Bleaching...

a few years ago i tried going blonde from black and it was done at home
it turned orange lmao it was terrible i ended up dying it back black 2 days later
anyway i let my natural hair grow out a few months
then i dyed it red :/
it was terrible lmao the roots took the red color but the black didnt
so then again i wanted to go blonde after that
this time i went to the hairdressers
first time she bleached it and it was still fd up but she put a toner made it light brown
then the next month i went and got it bleached again and it was blonde :D
my hair though now is very dead the ends :(
i got it cut too but i love long hair so i got extentions
its been like a year and anyway my hairs still dead but now i wait 2 months before going to get my roots done

so yh if you go lighter go to a salon
if you go darker u can do at home :D

I've never bleached my hair but my friend always goes to the hairdressers to bleach her hair, otherwise she goes ginger :P

I'm a Hairdresser myself and I personally would not try and bleach the red out! Your best bet would to be let it fade quite alot then put a light brown over it depending on how bright of a red you dyed it. Going from red to blonde will be a long process but once the reds faded to a horrible brown colour then it'll be easier. Its hard for me to tell you exactly what to do without seeing it so I would go to a hairdressers, I know they rip you off its a shame you don't live near me I'd sort you out for a fair price.

you should probably go to the shops and find some shampoo + conditioner than can soften your hair if you're worried about it being all "dead at the ends". Although if it's been that way for year it sounds like the life has been ripped out of it to me. Ask your hairdresser if there's anything you can do but I think it sounds like you're just gonna have to let your hair do what it wants to do while it grows back out and can start living again.

I tried bleaching my hair myself and went bright ginger... and it was a week before my school prom. I would go see a professional.

Hey, thanks everyone! - This is my new account - I was/am CigaretteBirdie:L So thanks for all the advice. As I have already said, I did buy stuff before. The red colour had faded quite abit, and looked almost a light brown/washed out red colour. So I bought dye, and got a friend to do it. Dear god, was so intense in the time waiting for the dye to settle in, starting looking like a purple colour at first - which got me very worried:L But, once it was washed it, it was blonde/ginger - and I actually quite like it:L Only problem was that the roots were quite abit lighter than the rest of my hair, and that bugged me abit - still does, so in the next few weeks I'm gonna be going to a professional (despite how much it costs-.-) and get it sorted out properly! Hopefully next month I will be full on blonde!:')

I've had bright red hair before. The only way I could get it out was to let it fade, so it was near enough pink then stick bleach on it.
Also, if you do bleach your hair and put a colour on it, it won't take the first go as bleach kills your hair, but the second coat of dye will go on easy as pie. (: (I study in hairdressing)

Don't bleach red hair, it'll go ginger. Let a professional sort it out :)

^^Happened to me :P Not great when the world think you and your ginger boyfriend look like brother and sister...

Yes go to professional they give you the better solution for your problem.
They great experience of these types of encounters.