5 Reasons to Love Root Touch-Up from Nice 'n Easy.

Clairol Nice 'n Easy Root Touch-Up, the first root maintenance coloring product to hit the market has just reached some pretty significant milestones. Not only is Root Touch-Up celebrating it's 5th Anniversary, it has sold more than 25 million boxes to date, and has won 12 prestigious beauty awards. They have even partnered with Shutterfly.com to create the first root touch-up photo editing tool.

Clairol's new color director, Marie Robinson, give us her 5 reasons to love Root Touch-Up from Nice 'n Easy too.

1. Easy Application
   "With it's unique brush applicator, Root Touch-Up is very easy to apply and has enough product for other areas that might need some extra coverage, like around your temples."
2. Shade Match
   "The shade match is so seamless that for even my celebrity clients, I can barely tell they have used the product."
3. Time
   "This is a real timesaver! What other product makes you look and feel great in just 10 minutes?"
4. Budget
   "You can't deny the cost savings with this little wonder. Some of my clients extend their hair color up to 3 weeks when they can't get back to the salon."
5. Gray Coverage
   "I know it's not a fun topic, but you don't have to worry about Root Touch-Up. You get complete gray coverage just where you need it - your re-growth!"

I faithfully use Root Touch-Up in Medium Golden Blonde in between colorings. It makes my color stretch out to six weeks at least, and covers those pesky grays that are always creeping in around my hairline. The fact that I can pick it up at most mass merchandiser's for $6.99 makes me love it more.

Are you a Root Touch-Up user too? Why do you love it so much?

Touch-Up Roots in Photos with Shutterfly.com.

Have you ever thought you looked great in a picture only to discover your roots were b-a-d? You know how to touch them up in real life, and photo editing services help you reduce your red eyes and even whiten your teeth. But those dark roots?

Well, Clairol's Nice ‘n Easy and Shutterfly created a unique tool to remove unsightly roots from photos, so those roots of the past can be banished. How exciting! This is the first tool of its kind and it was created exclusively for Shutterfly to help virtually make-over roots!

This new and exclusive tool can be found through this special Shutterfly link beginning tomorrow, June 1st.

In addition to being able to easily upload your photo and “repair your roots”, Shutterfly has created a fun “Root Blaster Game” where you need to spot the women who need root touch ups. A winner of the live contest will win a trip to the Dominican Republic!

I am so excited about this new tool and cannot wait to try it out for myself tomorrow. Remember, the tool will not be live until June 1st.

Hoping that you will join me in trying out this new tool, I have partnered with Clairol and Shutterfly to offer a great little contest. Ten winners will receive a coupon code for a free 8X8 photobook on Shutterfly. This offer is good for an 8 X 8 hard cover 20 page photo book worth $29.99. To be entered into the contest, this is what you will need to do:

• Go the the Root Touch Up Photo Editing Tool on Shutterfly.com and follow the directions to get your roots virtually touched-up.
• Go to the Beautiful Makeup Search Facebook Page and "Like Us" to be able to upload a photo.
• Now, post your before and after Root Touch-Up photo on our fan page.

That's it.

Ten winners will be randomly selected from all of the correctly submitted and uploaded entries. Contest will close at 11:59 PM EST on June 30th, 2010.

Stay tuned for some real Root Touch-Up tips from Clairol's new color director, celebrity colorist Marie Robinson.

*This is a sponsored contest from Clairol and Shutterfly.

Update on 2010-06-02 13:53 by Teri Cosenzi, Editor

The tool is now live and working. It is pretty fun to play with. I hope you check it out and post your before and after photos over on our Facebook page. Remember, ten readers who use the tool and submit their photos will be entered into our giveaway for a FREE photobook.

Take a look at the pcture I used in a before and after. I mean, really, how much better does the model look with those gray roots corrected?

Get Stronger and Shinier Hair Colour with New Garnier HerbaShine.

We all want strong and healthy hair, with 100 watt shine. With all the torture we put our hair through,  it is no wonder we even have hair left, let alone healthy looking hair, especially when colouring.  With a product like this new one from Garnier, though, rest assured we can get all we crave plus a beautiful hair colour.

Garnier HerbaShine uses a gentle, ammonia-free formula infused with fortifying bamboo extract. This new innovative formula treats both the inside and outside of the hair to insure that hair is kept soft and shiny, while most importantly remaining healthy.

This at-home hair colour is simple to use and works in just ten short minutes. The shiny healthy, beautiful new colour will last through 28 shampoos, so there will be no tell-tale sign of colouring as there will be no root line. The formula also helps to covers those stubborn, sometimes hard to cover grey hairs by 70%.

Garnier HerbaShine Hair Colour comes in 18 shiny shades in a variety of tones, so if you are blonde to dark brown, Garnier has a shade for you.  To get a hair colour consultation and easy to follow instructions, be sure to visit http://garnier.ca/kim for all of the details. Plus, there is a $2 off coupon on the site which makes the “it’s time to try this new beauty,” decision even easier.