Permanent cream hair colour

I found this dye to be very "cheap"... The color is a little too pigmented leaving hair a dull flat color ... Usually when I dye my hair I am left multi tones (from my own natural hair) but this...

Back story: I was growing out my natural hair colour (medium ash brown) when it grew to five inches I decided to match my bottom hair by colouring it myself, big mistake! I bought garnier...