SO TRIVIAL!! I know. But who else am I gonna chat with?

[LAS14]

I've been watching Judy Woodruf's roots since this all began. For a month or more there was a little gray spot at the back of the part that came and went. Then it disappeared. Did the hairdresser come to her home? But now along the part it's just a teensy bit darker. I'm guessing she's getting remote instructions on doing it herself.

For a few nights Rachel and some other people (men included) looked like they'd done their own makeup. But that's sort of faded.

Have any of you noticed the COVID effects on TV personalities' looks?

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[Tipperary]

1. Um, that would be a no. nt

[Maeve]

2. Root kits are cheap and easy to use

Available at drug stores and groceries everywhere. Maybe?

[malaise]

3. My Miami sister told me that her hairdresser

had her hair color delivered in a pretty basket complete with instructions. She told me after I commented that her roots had disappeared.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. Did she disinfect the basket and its contents?

If you're staying home, but allow things in that you don't decontaminate, then your home becomes contaminated just as if you didn't stay home.

[canetoad]

24. Pure white

Had a buzz cut just before lockdown.

[panader0]

40. Once when my step son was 10 or 11 he buzzed his hair very short.

So I did it too, in solidarity. Half of it never grew back it seems......

[canetoad]

42. LOL

Permanent folicule damage from the clippers. I've heard that one before.

[lunatica]

4. There are lots of root touch up kits in stores

You can find them in grocery stores and pharmacies. Easy instructions and very easy to do by yourself. I’ve been doing it for decades. You can order them from Amazon too.

[LAS14]

7. Yeah, and the result is just a light mismatch in color which shows up on TV. I do believe...

... TV makeup people earn their pay, having seen bad jobs now and again.

[lunatica]

13. You asked a question and I answered with what I do

I don't get it. Are we supposed to be in some dispute?

I should have gone with my initial idea of just ignoring your thread. My bad.

[LAS14]

14. Which question did you answer? It sounded like you were saying...

... that you wouldn't get a darker shade if you used a kit. I don't mean to be contentious. Just trying to get clear.

[lunatica]

15. "Did the hairdresser come to her home?"

That looks like a question to me.

[LAS14]

20. Yeah, but it wasn't answered by your own personal experience. I was wondering...

... what goes on in the high pressure world of people on TV.

[lunatica]

22. You appear to be unaware of how easily it can be done

and even though quite a few people have tried to enlighten you it seems you don’t get it.

[LAS14]

30. I was thinking about this sub thread and it dawned on me...

... that you may have assumed, when I said it was "darker" along the part, that she hadn't colored the roots. But she had, just not perfectly, because her roots are white. If it had been perfect I wouldn't have seen it at all. I've seen it grow out at the crown and she's 73 years old, so I know her roots aren't naturally darker.

I'm aware that it can be done easily, just not perfectly enough for TV lights by an amateur.

Anyway, this whole sub-thread is a fascinating illustration of how people misunderstand each other in all good faith. I'm constantly educated about that in DU. It's part of what makes it interesting.

[lunatica]

32. OK. I see what you mean

I’ve found it interesting to see the people I’ve always seen on the news stations I watch looking like regular people. With lighting that isn’t perfectly positioned to flatter them or makeup designed to make them have perfect skin tones sans imperfections. As an artist who draws human models I am truly enjoying looking at them. And it’s charming to see them in their own homes, making an effort to make their backgrounds look professional. Putting bookcases in the background shows a real effort to look educated and professional. I appreciate their imperfect looks which I like much better than the plastic ones with perfect hair, skin and flattering lighting.

[LAS14]

33. Yes, I like the imperfection better too. nt

[Sugarcoated]

23. Most women have highlights and low lights

on top of low lights on top of highlights, lots of different colors and shades all through. Chances are you wouldn't be able to tell.

[LeftInTX]

38. Agree 100%

You can create temporary low lights with sprays and powder.

[LeftInTX]

37. There are many ways to touch up roots

There are temporary sprays and powders. A slight mismatch of color is actually normal because our roots are naturally darker than the rest of our hair. As long as you don't have roots lighter than than rest of your hair, hot roots or a line, then it looks natural.

With the sprays and powders you can created a more natural look by drawing down the hair shaft.
Temporary sprays and powders can cover up some home goofs too.

So you can do a root touch up with a dye kit and enhance the result with temporary sprays and powders.

One local newscaster is obviously dying his own hair and it looks brassy...LOL (He's a Republican, so I think it's funny)

[demmiblue]

5. Seriously, how old are you?

I have noticed a weird obsession with women politician's looks on your part.

[LAS14]

8. I'm flattered that you've been following me so closely!! nt

[demmiblue]

11. It is hard to miss, honestly.

Bizarre does that.

[LAS14]

10. Why would you be curious about my age? Which age would have more interest???? nt

[Hoyt]

6. I have enjoyed seeing folks' homes, at least what they want us to see.

[LAS14]

9. Yeah, me too. I'm very happy to see so many book shelves. nt

[Hekate]

29. Love the bookshelves! Have you noticed Phil Rucker's tokonoma? He always has a scroll & flowers...

...behind his shoulder. These glimpses of people's lives -- art, dogs, cats-- are really endearing.

[demtenjeep]

12. Revlon is a magical box

My hubby helped me wash away the gray for less than 5.$

[LeftInTX]

39. $2.50 at my grocery store

I'm a Revlon Colorsilk gal. I have been for years.

I do purchase a separate 10 volume developer from Sally's. The developer is dirt cheap. The 20 volume developer in the box is too strong and causes brassiness. My hair was naturally very ashy with no red undertones.

[Squinch]

16. Excellence Cream by Loreal. Works great.

[seaglass]

34. Thanks for the tip! I bought some spray on root cover up from Ulta - was looking for something

temporary. What a mess! I need to perfect my spray painting technique as I had 2 very big black splotches on my hair part.

I wouldn't really mind the gray roots so much but my highlights were looking really brassy and combined with the gray roots -

I ended up buying a no-ammonia temp color that will wash out in a month. I might do my roots pink after that. Depends on if my daughter is still getting married in July or not.

[Squinch]

35. Oh, no! A possibly cancelled wedding! That's rough.

I do use Excellence, and it really does do a good job. Covers the gray really well, and its easy to put on. I found that the color was pretty true to what's on the box, too.

I'm tempted to go with that emerald green color. I just love it. But I'm a red-head and it's tough to get colors that work right with my underlying color.

[seaglass]

36. I think she'll still get married - will just postpone the reception/party until next year if we can.

I will try the excellence when my current color washes out, I always tend to go too dark so it may take a while!

Green is my favorite color, that's another idea...

[LeftInTX]

41. I hate what the spray does to my fingernails

Ick!!!!! Make them look like I've been digging in the dirt!!

Otherwise, it's great if you're gonna use it for a special event, like I did at my mom's funeral.

[stillcool]

18. I doubt if she's seen the inside..

of a salon in decades. They have their people come to them. I think the lighting is more of an issue then the make-up.

[LAS14]

21. Right, and now that her people can't come to her and she has to do it herself (presumably)...

... it shows. Just interesting. I was wondering if people had seen this pheonmenon elsewhere.

[Sogo]

19. I'm just glad that years ago, I went "natural,"

meaning, I'm gray, and I'm free from the expense of going to the salon or the time drain of doing it myself at home, because it just wouldn't hold anymore.

I like what I see in the mirror....

[canetoad]

25. It's liberating

I'll bet your hair is in better condition too.

[JI7]

26. There is hair color that can wash off right away. So they can apply it directly to their hair

if they are going to be on tv or anywhere else they where they might want to cover it up. And then they can wash it off right away.

Makeup isn't that difficult if they are just doing simple things. THey can easily learn to apply less/more of something. It's not like they are doing huge makeovers .

[Hekate]

28. Unfortunately for "simple things" makeup, you need to know how to apply foundation & contouring...

...or you can end up how I look in too many photos: ghostly white from a foundation that was supposed to make me pale pink, I guess. I generally stick with eyebrows, eyeshadow, and lipstick, period. The sunspots and freckles are what they are.

Really glad I'm not doing a tv newscast night after night.

[LAS14]

31. The first night Don Lemon was at home he looked like his face was made of pottery. All...

... full of bright glare.

[Hekate]

27. I shall join you in trivial pursuits: yes, I have noticed! Some of it has got to be bad lighting ...

...in their home offices, but definitely lack of professional attention as well.

No one, however, has gotten as bad as that male reporter years ago who up and decided to go from dark brown to silver and just let it all grow out bit by bit. Someone at the station should have asked him if he was aware that the camera was fully registering this weird bathtub-ring effect on his head.

Speaking of silver roots, I have not been able to go to my hairdresser since January. From the front, the light brown and silver kind of comb together in the curls, but when I look at the back of my head with a hand-mirror, there is a flat palm-sized spot at the crown that is really obvious. Oh dear.