Coloring Your Roots at Home

Since it’s been over a month since anyone has been able to see their hairstylist, things are getting desperate! I know my roots have been needing some love, so I’m going to walk you through my process on how to touch up roots at home.

 

*Disclaimer– As a former hairstylist, I normally would not recommend coloring your hair at home if you are not a professional. It can be super tricky to get the right color for your hair without professional help. I suggest that you call your hairstylist and ask them what you should purchase for your hair and ask them for any tips that will help you get the look you need. 

I would not tell you to go and get a box dye. The box dyes are really hard on your hair and they are super hard to get out of your hair if you use the wrong color.

Madison Reed is another resource you can use, too. They will help you pick the correct color you need for your hair type. I’ve worked with them before and I really like their products.

The color I’m using is a Schwarzkopf professional hair color. I know the color formulation I need for my roots. This is why I suggest getting advice from your hairstylist or from Madison Reed before you go and purchase hair color. It’s really easy to get it wrong if you don’t know what you are doing. 

Step 1-

Always wear gloves, an old, dark colored tee-shirt or something that buttons up. You don’t want to worry about getting dye on your clothes and ruining them. Remember you’ll also need to wash your hair when the dye is done processing, so you want something you can take off easily if you are showering when washing the dye out of your hair. 

Step 2-

Section your hair in a T-part. This means section it down the center midline of your head, then perpendicular from ear to ear. This will leave you with smaller sections of hair to work with. By sectioning your hair into smaller areas, you will be able to more easily see and feel what areas still need color.  

Step 3-

Use a brush to apply the color to your roots, close to the hair line. I go down the part lines and around my face first.You really want to get the stubborn grey hairs around the hairline.

Note- You don’t need much dye. Don’t go very far down the shaft of the hair. Just hit the roots today. 

Step 4-

From here, do little sections around your head within each larger section you created earlier. If you have someone who can help you, it makes everything even easier, especially in the back. 

Step 5-

When you are done with the roots across your head, make sure you don’t have dye on your skin around your hairline. Wipe it off with a cloth or your clean glove. 

Step 6-

On my ends I am using a color reviving and toning gloss from Madison Reed to tone my ends and get rid of the brassiness. You can use this anytime. Pour it into a bowl and use the same brush that you did before and paint the gloss from where you stopped applying the root color, through the ends of your hair shafts. I focused on the front sections of my hair because that is where I have lighter hair right now. 

Step 7-

I’m letting everything sit for 35 minutes, and then I will wash it out and style as usual. 

 

That’s it! Once you know what you are doing, it’s a pretty simple process for coloring your roots at home. Again, don’t buy a box dye! Ask a pro for help. If you’d like to see how I did this on my hair, I have the steps saved on my Instagram account. Find it HERE.

Have you tried using a hair waver? I wrote a post all about them recently. Find it HERE!

Do you have any extra tips on how to touch up roots at home?  Let me know in a comment below!