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I have a Hair Dyeing and beauty question????

I have dark brown hair (almost black) and I wanna dye it light brown. My friend says that you first have to use the peroxide which dyes your hair yellow, then use the light brown dye, Is it like that?
Or how do you do it? I'm planning to dye my hair at home, and i never dyed it before.
By the way, what hair color would look good for me? And please don't say anything about highlights or lowlights, i don't want that.
If you can, say what kinds and colors of makeup would suit me.
My hair: dark brown (almost black)
My eyes: dark brown (not black and not honey brown, medium!)
My skin: white, but just a tiny bit tan

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