Is it that purple that comes from wanting to be a deep auburn? It's all the rage in Russia and Eastern Europe! Just tell them you are Hungarian
I was a blond all through high school because of an accident with a 'natural-looking' highlighting kit just before I started. My hair was strawberry-blonde as a kid and it had darkened, but I had no idea how strange the red in it does when you try to go blonde.
So I just picked the most platinum blonde available to remedy that, and was happy I like Berlin (the band) and Blondie. Dying it darker had still had too much red in it, and I was determined not to be red.
I've been red since college now, lol. Why fight it? Well, red and silver naturally, now. I have the Anderson Cooper gene in my family, too. First silver hairs at 21! Our redheads go fully silver by the time they are 35! I dye that red because I only have big stripes like the lady on The Munsters. That's a look, let me tell you