Cheong Dam Style Forest Label Root

Forest is CHEONG DAM STYLE's hair-color sub-brand, and Gold Label is its salon-tier color kit. The dyes are sold as multi-packs of single-use sachets (the x4, x6, and x8 counts you see in the titles), so each application uses a fresh portion rather than a half-empty tube. The line is designed around covering white or grey hair at the root, which is why nearly every product title mentions "pure satch cover white hair root self."

The Gold Label dyes here come in three browns. Chocolate Brown is the deepest and reads close to a dark neutral brown. Milk Brown is the lightest of the three and leans warm. Wine Brown carries a red-violet undertone that shows most in daylight. If you are matching an existing color, start one step darker than your target, since home dye on grey hair often grabs lighter than expected.

The number in each title is how many single-use sachets are in the box. Short or fine hair usually needs one sachet per root touch-up, so an x4 box covers about a month of biweekly roots. Longer or thicker hair can need two sachets per session, which is where the x6 and x8 boxes earn their place. Buy by how often you touch up rather than by the lowest sticker price per box.

The Forest Blackchange Gold Label shampoo is a color-depositing wash, not a one-shot dye. It builds tone gradually over several washes, so it suits people who want to stretch the time between full dye sessions or soften the line where new growth meets colored hair. This collection carries it in Black Brown and a Cherry Edition Natural Brown. Treat it as maintenance between Gold Label dye applications, not a replacement for them.

The Forest The Salon Treatment Gold Label comes as 8ml ampoules sold ten to a box. Color processing is hard on the hair shaft, so a post-color treatment helps with the dryness and roughness that follow a dye session. Use one ampoule after rinsing out the dye, then carry on with the rest of the pack across your next few washes.

Section dry, unwashed hair and apply the sachet contents to the regrowth first, since roots take longer to develop than mid-lengths. Leave it for the time on the insert, usually around 20 to 30 minutes, then comb the color through the ends only in the last few minutes if they need a refresh. Rinse until the water runs clear, then follow with the Forest treatment. Always patch-test 48 hours ahead if you have not used the line before.

For full coverage of grey roots, start with a Gold Label dye in the brown closest to your hair. For upkeep between dyes, add the Blackchange shampoo in a matching tone. For damage control, keep the salon treatment on hand. Many people in this range run all three: dye on a schedule, shampoo for the in-between weeks, treatment after each color session.