How to: DIY Shadow Root /Root Smudge at Home!
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- In this video I'm going to do a shadow root/root smudge at home, I'm not a professional and I'm doing this just for fun! Hope you enjoy!
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Just an FYI for anyone attempting this (1) pick a shade lighter than what you want because compromised hair takes color much darker; (2) use conditioner on the rest of the hair so that when you wash off the color, it will not bleed on to the rest of the hair. Stylist don't want to do this because it's too much work for them, they feel like they are doing an extra service and not charging for it, I've had them say this to me.
That's what I did, and instead of the darker blond I expected becuase of damaged hair, I got a golden blonde that it's not doing anything to fix my roots and I'm back to square one!
That's why I don't trust hair stylist I do my hair at home they want you to pay them good money but they don't want to put in the little extra detail of work to make our hair look good
@@pampassky agreed! root melts are simple and it's really the ONLY thing i wanted and mine HAD to give me a low light balayage and charge me a big price 🙄 i knew it wouldnt cost that much
@Lpg 8 did you mean pick a shade darker than what you want?
@@spicychickpea3477 Hairdresser here. No. Pick a shade lighter. If you go darker it's going to be too dark
Who's here after bleaching their hair during quarantine lol
Ah good, I’m not the only one.
Me 😂 lol. Bloody hell!!
Shhhh
Me!!
Yuppers!
I recently learned, that when you do this procedure in order for the color not to bleed on the rest of the hair, you need to cover the rest of the hair with conditioner. Just an FYI for the next time you do this. Also, with toners, if you do a one to one ratio, it makes the toner more intense.
Yes or oil
I know this is an older video but anyone who may see this today, another way besides conditioner to protect the ends from getting toned from the brown, is spraying your blonde with water as you go! I’m a hairstylist!
Cool. Thank You
My gosh, I feel your pain, I can't understand why it's so difficult for hairstylist to just do your roots. I'm with you, I've spent so much money and shown pictures and never get what I want only more damaged hair. So, quarantine is a good time to learn how to do your hair.
I'm sorry to hear! It's so frustrating!
Same! I’ve decided to just do my own hair now. If I screw up my hair, at least I’m not out $300! 😂
Just happened to me today. Very explicit on blonde tone/color and root smudge. Both were done wrong and I left with a lot to more damage than I had before and color that I hate. 🤪
what is astounding is the hairdresser AFTER they gave me 1. gray hair and said "I can't believe you don't think it is blonde" then waited over a year and the 2. next hair dresser, went in for blonde highlight, she suggested "depth" "a lowlight" and it turned out copper, then every time I washed my hair it turned more orange. BOTH demanded payment, both were rude when I didn't like my hair that I did not ask for...
I love the color. That’s exactly what I want to do to my blonde but I have gray to cover underneath. I hope Sally’s still has these colors. Thank you, Kim. I love how it turned out and what a money saver.
Thank you so much! I hope this helped!
Thank you! I bleached and dyed my bangs purple during quarantine. Now its growing out and I didn't know what to do. This was a fantastic tutorial!
Glad I could help!
Fantastic job your hair looks great 👍🏻 thank you for the help
No problem 😊
That's really beautiful and subtle looks way better.
Thank you so much!
You did fantastic... it looks beautiful! Great video
Jessica Marie thank you so much 💕
Thank you for this! I've watched what feels like thousands of videos trying to find a person who could do this as correctly as possible at home. I'm starting beauty school so I wanted to get my feet wet by doing my own hair and I watched so many professional hair stylist videos and they either don't do it on themselves, they don't explain it in a way I can understand, or they do it really badly (or what looks bad to me 😬). So thank you again!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you!
I'm really not sure why someone said it looks like you didn't do anything, because you can obviously see a difference. Thank you for this video. ♡
I think so too! It was definitely a good solution till i got my hair highlighted again, maybe the harsh lines (before I colored my hair) didn't project well through the camera.
Hella doing this myself! I’ve learned that all I need to get done professionally is the bleaching and then can easily do everything else I want myself
FreyaDay Good luck!
Even with the bleach you can get a friend or a familiar to help you out just with the back
Yep this is what I do too and just use redken eq to refresh the ends
Ohhhh it’s lovely 😊 I’m doing mine this week thanks for the tips x
Thanks and good luck 💕
It turned out beautiful thank you for taking the time to share this video with usI just bought the 8A and I'm about to do the same exact technique to my hair thanks to your video
Thank you so much! Let me know how it came out💕
I know this is old but i see in the comments it says use conditioner to protect the blonde so one doesnt get toner or dark dye on the blonde but in this video how did you avoid that as I see you just applied it and out on strand down above the blonde (turned out fine) but would have thought that would have caused a stain to your blonde so what was your method?
Honey this looks AMAZING!!!! I love it thank you!
Thank you! 😍
You did good! You’ve actually inspired me to do it on myself 🤗
Thank you! Good luck!
I watched your video and my hair came out awesome. This is the second time I have had to color my own hair and the first time was so hard. You gave some tips that made it so much easier. I used medium ash blonde, but your roots look darker.
I'm so glad it came out the way you wanted 💕 My roots came out darker because they are naturally pretty dark .
You really did an amazing job👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 i think sometimes its better to get something done on your own. You can learn a new skill🤪🤪. Didnt even need a professional 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽💙💙
Um this is perfect for me ! I’m going to do it exactly this way ASAP. My hair right now looks almost exactly like yours, style length AND color with the same problems on top. I was looking this up to do it myself just to fix that brassy orange and harsh dark line on top from my roots. ( my hair is pink in the pic I know, I’ve removed that already )
Good luck hope it comes out the way you like it 💕
This was exactly what I was looking for 🧡
So glad! Hope this helped! 💕
I’m going to try it right now, wish me luck. My hairdresser is so booked up. Yours looks so good.
Thank you! I'm glad it came out beautiful 💜
Your hair turned out great really love that look👍
Sue Anne Thank you 😊
Omg!! You did a fantastic job!
Thank you so much 🤍
Great technique, I can't wait to try it! You make it look so easy!
Thank you 💜
Gal Biller I tried your technique the result was incredible! I feel so much better about my foils now! And it was a really fast application time too which I was happy about. Have you made any videos of doing foils on the middle back of your hair? I’m trying to achieve a balayage style....I’m a hairdresser but I’m experimenting a lot more because I’m in lockdown! Thanks for your help ☺️
I'm so glad it came out the way you wanted! I don't have any other hair videos, I only do the root smudge when my highlights are done bad and I finally found a hair stylist that I like, so I'm grateful for that!
OMG I love it- thank you for sharing this video, it's super helpful! :) and your hair looks amazing, fab results x
Thank you so much!! Glad you found it helpful! 🥰
It looks great and I love it
Thank you so much!
Wow! Excellent job!
Thank you! 💕
Thank you. Exactly what I want!! 👍❤️
You’re welcome 😊
I did and came out Beautiful 🤩 Love it. Tysm 💕🌸
I'm so glad! 💕
Thank you so much!! My last color cut was really bad experience. Wrong hairdresser. I've purchased everything I need to do my the way I want to but didn't know how to blend my roots in. I'm so glad you made this video and I found it. ❤
I'm so happy to hear! Glad I could help! It's so frustrating to get a bad color from the salon!
@@galbiller Especially since it's been almost 4 years my hair was cut. I lost most of my hair due to an eating disorder.
I had made great progress and it grew back. I was so excited then so devastated. That's why I want to do my hair myself until I find a good one.
Steph Miles I’m sorry to hear, I hope you get your hair the way you want it 💜
You have done a great job!
Thank you!💕
Looks great!
Thank you 💕
You are brave, that turned out really pretty.
Yeah that was kind of risky lol
You did an amazing job!
Thank you! It came out better than expected 😀
I appreciate this video! Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
very helpful, thank you!
kayla wilson 💕
Same! I cannot get a stylist to get what I'm trying to say. I've wasted so much money. I do my own hair at home and agree going to Sally's I feel confident. They've helped me so much.
Your video was great! Ty ❤️
Thank you so much! Yes sally's is really helpful! Good luck! 🤍🤍🤍
It looks good. Nice job.
Thank you so much!
You did a great job!
Thank you! 💕
Really great job!
Thank you!! 💕
looks beautiful!!! Wish me luck I'm going IN!!!!!
Good luck!! 💕
❤❤This is my FAVORITE DIY Shadow Root Video
Thank you! Glad to hear!
Looks good!
Thank you!
You can combine a 5a and 7a to create a 6a. :) for future reference.
Hi, I have never tried that, I don’t think there is a 5A in demi permanent (in wella and ion) not sure though
can you use permanent colors for this type of root smudge?
@@Angievitela I wouldn't that will ensure banding over time
Is it always best to use demi and toners on hair rather than permanent blonde colors???
@@DelRageous for root shadow yes. Permanent color is best for grey hair in my opinion
Very nice!!! I'm doing it myself soon:)
Thank you! Good luck!
Came out Perfect 🤩 i love it. I did once but the comb was small and left the line. My hair is the same color as yours
Thank you!
I also get toned when I wash out the roots . Tonight I am putting coconut oil on my ends after I do the roots. Two reasons, condition and protect the blonde. Good job 👏
Great idea! 💕 I never know how to prevent the ends from turning gray
A girl after my own heart ❤️ I always say too that I can mess up my own hair, i don’t need to pay for it! Lol! 🤣 I have never been happy when I’ve had my hair done and I’ve had a lot of good luck (and some bad) doing it myself, but I enjoy learning and knowing how to color my hair and this video was very helpful and I am going to try this! Thank You for a great video and you did a beautiful job!! 💖🙌🏻😍
BehindTheVanity Thank you so much! Yeah sometimes it comes out good and sometimes a little less good lol but hopefully you will be happy with the results 😊
I Love your hair. Definitely rather the after😩♥️🙌🏽
Sher Edward thanks I know the difference is subtle but it was a quick fix till I got my hair highlighted again
Gal Biller it made a difference 🙌🏽 & u did great💙👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Wow it really looks amazing! My roots are starting to show and my highlights are quite brassy, so 7 ash would probably work well on me. Thanks!❤
Lisa K Thanks! Good luck 💕
Oh my, you live in Dallas! I live in Lewisville, looks like we are neighbors! I haven’t found a stylist either, I get my hair done in California 😀. Hair looks nice 👍🏼
Thank you 💕 I finally found a hair stylist that does my highlights, I drive all the way to Mansfield, so i'm happy now 😊
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful
ilana biller 🥰
Thank you for this! I grew out my bleached hair and I'm too lazy to bleach roots with my natural black hair and this is a better alternative!
egamfle Your welcome 💕
@Egamfle did it work for you? I'm in the same boat
Put conditioner on your blond hair drtt before you rince. It will help the other colour from toning it . X
Ok thanks for the quick response. You said to mix the two color so it won’t turn green, so did you mix half of each tube together or more of one color then the other?
No problem, I mixed half half equally like they told me
So like what products and shades did you use..VS what you wanted and couldn’t get? I wish you left it in your description!
Hi. The shade I used is written in the description box (Wella Color Charm Demi Hair Color- 7A-7/1) I don't remember what shades EQ I wanted to try, I ended up not going that route
Looks good. I did hear coating your blonde in conditioner to keep the brown off the blonde.
Yes I heard it does!
If you do this with Shades Eq make sure the rest of your hair is slightly damp so you don’t get any demarcation lines
I think this came out great and I'm going to try it. One question, since the color comes in a tube, how do you measure how much activating lotion to use?
Cheryl McGough Hi there, the demi permanent hair color has 2 oz in the tube so you use all of what’s in the tube and you measure 4 oz of the activating lotion (1:2 ratio) total of 6 oz together. I have a mixing bowl with measurements so what I do is first pour in 1 full 2 oz tube of hair color and then pour in the activating lotion which comes in a bottle until total formula reaches the 6 oz line in the measuring bowl.
@@galbiller Thank you! My measuring bowl has that also (which I never looked at before because I've only toned). I really appreciate the help!!!
Cheryl McGough your welcome!
This is great info. What color do you use for redkens shades eq?
Thank you! I ended up using the Wella color charm demi hair color in shade 7A instead, I haven't tried the redkens eq
This is helpful, I'm going to bleach my hair but leave my roots out and use a color close to my natural hair at the roots ans try to smudge it out this way. Hope i dont mess it up lmao
Glad it was helpful! Good luck!
Do you have to wait for dark roots to grow out in order to do a root smudge, or can you use the same Wella color on a full head of bleached blonde?
Hey! I've done it once without waiting for dark roots and the lady at sally's told me to mix the ashy color 7A with a 6N just in case so the hair won't turn green. And that mixture turned out fine for me, no green. But if you ever plan on dying all of your hair brown from blonde, never do it without something called a filler (something that adds pigments), i've never done it so not sure how it works but even if you choose to dye all your hair brown with a non ashy color (like a 6N or 7N) it can still turn your hair muddy. But everytime I go and do the shadow root at the salon it also turns out a lot better than when i do it myself.
If you need to also tone the blonde do you do the toner first then root melt or root melt first then toner on all of it?
Hi! I think first root melt, then toner
Great video, really helpful. I don't understand why it's so difficult for hairdressers to blend the roots, I think they do it on purpose so clients will go back to them sooner!
Exactly!!
So after the Demi permanent color comes out from the root smudge when would you re bleach your hair so it stays quite blonde? Thanks
The color came out in about a month and a half- 2 months and I highlighted my hair at the salon after about 2 months from making this video. Now my hair looks great (back to my highlighted blonde, yay!) and I think maybe I should just stick with the salon (personally), it just always comes out better than when I do it myself. I noticed that after the color came out, it left kind of a lighter color on my root, it didn't totally come out as its supposed to, it left a certain tone on my natural root, but my hairstylist said don't worry the new highlights would cover them.
Thanks for explaining the numbers and letter thing.
Your welcome! I thought it would be useful! 💕
Ur NOT LYING! I'm from LA and moved to Dallas. I went to 3 different salons where they swore they could do so much happen but couldn't even lift my hair to a level 5 im a level 8 naturally. The other salon I asked for highlights and even that they weren't able to do. I paid more than my vacation to Cancun to fix it as best I could and and buy treatments to get my hair back to soft, thick, and shiny. I've given up on Salons here tbh. I'm just waiting to either go to NY or when we go back to visit LA.
I'm so sorry to hear you went throught that! I hope you find a good hair stylist here! I finally found one that works for me, I drive out of the city to Mansfield now to get my hair highlighted
@@galbiller wow. Ty. At this point I'm just gonna give me it a shot myself. I know the best bleach so far is by Schwarzkopf which does include bond building in it and Redken has the best cool tones. Ur hair looks beautiful. Happy holidays to u and ur fam 🤍☺
I have split hair and the blonde side is so fried it needs a break thinking of doing shadow root on that side and letting it recover a bit.
Hope it turns out the way you want it! 🥰
I just got highlights and they are a little too chunky. If I do this to my roots can I blend it with a comb onto my blonde? Or are u not supposed to put any of it on the blonde?
I know I brushed it with a comb but I think you're not supposed to. If you just got your highlights done then tell your hairstylist, maybe she can fix it. I know there are also different toners that could work
I have silver hair and wanting to do this. Can you do this with permanent color? It’s absolutely beautiful.
Thank you! I'm sure you can, I prefered to use demi permanent since if I don't like it, it will come off after 20-30 washes. Didn't want to risk it!
I like the after.
I'm glad to hear!
I think we are twins. I've been back in NY for four years and cannot find a hairdresser that does my hair the way i want it. I've paid 350 plus tip to have my hair look purple and orange with black roots level 5 my hair is a 7 or a disgusting drab color. I found you searching DIY shadow root. Today I 'm doing wella 7N mixed with 8A to cover the orange and I will slab on the conditioner or vaseline to protect my country fried ends from going drab. thank you!!!!
I'm so sorry to hear! I hope you find a good hairdresser! Good luck with the shadow root 🤍
Does this have to be a Demi permanent color or can I use a permanent color? For the root smudge
Hey! I think it’s better to use a Demi permanent color instead of permanent color because if your roots grow in lighter, you can end up with a band
Question for you. In this video you use a 7a and I see yo brush it down onto the blonde a bit, I’ve heard ash can turn blonde hair green, did that not happen to you. Also did you tone it after?
Hi, yes I used a 7a. When I bought the hair color I asked that same question and they said that since I’m only doing the root I will be fine and I should wash it off very quickly with cold water. My hair didn’t turn green, but I did have some kind of grayish tint to my blonde hair, it wasn’t that noticeable though ( as if it toned it). I did not use toner after, since my blonde hair wasn’t very brassy.
Gal Biller thanks 🙏
What happens when your drker root grows down ,do u then bleach it ? Thanks
I can either grow my hair out to my natural color or get new highlights, luckily I found a hair stylist that does the perfect blonde!
Coming from a hairstylist, you did amazing 🤗😊😁
Thank you so much, happy to hear! It's such a risky thing to do at home 😀
@@galbiller I know it's so hard to do on yourself, and you did great...plus you save so much money🤗😁 I stopped working for the business a long time ago because i just couldn't bare to charge ppl that amount of money when I knew how much the products cost😓 terrible
@@haleysperbeck5972 yes its expensive!
If I also need to use a toner to remove brassiness would I do the root melt using demi first and then use a toner on all of it or do the toner first then do the root melt? I’ll be using the a Wella toner (probably T18). My daughter (natural dark lvl 4-5) got some highlights done professionally that turned out super brassy & bad demarcation line. Paid $400+ and it looks awful.😩 She was in tears so now I’m trying to fix it for her. Mom to the rescue!😅 TIA🙏🏼
@@SDtropics You can definitely do the shadow root and toner at same time, just make sure you don't overlap them on hair,(depends on what shadow root color your using) so wherever you stop the shadow root, start the toner there and work down to rest of hair! That sucks they messed up that bad,then still charged you. That's exactly why I won't work in salon anymore 😕
How do you keep the brown root from getting into the rest of the hair. I tried it and my whole head turned that color. Not blonde!
Someone suggested to put conditioner on the rest of the hair, so the color won't bleed onto it when washing off
Do you only do the top of the part not do the bottom? Or do you do the same to the bottom of the part also?
Only top (on the roots), not on the bottom (where the hair is bleached hair)
Does an ash on bleached blonde hair, turn hair green?
I've heard it can make it look muddy, thats why I washed the hair dye off as quick as possible in cold water, so my blonde hair wont turn muddy. I consulted with the ladys at the store and they told me to use a 7A, only on my roots and wash off quickly with cold water. I'm not a professional though, I just do what they recommended at sallys, and they told me what to buy....if the roots are blonde they tell me to add a 6A (or whatever level is closest to your roots).
I live in Fort Worth and haven’t found a good stylist either! I just stick to my girl in Utah whenever I go back
It's so hard to find a hair stylist that does your highlights the way you want it! I just recently found one nearby that does it pretty good, i'm so grateful for that!
Flor’s studio
Irving Texas
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You did a great job,Next time make sure to cover your blonde hair either with hair conditioner or with foil to protect it from color bleeding.
That's a good idea, thank you!
Hello ok I am real blonde I have been bleach for years my roots are black and the rest of it is supper blonde so I have to bleach the roots first I just I don’t want purple hair please help.
Hey, I don't really understand what you are wanting to do. If you are planning to dye all of your hair brown you need to consult with a professional before you do it because if you put dark brown dye on bleached hair , it can turn out muddy (so you need to add pigments before), I dyed my roots, which were already dark
It actually blends better when your hair is wet
I'll try that next time!
I don’t think it toned any of your other hair. You did a great job. It looks beautiful. It’s so funny to hear how you pronounce, Demi 😅. Thanks for sharing, because I do my own hair as well. I’ve had some horrendous things happen. And I don’t trust anyone now at all. Ha ha ha maybe to do a little haircut but that’s it. I’ve pretty much mastered how to cut my hair as well.
Thank you so much! 😍
I’m going trhru exactly the same some of the highlights look golden orange looks bad
I’m having to bleach my hair my self
Hard to find a good hair stylist
I hope it comes out the way you want it! I know how frustrating it is! Good luck 🤍
What hairs color do you use ?
lianny baques Hi, I used wella color charm Demi permanent hair color 7A, I wrote the exact products I used in the description box
Gal Biller thank you 🤗
Use conditioner on all your blonde when washing your hair so the brown don’t bleed onto your blonde.
How do you keep it from bleeding on to the blonde
Pamela C I personally don’t do anything but brush it carefully on my roots and not touch it but someone suggested to put conditioner on the ends, I’ve never tried that though.
Gal Biller I’m wondering if it has anything to do with using liquid as opposed to cream. Maybe the thicker consistency doesn’t bleed. Anyway I will also try the conditioner. Thank you!!
Pamela C Probably. The wella Demi permanent that I used was a cream and I washed it off quickly with cold water
You look like Alicia silverstone!!
I was always told that as a little kid lol Havn't heard that for years!
Ok, I’m here because I’ve been bleaching my own hair. I stop short of the root and I end up getting an orange part and a prominent demarcation line. My hopes is shadow root will solve that (??)🤷🏼♀️
Good luck 🤍
86k keep it up....
Thank you!
Is she asking us something? I feel like everything she said sounded like a question. "Redkens shades EQ? Sally's? 7a? " lol
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חביבה ציפריס איזה הפתעה לראות אותך פה חח תודה סבתא!
Virgo?
Scorpio 😀
One more comment, you should have gotten a lighter color and do not brush it down, you barely do the roots.
I do my own damn hair because I dont trust anybody!! I dont understand why so many "professionals" cannot give a person what they want! Irritating.
Yes! It's hard to find a good hair stylist!
You ruined your hair in the front 😮
A shadow root is for women with white roots (going grey).
This is smudge root 🙄
it is too dark around hairline....it was better before