April (she/her) is the beauty director at Good Housekeeping, Prevention and Woman's Day, where she oversees all beauty content. 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. The kit comes with a disposable mixing bowl, hair color gloves, protective cap and hair color applicator brush, as well as shampoo and conditioner samples. The nozzle distributes color evenly and covers hair well in the first spray, yet doesn't appear messy," says GH Beauty Lab Senior Chemist Sabina Wizemann, though hair does get a bit damp before the product dries.

Whether your roots are sprouting up darker, lighter or grayer, if you're not ready to transition to your natural color and you can't get to the salon or make time for a full DIY, reach for a root touch-up. The shades are limited to blondes, so if your hair is on the lighter side, this could be your new go-to. Pick one shade lighter than your dyed hair color, as the root touch-up can overlap with the dye and make hair appear too dark, which is harder to corrrect.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.

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.Enter this TRESemmé root touch-up spray, which earned raves for covering and blending into dark tones. If you love this shade, keep it looking perfect with Nice 'N Easy Root Touch-Up, to touch up roots between colourings.

For precise application, you can’t beat this weightless mineral powder and targeted brush applicator that ensures you can get to, and cover, every visible root. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. Available in nine shades covering a wide range of blonde, brunette and black tones, there’s a match for everyone looking for a super quick root freshen-up or to cover greys.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. If you ever want to cover your natural hair colour or freshen up your glossy black hair dye, the touch up powder will be your best friend. Made-up of coloured keratin fibres that you simply shake onto areas where you’d like to conceal signs of hair thinning and pat into place. Black Iron Oxide is the super common inorganic (as in no carbon atom in the molecule) pigment that controls the darkness of your foundation or gives the blackness to your mascara.

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. An alternative to root touch-up products, are colour correcting masks that freshen up colour so you can prolong the weeks between your salon visits. Please note our products may be near or past their best before date, please check our About page for further information . Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Read on for more details on the GH Beauty Lab’s best root touch-ups that are worth it for all hair colors, from blonde to brunette, black and red, plus the best way to do a root touch-up and how to choose the right color.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. Even better, the powder comes in a compact with a built-in mirror and sponge applicator to make it simple to dab on anywhere. Permanent color fully covers regrowth and grays and also has the ability to lift your natural hair color. It's best to apply a root touch-up powder on dry hair after styling to get the best results and to create a seamless blend. While counting down to our next blowdry or colour touch-up, a little magic in the meantime, in the form of root touch-up powders, is something we can definitely get behind.