With life getting increasingly busier, it’s easy to stretch your visits to the salon for a touch-up. But that doesn’t mean you have to let your hair color become dull and faded. With the right products on hand, you can get through those hectic times–with your fresh hue intact! Click through to see which of these nine products you should be using based on your hair color.
Blond Hair
Shu Uemura Art Of Hair Color Lustre Shade Reviving Balm
This new balm is made especially for blond strands. Using color-friendly ingredients like linseed oil and musk rose oil, it keeps color intact and gives plenty of shine. $58, shuuemuraartofhair-usa.com
It’s a 10 Five Minute Repair For Blondes
Give your blond hair a boost while protecting it from heat and UV rays with this cream from It’s a 10. The best part? It takes just five minutes to get silky and shiny hair. $20, ulta.com
Blonde Sexy Hair Shining Star Color Preserving Spray
This Marilyn Monroe–inspired spray from Sexy Hair keeps hair strong and hydrated while maintaining bright and vibrant color. It also protects hair from UV filters that can dull blond strands. $18, sexyhair.com
Brunette
Rita Hazan Weekly Remedy
The latest from Rita Hazan is a two-step treatment that repairs hair and restores its vibrant color. Step 1 gets into the hair cuticle to deliver essential conditioners, proteins and UV protectors, while Step 2 seals it all in. $42, ritahazan.com
Madison Reed Root Touch Up
Madison Reed makes it easy to touch up roots with a long-lasting powder that absorbs oil, adds volume and helps hair lock in color. Oh, and don’t worry about sweating it out because it will continue to cover your roots until your next shampoo. $30, madison-reed.com
Klorane Tinted Dry Shampoo
Klorane made its fabulous dry shampoo even better by adding a natural brown tint to its salon-quality formula. It also has the same rice and oat milk powders that refresh and clean hair in between washes. $20, anthropologie.com
Red
L’Oréal Mousse Absolue
L’Oréal changed the hair game with Mousse Absolue, an all-in-one hair color system that automatically mixes pure color pigments and powerful developers. It makes it so much easier to touch up at home when your hair color starts to grow out. $15, lorealparisusa.com
Nexxus Color Assure Primer
Because red hair color can easily fade with each shampoo, Nexxus makes it possible to keep it from bleeding out. Smooth the award-winning Color Assure Primer onto dry hair before you shampoo and let its revolutionary formula keep color vibrant. $12, target.com
Rene Furterer OKARA Radiance Enhancing Shampoo
This shampoo has a sulfate-free formula that gently cleanses hair without stripping away color. It’s also formulated with soybean protein that strengthens hair and witch hazel that clears the scalp. $29, dermstore.com