Ok... well, I did purple when I was 13 or 14 and into my Billy Idol punk rock phase. But I did go to a Salon and had everything done there. I had my hair cut really short and spiky and then dyed purple. It was pretty cool for the 80's., lol.

I had done my own haircoloring for a few years (I had started to get grays when I was about 24ish), and so used boxed color. The last time I used a box color, I used L'Oreal's True Brunette colors. Turns out that it's meant for women of color, and not for us white girls who have brunette colored hair. It's pretty strong and strips the hair a good deal so if you do have dark hair, it won't go orange. However, if you're a brunette with light skin, it really makes you more dark blonde. Not what I wanted.

I stick to the salons, although even they make mistakes.

The one girl at Home Depot (the construction/supply store) has really dark black hair which I think is fake, and also this construction orange streaking in it at the front. It is really pretty cool!