I have gray hair and am using 20 developer and 6.5 Schwarzkopf color, but my roots are not grabbing the color. Any suggestions?
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The Schwartzkopf Igora Royal does not seem to cover gray, at least it does not cover mine. One might have to contact Schwartzkopf directly to find out which of their color lines work for gray.
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Do not have that problem. It is working fine with me including roots. Is is working for rest of hair?
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Apply to roots first, leave it in your hair longer, and/or put on a plastic shower cap and apply heat from a dryer, but make sure you don't sweat. If those don't work, use 30 developer and know that it will be a lighter color.
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You need to use 10% developer, and you are going to be very happy with the result. Trust me, I have a lot of stubborn gray hair, and I am using 10 . It covered all the gray in my roots.
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Toppix does not cover gray roots. I use DermMatch to cover roots. It works great and is really easy to work with. DermMatch, like Toppix, does come off in water.
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The product is suitable for people with very little grey. I unsuccessfully attempted to color my greys with Chromatics, but it turned out to be more of a toner on my already colored hair. It did not color the grey roots. I do not use this product anymore.
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My hair is not red, but easily picks up red. Now I NEVER use anything that doesn't specifically say "cool" in the color name. I tried the Brass Banisher (with high hope) and I could not see any difference in the tone afterwards. So frustrating when I have a good color, then touch up the color and have red/brassy results. Virtually everything goes towards brassy after a few weeks, but I use purple shampoo and add "red out" (and similar products) to the hair dye mixture before applying, and this helps some.
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If you are only going one shade difference from your natural hair, use 10 or 20%. If you have darker hair, or if you have a lot of gray hair (gray hair is very resistant to any processing) use 30% If your natural hair is really, really, dark, you would use 40% I would think a safe bet would be to buy 30%
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This might help visually. This is a color chart of Schwarzkopf: http://www.sleekhair.com/9725.html
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I think you are supposed to use a color close to your natural color. I have graying hair, but my eyebrows are not gray. I found the blonde color to be darker than expected, but worked well with my fair skin.
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I also have thick strong hair and grey roots, when I apply the foam I make parts in my hair to make sure the color can penetrate the roots. Hopefully this will help you too. Good luck.
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Tim,I just sent you an answer that I thought you might need, but I may have misunderstood the quesstion. If you want to cover some gray hair and want to match your hair color, then go the the store that handles Roux product and look at their samples to see if they might match your hair color. If not then go to your hair stylist and ask what color that you need. Betty
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Yes! As long as your hair is dark before you use the henna it will work perfectly. When I did mine my roots were dark and the rest of my hair a light light red. When I used the henna my the dark sections of my hair turned out like they should have, burgundy but the light parts did turn orange. I kept it this way because it's like an unintentional ombr. Make sure your hair is all one color and dark and you should be fine. Also, you might want to get two packs. It took me two colorings to really get it to where I wanted.
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I have dark brown hair and it shows up fine. They say to use white and then the color on top of it to make it brighter. I haven't tried that but just using the desired color shows up as well.
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Yes. The developer is the best part, because it is very low volume and will not wreck your hair. Get it wherever you buy the bottle of semi-permanent color. Put two ounces into the application bottle (looks like a ketchup squirter at a hot dog stand) and add the entire bottle of color. Shake gently, let it sit a few minutes, then apply to roots first. I feel like you can't go wrong with this stuff, but I'm not a professional.
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My roots didn't respond well to the henna. Gray turned a bit orangey. I loved the conditioning the henna gave to my hair, however, I'd have to maybe get tips on how to get better coloring for my gray
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I'm medium-brown skinned with black hair and it works great for me. It's taking longer than they estimated, but great. I think the instructions and the website says that it may not work on grey hair that well, but definitely check because I'm not well versed in that area. Good luck!
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I have straight fine mostly gray hair. My last dryer gave more volume but it was more frizzy. Now my hair has more shine. I get volume by lifting roots to dry then finishing with cool shot. Also, my daughter gave me Osis+ powder for Christmas. A very small amount rubbed just at the roots has worked wonders.
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I bought 2 just to be safe. Mine is thick, but not terribly long. I ended up mixing the color with conditioner. You don't need to mix with a developer (or toner as someone else said... not sure why you'd mix it with a toner), because it's more of a stain than a dye. It is super dark if you put the color straight on your hair, so I'd suggest mixing with conditioner to lighten it up and get the bright purple.
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Hi Lucysmom....This is one reason why I like this hair color. It does a great job of covering my gray hair. Hope it works just as well for you!