[music playing] this is james, clairol colordirector, and today we're going to talk about how to findyour best brunette hair color. whether you're looking tocover those resistant grays or just looking for adeeper, more saturated color,
healthiest hair color for home coloring, age defy has got you covered. i'm here to show you howyou can age defy and find your most radiant brunette ever. let's take a moment right nowto talk about brunette hair.
warmth in brunettes is a commoncomplaint for many of my clients. they don't want to see anyred in their brunette hair. brunette has red undertones. so any time you use an ammonia-basedor permanent hair color product, it lifts hair color andexposes those red tones. this lesson will help usin our shade selection. if you're very sensitiveto this warmth issue, then you should use our ash tones. if you have difficult-to-covergray or an abundance-- mmm,
hate those grays-- then youneed to use the age defy collections, which are 3.5, 4, 5 and 6. let's talk about our skin tone. some experts say the hair toneand the skin tone should match. i personally am not afan of this, because i feel it creates a monochromatic look. i think highlights or hints of warmthcan look really great on the hair. but all-over warmth and all-over skintone, to me, just is not your best you. and i'm here so you get your best you.
when in doubt, i always saywhen choosing a brunette shade, always err on the side oflighter rather than darker. if the color's toolight, it's much easier to fix than if the color is too dark. because brooke has a peaches-and-creamskin tone and medium-brown starting color, she will be usingthe age defy shade of five. so let's get started. first, we're going to apply the agedefy smoothing pre-treatment on dry hair from roots to tips.
don't rinse. now wash your hands. next, put on the colorer's gloves. tear off and discard the tabfrom the activator cream bottle. then, unscrew the applicator bottle cap. empty the entire contentsof the color cream tube into the activating creambottle and replace the cap. place your finger over theapplicator tip and shake well. keep it away from your face, and makesure the color is totally blended
and the mixture thickens. then apply the color immediately. for ladies that color theirhair every four to six weeks, you want to touch up the roots first. part your hair down the middleusing the applicator nozzle, and apply the colormixture to the roots. you can separate yourhair into the sections and continue applying thecolor to your roots only. when covering the gray, startwhere you have the most gray.
then set your timer. leave the color on yourroots for 35 minutes. after the time is up, you're goingto apply to the rest of your hair. but avoid rubbing the scalp. leave on for 10 minutes. now, finally, you'reset to rinse and gloss. you're going to add a small amountof water and massage into a lather and rinse until the water runs clear. apply the color seal conditioninggloss to condition and lock
in highlights and shine. for optimal color results,leave on for two minutes, then rinse thoroughly with warm water. save the remaining colorseal conditioning gloss

and continue to use once a week. you will be so happy that you did,because it is an amazing conditioner. check out these other videos for moreeasy home coloring tips from clairol. if you like this video, thenplease hit the thumbs up.