Hair advice please - how do I get from here to here (pics)

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I NEVER go to the hairdressers apart from a trim. I've been semi perm dying my hair since I can remember. As you can tell it's a very dark brown.

I'd really like t go to a rich chocolate brown color with some other slight colors in it - picture attached.

Do I need my hair bleaching first seeing as I want to go lighter? I'm petrified of hairdressers as i only had nightmare experiences when I was younger ( poodle perms & god awful blonde highlights)

Ahh now my phone won't upload the photos :(

My hair

Not sure why it won't upload my photo but if you google dark brown balayage then that's the thing I'm after..

This is what I want..

Anyone?

The good news is what you have all over your hair is good for the roots of what you want. You definitely need a hairdresser and a decent on at that.

I would be asking for a bayalage and showing the after photo you have.

Where abouts do you live? I'm in the north east and for that kind of hair do I would expect to pay around £80-£100 in a decent salon for cut and colour.

The good thing is, once the initial style is done it will be a lot cheaper as you would only need roots doing for a while.

That looks like a bayalage as the pp above says.

They hand paint the colour onto your hair for a more natural look than highlights. They will use bleach but as you are only wanting to go a bit lighter it shouldn't wreck your hair.

Agree with taking the pic you have along to a good colourist, who should be able to do that for you.