I'm considering lightening my hair. However I am trying to look after it also, wanting to grow it. It's not in too bad a condition, a bit dry as I use to colour it a lot but haven't done so for around 4 months now.
At the moment my hair is like a light coppery brown. I'm naturally auburn so this is as close to my natural colour I guess. There's a slight shade difference at my roots, they look slightly darker/cooler, probably some grey. The only thing I've been using is colour shampoo, although I suspect that's all washed out now.
I'd like to achieve the 'strawberry blonde' like colour in the pic, the other coppery brown is what I have now. (I used an app to change the colour!) I'm wondering if there's a box dye I could use that will lift my hair to that colour? Or would it have to be highlights/bleach job, in which case I'd probably not do it as it would wreck my hair. A semi would be ideal, but I know there's no chance of a semi lifting that much.
Another option could be a bleach bath, again at the hairdressers, not as harsh as actual bleaching or highlighting but then again, would probably need a tint over the top anyway.
I could just leave well alone. But sometimes my hair looks a bit 'brassy' or 'orangey' and I really want to do something with it!