Your Complete Guide to True Color Restore
How to Get the Best Results: Prep, Application & Aftercare
Your Complete Guide to True Color Restore
How to Get the Best Results: Prep, Application & Aftercare
Why Proper Application Matters
True Color Restore isn’t a conventional dye—it’s something entirely different. Unlike salon or box dyes that force chemicals into the hair, True Color Restore is a patented protein treatment that synthesizes new eumelanin inside the cortex of your hair. The process may feel unfamiliar at first, even for seasoned at-home color users, but once you experience it, you’ll never look back.
Check If True Color Restorer Works For You
Choose Your Shade
Determine Hair Length
Choosing the Right Kit
- True Color Restorer:
- True Color Restorer PLUS:
How to Determine Hair Qualities
Color Upkeep & Root Touch-Ups
How To Prep Your Hair for Best Results
What To Avoid The Week Before Treatment
Do I Need To Follow The Transition Method?
If you have chemically processed hair, you must follow the Transition Method to prevent excessive darkening, uneven, or dry results. This applies if you:
Before applying True Color Restore, wait until you have at least 1-2 inches of new growth.
Why Chemically Processed Hair Needs Protection:
Chemical treatments alter the internal structure of hair and damage its natural pigment framework (what we call the “hairprint” inside the cortex).
How To Transition
- Before Application:
- After Application:
What You'll Need Before You Begin
True Color Restorer Kit Contents
True Color Restorer PLUS includes an extra set of Restore Liquid and Powder for added coverage.
STEP 1: Prepare Your Hair
STEP 2: Restore (First Application)
STEP 3: Complete
Best For: Touching up new growth gray roots every 3-5 weeks (or as needed).
Before Your Treatment
How to Measure – Half Kit Application
Use as much Prepare as needed for your unique hair. Additional packets may be purchased on our website. Components may vary 2-3 grams.
STEP 1: Prepare
STEP 2: Restore – First Application
STEP 3: Restore – Second Application
STEP 4: Complete
• Apply quickly, leave on for 15 minutes, then rinse with cool water.
STEP 5: Post-Treatment Care
• Condition only (avoid shampoo for 24-48 hours).
• Apply any of our Amla or Nutritive Oils for moisture if desired.
• Do not heat-style for 24-48 hours.
Saving Your Remaining Product:
Use our Storage Guide to keep unopened Restore and the remaining half of Complete for your next application. Additional Prepare component is available on our website.
Best For: Root touch-ups for stubborn, those with 30% or more gray, or any amount of white hair.
Before Your Treatment
Half Kit Measurements
Components may vary 2-3 grams.
STEP 1: Prepare
STEP 2: Restore – First Application
STEP 3: Restore – Second & Third Application
STEP 4: Complete
What to Expect
Any hair treatment, including Hairprint, professional dyes, or at-home color treatments, can temporarily affect hair structure. Hairprint True Color Restorer is a protein treatment that helps bind color to your hair, boosting shine and strength. After using it, additional protein-based products aren’t needed and may even dry out your hair if it’s already balanced. Here's how to maintain balance and prevent dryness after your treatment:
Balance Protein
Balance Moisture
Maintaining Hair Health
Hairprint is a patented scientific breakthrough that restores gray hair to its true color. It is not a dye. It replenishes the natural pigment (eumelanin) found in brown and black hair that has turned gray. Hairprint is also a true protein treatment that will add body, strength, texture, and sheen while reducing frizz, and discoloration. Our simple, hypoallergenic, and odor-free formula produces color so natural, it defies detection. The treatment can be applied at home in about 75-90 minutes.
Hairprint PLUS is the True Color Restorer you know and love with an extra set of Restore to help re-pigment stubborn hair. For those with resistant and/or high levels of gray hair, we have found that a third round of the Restore application significantly helps increase gray coverage.