A Time-Poor Parent’s Guide to Salon-Quality Hair Care at Home
As a recent member of the “Time-Poor Parents Club,” my life has become a whirlwind of sticky fingerprints, half-finished coffees, and an ongoing quest for time-saving solutions. My 18-month-old toddler is the undisputed ruler of the household, and while I wouldn’t trade this chaos for anything, one thing that has fallen off my priority list is those three-hour salon sessions every eight weeks.
I don’t consider myself high-maintenance, but 12 years of working with beauty brands have made me very particular about quality and formulation. I have high expectations for products that promise to deliver what others can’t.
The Done Ultimate Root Retouch Kit: A Game-Changer
The Done Ultimate Root Retouch Kit, priced at $65, caught my attention when it landed on my desk. I was desperate for a quick fix ahead of the holidays, and my inner hair snob resisted the generic supermarket box dyes and their messy, noxious fumes. I decided to skip my emergency salon appointment and try this instead.
What is the Done Ultimate Root Retouch Kit?
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Fast Facts:
– Professional-grade permanent colour designed by world-leading colour experts.
– Salon-grade formula uses fast-acting pigments to deliver complete grey coverage in just 10 minutes.
– Vegan and cruelty-free, formulated without Ammonia, PPD, Parabens, Resorcinol, Phthalates, Gluten, SLS, and Titanium Dioxide.
– Permanent colour is designed to stretch the time between salon visits, lasting up to six weeks.
How to Use the Done Ultimate Root Retouch Kit
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If you’ve ever coloured your hair at home, you know the drill: open the box and brace yourself for the aggressive, eye-watering chemical assault on your nostrils. Not to mention the mess. It’s the cost of doing business, right? Wrong. Not Done.
The Ultimate Root Retouch Kit is made for ease when it comes to mixing the formula:
- Slap on your robe pre-shower, glove-up, and apply the Barrier Cream to the hairline.
- Empty the (tube of) colour into the Developer applicator bottle, shake to mix, and then apply to roots.
- 10 mins of ‘me’ time and straight into the shower to rinse off. I completed the ritual with the shampoo and conditioner, followed by the gloss treatment.
Side note: The scent once you mix and commence application is nice, unassuming, and genuinely pleasant, making for a whole experience that feels more civilised.
My Done Ultimate Root Retouch Kit Review
The modern, playful packaging and the unoffensive scent are good, but the real test is the colour itself. I was hopeful… fast forward 45 minutes of natural air drying and what ensued was impressive.
The colour was rich, vibrant, and the grey coverage was flawless, seamlessly blended and full of shine.
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The quality was immediately apparent, but the part that turned me into a true Done devotee: the results were lasting. A game changer for this time-poor mum. My root touch-up lasted a glorious two months before I truly needed to colour again. And you best believe it was onto my second blue box of this magic stuff.
I was so impressed that I immediately recommended it to my own mother and bought a few boxes for her.
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