going light blonde, please help, (pics)

Ok I want this color

I got it on the wella color chart on sallybeauty.com

This is my color right now. This is my natural color, I've never done anything to it so it's really healthy.

I live right by a Sally Beauty, I've never been in there though, lol, so I don't know anything about hair color. Can someone please tell me exactly what I need to buy? Is this just a hair dye that I put in my hair? Because from what I've read here, buying stuff at Sally's works better. I want the hair color Paris Hilton has

, and all the salons in LA charge sooo much money and I just don't have it right now. thanks!

U are lucky to have hair already so light ...lol anyway if i were u i would use a light ash blonde make sure it has ash cuz i see that ur hair has naturally gold tones so this will help counter any possible brassiness.

U could get that exact shade which u displayed from sally's along w/ either 30 or 40 vol. developer (this is an alternative to bleach and w/ hair that light u prob don't need to!)...Bare in mind u should do a strand test first just to be sure...also i would try to go w/ the 30 first since 40 is too harsh to use on the scalp, and if the strand test is successful then u should go ahead w/ coloring...good luck!

Oh yeah lol don't listen to me  Susan's rite abt the violet base...hehe Happy coloring!

thanks guys :) well actually I usually take pictures in my bathroom because the lighting makes me look tan, lol, it looks kind of golden there but it's really more like this in daylight, I just took a picture by the window

So I'll get

30 volume developer and the color I want, and that's it?

My friend had natural dark blonde hair, and bought light blonde hair dye at the store and it turned her hair light orange, I just don't want that to happen to my hair.

Also, is doing this really damaging to my hair? and does anyone know if those hot oil treatments really work?

Yes u should get the color w/ the 30 vol...the reason ur friends hair tunred out that way is because one she's a dark blonde, and two, those OTC dyes, the most they have is 20 vol. which isn't really enough to properly lighten the hair. Of course a strand test is something everyone should do before putting any color on the whole head...better safe than sorry rite?

This is def. better than bleaching the hair thats for sure! The only way u can cause a lot of damage is if u were to color the rest of the hair every time u needed a root touchup. Remember only the roots! Of course u can refresh the by combing it thru the last 5 mins. But u should also get a shampoo for light blonde hair, maybe john frieda, which will keep the color fresh.

As far as hot oil treatments go, i hear they really strip color from the hair, which is really more of a problem if ur a dyed redhead like me! ..Just intensive conditioning each week should be adequate.

[QUOTE=malibubabe]sorry this is probably annoying.. what does the 30 volume developer bottle look like?[/QUOTE]

No prob...it's usually a pretty big bottle, normally white thats say 30 volume on it...I don't mean to sound like a know-it-all (lol) but i strongly recommend 30 vol, Longhairdreams cause 20 vol doesn't lift as much as 30 does, i would've recommended 20 if it was bleach tho.

Malibu...before u go to Sally's if u look at the website u can see what the devloper looks like before hand www.sallybeauty.com click on hair, and then haircolor, and there will be another category that says developers and peroxide...this should help.

Happy coloring!

oops forgot about this :) anyway I liked how it turned out, but I don't think I did the bottom enough because it's kind of orangy, but it doesn't look too bad. Here's what it looks like

The only thing I don't like, is that I look sorta washed out, but I like the light color. I don't really tan too well. Is there anything I can do to get the orange out on the bottom? Would I have to dye it again?

actually, a few hours ago I just dyed it again (lol) my roots were starting to come in, and I thought it was a little too light. Whenever I read this message board I get the urge to dye my hair, hah. I tried getting it back to my natural color, I bought medium blonde at the drug store, I didn't wanna get any warm or cool shades because I was afraid it would turn a funky color

It turned lighter than the color on the box, I only left it on for like 10 minutes because I was afraid of what would happen. But I think it looks fine.

It's in good condition still, after I dyed it the really light blonde a few weeks ago I got 8 inches cut off, it looked like this before (don't mind the pose, my friend and I were pretending to be models) but yeah before I dyed it I would take a shower, put it in a pony tail, let it air dry, and do nothing to it really. So it was really healthy, and almost down to my waist. It got really frizzy though so that sucked.

I even missed a ton of spots doing it on my own, for now on I think I'm gonna let professionals do my hair. I hope the color I have now fades a little though, I think it's too dark now

I think I want light blonde highlights now

A violet or blue toner would have helped, aww i really liked the light color on u, but its ur hair lol.

Yeah the cremey hair colors are kinda hard to saturate on thicker hair which is why many pple prefer the gel kind for more even results.