Julia Youssef, Assistant Vice President, L'Oréal Technical Center answers your frequently asked questions about hair color:
Coloring Roots at Home
I get my hair colored in the salon but I'd like to extend time between visits. Is it okay to do my roots at home? How do I match the color?
In many cases, you should be able to do your roots at home, especially if you got the most common process, which is a single color applied with a permanent dye. But speak to your colorist! Tell him or her what you'd like to accomplish and ask the following questions: Was the color permanent? What was the level? (This should be represented by a number between 1 and 12, and those same numbers are found on most at-home hair color boxes, right next to the shade names, making it easy to find a match.) What was the tone? (Your colorist may use words like auburn, bronze, copper, gold, ash, beige or iridescent. These are code words for combinations of red, orange, yellow, blue, green and violet that give hair color its punch. Look for similar
