Best Hair Dye for Men 2024

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Best Hair Dye Foam

True Sons Hair Dye Foam

Pros

• Easy to apply

Cons

• Not the cheapest option

Convinced it's time to try an at-home dye but concerned you'll bungle it? True Sons' fan-favorite formula is probably the one for you. Sure, the brand's foolproof foam is a bit pricier than the other options included here, but if you're nervous about applying a hair dye for the first time, this sucker eliminates all that stress entirely. It's designed to lather on as smoothly as a shaving cream and is made for full-body use, so you can apply it with (relative) abandon anywhere you've got hair that needs a touch-up.

Best Overall Hair Dye

Just for Men Easy Comb-In Color Kit

Pros

• Various shades of brunette

Cons

• Limited shade range beyond brunette

A comb applicator helps you apply this semi-permanent dye with ease, so you can touch-up specific areas prone to graying without dying your whole head. Crucially, a variety of natural-looking colors ensures you won't step back halfway through and suddenly see the spitting image of (gasp!) dear old dad staring back at you in the mirror.

Best Salt-and-Pepper Hair Dye

Just for Men Touch Of Gray Hair Coloring Kit (3-Pack)

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Pros

• Comes with three kits

Cons

• Covers some, not all, grays

Just For Men remains the standard-bearer for gray coverage when it comes to any and at all ad hoc at-home dye jobs. Invest in a kit (or a few!) if you're in the market for subtle gray coverage that'll look blended without coming across as overly dramatic.

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Best Easy-to-Use Hair Dye

L'Oréal Paris Men Expert One Twist Hair Color

Pros

• Simple to apply

Cons

• Brunette shades aren't accurate

This hair color kit covers your grays for up to six weeks, so by the time you're ready for your next cut, it'll be about time to reapply. This was also designed specifically for men, so you're pretty much guaranteed natural-looking, easy results.

Best Subtle Hair Dye

Madison Reed Mr. Hair Color for Men

Pros

• Blends grays with your hair

Cons

• Need to apply every other week

For a gentle reduction of your grays, this is the dye for you. It doesn't completely eradicate and cover them, but instead, subtly blends them into the rest of your hair, for a cool, mature look. After all—grays are kinda stylish.

Best Customized Hair Dye

Cleverman Hair & Beard Color

Pros

• Formulated specifically for you

Cons

• Multi-step process

This hair dye is completely unique to you, and works on your beard, too. Through an online quiz, Cleverman identifies the perfect custom products for your hair color, texture, and goals, then sends you a kit packed with everything you'll need to get the exact look you want.

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Best Semi-Permanent Hair Dye

Good Dye Young Semi-Permanent Hair Color Kit

Pros

• Clean formula

Cons

• Very few shade options

If you fancy yourself a bit of a grooming maverick, Good Dye Young's signature kit is ready-made for experimentation. The brand's vegan, easy-to-use formula calls for no mixing, and is semi-permanent, so its effects will only last about six weeks sans regular touch-ups if you wake up deeply regretting the color you choose.

Best Hair Dye for Textured Hair

SoftSheen-Carson Dark & Natural Hair Color Kit

Pros

• Formulated for dark, textured hair

Cons

• Small shade range

If you're a dude with dark, textured hair looking for full coverage, this might be the kit for you. SoftSheen-Carson's formula covers gray hairs effectively and won't leave your mane feeling dried out or looking remotely devoid of its natural sheen.

Best Lightening Hair Dye

Manic Panic Flash Lightning Hair Bleach Kit

Pros

• Affordable and effective

Cons

• Need to apply dye on top of bleach

Manic Panic's bleaching kit makes an otherwise arduous process relatively straightforward. The brand's hard-to-beat concoction comes with all the tools you'll need to lighten your hair at home, and is specifically made with novices in mind so there's minimal room for serious mistakes.

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Best Gel Hair Dye

Christophe Robin Temporary Color Gel

Pros

• Uses natural ingredients

Cons

• Lasts a few weeks

With natural ingredients, this is how you get your grays covered without irritating your scalp. This semi-permanent gel requires no mixing, and easily blends into your hair to get rid of those salty and/or peppery bits. Easy as that.

Best Hair Dye for Roots

Clairol Semi-Permanent Root Touch Up Color Blending Gel

Pros

• Easy application

Cons

• Only for use on roots

If your grays are only coming in at the roots and you don't want to dye your entire head of hair for nothing: I hear you. I see you, and I understand, and I have the perfect solution in the form of a root touch-up gel. This one comes with semi-permanent dye already mixed and in the applicator, so there's no mess or hassle here. Simply brush it on your roots, give a light blend, and voila—color for the next 10 washes.

Best Hair Dye for Blonde Hair

dpHUE x Kristin Cavallari Blonding Brush

Pros

• Compact packaging

Cons

• Only for blonde hair

If you're naturally blonde, this one's for you. Sadly, blonde is one of the hardest colors to mimic naturally with dye, but this highlighting brush reinstates golden locks into your dull hair. This isn't intended for grays specifically, but can still work wonders in subtly adding some summer-kissed blondeness to your hair.

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