Colouring advice

31 views and no one has any advise? ....

ahh well... will post results

It depends on the type of purple you want. Most of us here don't find the natural brown based purples are vivid enough so we use a direct dye on a pre-lightened base. The violet in the dye you are describing is there to provide a cool base, not add purple tones.
Using a direct dye in a bright purple over the base you have now (dark blonde/light brown with some bleached areas) will give you a dark purple with brighter purple highlights.

It depends on the type of purple you want. Most of us here don't find the natural brown based purples are vivid enough so we use a direct dye on a pre-lightened base. The violet in the dye you are describing is there to provide a cool base, not add purple tones.
Using a direct dye in a bright purple over the base you have now (dark blonde/light brown with some bleached areas) will give you a dark purple with brighter purple highlights.

Yes lol I had noticed most of the purple posts are bright purple, I'm after a darker more subtle tone

What colour is your hair now? some purples won't look really bright if applied over a dark base. A brown or dark blonde could be dark enough already..

well I have quite a mix to be honest  *whistle*

well I have quite a mix to be honest  *whistle*

If you can post a pic of your hair now and the colour you would like to achieve it will be much easier to advise you.

Colour trying to achieve is something like this....

So much darker then, almost black with a purple sheen?

I take it that you first plan to put the 6/6 on your hair and then the violet, am I right? I think it might work and get you the shade of purple you want, but I have no experience with Koleston hairdyes...

Cheated in the end and got a box colour  its a nice colour but would have liked more purple

Before

After

If you put a purple semi dye over that you will get close to the original colour you were looking for. Permanent purple dyes are pretty rubbish as they have a brown base.

yeah that is why I wanted to try mixing my own up but hey ho... semi perm option sounds good! which would you suggest? if you don't mind me asking 🙂

Umm a deep purple would be best, something like adore purple rage would come out most like the colour you wanted. Or directions plum would be good but it fades really blue now so I think the fade wouldn't look great.

Any pink based deep purple colour will look good 🙂