Gone are the days when shadow roots (aka grown-out roots) were something to fix. Now, instead of calling your colorist for an immediate appointment to cover them up, these darker roots are in popular ...

There was a time when dark roots could make us buckle at the knees. After just a few weeks of picture-perfect color, they’d start slowly creeping in to wreck our butter blonde or caramel brown ...

Anyone who has ever made a drastic hair color change knows the highs and lows that come with it. You leave the salon with flawless color, but within a few weeks, roots start to peak through, and you ...

Emily is a New York-based writer and InStyle's evergreen and special projects editor. Paris Hilton has a classic example of a shadow root, with darker dirty blonde or brunette roots blending into ...