lowlights first to see if you like it.

Thank you :) I don't think I would mind reddy actually, its the unnatural orange that I'm not keen on.

I am quite.fair, my Hairdresser tells me although sometimes it feels so dark and bleugh.

Will have a look out for silver shampoo.but I think I'm more in need of a bit of a change

Evening bump...

I was like you - mousy fair and highlights for a million years.

The highlights didn't last, my roots looked terrible and they went a funny colour dead quick.

I went really dark, and I love it.

It's hard to tell from just one photo, but you look like a very ash blonde - if so you'd suit cool tones rather than warm yellowish/orangey ones, as you say.

I'm not a hairdresser so not sure what to advise in terms of exact colours, except that you should avoid anything described as warm, honey, autumnal, etc, as they'd be too orangey. Go for shades that are described as ash, platinum instead.

Agree re the purple / blue shampoo - Aveda do one called Blue Malva which counters brassy tones.

oh and avoid 'golden' highlights too

Thanks. Yeah, the golden highlights are just not working for me.

I like the idea of more platinum or darker, I just can't decide which....

How dark did you go hathorinareddress? Don't your roots look blonde? I'm intrigued, I always thought I couldn't go darker....

I wouldn't do anything too radical. I'm a dark blonde serial highlighter too and also quite pale. Maybe try lighter? I have toned things down the last couple of times with highlights close to my natural colour (only redder because mousey dark blonde colours don't work, apparntly, my hair dresser explained but I've forgotten why) I'm ready for a bit of brightening.

Maybe you only need a subtle change. Or a new hairdresser? I think it's best to get your highlights from a successful blonde, they know of what they speak.