Right. Please please please pretty please can anybody help with this? But please be kind!!! Picture attached. My hair is usually more tamed than this BUT I am sending this photo to highlight that it is very wild, tangly and pretty dry so you can better understand my hair type. Basically it looks much better freshly washed and tamed, I promise.
But my problem is the colour. I am naturally very dark blonde/light brown but have been colouring it a lighter blonde for years. I LOVED being a proper bleach blonde so stuck with this for ages but my hair was getting dryer and dryer, like straw. I also couldn't keep getting it dyed every four weeks. It cost too much money and took too much time. So I've been gradually going darker and darker. But I hate it. I feel like I've lost a chunk of my personality. Everybody has basically said it looked better lighter and I agree. Although it looks way more natural now as it matches my very dark eyebrows and yellowy skin tone, it suited me as a person better before. I would consider another colour if it was really really vibrant but at the mo I feel dull dull dull.
So I've now not had it dyed brown since Christmas as I've noticed if I don't get it done, eventually the old blonde colour starts to come through (which I like!) but with it I've now got huge roots. I also have lots of greys coming which was a total shock as I'd never seen them when I was blonde.
I have tried a henna-based temporary cream which hardly did anything to it. I'm at a loss. The hairdresser is very reluctant to let me go lighter again or even do highlights cos of the condition. I don't really want anything that needs very regular maintenance. It is all complicated by the fact I've still got the older, lighter colour growing out beneath the new darker colour. I'm also pregnant so would rather avoid lots of dyeing at the mo plus was starting to feel a bit itchy when I had it done. Have looked into organic dyes but they still have chemicals and no idea where to start with the colour. I LOVE henna on other people but no idea if it'd work for me plus I hate faff and mess and am scared as it's quite permanent. Please please please any suggestions?