Hide grays between coloring with this GH Beauty Award-winning Garnier temporary root cover-up, with a sponge applicator to precisely apply pigment. It's often found alongside Mica (as a base material) and Titanium Dioxide (as a coating) to give a glossy, pearlescent effect. It comes in various tones to seamlessly blend with a range of black, brunette and blonde hair colors. Next, each dye's color retention was gauged by putting the dyed hair samples through 20 wash and dry cycles using the Swatch Wash Station and four hours of UVA light exposure with the Q-Lab QUV Accelerated Weathering Tester.

Katie Berohn is the Beauty Assistant at Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day and Prevention magazines, all part of the Hearst Lifestyle Group. When you’re in between salon visits or touching up your at-home color, naturally blend roots with Clairol's Root Touch-Up by Natural Instincts. In general, apply your root touch-up "only where the regrowth if visible" like the part and hairline, Aral advises.In the Beauty Lab's permanent root touch-up products test, scientists dyed human hair samples in brown, red and blonde shades mixed with gray, then assessed initial gray hair coverage and shine using the Chromameter machine. Talc is the major component of most powder makeup products (think face powder, eyeshadows, and blushers) that usually contain it up to 70%. Root touch-ups have come a long way since older formulas that could look cakey, feel crusty or cover only a small area," Aral says. It’s as easy to use as a shake and a spray, as the micro-diffusing nozzle can be aimed precisely where you want the formula to apply.

Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Talc, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Lauroyl Lysine, Dimethicone, Silica, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Polybutene, Magnesium Myristate, Magnesium Stearate, Cetyl Dimethicone, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Aluminum Dimyristate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Iron Oxides/CI 77499, Mica/CI 77019, Iron Oxides/CI 77492, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, Ultramarines/CI 77007, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891, Tin Oxide/CI 77861. For those looking for a more permanent solution, Clairol has these popular root touch up kits that promise results lasting up to three weeks. Yet, it’s the pigments that vary in each colour that refresh hair’s hue and keep roots looking less obvious. Blends in naturally with your existing shade, so you can easily conceal single strands, touch up your temples, refresh your rootline, or even define your eyebrows. The powder is reflective, which allows for it to blend seamlessly with the rest of your strands, and keep it feeling naturally soft with no wax or dye in the formula.Keep in mind that temporary root touch-ups can transfer or bleed if exposed to water or after a workout and will wash away with your next shampoo," Aral notes. With 25 years in the hairstyling business and Amanda Holden as their ambassador, Charles Worthington is renowned for creating professional hair care products to help you achieve healthy hair at home.

If you have spotted ethylhexylglycerin on the ingredient list, most probably you will see there also the current IT-preservative, phenoxyethanol. I have been losing my hair and with black hair and a white scalp this shows awfully," a reviewer shared. Clairol Temporary Root Touch Up Powder, Dark Brown, blends in naturally with your existing shade, so you can easily conceal single strands, touch up your temples, refresh your rootline, or even define your eyebrows. Busy schedules, stints of isolation, that wait until payday, or honestly, just life, can get in the way of keeping on top of your hair colour. So if your crowning glory has started sprouting out greys or your roots are starting to giveaway that you’re not really a natural blonde, it’s time to turn to a little at-home help to see you through to your next appointment.With a built-in no-mess sponge applicator and mirror, GH Beauty Award winner Calista hides hair regrowth fast in an impressive range of 11 shades, including red, gray and white. Whether you’ve got some nuisance greys coming through that you’re not ready to embrace, or your natural colour has decided it’s time to shine loud and proud atop your head, root touch-up powders are on hand to mask that root regrowth, seamlessly blend your roots in, and give the illusion of well-maintained tresses while you wait for your next appointment. Currently only available in a black shade, the Clairol Root Touch-Up Powder is similar to Color Wow with the brush applicator for a root touch-up in just 10 seconds. Designed as a seven-day fix to give roots and greys a new lease of life, you’ll find this semi-permanent root touch-up in four shades: chocolate brown, natural brown, dark brown and natural blonde.