Best root touch up for my hair please??

[Wonderingwhyme]

I have a dark brown and blonde put through my mousey brown with the odd the grey hair. I can’t do anything about that blonde roots obviously. With hairdressers being shut for another nearly 2 months what can I do with it to make the best of the situation? What sort of colour root touch up should I go for? A mid brown? The dark is fading and won’t be able to match it... which one is any good? The spray? Or the very expensive colour wow? Any suggestions please?

[VeganCow]

@Coffeepot72 does the Wella stuff actually blend into partial grey hairs? And does it darken the lengths at all if you’re prone to colour build up?

[Coffeepot72]

I always put the colour onto the bleached highlights - I apply to the roots and leave for 15 mins, then comb through to the ends of my hair and leave for another 15 mins? It has always been fine?

[Wonderingwhyme]

Ok fab thanks. I have ordered the brine first to try. Hairdresser said don’t go over the bleach, just do roots.... but you put it all over? What would happen if I overlap onto the blonde by accident?

[Coffeepot72]

@Wonderingwhyme if you want to brighten things up, go for the lighter shade, but if you would prefer to tone things down, try the darker one? But you can experiment with complete confidence because whatever you do it won't last longer than 10 washes, I promise!

[Wonderingwhyme]

5/07 says light natural brunette brown...

[Wonderingwhyme]

6 is lighter so would it be best to try that first?

[Wonderingwhyme]

I don’t know which of those to go with Though @Coffeepot72? Hairdresser said try either of those....?How alike are they to the hair samples?

[Coffeepot72]

I would definitely take your hairdresser’s advice, the colours that mine recommended (8/0 and 10/39) worked really well. I meant to say in an earlier post: if you put a plastic bag over your hair while you leave the colour on, it seems to take a lot better. Good luck, and let me know how you get on xx

[Wonderingwhyme]

@Coffeepot72 my hairdresser says I should get either 5/07 or 6? Do you know how true to colour these are? My dark is usually quite dark but it has lightened a lot... my roots are mousey brown so I guess I need a light brown type?

[Coffeepot72]

I think you would get two applications out of each bottle. I always comb the colour through to the ends of my hair, it doesn’t react badly with the bleach.

There’s no peroxide involved, it just seems to add a really nice wash of colour to your hair, making the contrast between the roots and ends look a lot less obvious. I used 8/0 first time, which is a warm blonde, then 10/39 last time, which is a brighter blonde. They were both fine but I found the 8/0 gave better grey coverage.

And I just use the tiniest amount of root spray on my fringe (I had no idea I had a grey fringe til lockdown!) just for a bit of extra coverage, and of course that washes out.

So hopefully this will just about keep me going until the salons reopen in July!

[Wonderingwhyme]

Thanks @Coffeepot72

I’ll happily do it every other week until I can see my hairdresser, hopefully that would only be about 3 times! How many applications are in a bottle?

I will be trying to just get the roots to match the dark that’s out in my hair... what will happen to any bleached bits if I accidentally get it on them?

[Coffeepot72]

It definitely washes out, I promise! It brightens my highlights, covers about 50% of grey and generally perks up my hair. I put it onto the roots and leave for 15 mins, then comb through the rest of my hair and leave for a further 15 mins.

You apply it to freshly shampoo’d hair, but don’t condition - then when you rinse it out, you can use conditioner.

If you struggle to find it, send me a PM and I will order you some from my hairdresser 😃

[Wonderingwhyme]

Oh fab thanks . Waiting for my hairdresser to tell me what shade.... it def washes out though yeah? I’m not about to turn the blonde orange or anything? I’m hoping it will look like a deliberate balayage (although starting higher up the head than usual!)

[Coffeepot72]

@Wonderingwhyme It’s available on amazon and lookfantastic.com

[Coffeepot72]

@wonderingwhyme I googled it and bought my first lot on line, and then my hairdresser started supplying it. I also wash my hair every day, so I reapply approx every 10 days. It doesn’t take long and it’s worth it to look half decent!

[Wonderingwhyme]

@Coffeepot72 how did you buy it? Don’t you need to be a hairdresser with account through wella?

Iv asked my hairdresser (I have wella colour) what she thinks... she said if I just do the roots (so not going over the blonde) it ‘should’ be ok.... But iv just seem it only lasts ‘up to’ 10 washes!! I have to wash mine everyday as it’s greasy roots! Would get away with every other if I put it up on non wash days....

[SundayReilly]

I used L’Oréal Excellence cream in 8.1
Ash blonde
My natural colour is medium to dark brown but I have lots of highlights and lowlights
So quite blonde with roots coming in dark and lots of grey too.
Just apply to roots and partings
You will need help with back and neckline
Clip your lengths out of the way.
I also watched the Nadine Baggott video on you tube
She is excellent and it's easy to copy once you have seen it.

[Coffeepot72]

@SundayReilly which product did you use?

[Coffeepot72]

OP, my hair sounds similar to yours.

I recommend: Phil Smith root spray, L’Oréal Magic Touch Spray, Batiste Blonde Dry Shampoo.

The really light blonde sprays can look a bit white/grey, but they do lighten dark roots a bit.

I also use Wella Colour Fresh semi permanent colour, my hairdresser recommended this, it lasts about 10 washes so if you don’t like it, you’re not stuck with it!

[SundayReilly]

Did my own with some help from my teenager
Covered my grey and kept my highlights intact.
Cost me a £5 as opposed to £80 I usually pay.
Not perfect but acceptable.

[Wonderingwhyme]

Oh god no I couldn’t bear the stress! If I had virgin hair I would try but honestly iv had a nightmare with my hair and colour as there is so much old colour on it! Thanks though

[Cosmos45]

@Wonderingwhyme I have just discovered esalon - it was recommended on a FB group I belong to for women. Basically it seems you do an online profile and can choose to add a picture and they mix up a salon colour for you. I am waiting for mine to arrive. There are video's and tutorials on how to do your own hair at home and I purchased a brush, bowl, cape and gloves etc. You have plenty of choices to touch up roots, keep highlights etc. I am hoping this works for me and have read really good reviews. It cost £14 for the colour, considering my salon charge me about £80 for a T section root touch up then if this goes well I shall be doing this in the future. We shall see!

[Wonderingwhyme]

The L’Oreal one has made my head itch. Won’t be using that anymore. Have ordered a powder thing to try as couldn’t get the josh brown one.

[TomNook]

Green can one. L’Oréal

[Wonderingwhyme]

Noooo to scared to put any dye over it!! My Hairdresser has specially advised us not to do that if possible!if I didn’t have bleach in it maybe I would but I’m not going to.