Hair Color Root Touch Up
Keep your hair color vibrant and uniform with temporary or permanent root touch-up products to cover new growth, even the stubbornest of grays.
Everything You Need to Know About Root Touch Ups
What Is a Root Touch Up?
The main purpose of a root touch-up is to make your hair color uniform. You might only dye your hair every 6-8 weeks, but hair typically grows about ½ inch every 4 weeks. When that new growth is a totally different color, your dye job might start looking drab. A hair color root touch-up is the best solution because you can create a seamless blend by using the same shade as your all-over color. Concealing gray or white hair growth is another top reason for doing a root touch-up. You can even touch up your roots if you have highlights.
How Often Should You Touch Up Your Roots?
- Root Touch-Up for All-Over Color: If your hair is already dyed, use the same brand and shade only on the roots every 3-6 weeks.
- Root Touch-Up for Highlighted Hair: If your hair has highlights, do a root touch-up every 4-12 weeks depending on the level of contrast.
Tips for Root Touch Ups
- Match and blend: Choose the same or similar shade as your all-over color for your root touch-up.
- Keep it tidy: Apply a line of petroleum jelly around the hairline to avoid staining your skin. If you get any stray dye on your skin in the process, use Micellar Cleansing Water to wipe away.
- Short and sweet: Dyeing your roots doesn’t take as long as all-over color so check the directions.
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How long does a root touch-up last? Similar to all-over hair color, the length of time a hair root touch-up lasts depends on a few factors:
• Type of hair: Coarse and gray hair tend to take longer to absorb hair dye, so your root touch-up product may fade faster if not left in long enough to fully penetrate.
• Type of root touch-up product: On most hair types, permanent root touch-up solutions last for 3-6 weeks, while a temporary hair root touch-up product like Color Retouch will stay for up to 4 weeks.
• Frequency of washing: It’s best not to wash treated hair too often because it tends to make root touch-ups fade faster. -
How does Color Retouch differ from other Garnier hair color lines? Garnier Color Retouch is a specially formulated root touch-up solution that’s applied like a shampoo. Unlike our other hair color lines, it only takes 10 minutes to work its magic. Where standard hair dye usually lasts 6-8 weeks, Color Retouch colors for up to 4 weeks, and it’s available in 5 essential shades. -
When should I do a root touch up versus coloring my whole head? Since it’s best not to do all-over color too often, root touch-ups are a fabulous way to tide you over until your next color session. Remember you’re coloring new growth, so a touchup is its first dye job. Gray coverage on the roots and temples is another common reason to do a root touch-up to make those areas match the shade on rest of your mane.
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