What to dye my hair?

You want different but not green, blue or "colours like that" ... but red is ok.  What about pink?  Purple?  Orange?
You don't want a pixie cut "or anything" ... does that rule out a sneaky undercut?

I can't see your photos so can't comment on what would suit you, sorry.

Do you have any dress/appearance policies you have to adhere to at school or work or whatever?

Ok I'm resizing them now. Here's my current haircolor.

Ok here is my previously darker reddish brown hair. I had only adjusted the image to make it brighter so the color is pretty accurate, though its hard to see the red there. And I am probably just thinking more red than other colors as far as branching out with unique colors....I would maybe do a light pinkish blonde or something like that but it would depend....I've never been a redhead and I'm not sure of blonde washes me out....I was thinking maybe I should experiment with high/lowlights maybe? I would like to know thought on me being darker and lighter in general. I think the now lighter brown make a me look less tired and hides imperfections more, but the dark looked fine when I had makeup and all that on.

Oh and no I do not have to adhere to any certain looks @kitebunny I am a stay at home mom/writer. I don't want to go way short and am not into orange orange, like traffic cone lol, purplish I would try, as I had that with my darker hair bit I did that recently already so maybe something different now.

Also, to get it to the shade it is now I used loreal high lift blonde highlights all over. Before that I hadn't done anything with it for a couple months or so. Can I put some darker blonde on it with some wella toner at this point?

I really like your hair dark, you look like Angelica Houston! (you suit bangs too).what about an ombre that's darker at the top fading into a pink based red on the tips? Something like Directions Rubine or Special Effects Candy Apple Red?

Most people here don't use the wella or l'oreal toners, most people use direct dyes mixed with conditioner to dilute them as you can top them up frequently with no risk of damage - Adore do some nice natural shades that can be diluted to tone a dark blonde.

Thanks for the reply! Tjats good to know about the toners! I bought one but haven't used it yet so I'll switch. Is it too soon to put bleach on it? I used the lightener a couple days ago. I'm not sure if I want to do an Ombre with red. I don't think it quite suits me of that makes sense. Thank you for the suggestion though!

What lightener did you use? I saw that you used colour remover but I think I'm missing the bit about lightening!

The rule of thumb I generally go by is: 1 month between full bleaches or lighteners, 1 week between colour remover and any dye using a developer with lots of washing in between to make sure it's fully out. I think some people on here do bleach baths with just a week in between but I find they get my hair fully blonde in one go (my natural colour is light and my hair very fine) so I treat them the same as a full bleach.

You said you might like purple and you have already done red, so what about combining them and doing a deep majenta or even a cherry coke ish color its a nice mix of deep red and purple and it gives the hair a nice richness, I always get a ton of compliments when I go back to that color, I also think that a piecy inverted bob would look fantastic on you. Its very fashionable, and really doesn't take that long to style especially if you have a little natural body in your hair, which it looks like you might

Thank you for the responses! And that color is gorgeous but I was thinking more of a lighter color to change it up and maybe brighten my face. I did bleach it in attempts at getting a strawberry blonde and this is how it looks as of right now.... And lauralei I had previously used Loreal Hi lift highlights which didn't do a whole lot lift wise. It was supposed to be for dark hair. I think its fairly close to strawberry blonde right now...kind of...does it look ok for now? I know I need to leave it since I basically lightened and bleached close together. I've deep conditioned the crud out of it and put haor oils in it and it feels pretty good so I don't think I've fried it. The only thing is my roots are a bit yellow still...I want to tone them to be more strawberry blonde but I'm not sure if messing with them might make them look even weirder with the rest of my hair lol. I am posting a few pics so you can see how it looks with the different lighting....

Ugh it is it posted the same pic....here

Here's different lighting

Looks really nice! You can definitely use Adore colours to even that out and make it a nice strawberry/ coppery blonde, remember you can dilute them with conditioner to lighten them!

Thanks Lauralei! What color of the adore brand should I use? I don't want it like a bright orange or too red...I want to make sure it still has that hint of blonde, ya know?