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Black roots are the new black, according to the October issue of Vogue, which plucks writer Julia Reed off the political beat she was so good at covering to explain how, and why, to get, uh, perfect nineties roots. It's actually a lot more time-consuming than just a dye job alone: "For years," she explains, "I've been making colorists dye my roots twice: once to get rid of the massive amounts of gray and again to blur the lines from the highlights and deepen the contrast." But what a payoff! As colorist Kyle White explains:
It's a jet-setty thing, like, 'I'm just back from St. Tropez, I spent a month on a beach, but now I'm easing back into work.Uh, what sort of person that actually "works" in this country spends a month on the beach?
The piece goes on to explain that there are many kinds of "visible roots" approaches one can take, from the "nearly black" styles of Debbie Harry to "a medium root with a heavy highlight — the casually grown-out salon blonde — which is a 'very chic look on a style diva like [Kyle White client and Vogue contributing editor] Lauren Davis'" (Yeah, and every other woman on earth who dyes her hair blonde?) "Slightly grown-out color sends a message of 'I have better things to do. I go to the functions, but I have kid, I have a life." Now yeah, keep in mind it's just a "message," because, we're thinking anyone who actually has a life is not spending time mulling how to dye their hair in a way that sends the message that they don't make it to the colorist every two weeks.
