Did light ash blonde home coloring for years. On me, it was light brown and that's my natural color. Looked fine for 2 weeks, then faded fast and looked dull so I was constantly re coloring and I despise the job. I get my haircuts at a cut only shop and my operator suggested low lights so I go to the beauty school to get it done. I get nice comments on it and never heard that when I used all over color. Its a splurge but it's a morale thing and I can always find places to cut back, like we don't eat out much and I hardly ever go to the Mall. ��