I like the suggestion of some sort of highlights or balayage to brighten up your hair without having to take the steps to go blond. Bleaching out the hair, as you need to do to dye dark hair blond, can be really damaging and there's a lot of upkeep because the roots keep growing out. It gets expensive if you go to a salon.


My dad's side comes from Central Europe and blond hair isn't uncommon on that side of the family, although some, like my brother, have their hair get darker with age. I'm still pretty blond and I think it suits my features. My sister, on the other hand, always says she would hate to be blond. She has medium brown hair and takes more after my mother's side.