Can I use home dye over highlights?

[Jemster]

My natural colour is mid brown and I have some greys appearing now. During the summer I like ti have highlights but now I am much paler I think they look very harsh and wash me out. They are a bit brassy and my brown, grey roots are showing.

I'd like to go more to my natural colour for winter but can't afford regular colour at hairdresser.

Do you think I could use a home dye and do it myself? If not what's the most cost effective solution that I should ask hairdresser for?

I would maybe try a semi colour first. I'm not sure how a permanent dye would go over hi lights.

Yes I always dye brown over bleach. Depending on the colour you are using it might not take as well on the lighter bits. But then you get nice lowlights .

yes you can but the highlights will be a lighter colour than the rest

Sorry to hijack, would a blonde dye work over highlights? I always did it myself until stupidly letting a friend who recently qualified as a hairdresser loose at me with foils roots are getting quite bad now but I think she left the bleach on too long as it's incredibly pale blonde. I just want to get it back to how it was!

It can be Rockchick but I think it's best to try to stay with an ash based blonde. But Im not 100% sure.