This is How You Do a Root Touch Up on Blonde Hair

Before and after of blonde roots touched up, created using Wella Professionals.

Roots are no bad thing. In fact, there are times when we strive to recreate regrowth, adding a shadow root to lend dimension to light browns, warm reds, blonde balayage, babylights and more. However, for those clients who want lighter locks through and through – from root to tip – it’s important you know how to perform a root touch up on blonde hair in the most seamless, natural-looking way.

Retouching regrowth is part of your basic training as a colourist, but with trends ever changing, it’s a good idea to keep brushing up on your technique. Here, we reveal your need-to-know guide to camouflaging roots on blonde hair, plus five formulas to inspire your next in-salon creation…

Photo of the back of a woman’s head with blonde hair and dark roots.

 

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Photo of the back of a woman’s head with long gray blonde hair, created using Wella Professionals.

 

 

Photo of the back of a woman’s head with blonde hair and dark roots.

 

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Side profile of woman with sandy blonde highlights, created using Wella Professionals.

 

 

Side profile of woman with with blonde hair and dark roots.

 

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Side profile of woman with wavy, beachy blonde hair, created using Wella Professionals.

 

 

Photo of the back of a woman’s head with blonde hair and dark roots.

 

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Photo of the back of a woman’s head with mid-length platinum blonde hair, created using Wella Professionals.

 

 

Side profile of woman with blonde hair and dark roots.

 

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Side profile of woman with wavy white blonde hair, created using Wella Professionals.

 

 

Photo of the back of a woman’s head with blonde hair and dark roots.

 

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Photo of the back of a woman’s head with short blush blonde hair, created using Wella Professionals.

 

 

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