Brunette wanting to go blonde - help!

❓ Advice Needed

Hi all - I need advice!

I'm a naturally dark brunette and lately I've been considering going blonde, not completely blonde but having a root smudge or a root shadow. If you take a peak at the photo, there are three charts and if you look at the middle chart that goes from 20-5, my natural hair colour is somewhere between a 12 and 11. I have always had blonde somewhere in my hair (lots of different balayage's) as I have quite fair skin (see photo, my skin tone is porcelain) and I have green eyes so if I go extremely dark, it washes me out. I also get dark circles under my eyes and have redness from acne scarring in my teens. Anyways! All this information included, I have been considering lightening my hair. I'm not worried about damage or breakage because my hair dresser is incredible and she takes extreme and specialises in colour, inevitably I know there will be some kind of damage. I have attached photos of my reference/inspo photos.

Basically - I want your advice. Given my natural hair colour, eye colour, skin tone do you think these inspo pics would suit me? If yes, let me know which one! Appreciate it <3

Posted Dec 9, 2025, 8:51 AM UTC

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