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LOV ROSÉE Caffeine Hairline Cushion Stick 3g

LOV ROSÉE · Root Touch-Up

Caffeine Hairline Cushion Stick 3g

Tapped on the hairline, gone from view.

$9.99 USD
Color
Format
Root Touch-Up
Hero ingredient
Caffeine, beer yeast & black botanicals
Formula
PPD-free, Peroxide-free, Ammonia-free
Origin
Made in Korea
9.6Screening score
31/32Low-risk ingredients
4.6266 reviews

A ten-second cushion-stick cover for roots and partings — in three shades instead of one.

Heads upBHT

Details

Three seconds on the parting, and it is covered until you next wash your hair.

This is not a dye. There is no PPD, no toluene-2,5-diamine, no resorcinol, no peroxide and no ammonia on the list — it is iron-oxide and titanium-dioxide pigment in a wax and silicone base, pressed onto a twist-up cushion tip. It sits on the strand, covers what shows, and comes off with an ordinary shampoo.

Three shades, not one. Natural Black, Dark Brown and Light Brown — a wider shade range than most cushion sticks in this category, which tend to stop at a single dark shade.

For a few greys, not a full head. Like every pigment stick, it is built for a parting, a hairline or the first few strands — not a full head of grey. Use it for the gap between colourings, not instead of one.

Apply to completely dry hair. On hair that is even slightly damp it will not take. Twist the cap open, press the cushion tip along the direction of hair growth, and build in light layers.

It washes out — which is the point, and the catch. No special remover needed, but sweat and rain will move it, like any pigment-based cover.

3g, pocket-sized. Small enough for a bag or desk drawer — a ten-second fix before you leave the house.

Caffeine, beer yeast extract, and black rice, black sesame and black soybean extracts sit in the wax-and-pigment base. Made in Korea by Cosmax, one of the country's largest cosmetics manufacturers.

Shades: Natural Black, Dark Brown, Light Brown.

How to use: Start with completely dry hair. Twist to open. Press the cushion tip onto the area along the direction of hair growth, layering until the coverage looks right. Wash out with your normal shampoo.

Read before you buy: A cosmetic cover, not a colourant. It does not change your hair and does not last past a wash. If you want permanent coverage, our colour shampoos (GDS, Levero) do that instead.

Ships from Korea, worldwide.

What we think

In favour

Three shades, not one

Natural Black, Dark Brown and Light Brown — most pigment sticks in this category stop at a single dark shade, so this is the rare one that most hair colours can actually match.

In favour

No dye chemistry at all

Iron oxides and titanium dioxide in a wax and silicone base. No PPD, no toluene-2,5-diamine, no resorcinol, no peroxide, no ammonia — nothing here reacts with hair. It screens 31 low-risk ingredients and a single mid-risk one (BHT) out of 32, with zero high-risk ingredients.

In favour

Made by Cosmax, a major Korean contract manufacturer

Cosmax Co., Ltd. is one of Korea’s largest cosmetics manufacturers, producing for brands worldwide — real manufacturing scale behind a small, inexpensive stick.

Heads up

Not for a full head of grey

Like every pigment cover stick, it is built for a parting, hairline or a few strands — not a replacement for a dye on extensive grey.

Heads up

No review history yet

This is a newly-listed addition to our GDS hair routine — it has no review history on Hwahae or our own store yet. We will update this once reviews accumulate.

A straightforward, honestly-priced root-and-parting cover with one real edge over the category: three shades instead of one. It will not replace a dye for a full head of grey, and we do not yet have a review history to point to — but the ingredient profile is as clean as anything we carry in this category, and it is made by one of Korea’s largest cosmetics manufacturers.

Every ingredient, graded

97%low risk
  • Low risk3197%
  • Mid risk13%
  • High risk00%

32 ingredients, listed in label order. Tap any one for its grade and why.

  1. Isoeicosane
  2. Trimethylsiloxysilicate
  3. Synthetic Fluorphlogopite
  4. Silica
  5. Synthetic Wax
  6. Octyldodecanol
  7. Iron Oxides (CI 77499)
  8. Candelilla Wax
  9. Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)
  10. Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2
  11. Microcrystalline Wax
  12. Iron Oxides (CI 77491)
  13. Sorbitan Isostearate
  14. Iron Oxides (CI 77492)
  15. Disteardimonium Hectorite
  16. Methicone
  17. Propylene Carbonate
  18. Triethoxycaprylylsilane
  19. Water
  20. Biotin
  21. Caffeine
  22. Butylene Glycol
  23. BHT
  24. 1,2-Hexanediol
  25. Beer Yeast Extract
  26. Camellia Japonica Leaf Extract
  27. Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Fruit Extract
  28. Diospyros Kaki (Persimmon) Extract
  29. Glycine Soja (Black Soybean) Seed Extract
  30. Oryza Sativa (Black Rice) Extract
  31. Sesamum Indicum (Black Sesame) Seed Extract
  32. Ethylhexylglycerin

Questions

Is this a hair dye?

No. There is no dye chemistry in it — no PPD, no toluene-2,5-diamine, no resorcinol, no peroxide. It is iron-oxide and titanium-dioxide pigment in a wax and silicone base that sits on the hair and washes out. Nothing about it is permanent.

Will it cover a full head of grey?

No — like any pigment stick, it is built for a parting, hairline or a few strands rather than extensive grey. Use it for the gap between colourings, not instead of one.

Which of the three shades should I pick?

Natural Black for black hair, Dark Brown for medium-to-dark brown hair, and Light Brown for lighter brown shades. Match it to your natural colour at the root, not your dyed ends.

How do I apply it, and how do I wash it off?

Start with completely dry hair — it will not take on damp hair. Twist the cap open, press the cushion tip along the direction of hair growth, and build in light layers. It washes out with your normal shampoo, no special remover needed.

How long does delivery take?

Ships from Korea. After dispatch, typically 7–14 business days to the US, Canada and the UK, and 5–12 business days to Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Our take

We read all 32 ingredients. This is the one we stock.

$9.99

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