It might be less scary to do just a bit, but I think you're fooling yourself. The whole head application will probably give better results...there's an awful lot of people who have tried-and-trued this method. At least for me and my hair type, coloring adds more texture and thickness to my hair than it has on its own, too.

cj/

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