Perfect Color: Cover Grays at Home

The Perfect Brush

Take control. If you are freshening up the silver hairs around your roots only, use a soft, clean makeup brush -- try the E.L.F. Professional Blending Eye Brush ($1, drugstores) -- to lightly paint on the pigment. "You will have much more control than with the applicator from the box, and the brush bristles will coat the cuticle," says Edmondo Blando, owner of Salon Vanity in Philadelphia.