So I have naturally dark brown hair. Several months ago I got Burgundy highlights, and the stylist had to bleach the strands of hair that were getting highlighted first before she put the dye in. The dye faded ages ago, so now I have orangeish-blonde highlights. I want to dye my entire head Burgundy, but I've heard any previous color or bleaching will cause my entire head to turn orange when I dye it. Is this true? Because I don't want orange hair! What do I do if my hair DOES turn orange? I can't afford a hair stylist.

What you've heard is not true. If you'd like your whole head burgandy, I would pick up a 6RV or 8RV (depending on how light you want it) color at Sally's Beauty Supply. Then mix your color with a 20 or 30 volume developer (for my hair I use a 30 volume). There is no need to bleach your hair to achieve this color.

When dark hair is lightened (with bleach), it goes through several colors: red, orange, yellow, pale yellow. You can stop at any of those stages.

The dye (toner) is formulated to counteract the undertones that remain in the hair. The big problem with hair dye is that hair dye fades. When that happens, you end up with close to whatever tone your hair was bleached to (you might have some remaining dye or it may have picked up some environmental tones).

If you dye your hair with a hydrogen peroxide-based dye, hydrogen peroxide can't lighten as effectively as bleach. The undertones of a dark-haired person will almost always end up orange or yellow. Hair dyes are formulated to counteract the orange.

It's unlikely that you'll end up with orange hair. The dye should be able to effectively counter the undertones -- and burgundy is an easy color to get since it has a lot of red in it (a lot of people try to get rid of the red and that can be tough).

You can always do a strand test to see what color you'll end up with.