Keeping up with your hair color or concealing grays can get expensive at the salon, and who really has the time to book a salon visit every 4-6-8 weeks anyway? Thankfully, there are at-home root touch-up products that can save you time and money while still giving you a salon-like look. From root dye kits to concealers, here are the best products to freshen up your roots right at home.
Root Dye Kits
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Want to skip the salon for up to three weeks? Try these root touch-up kits for a hair refresh.
dP hue Root Touch-Up Kit
To permanently cover grays, this Leaping Bunny-certified at-home root touch-up kit will cover up to 1 inch of root growth and comes in six shades. It's paraben- and sulfate-free too. Get two-applications in one box for those in-between times.
Madison Reed Root Perfection Permanent Root Touch Up
Another Leaping Bunny-certified dye kit that gets results is Madison Reed's ammonia-free permanent root touch up. It takes just 10 minutes to cover gray with no harsh ingredients like pthalates or parabens, and should hold for three weeks until your next appt.
Clairol Root Touch-Up by Natural Instincts Permanent Hair Dye
This drugstore option is affordable and ammonia-free, with a large palette of hair colors. Permanently cover grey roots in just 20 minutes!
Root Concealers
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For when you have a salon visit coming up, these one-day concealers are perfect for a quick touch-up.
Color Wow Root Cover Up
This root cover up works great at covering grey and dark roots, adding highlights in between salon visits, and filling in thinning hairlines. Perfect for those last-minute touch ups, Color Wow is water-resistant and sweat-resistant and will last until your next wash.
Tarte Big Ego Dab & Go Hair Concealer
Look totally natural with this waterproof cream-to-powder hair concealer in a mess-free container. This vegan product is perfect for touching up roots and filling in thin spots on the go. Just toss in your bag!
Bumble & Bumble Color Stick Root Coverup
Refresh your roots with these hair color sticks from a cruelty-free brand. Apply like lipstick, and blend! It will wash out with your next shampoo.
R+Co BRIGHT SHADOWS Root Touch-Up Spray
This touch-up spray covers your roots until your next shampoo sesh and between salon visits. Paraben, sulfate-free, and vegan, the product also moisturizes and helps thicken hair with pearl extract and biotin.
Rita Hazan Root Concealer Spray
This award-winning concealer spray is water-proof, ammonia-free, and covers grays exactly where you need it.
Clairol Root Touch-Up Temporary Concealing Powder
Great for touching up roots and brows, this affordable concealer powder is perfect for keeping in your tote or car.
L'Oreal Paris Magic Root Hair Color Concealer Brush
Twist and brush on your root color with this brush applicator that dries quickly. It's great for hair that is less than 25 percent gray, and it's also ammonia-free, peroxide free with no harsh or synthetic dyes.
Preventive Serums
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Want to prevent more gray hair growth? Try these daily serums.
Vegamour Gro Ageless Anti-Grey Hair Serum
For those with 30 percent or fewer grays, this serum helps reduce the appearance of grays on new hair growth. Made with clean, vegan ingredients, Vegamour Gro was a 2023 NewBeauty Award Winner.
Arey To The Root Serum
Made with clean ingredients and cruelty-free, To The Root also helps slow and re-pigment grey hair while making your hair look thicker and more voluminous.
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