As winter approaches, we’ve rounded up the top predicted hair colour trends 2024 has to offer for this festive season. Think deep dimension, rich dark velvets, old money blondes, and cool brunettes—just a few of the shades expected to take centre stage this winter. We’ve tapped into insights from industry-leading colourists to bring you the most exciting hair colour forecasts, expert tips and matching human hair extensions to complete the look. Ready for your next salon visit? Dive into the best hair colours for winter and let your festive style truly shine.
Old Money Blonde
The ‘Old Money’ aesthetic isn’t exactly new but it still holds a major influence on the hair and beauty scene. Celebrities such as Sabrina Carpenter and Sofia Richie channel the look effortlessly not just in their fashion choices but in their hair. Sabrinas warm, golden blonde hair has become one of the top requested colours and styles since ‘Espresso’ became a worldwide sensation and its showing no sign of slowing down. We match Sabrinas ‘Old Money Blonde’ with our Golden Blonde shade, for a multi-dimensional variation Barbie Blonde also fits the bill with added highlights, both shades are available in clip-in hair extensions as well as permanent varieties such as Tape-Ins and Weaves.
Honey Bronde Balayage
Honey Bronde Balayage, a delicious mix of light caramel brunette and honey blonde creates a subtle but stunning balayage that’s already making waves this season. Tate Mcrae’s hair is a testament to this seasons fabulous Honey Bronde trend showing how the mix of these colours creates dimension and texture without feeling over the top. This colour is also super easy to maintain throughout winter as it requires minimal top ups, it can also be achieved without a drop of hair dye by using human hair extensions, we’d match this colour to our shade Hazelnut Brondie.
Check out our blog ‘The Magic Of Ombre & Balayage Hair Extensions’ to learn how to add balayage to your hair with hair extensions.
Strawberry Brown
‘Strawberry Brown’ actually rose in popularity during summer of this year but its taken a darker, deeper turn for winter and we are so here for it. Imagine mixing a rich brunette shade with pink and voila! Playful but not too vibrant this shade is set to overtake its brighter sister, Strawberry Blonde this season. This unique shade is tricky to find in clip in hair extensions, opt for a lighter shade such as our Lightest Blonde and ask your colourist to dye your extensions with matching hair dye for the best results.
Find out everything you need to know about ‘Dying Hair Extensions’ right here.
Rioja Red
Inspired by cosy winter evenings sat in front of the fire with a glass of red wine, Rioja Red is one of our favourite rising winter hair colors. Its intense and demure without being gaudy and matches perfectly to our luxurious Deep Red shade, use hair extensions in this colour to add length or volume to Rioja Red hair or add playful streaks to black or brunette tresses for a sexy grunge vibe.
Brunette Black
As the days get darker, so do the hair, beauty and fashion trends. Brunette Black hair is making a major comeback this winter with stars like Charlie XCX and Camila Cabello showing us how its done. Not quite jet black but darker than dark brown, this versatile shade sits in the middle to suit any skin tone and fashion style. Our Natural Black shade matches perfectly with flecks of both dark black and brunette and comes in all our hair extension types whether your opting for professional methods or ready to wear clip ins.
Dark Velvet
Not officially a shade but a colour technique all the same, think gothic velvets made from purples, mahogany’s, navies, blacks and deep reds with the classic matte finish rather than ultra shine. This sultry shade category burst onto the scene in 2023 and is already making a strong comeback with celebs such as Dua Lipa proving its not all about the ‘Au Natural’ look this winter! Our favourite dark velvet shade in our Remy hair extension collection has got to be our Mahogany Red.
Deep Dimensions
According to hair dye powerhouse Wella, this winter is all about dimensions and we couldn’t agree more. Subtle dimension in hair colour is when multiple shades are used in a balayage or highlighting technique to complement each other without stripiness or overshadowing. Our shades Espresso Melt, Soft Bronze Balayage and Ash Black Balayage are perfect examples of paired back, multi-dimensional shades and can be added to light or dark brown hair to enhance the colour, add length and volume.
Cashmere Blonde
Cooler temperatures call for cooler blondes, with the sun making its yearly departure its trickier to keep blondes looking bright so it’s the perfect time to tone it down during the winter months. Cashmere Blonde is the perfect medium, cool toned blonde perfectly showcased by the gorgeous Gigi Hadid. This shade can be achieved by simply washing your blonde hair with our Purple Toning Shampoo to remove any golden, yellow undertones. Or, if you already have Cashmere Blonde hair and your looking for extensions to match, look no further than our Light Ash Blonde shade.
Unsure of how to use Purple Shampoo or if it can be used on hair extensions? No problem, find everything you need to know right here.
Tips For Changing Your Hair Colour During Winter
Winters the perfect time of year to change your hair colour, as the season changes and we see less sun, brighter hair colours such as brighter blondes are trickier to maintain so it’s the perfect time to tone down to deeper, richer shades that require less maintenance. This pattern can be seen through all of top forecasted shades for winter 2024.
To keep your new colour fresh and vibrant avoid ingredients such as alcohol and sulphates in your hair products as these have a drying effect that can strip colour from the hair shaft. Cliphairs Quench The Thirst haircare collection is 100% paraben & sulphate free and perfectly safe to use on hair extensions as well as your own hair. Once a week treat your hair to a deep conditioning treatment to lock in moisture and hydration, both crucial for keeping colour fade at bay.
If the new shade your after isn’t available in our hair extension collection, remember you can always opt for a lighter shade and have your extensions custom dyed to match as long as its only semi-permanent dye being used.
Conclusion
Whether you’re searching for winter hair colors for blondes or richer red shades for the colder seasons, we hope you’ve found inspiration in todays blog. Here at Cliphair we have DIY clip in extensions as well as permanent hair extensions to match each predicted shade to not only enhance your colour but volume and length too! If you do choose to change your hair colour this season, make sure to use our winter haircare guide to keep your own hair and extensions in tip top condition.
