Charles Worthington Instant root concealer spray - Dark Brown

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Whether you’ve got some nuisance greys coming through that you’re not ready to embrace, or your natural colour has decided it’s time to shine loud and proud atop your head, root touch-up powders are on hand to mask that root regrowth, seamlessly blend your roots in, and give the illusion of well-maintained tresses while you wait for your next appointment.

I was concerned that this product would be messy ( it IS messy!) to use as it is a powder, but it was easy to use with no powder flying everywhere ( OMG! You fibber!) When I first saw these root concealing powders, what, a few years ago, I was sceptical. I couldn’t try them either, as my hair was scarlet red, and they tended to just come in more natural shades. You can still see where my root line is in the photo taken from above, but if you look straight on, everything blends. It’s quite easy to apply as well, you just sort of tap the brush against the area you want to cover, and the powder comes out. helps protect the scalp and absorb moisture and Dimenthicone to help condition the hair so it feels soft and silky. And how should you best apply it?

GOODBYE GREYS

It’s easy to use, ( nope) just take the top off the case and dab the brush onto the roots, it will start to build up a colour and then just looks quite normal. (uh uh)

It took a lot of rubbing with wet cotton wool pads to get rid of the colour. The only thing that saved me was a lot of brushing and generous spray of Philip Kingsley’s One More Day dry shampoo – an absolute life saver! Our team of experts know that the secret to hassle-free healthy hair lies in selecting and combining the best haircare ingredients that nature and science have to offer, to give your hair immediate results. My first problem is the shade ‘Light Blonde’– an unnatural looking yellow. I saw the colour in the bottle and chose it because the alternative, ‘Dark Blonde’ was a dirty looking, muddy light brown. If you have bleached blonde hair that’s turned a nasty, brassy yellow, then this is the shade to go for. Charles Worthington had root concealers before, selling at the rate of one a minute, and now this new formula with brush is sure to sell the same way. Admittedly, I got off to a bad start. The powder managed to work its way into the lid without me even opening it. It collected so much powder that it spilled everywhere when I did prise it open. As someone said above, the powder is indeed very fine and flies all over the place.

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The magical technology, Matte Veil, ensures the pigment particles temporarily bind to each strand of hair. The technology works by harnessing the moisturisers in the formula to surface coat each of the powder particles so that, on application, they instantly adhere to the hair and when they are dispensed through the genius brush applicator, the pigments produce a thinly coated layer of colour.

Other key ingredients include Iron Oxides, triple milled to produce a micro fine powder to aid spreading and even colour coverage; Corn Starch which You can also use it to cover the odd grey in your hair. This new powder comes in four shades – Light Blonde, Dark Blonde, Brown and Dark Brown. But how do they work? Wear a towel around shoulders to protect clothing. Section desired area and apply powder directly, steadily building and blending the colour to create even coverage.My second niggle – apart from the mess of dabbing it on my hair, was that it turned my scalp bright yellow. The powder clung to my roots (which to be fair, that’s what it was designed to do), but then ventured onto my scalp and wouldn’t budge. It’s faintly, but pleasantly scented. The super soft brush, which is prone to splaying almost immediately is, in my opinion, far too big to accurately target regrowth. Three decades of salon expertise and a passion for understanding women's hair has taught us that when your hair is at its healthiest, it’s at its best. We’ve found some of the best root touch-up powders for all hair colours, many of which have been tried, adored, and used time again by celebrities and their stylists. I’ve used the dark blonde shade here, and it matched my hair really well. I’d say, if you have a big night out just before your next salon appointment, then give these a go. I think because my natural hair has a lot of grey in it now, the powder colour did grasp better.