Temporary Root Touch Up Refill

Easy to apply and great to whiten the pink scalp showing where hair has thinned. Love this product.

I've been using this for several years now, and I love it. It can be used as a dry shampoo as well, but really Ambiance is better for that. Still... Once you get the hang of it, it's easy to apply - they give you a little applicator brush, which I assume is for details. I use the large brush that comes with the original package, and have only bought the refills since. The design is pretty ingenious - the powder is in a little jar that the big brush screws into. The powder comes directly from the little container into the brush, so you turn the whole thing pointing down and carefully brush or dab the powder on - practice, or you might get too much at one time. The color is perfect. But the catch is this - for a little refill jar of powder, weighing .31 oz, it costs $15.99. Wait, what?!!! Yes, that's right. It says 60 applications - which would vary by the person using it - but come on, less that 1/3 of one ounce costs $16? What's it made of, real gold dust? Obviously I think it's worth it for now, because I've been buying it for years - but they should have a far more reasonable price.

I was really hoping this product would work for me, but it was a big fail. Some history: I’ve tried and loved Joan Rivers Great Hair Day in light blonde, and the Irene Gari Fill in powder in light brown (believe it or not, those two colors are almost identical and the price of the latter is a fraction of the Great Hair Day price). However, I’m letting my hair go grey, and it’s almost white in front, so I thought I’d tried this Rootflage product in Ice House to fill in the thin spots on the top and sides of my head. There is no pigment at all that color; I could have brushed on corn starch and had the same result. It’s my first Amazon return in 20 years and I have to say the customer service was great. Just an hour after I dropped the package with the prepaid postage label at my neighborhood UPS store I received an email that my refund was being processed.The Irene Gari Fill in powder isn’t available in white, so I guess I’ll just pay the higher price of the Great Hair Day, which is.One more note for those looking at these kinds of products...I had no luck at all with Dermmatch (purchased directly through them). It’s not powdery like the other products I’ve mentioned, but is hard, and you have to use a wet applicator to apply. I could get a ton of it to come off on a white washcloth but not a bit of it to come off on my scalp regardless of what technique I tried.

I was super excited to receive this today and immediately opened it to experiment on my wretched pandemic hair. I have dirty blonde hair that my colorist makes vibrant copper (normally every 5 weeks). I won’t be able to see him until June and I was looking for something to tide me over. This will work but it takes some customization and patience. You know how there’s no such thing as a free lunch or a magic bullet? That’s the story here too. Like most things, you have to be persistent and patient to get the result you want. This is a powder. It is not going to have much gripping power on clean dry hair. What I found was that if I used a spray root cover product in a shade *close* to what I need (many of them are just too dark or too red and they look obvious when applied on the root) and apply gradual layers of this on top it looks more natural. It still isn’t perfect. But it is passable and better than just my natural grown out root. Let it be known, we should all appreciate your colorists for coming up with beautiful, rich, custom blended color formulas that are unique to us BTW! No wonder it’s hard to match! If you are one of those people that wants simplicity and ease when it comes to your grooming and beauty rituals, this won’t be for you. It takes a bit of creative manipulating. If you are willing to play with it and have multiple root cover products (more likely if you have red hair since those shades will be harder to match), go for it! I’m attaching an example photo of my hair color so you have some idea. I ordered Bright copper in the Rootflage and I used a separate spray in that Amazon doesn’t carry. Try Style Edit root concealing Spray. You *might* be able to use dry shampoo for dark tones if you have a natural root that is darker or cooler than the tone you dye your hair but I haven’t tried that yet. You’d have to work the powder in on top quickly, though before it dries. Same with hairspray or you could try spraying hair spray on top. Some have commented that it’s such a small pot of product for the money. Yes and no—I think it ends up going pretty far considering you don’t use that much at a time. Should last a while. Hope that helps!

I have had hennaed hair for a few years now and I tend to go longer between colorings just because it's such a process. My natural hair is now TRANSLUCENT and has no color, so when my roots are grown out, it looks like I have a very wide part (looks like I'm balding), but I had not been able to find something to cover it up that I either liked, worked well, or matched my dark red hair. This is absolutely perfect. I can't even tell where my hennaed hair and the root cover up ends and begins. Some of the bad reviews are that it's hard to apply with the small brush included and the powder ends up in the wrong place. I used my own bigger brush, on damp hair or slightly wet the brush before dipping in, and it goes on much easier instead of just puffing up into the air, loose and dry. I was very surprised and happy when I first used it to find how well it works and how well the color matches my hair. Finally ! Excellent product !