I want to dye my bleached blonde hair brown with a hint of red Suggestions please.

[childminderjanet]

My hair is naturally brown, but for the summer I have had loads of blonde highlights. I am now fed up with black roots every 3 weeks and want to go brown/red for autumn, with a view to maybe having some coppery hightlights put through when I have some cash.
My hairdresser can't fit me in until next week, so I thought I'd give it a go with a shop bought dye. Can anyone suggest a good one to use? I have dyed my hair many times myself but this will be the first time over bleached hair.
I am a little scared.

step away from the bottle

await professionals

you have ben warned

But my roots are awful and I'm going away next weekend

Whats the worst that can happen?

putting a colour over bleached hair is for professionals or loons only imho

have you not heard stories of green/orange hair post home dye kits?

will a few more days really make any difference? can you find another hairdresser that can fit you in earlier?

Am ringing around now, if I can't get in this afternoon.
Then I'll have to wear a hat.

i used to bung a semi-permanent on my hair (highlighted) when it grew out a bit. it was ok.

southeastastras what colour did you put over your highlights?
Did they stay lighter than the rest of your hair?

yes but it looked ok (like low lights). i put on a light ash brown colour iirc. don't blame me if it doesn't work though

A friend of mine turned her hair purple doing that

Don't do it leave it to people who know what there doing it will most probably go wrong BEWARE.

Have spoken to a friend who is always colouring her hair. She said it could be a disaster, but using a colour with a red tone in is normally ok. Otherwise purple is my fave colour. Think I will wander to the shops and have a look.
She also suggested that I might do a strand test first.
Thats sure to look great a streak of orange/green/ purple running through my hair.

the only thing was, when i went back to the hairdresses, because i'd used a colour, they could only use bleach for highlights and not tint (but that was ok because i go for bleach anyway)

I'm so not having blonde again, so that won't be a problem.
Thankyou all anyway.
I can't say I haven't been warned.

just be careful !! I'd try to live with it until a professional can sort it...

I have managed to turn my hair orange and then pink with home hair dyes.
Only a qualified person can touch my highlights now!

sorry i agree with teh others. dont do it

your hair is brown and blond and you are going to dye it brown / red??? madness

Go for it. I have dyed over highlights with reddish brown, and it was ok. Looked better than with the highlights, which were going a bit manky.

Have now dyed it with boots permanent mahogany hair colour. It has turned out lush a really rich red/brown. I am so pleased and all for £2.50.

i was always dyeing my hair, glad it turned out ok

Glad it worked - if it had gone purple, I would have asked to see a pic, mind