Which hair color should I aim for (pics)?

[sugarpixie10988]

Hello LHC! It's been awhile since I've posted here it seems, but I return seeking opinions! I've grown tired of my natural dark blonde hair this past year or so. I feel like with my pale skin it washes me out unless I use self tanner. I began dying my hair with semi-permanent red dye and I really, really love it. I like it so much that I want to henna it (exciting!). I'm currently waiting for the color to fade back to my natural color so I can harvest some hair to do some test strands. In the meantime, I've been pouring over the henna threads, as well as trying to decide what color to aim towards, which is where you guys come in!

Which color do you guys think looks best on me? The darker, the lighter, maybe something between? Can I achieve those colors with henna?
Here's option number one (darker red):


Then there's the lighter one:


And just for reference, this is my natural color:


Thoughts are appreciated! Thanks in advance!

[Duchess Fuzzy Buns]

I don't think your natural color washes you out at all, but that being said, my favorite is the dark red. Also, I love your Ninja Turtles shirt!

[allycat]

I really like your blonde.

The darker red works and is very striking, but I prefer the lighter red as it looks more natural on you.

[queenovnight]

I also really like your blonde hair. It's beautiful.

But back to red! If you want something that stands out, I would go with the dark red. But if you want it to look a bit more natural, I would go with the lighter.

[sugarpixie10988]

Thanks guys! The reason I don't look washed out with my natural color in that pic is because I'm wearing (a lot of) self tanner. Thank you though

[gus]

I voted cheese because... well, cheese, but in all honesty I think all three colors look great on you! Some questions for you might be: which one was the easiest to maintain, which one made you smile the most when you checked yourself out in the mirror, which one did you feel more confident with? Those might help you figure out which color to go with.

[Atira]

Darker definitely. Or natural blonde. The lighter looks kinda odd with your skin tone. You are gorgeous, btw.

[fiðrildi]

My favourite is your natural colour (which is not dark blonde, but medium-light I would say). But if you're going to henna, darker red suits you better, auburn maybe.

[MINAKO]

Dang girl! You are very pretty and the red suits you well, but i voted for cheese. Reason being is that i really prefer your blond and all i could think of is to get some darker and very ashy lowlights to up the game or even gor for an overall ashier tone to make you eyes stand out more.
If it has to be red i would go for something light but sort of intense and more towards orange than burgundy. the dark one ooks better in the pics to me simply because the lighter red is faded, but overall i would not go down too much in the shade unless it's a cool tone.

[sumidha]

The darker red really brings out your eye color. As you probably know if you've already been researching henna, you can totally start out with a lighter red and darken it up with multiple applications, if you're not sure how red you want to go.