My hair (pics) help

[sjames2015]

So I have an appointment on Monday to cut and color my hair.
Here is the cut I'm thinking of doing
And I do not know what to do for color. Here are some thoughts.


DH and my mom both like my hair darker while a few friends think I should go back to blonde.
Here is what I looked like as a blonde

What do you all think?

[ericalee27]

Oooh boy - I'm OBSESSED with Kate Beckinsale's hair in that picture! Wow. I want to be her when I grow up, so pretty.

I almost always vote for folks to stay closer to their natural color, so I'd vote brown for you.

[sagen]

I like number one. Be sure to post pics after!

[poppy523]

I vote for options 1 or 2 for color!

[draeray]

AHH! I don't know. I like them all. I am a natural blonde and I have ALWAYS wanted to do an Auburn color but I am way too chicken shit to do it. Plus I used to add red low lights to my hair and it's a bitch to maintain and a bitch to get rid of once you are done.

[laketide]

I like them all. I also think blonde looks great on you.

[hangryhedgehog]

I really like Kate's color too!

[sjames2015]

Thank you everyone. I will post pics when it's done. A little background on the blonde: I used to be a natural blonde. It started going darker blonde when I was in my teens so I started coloring it lighter blonde at 16. And continued coloring it lighter blonde till after my wedding. Of course you can see in my wedding pic that I had black underneath but that was mainly for my wedding. It wasn't till after DD was born that I realized that my natural hair color was a brown. It's actually really close to the color it is now. I tried going strawberry blonde once and my hair rejected the red after 3 weeks and went to just blonde.

[sagen]

I have heard that your eyebrows usually match your natural hair color fairly well, and to use that as a guide. Go one shade darker or one or two shade lighter than them to avoid being washed out either way. That is what I heard at lease I have no idea if it is true

[summer]

My hair did the same thing; I was a total towhead and now I'm dirty blonde/light brunette. But I love dark hair on people with lighter colored eyes like yours. It just looks so pretty and interesting.

I love the cut you are going for. Definitely post before and afters!

[sjames2015]

Before and after!

[sagen]

Beautiful I like it!

[seadragon2013]

I love the color!

[sjames2015]

Thank you. I love it. Especially when I styled it the way I wanted it. It will be hard to get used to it short but it's so much lighter and not in my face as bad.

[hangryhedgehog]

It looks really healthy now!