Brown hair dye

I dyed my hair today. Well, I had someone dye my hair today. It did not turn out well. I've been wanting to get a rich red color for a while. Tonight was the last time I will try. Tonight my hair turned red. Fire engine red. The color red. Not red hair red. Red. It was bad. The only fix was to dye it again - brown this time. Now my hair is purply brown. Very dark purply brown. It's not my color. But, I'm thankful for the brown dye that made it at least a little better than fire engine red. I hope we can do something soon to lighten it up. A whole bunch.