I get my hair lightened blonde, my real colour is more strawberry blonde to auburn in winter. Although now the greys are coming through. I have a base colour of a more 'darker blonde' and the foils along my part line of a lighter blonde which blends it all in together. Now as my regrowth along my part line is grey - but a light grey that blondes get, not that steel grey darker haired people get - when it grows it all blends together. I generally only have to get the roots done every 6-8mths. My skin colour is fair with freckles and blue eyes and for about 5yrs or so I was a platinum blonde, I've thought about going darker but I just don't see it suiting me so chose to go darker blonde from platinum which works much better for me.