colorists always use a tint brush and bowl and are very careful with their color placement. Their results (and job!) depends on them placing the right color in the right place.

Here are the top five reasons why you should color with a tint brush at home:

1. Precise color placement.

Layers are for hair cuts, not color.

Start using a tint brush for your home coloring to introduce control to the hair coloring process. The tint brush helps you place the color exactly where you need it, without overlapping color. color which has been overlapped will be darker and less vibrant at the ends.

The tint brush lets you paint the color exactly where you need it, significantly increasing fabulous coloring outcomes, and reducing the likelihood that you will have unwanted color outcomes.

2. Creating clean easy partings.

Follow our simple sectioning guide. for easier, neater sectioning.

Use the handle of your brush to create neat partings to section your hair. Use non-metallic sectioning clips (provided in your Salon Set) to clip your hair out of the way. This will keep it neat and manageable while you color, and it helps you to access and see the roots of your hair so that you can place the color exactly where you need it. The aim is to avoid overlapping color which will make your hair color darker and duller in the mid-lengths after repeated coloring.

3. color saturation.

Using a tint brush helps you control not only where the color goes but also how much color you paint on to your hair. This is especially useful if you are trying to cover some unloved grays .

4. Great for grays.

Gray hair has no color pigments and can be coarser and naturally be resistant to absorbing color.

Use your tint brush to paint the color into the gray roots and continue coloring all sections of your hair (roots or full-length depending on your coloring needs) and then return to place more color on gray roots. Push the color into the hair with the brush to help boost color absorption. The tint brush helps you double-up on the color where you need it most, while avoiding overlapping and color build-up on the mid-sections of your hair.

5. It’s all about the result.

Using a tint brush for your home coloring is easy. You can achieve fabulous color results at home by using the right product and application method.

It’s easier than you might think to color at home using salon accessories such as a tint brush. A tint brush can take your home coloring to another level.

Great product, smells clean and chemical free. color is as described and instructions easy to follow – the mixing bowl and brush were a big help too.

C. Phillips

It’s like having an at home spa / salon experience. The toolkit including brush, bowl, clips, cape and mat are such great quality. The packaging with barrier oil, developer, hair color, shampoo, conditioner and gloves is so well though out. The shampoo and conditioner smell amazing and as if they’ve just come from Aesop. An extremely well thought out concept for professional hair coloring at home.

T. McCann

This was not hard at all, it’s easier to color with the right gear and the brush/clips helped me color my roots-only touch-up. color is soft, natural looking, exactly what I wanted and my hair feels great!

Lainey M.

I am so so glad I found The Shade! I really don’t like going to the hairdressers to dye my hair, I find it so pricey and it’s quite inconvenient for me to spend that time in the chair. However, I also don’t like using box dye because it can be damaging to the hair, smells bad, and the colors on the package are often not reflective of how your hair is gonna turn out! Enter, The Shade. It was so easy to select my color (with pics of people actually WEARING it!) plus the entire kit included EVERYTHING I needed: cape, bowl, brush, clips, mat. It was incredible. I dyed my hair, it came out SO SHINY, GORGEOUS, AND SOFT! My hair has never looked better!

B. Thompson