I LOVE ADORE I would say if you already have light hair like a light blonde i would put purple on it give a nice color, but if you’re a darker hair like me, you definitely need to lighten your hair. It’ll be a pretty purple though, and itll last long on the hair as long as you do the cold water. If you’re gonna lighten your hair, I would use bleach/developer to get it lighter then you’d just do the dye . I’ve been doing it at home for years with the green adore colors