How to Dye Roots

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So you've taken the plunge and dyed your hair a new color. Let the maintenance begin! Touch up your roots every four to five weeks to keep your new color seamless.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Step1
Touch up your roots with the same color you originally used to dye your hair. Select the same brand so that your roots will blend in with the rest of your hair.
Step2
Wash and towel dry hair.
Step3
Slip into an old T-shirt and gather your tools: hair-color kit, fitted rubber gloves, butterfly hair clips (for easy hair release), a comb and an old towel.
Step4
Part hair evenly down the center, then from ear to ear. Clip each quadrant up.
Step5
Put on plastic gloves, and prepare hair color solution following the instructions on the box.
Step6
Slip the towel underneath your work area to catch any drips of solution, as permanent dyes may stain countertops.
Step7
Trace along the parts in one quadrant as you gently squeeze your bottle of coloring. Release clip and, keeping the tip of the bottle very close to your scalp, stripe thinly spaced lines over entire area. Re-clip colored section.
Step8
Continue until you've treated all four quadrants.
Step9
Check the clock or set a timer. Knock five minutes off the suggested treatment time and then relax with a book or magazine.
Step10
Apply remaining solution to your entire head for the last five minutes of your treatment. This will brighten the rest of your hair's color and make the most even seam between regrowth and ends.
Step11
Rinse as indicated.

Tips & Warnings

  • Deep-condition your hair the day before you touch up your roots to replenish lost moisture caused by color treatments, perms and heat styling.
  • It is always best to consult your stylist or a hair care professional before proceeding with coloring, especially if you are doing it for the first time.
  • Avoid chlorine and salt water for a few days after coloring your hair, as contact may alter your hair color.
  • Remember that the sun's rays can fade your hair color faster than normal. Wear a hat when in the sun.
  • Avoid getting solution into your eyes at all costs. Should this occur, rinse well with tepid water and consult a physician.

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on 11/22/2005 Keep a bottle of rubbing alcohol handy. Use alcohol to remove dye stains from your skin.

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on 11/22/2005 The four quadrant directions sound complicated and hard to do! I usually part my hair about an inch away from my main part on one side and paint on dye on this new part. Then I keep parting and painting my hair with dye in a series of quarter inch parts successively next to the first part. No clips are required! I do this about every 2 weeks. Then, roots will show about every 3 months with hair farther from the part. So I do all of my roots every 3 months by dyeing in parts from ear to ear.

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on 11/22/2005 Before dyeing your hair, smooth petroleum jelly over your hairline, ears and back of neck. The dye will resist these places and you will have clean skin. Be sure to wipe it off after shampooing.

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on 11/22/2005 To prevent overdrying hair, refrain from washing hair for at least one day before coloring it. The natural oils will protect your hair during the dying process.

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on 6/30/2006 A drop of shampoo and a little water on a cotton ball, and the stain comes off easy!

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