Maria Nila Colour Refresh

The gap between colour appointments is where good colour goes to die. Six weeks in, blonde has warmed up, brunette has gone flat, and the copper you loved has washed down to something beige.

Colour Refresh is Maria Nila's colour-depositing masque range — fifteen shades, from toning beiges and silvers through warm browns and reds to full vivid pinks and violets. No developer, no mixing, no commitment: it deposits pigment on the hair rather than inside it, and washes out over roughly four to ten washes.

Two things worth knowing before you buy. It cannot lighten, and it will not cover grey — it deposits tone onto the hair you already have, so the result depends entirely on your starting shade. And porous or freshly lightened hair grabs pigment hard, so start with the shortest recommended time. Picking a shade is genuinely easier with your stylist in front of your actual colour — ask us before you guess.