L'Oreal Paris Magic Retouch Review

As I am getting older one of the annoying things for me is my scalp isn't really happy with regular permanent hair dying and seems much more difficult, it easily irritated and drys so easily.

For me with a short style I can easily hide the regrowth and this is where a re-touch product becomes my best friend.

This spray one comes in a aqua spray can, says up to 25 applications and comes in around 9 shades (thats from The Warehouse site) it is easy to choose a shade. Keep in mind IMO these products are used a a quick fix, something to tide over till next colouring. I would imagine for some 9 shades isn't enough but I am also lucky to have dark brown hair so a exact match isn't that necessary.

I found using it after styling was best for me, I only used a little for the front and the back. Not a difficult thing to do but I found it to be not as precise as say using a hair regrowth mascara wand (which Loreal also do).

I did find it a little drying but that not unexpected (pretty much everything is drying for me). The winning point is at the moment trying not to dye my hair, it can be rough for my scalp and this product really give me the security that regrowth isn't going to be as visible.

Choosing between the spray or mascara like wand, the wand is my first. This is because I have such a little area to cover and found this spray would be more ideal for a over all application ie: part down middle of head vs just a little area for me. The mascara wand offers quicker and more precise application. I wouldn't want to use the spray anywhere near my eyes, needing to hold it 10cm away from head makes it fan out. I didn't apply it without a towel over my shoulders, not quite ready to test on any clothes (it did recommend not to spray near any delicate fabric or surfaces).

All in all the price, innovation and ease to use get top marks for me. Its a easy product to use. Without a doubt one of those products that need to be in the cupboard.

I feel & understand that it's a quick cover up product and not to expect too much from it, with that in mind it won't be too disappointing.

This has given me another day when I'm overdue in dealing with my 'racing stripe' but I have found the spray is hard to control. Have learnt to apply when I have no top on after ruining a white shirt 1st time around. Needs to be a way to improve the nozzle - the longer stick version is not great

I received this Loreal Paris Magic Retouch hair concealer spray (in the new, improved blonde shade) in the post on Saturday (thanks BR team & love your eco-friendly, compostable bags that you use to send out products in btw, big thumbs up there! Eco-warrior Greta Thunberg would be singing your praises right now!).

You might be wondering why I tried this product out pretty much as soon as I got it and the answer is: ‘sheer desperation’! I am flying out to Wellington today for a mini-break, so I wanted to review this before heading away. I’m also incredibly overdue to re-dye my hair so this product came at just the right time for me and I was super keen to give it a go (I hate grey hairs and dark regrowth - not a great look!).

Firstly, it comes in a nifty little spray can that’s cute and easy to use. I got to work on my roots straight away, spraying it 10cm away from my hair and holding the can upright, as per the instructions. I didn’t find it messy to use at all and it didn’t leave any streaks/drops of colour anywhere in my bathroom, which is great. It also doesn’t contain ammonia or peroxide, so it’s not harsh on your hair or scalp. I haven’t had any reaction after using it.

Unfortunately though, despite my desire to have nicely-blended roots with this product, my roots remain very dark. I’d love to be able to tell you otherwise because it looks like I’ll be getting on the plane today with regrowth intact (ugh!). However, my hair colour is naturally quite dark, so perhaps if you have lighter natural hair-colouring than mine, then this blonde shade might work better? It was possibly the wrong shade for me - perhaps I need an even lighter shade to make much of a difference). I dye my hair quite light blonde, so this product DID have its work cut out for it in trying to blend my natural hair colour to the rest of my dyed hair!

On a positive note, although this product doesn’t lighten my roots much, it DOES cover grey strands quite well - wrong shade or not! So that’s a massive plus, particularly if you have quite a few cheeky greys poking through. I don’t have heaps of them yet thankfully, but I can’t stand having any! So I was very pleased with how well it worked for me in that regard.

On balance, I give this product three kisses. It does what it says it can do in terms of providing grey coverage and that’s why I don’t believe it deserves a rating of less than three kisses. It achieves its main goal. However, I was disappointed that it didn’t appear to lighten my regrowth at all. L’Oréal though have specifically marketed this spray concealer as providing ‘temporary grey coverage’, so they are on point there. It just couldn’t cope with lightening my naturally darker roots at all, and perhaps it was wishful thinking on my part to believe it could.

I used this product before and even though it applies relatively easily and temporarily covers the grey, its not geeat when it starts raining or you end up going to the gym and sweat a lot. I learned the hard way when caught outside in a rain storm with no umbrella. Ended up with lines of the product all over my face. Was quite embarrasing to say the least.

So my biggest problem is its not really that easy to spray and not end up with a brown scalp and therefore looks fake, and if you try wipe the scalp, you wipe colour off the hair. It makes your hair feel like straw, but thats just a temporary thing, once you wipe, wash, brush, your hair goes back to normal. And last negative is that if you touch your hair a lot like I seem to, it just wipes off. On Greys it does take the edge off them, but they do look less shiny bright. I guess for its cost its ok doing what it said it would do, but not for me sorry.

This Magic Retouch is essentially a long lasting colour hairspray.

I've not used these sort of products much, in fact only once before, many years ago. So in comparison to that, I thought this was an improvement but still not fantastic.

My hair is a bit salt and pepper in colour, I do have to dye it, as I'm not ready to be grey yet! Budget calls for home dye, to cover the grays and regrowth is a pain. It's especially noticeable around the temples, hence it would be useful to have a quick fix to this, without having to put all of my hair through the dying process as often as I do.

My hopes were in this product to save me from that and it is quite good, the colour match/blend was spot on. I used the Auburn shade, which blended well with my natural colour, dark brown and the Auburn/Chestnut colours I dye it and the grey coverage was impressive.

The application wasn't too bad either, with its directional spray. It has a longer more precise nozzle, but I still managed to get some on the top of my ears and a few spots on my forehead, so it's not perfect but it cleaned off quite easily with a damp cloth. You'll want to hold the can relatively close, say 5cms to your hair so as not to get it on your clothes.

I used it to cover the most noticeable areas around my temples and on top of my head and that used up about half the can! Why is the product so small? It felt pretty cold as it went on but didn't take long to dry and then didn't notice it but it did make my hair feel sort of waxy and sort of powdery at the same time? To be honest it made it feel dirty and as someone who loves the feeling of clean hair, I actually couldn't cope with the 'dirty build up' feeling. Also, I do tend to touch my hair (more than I realised actually) and found that the product came off onto my nails and hands more easily than I would like. It did also transfer onto material relatively easily, so you wouldn't want to go to sleep with it on as it'll be all over your pillowcase or rest your head on anyones shoulder! It also dries quite matte looking, so if your hair is naturally quite shiny, it dulls it down quite a bit, which isn't great.

In the shower though I did notice just the water didn't make it run, which is a relief if you were to get caught in the rain you'd be ok! Once I put a a tiny bit of shampoo in, it began to come out very easily, but it took a couple of washes to get it all out.

I also noticed, due to the silicone in it, it's not 'Curly Girl' friendly (which is what I try to be most of the time, as I have curly hair) so it was a bit of a bummer that I had to use shampoo to get it out, thankfully it didn't ruin my curl pattern.

In closing, it is a good product. It covers and blends well and it lasts relatively well. It's what you want in the cupboard for those 'emergency' occasions when you need to look good for a short amount of time but haven't had the chance to sort those roots! Also due to the size and price would say use only in emergencies!!

This product was not for me, which is a pity as something that works between washes to cover my grey would be great. The main reason I didn’t like this product was the application method. It’s in a spray can so it was hard to get precise. I tried different methods of how far away I held it and how long I held the spray nozzle down for but just couldn’t get the precise application I wanted around my face. When I got it on my face I could wipe the excess away but you could still see close up that my scalp had brown spray on it. You also only get once chance to apply it right as when I applied too much while trying to get some greys I missed the first time my hair went kinda stiff and felt rough even after brushing through the hair i’d sprayed it felt stiff. So sorry this product was not for me. It did however survive the wet whether and continued to cover the greys until I washed it out so the product in the can was good just not the delivery method.

from my point of view ,this product does not have too much use , its very hard to apply , and when its totally applied on you hair ,its very difficult to cover all the parts you need , the consistency is very thick so it can easily transfered to other stuff .