If you are new at coloring your own hair, you may need a few root hair tips before you start. When your natural color starts growing in, in order to maintain your overall hair color, you’ll have to learn how to color your roots. That’s the only way you’ll have beautifully blended hair. If you miss any spots in key areas, it will be very noticeable and the color won’t look right.
Also, coloring the roots in the back of your hair can be challenging, especially if you’re doing them yourself. If is doable though! You just have to know a few tricks! Once you get it down, you’ll be able to keep up your hair color very easily. Since natural hair grows out at different rates though, when you decide to cover them up is totally up to you.
Most people find that they need to do a root touch up about once every four to six weeks. If you let them get too long, you’ll need more color than you usually use. Of course, there are many more root hair tips if you want to invest a small amount of money for a complete hair color guide.
Root Hair Tips
For normal root length, (about 1/4" - 1/2"), you’ll need about a half a bottle of color and peroxide. Mix them according to the manufacturers directions.
Divide your hair into 2 front sections using a part down the middle and a part on each side behind the ears. Pull or clip the hair in the back out of the way.
Start your color by coloring the parts first. Be sure to outline your face too! If you miss any spots around your face, you will have spots of uncolored hair when you finish. Since most people notice your face first when you meet them, don’t forget this important step!
Divide your hair off into 1/4" vertical sections and fill in the color along the parts you make.
Do not overlap! Overlapping is when you spread the color out beyond your root growth onto hair that’s already been colored. The more you do this, the weaker your hair will become, which might result in hair breakage.
Whatever you do, don’t forget to thoroughly cover your roots in the crown of your head. (Your crown is in the top back! Just where a queens crown would go!) This is the other area that people will notice a lot! The underneath part of your hair is important, but not as important as the top and front!
Never smash color down into your scalp. Your scalp is full of pores and glands, which must be able to breathe while you’re coloring. Smashing your hair down can create an allergic reaction to the color. This is definitely not what you want. Instead, lightly tap or gently pat the color onto your hair.
Color expands so move your hair around a lot with the end of the tip of your bottle or a rat tail comb after you’re through coloring! Color needs room to breathe for expansion and better overall color.
If you have a mirror in front and behind you, you may be able to see the roots in the back of your hair to color them successfully. If not, then please watch the video to find out how I handle it. (Plus lots more tips!)
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