you made a gorgeous natural blonde (I´m naturally a dark blonde, and always jealous of girls who are naturally as light blonde as you are. It´s just so rare!) but you make an even hotter brunette.
I went from blonde to dark myself and I feel the same about the change. I always thought I looked too innocent and young as a blonde, and I couldn´t really wear dramatic makeup. Now with the dark hair feel sexier and more grown up. And I can even wear more pink now (with the blonde hair I was always afraid of resembling Barbie!), define my eyebrows more etc
I am actually gonna go lighter soon, for summer. Kinda like your lighter highlights, just a little darker