Published September 2026. Written from 491 verified Naturyl customer reviews — including the ones from customers who got the shade wrong the first time, which are the most useful reviews we have on this subject.
The short answer
"Hair extensions for grey hair" means two opposite purchases, and buying the wrong one is the most common mistake here. If you still colour your hair, you want a shade that matches your coloured mid-lengths. If you have stopped colouring, you want a shade that is genuinely grey or silver rather than a very light blonde.
And the thing to know before you spend anything: an extension sits underneath your top layer. It adds hair below, so it cannot hide grey at your parting, roots or crown. If that is what is bothering you, a root spray, a colour appointment or a topper is the honest answer — not this.
Covering grey and matching grey are opposite jobs
Search results mix these two together constantly, which is why so many people order the wrong shade. They are worth separating before you look at a single swatch.
Covering grey means you still colour your hair and you want extensions that disappear into the colour you already have. Your grey is a roots-and-regrowth problem; the extension just has to match what your hair looks like after your colour appointment, and it needs matching again as your colour fades or changes.
Matching grey means you have stopped colouring, or you are growing it out, and you want extra thickness that looks like the hair you now have. This is harder to buy, because most extension ranges stop at "very light blonde" and call it silver.
The second group is the one the market underserves, and it is also where thinning tends to arrive at the same time — grey hair often gets finer as it loses pigment, so people are frequently solving both problems in one purchase.
What to buy for your hair
Find the row that describes your hair today, not the hair you had five years ago.
Silver, grey and ivory are not the same thing
This is where most of the confusion sits, because brands use the three words interchangeably and they are genuinely different colours. Held side by side the difference is obvious; on a website it is not.
Mature Silver
Grey
Mature Silver — our lightest shade. A soft, slightly warm near-white for hair that has gone mostly white and reads soft rather than steely.
Grey — a true cool grey with no yellow and no cream. This is the one to pick if your hair looks silver-blue or pewter in daylight.
Ivory — a creamy near-white with no yellow in it. For white hair that looks warm rather than cool — the difference between candlelight and moonlight.
Silver Blonde — not a grey at all: a cool ash blonde with silvery lowlights. It is built for grey that is coming through blonde or highlighted hair, which is why it is the shade most people in this situation end up in.
Platinum Blonde Balayage and Scandinavian Blonde — light blondes, not greys. They suit hair that has been lightened rather than hair that has lost its pigment. Worth knowing before you order one hoping it reads silver.
The mistake almost everyone makes once
Silver shades photograph lighter and blonder than they look in your hand, and the difference between "silver" and "very pale blonde" is the single most common reason a grey-hair order needs exchanging. One customer solved it herself:
"I had the silver but they arrived too blonde so I dyed the colour to match and they are perfect. Very full pieces . Will definitely get some more"Julie B., verified buyer
That works because this is real human hair, and it points at a rule worth remembering: you can take human hair extensions darker, but you cannot reliably take them lighter. Lightening dyed hair that is no longer growing from a scalp tends to leave it dry and brassy. So if you are torn between two shades, order the lighter one — a toning shampoo or a semi-permanent can bring it down to meet you, while nothing sensible takes it back up.
Better still, do not guess at all. Exchanges are free, but so is checking first.
Matching grey without guessing
- 1Judge it in daylight, never under a bulb. Indoor light is warm and will make cool grey hair look beige, which is how people end up buying a blonde. Stand at a window with no lamp on.
- 2Match your mid-lengths, not your roots. The piece hangs alongside the middle and ends of your hair, and on greying hair the roots are usually the greyest part of you. Matching them is how a piece ends up looking too light.
- 3Decide whether your grey is warm or cool. Hold something pure white next to your hair. If your hair looks yellow or cream against it, you are warm — Ivory or Mature Silver. If it looks blue or steely, you are cool — Grey.
- 4Send a photo before you order. Our colour match is free, takes a photo in daylight, and comes back with a shade — usually two, so you can see how close the call is. It costs nothing and there is no obligation to buy.
- 5Order testers if it is close. Two swatches held against your own hair in daylight will tell you in ten seconds what a screen never will.
"Ordered the 2 suggested color match samples and both would have worked. The silver blonde was what I went with."Rosalyn C., verified buyer
Shades that are actually grey
Invisible Wire Extensions
One piece on a clear wire, nothing attached to your own hair. Grey, Mature Silver, Ivory and Silver Blonde, plus a 45g Lightweight for hair that has thinned as it greyed.
100% Remy human hair · 12 to 18 inch · from £89 · Rated 4.7 "Excellent" on Trustpilot · Free UK delivery · Free colour exchanges
Shop invisible wire extensions → Free colour match from a photoIf your grey is coming through highlights
This is the most common version of the problem in the UK, and the easiest to solve. Hair that is going grey underneath blonde or highlighted lengths is not one colour — it is several, which is exactly what a cool ash blonde with silvery lowlights is built to sit against. A single flat blonde will look like a stripe; a multi-tonal one disappears.
"I have hightlighted hair and use a box dye for roots Garnia baby blond and brought the silver blond which match absolutely perfectly"lisa Brogden, verified buyer
"The silver blonde hair extensions recommended by you online, was spot on and matches my hair 100pc, Thank you so much, My friends think it’s my own hair, Highly recommend to everyone!"Sally H., verified buyer
The same logic works for brunettes. If your hair is dark with grey scattered through it, match the brown and let the scattered grey do its own thing — a solid grey piece under solid brown hair reads as a panel, not as blending.
When grey and thinning arrive together
Hair often gets finer as it loses pigment, so a lot of people are buying for two problems at once. That changes what to buy more than the colour does: less weight, and less for a thinner top layer to have to cover.
"The colour, hot toffee, matches perfectly with my mixed dark and light highlights. I love the fact that it comes in 12 inch length, as I am a bit older and don’t suit longer extensions."Kerry P., verified buyer
Two small front pieces are the lightest way in and the cheapest way to test whether a shade is right, because each one clips on an inch-wide base and there is almost nothing to hide. If they work, a full piece in the same shade will too.
The cheapest way to test a shade
Face-Framing Layers
Two small pieces on inch-wide clips, in 29 shades including Mature Silver, Grey, Ivory and Silver Blonde. Almost nothing to hide, and the least you can spend to see a shade against your own hair.
Front clip-in extensions · 100% Remy · £39.95 · Free UK delivery · Free colour exchanges
Shop Face-Framing Layers →Common questions
Can hair extensions cover grey hair?
Not at the roots or parting, which is where most grey shows. Extensions clip or sit underneath your top layer and add hair below it, so they add thickness and length in a shade of your choosing — but they cannot colour the hair growing out of your head. For roots, you need colour, a root spray, or a topper that sits on top rather than underneath.
Can you get grey hair extensions in the UK?
Yes, though the range is narrower than for blonde or brown. We make Grey, Mature Silver and Ivory as true grey and white shades, plus Silver Blonde for grey coming through highlights. Check that what a brand calls "silver" is not simply a very pale blonde — the two are often confused.
What colour extensions are best for grey hair?
It depends whether your grey is warm or cool. Hold something pure white against your hair in daylight: if your hair looks cream or yellow beside it, Ivory or Mature Silver; if it looks blue or steely, Grey. If there is still blonde or highlights in the mix, Silver Blonde.
How do you blend grey hair with extensions?
Match your mid-lengths rather than your roots, and choose a multi-tonal shade over a flat one. Greying hair is rarely a single colour, so a piece with more than one tone in it disappears where a solid block reads as a stripe.
Can you dye hair extensions to match grey hair?
You can take human hair extensions darker with a semi-permanent, and customers do exactly that when a shade arrives lighter than expected. Going lighter is not reliable — hair no longer attached to a scalp does not recover from bleach — so if you are between two shades, order the lighter one.
Do extensions work on thin grey hair?
Yes, with the same rule as any fine hair: the lightest piece you can get away with. A 45g Lightweight piece or two small front clip-ins put far less strain on fine hair than a full-weight set, and there is less for a thinner top layer to cover.
