Published November 2026. Written from our product photographs, our colour team's shade notes, verified customer reviews from blondes, and our delivery and returns policies. We sell clip-in and invisible wire extensions, so read it with that in mind.
You searched "blonde hair extensions" and now you are looking at Champagne, Scandinavian, Silver, Honey and Ivory, wondering which of them is you. Your hairdresser gave your colour a number. It is no help on a page of shade names.
Blonde is the hardest colour to buy from a screen, because it is rarely one colour. Most blonde hair has a shadow at the root, stripes through the lengths, or a toner that changes from one month to the next. The name on the shade will not tell you any of that. Three questions about your own hair will.
The short answer
To choose blonde extensions, ignore the shade names and look at your hair in daylight, below your ears. Does it have a darker root? Is it one even colour or striped with lighter and darker pieces? Does it look golden or ashy? Then compare the shades that fit, side by side, against your own hair. A blonde with a root and a blonde with no root are different purchases, however similar they look on a screen.
If you would rather have a second opinion, send two daylight photos to our free colour match and our team will tell you which blonde to start with.
The three questions that narrow it down
Most blonde guides start with your skin tone. That is useful if you are choosing a new hair colour. If you want an extension to disappear into the hair you already have, your skin has nothing to do with it. Your hair decides.
1. Is there a root? Some blonde hair is darker at the top and melts into lighter lengths. Some is the same from top to tip. Some of our blondes have a root built in and some do not, so this one question splits the range.
2. Even, or striped? Fan a section out across your fingers. If you can see separate lighter and darker pieces, you are matching a mix of colours, not one colour.
3. Golden, or ashy? Tilt your hair towards a window. Yellow or honey light coming back means golden. A beige, smoky or slightly grey look means ashy.
A clear root
Stripes from top to tip
The two-minute mirror test
Do this by a window in daylight with a hand mirror. Bathroom bulbs turn most blondes yellow.
- 1Look at your hair as it usually is. Blonde moves more than any other colour. If you have just had a toner, wait a couple of washes.
- 2Hold up a section from just below your ear. That is where a wire piece hangs, so that is the colour to match first.
- 3Now look at the top of your head. Is your hair noticeably darker there? If it is, write down "root".
- 4Fan the section over your fingers. Write down "even" or "striped".
- 5Tilt it to the light. Write down "golden" or "ashy".
- 6Take two photos. One of your hair as it falls, one with the top layer lifted. They are what a colour match needs.
Our blondes, side by side
These are the actual pieces, all held up against the same background, in the order they appear on our shade tester. Screens vary, so use them to see which have a root and which have stripes, and then check against your own hair.
Ivory
Silver Blonde
Champagne Blonde
Scandinavian Blonde
Platinum Blonde Balayage
Luscious Blonde
Summer Blonde
Sandy Blonde
Mixed Blonde
Honey Blonde
Soft Blonde 'Old Money'
Teddy Bear Blonde
Your answer to the root question does a lot of the work. In our colour team's notes, Ivory, Champagne Blonde and Scandinavian Blonde all have a root. Silver Blonde, Mixed Blonde and Luscious Blonde do not. Summer Blonde is one even colour all over.
One name catches people out. Silver Blonde, in our team's words, is "a very light creamy blonde with a hint of warmth. Despite its name, it isn't grey or silver." If you are looking for true silver, our guide to extensions for grey hair is the better place to start.
Torn between two? How our colour team tells them apart
This is the table we would want if we were buying. The descriptions are our colour team's own. Find the two shades you are stuck between and read across.
Three blondes are not in the table. Sandy Blonde is our newest, described on its page as "a warm, sun-kissed beige blonde with soft golden undertones, made for anyone whose colour sits between blonde and light brown". Platinum Blonde Balayage has a subtle balayage, and our guide to balayage and rooted extensions explains when a multi-tone piece makes sense. For those and Teddy Bear Blonde, the quickest answer is to send us a photo.
If your blonde comes from a salon
Natural blonde stays fairly still. Coloured blonde does not. Toner fades, highlights get lifted, and the colour you have a week after your appointment may not be the colour you have six weeks later. Match to your hair about halfway between visits, because that is how it looks most of the time.
If your colour changes, your match can change with it:
"This is my second purchase as I changed hair colour (in summer I have lighter)."Monika J., verified buyer, five stars
Highlights need the most care. Lisa has highlights and colours her own roots, and she found her match in a shade with no root of its own:
"I have hightlighted hair and use a box dye for roots... and brought the silver blond which match absolutely perfectly."Lisa B., verified buyer, Silver Blonde, five stars
Extensions also respond to the same products as your own hair. One Silver Blonde customer gave hers a wash with purple shampoo "to make it a bit more like my hair" and said it worked. Only do that once you are sure you are keeping the piece, because a worn or washed piece cannot go back.
A low-risk way to test a blonde: start at the front
If you are down to two shades and still not sure, you do not need to buy a full piece to find out. Two small front pieces sit where people look first, cost much less, and show you very quickly whether a blonde works next to your face. All twelve blondes on this page come in this format.
The low-risk way to find your blonde
Face-Framing Layers
Two small 14 inch pieces on ultra-mini clips that sit an inch back from your hairline. In all twelve blondes on this page.
100% Remy human hair · 29 shades · £36 · Free colour exchanges within 14 days
Shop Face-Framing Layers →"Beautiful quality shiny hair, easy to install and trim to size. They make such a difference. I ordered mixed blonde and they match perfectly."Rafferty W., verified buyer, Face-Framing Layers, five stars
Where a blonde extension will not work
Better to read this now than to find out in the mirror.
You want to go blonder than you are. An extension sits under your top layer, so it cannot change the colour of the hair on top. A blonde piece under darker hair shows as a separate band. If you want a new colour, see your colourist first and match afterwards.
Grey showing at the parting. For the same reason, no extension covers grey at your roots or crown. That is a job for colour or a root spray.
Strawberry blonde. We do not make a shade called strawberry blonde. Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly whether anything comes close, or whether it is a job for a colourist.
Very fine hair and a full wire piece. Our standard pieces weigh 90g at 12 inches and 120g at 18, and on very fine hair that can simply be too much hair, whatever the colour:
"It is a good colour match but too much hair as my hair is so fine. I have taken off one of the rows of hair. More realistic now."Marjorie C., verified buyer, Honey Blonde
If that sounds like you, start with front pieces or the 45g Lightweight wire piece, which is half the weight of the standard 12 inch. In blonde, the Lightweight comes in Silver Blonde, Platinum Blonde Balayage, Luscious Blonde, Sandy Blonde and Mixed Blonde.
When you know your blonde: adding length and fullness
Once the shade is settled, an invisible wire piece adds length and thickness all round, with nothing clipped or glued to your own hair. Every blonde here comes as a wire piece from 12 to 18 inches, and Silver, Scandinavian, Platinum Blonde Balayage, Luscious and Mixed also come in Beach Wave if your hair is wavy.
Length and fullness, in your blonde
Invisible Wire Extensions
One piece of Remy human hair on a clear wire, hidden under your top layer. On and off in a minute, with nothing attached to your own hair.
12 to 18 inch, 90g to 120g · from £109, or £89 for the 45g Lightweight · Free colour and length exchanges within 14 days
Shop invisible wire extensions →"The colour is nothing short of incredible as this is the exact shade of my hair including highlights."Ros G., verified buyer, Soft Blonde 'Old Money', five stars
Your next step: check it against your own hair
You do not have to get this right from a screen. There are three ways to be sure before you commit.
Ask us. Send the two daylight photos from the test through our free colour match and we will suggest your blonde.
"Great communication, excellent colour match help. The summer blonde matched my hair so good."Claire A., verified buyer, Summer Blonde, five stars
Try two testers. Order the two blondes you are torn between as £3 testers and hold them against your hair in daylight.
Rely on the exchange. Check your piece against your hair in daylight as soon as it arrives. You have 14 days to return it unworn and in its packaging: swapping for another colour or length is free, and a cash refund costs a £10 admin fee. A dyed piece cannot be returned. Orders ship from the UK, with free standard delivery over £45 and next-day delivery if you order express before 1pm.
"Ordered the 2 suggested color match samples and both would have worked. The silver blonde was what I went with."Rosalyn C., verified buyer, Silver Blonde, five stars
Torn between two blondes?
Colour Match Me Tester
A 10 inch clip-in strand in any of our blondes, to hold against your own hair in daylight before you choose a full piece.
Real Remy human hair · £3 · Testers are non-returnable · Free colour exchanges on full pieces
Order a £3 tester →Common questions
How do I know which shade of blonde extensions to get?
Look at your hair in daylight and answer three questions: does it have a darker root, is it one even colour or striped, and does it look golden or ashy? Then compare the shades that fit against your own hair, using testers or a free colour match from a photo.
Should blonde extensions match my roots or my ends?
Match the hair just below your ears first, because that is where a wire piece hangs. Then look at your root separately: if yours is clearly darker, compare the blondes that have a root built in.
What is the difference between Champagne Blonde and Scandinavian Blonde?
Both have a root. Champagne Blonde has a softer, lighter root, and is the one to choose if you want an overall cooler, ashier blonde. Scandinavian Blonde has a darker brown root and cool, ashy lengths.
Is Silver Blonde actually silver?
No. Silver Blonde is a very light creamy blonde with a hint of warmth. Despite its name, it isn't grey or silver. If you want a true silver grey, look at our Grey shade instead.
Can I tone or dye blonde extensions?
They are Remy human hair, so a colourist can tone or deepen them, and going darker is much easier than going lighter. A dyed piece can no longer be returned, so check the shade against your hair first.
Do blonde extensions come in a lighter weight for fine hair?
Yes. Our 45g Lightweight wire piece is half the weight of the standard 12 inch piece, and in blonde it comes in Silver Blonde, Platinum Blonde Balayage, Luscious Blonde, Sandy Blonde and Mixed Blonde. Front pieces come in all twelve blondes.
