I used to always want my hair lighter... until my freshman year highlighting disaster.
My aunt used to be a hair dresser or something, but I'm starting to wonder if she had any real training. So I trusted her with the highlight in a box and a cap. Yuck. She pulled too much hair through so I went from dark brown to blonde with dark brown highlights! Yikes! It looked so bad. It looked even worse growing out though! So finally, after putting up with it for a few months, I went and got color in a box and fixed it. I realized that I really do like my hair darker now. I look awful as a blonde.
My latest thing is red highlights.

I got them done this summer and they looked alright. I think they will look better when I make them a little more dramatic. I will be sexeh!