Plaid hair?
interesting............. Rene, I know you said your funky hair colorist lives 2 hours away. But, I'd stay with what you have already, and punch it up with some caramel foils and some darker red, or red-brown foils.
OR....have the underneath parts dyed chocolate brown, and have the caramel foils and some cinnamon foils done through-out the top layers.