Grey Coverage With Wella Professional

Read this Blog to check out the best options on covering grey hair with Wella Professional.

Looking to banish grey hair? You’re in luck—there are three foolproof options to choose from, offering different levels of coverage, from soft blending to complete concealment. Whether you're addressing those early sprouting white hairs or tackling larger areas of stubborn grey, Wella Professionals, the No. 1 Salon Color Brand in the World, has the perfect solution for you.

Let’s break down your grey coverage options.

For a natural way to blend grey hairs, try Color Touch and its wide range of rich, radiant shades. The demi-permanent formula ensures true-to-tone vibrancy and shine, no matter your hair's condition, thanks to the built-in Metal Purifier that neutralizes metals in your hair. It’s perfect for achieving rich, seamless coverage with gentle regrowth and no harsh demarcation lines. Ideal for all-over colour transformations, toning highlights, or adding a root shadow. For up to 70% grey coverage, your colorist can also mix your ideal shade with Color Touch Plus for a boost.

For full grey coverage, turn to our permanent hair colour formulas, Koleston Perfect and Illumina Colour. Both provide up to 100% grey coverage, each offering unique finishes for personalized results.

Illumina Colour is your go-to for radiant, youthful, and natural-looking grey coverage. It enhances your natural tone, creating luminous hair in every light. Your colorist can blend a shade that perfectly matches your original color for a seamless look, or they can craft a trendy new hue with the shine and depth of a natural shade.

For more intense colour, choose Koleston Perfect. It’s the first professional hair color to combine exceptional performance with Metal Purifier and ME+ Dye Technology, offering true-to-tone colour and protection against damage. With endless shade possibilities, Koleston Perfect lets you experiment with everything from pastels and rainbow hues to vibrant natural shades.

Whether you're addressing grey roots on virgin hair or refreshing colour-treated hair, Color Xpress delivers quick, targeted, and natural-looking results. Applied directly to regrowth, it provides up to 100% grey coverage with a non-progressive formula that develops in just 10 minutes.

Yes, only 10 minutes.

In less time than it takes for a lunch break, your silver strands will vanish, leaving behind seamless, undetectable coverage that blends perfectly with your natural colour. No harsh, blocky finish—Color Xpress enhances the natural highlights and lows in your hair, ensuring that only you know you've touched up your roots.

Permanent hair colours are the best option for tackling stubborn greys, making Koleston Perfect or Illumina your go-to products. Your salon colourist may apply colour to the most resistant sections first, allowing the shade more time to develop. They might also recommend sitting under a hooded dryer, as the heat can help intensify the color for more effective grey coverage.

The frequency of touch-ups depends on how much grey you're covering and how quickly your hair grows, but as a general guideline, we recommend scheduling colour appointments every 6-8 weeks. You don’t always need a full colour treatment; if you're just targeting regrowth, ask your colourist to use Color Xpress. This fast root touch-up eliminates greys in just 10 minutes, making it a quick and convenient solution.

You can use any colour to cover grey hair, from vibrant copper reds to golden blonde tones, but if you're aiming for soft regrowth, consider choosing a shade similar to silver hair. Cooler, lighter shades like ash or mushroom blonde blend seamlessly with greys, making regrowth less noticeable as your roots come through.

If you're already blonde, your colourist may be able to skip the pre-lightening phase and directly tone your hair with a mushroom or ash blonde shade. However, if you have darker hair, your colourist will need to lift your hair before toning with an ashy hue. BlondorPlex is perfect for this, offering up to nine levels of lift and reducing breakage by up to 97%. This reduction in breakage is crucial, especially as the hair shaft becomes more delicate with age, requiring extra care to maintain strength and health.

There’s no permanent way to eliminate grey hair, as once melanin production decreases, white strands will continue to grow through with a grey tint, even if you try plucking them (which is not recommended). However, a permanent hair colour, like Koleston Perfect or Color Xpress, provides a long-lasting solution, offering up to 100% grey coverage in a variety of rich, beautiful shades. Whether you prefer blonde, red, or brown tones, you can achieve any colour you desire. You can even embrace this season’s hottest trends—like copper bronze or rose gold—while keeping greys completely under control.

Regular touch-ups are essential for maintaining grey hair coverage, so make sure to schedule appointments every 6-8 weeks. In the meantime, focus on strengthening your hair to keep it looking rich and glossy. 

- Nourish your hair with a colour-safe shampoo
- Treat lengths to deep nourishing conditioner 
- Make sure to use Heat Protectants, Treatments & Masks

Do you want more information on Wella Color Xpress? Check out the Education Guide, Usage Tips, & comparison between Koleston Perfect vs Color Xpress.