Colour by numbers

Just as you identify a paint colour by its name you can identify a hair extension colour by its number.
New hair extension wearers who are sent to buy hair always find the exercise of selecting hair that match their natural colour, tricky.
And if they happen to meet a hair sales person who just wants to make a quick buck off them then they are in big trouble.
I once went shopping for a pack of braids when to my horror I saw a sales lady try to sell red extensions to a lady with brown hair.
You should have heard her trying to convince the woman that the hairpiece was the exact colour of her hair.
The woman, upon noticing the look on my face, asked me for a second opinion. I spoke up and told her that the hair infact didn't match and that her shade is more 4 than it was 33.
To make sense of the numbers I just quoted, I thought that today I would share with you just what those numbers on the pack of hair extensions mean. Bear in mind that some colours vary from product to product.
Some manufacturers may make the hair darker, some lighter. As you know I wear the colour number 4 in hair pieces. But sometimes I swear to you, the number 4 looks green in some brands. It will be in your interest then to ask for a mirror, request that the salesperson take the hair out of the bag so that you can see it better, and hang the slightly opened pack close to your hair. It's only then that you will know for sure if the hair is a perfect match or if it goes back on the shelf. If the salesperson says she can't open the pack, tell her thanks and look for another store that will allow you to do so. Here are the numbers and the colours that go with them.

#1- Jet black
#1b - black but not as strong as jet black
#2 - dark brown
#4 - brown
#6 - medium chestnut brown
#8 - light Chestnut Brown
#10 - medium brown
#27 - strawberry
#33 - dark auburn
#99J - plum red
#130 - copper red

Hair extensions also come in two combined colours to make for a believeable look. The dark colours (like the 1b /30 combination) also help to "tone down" some of the brighter colours. Some popular hair extension colour combinations (in both hair weaves and braid extensions) are :


6/18 - medium chestnut/ash brown

4/30 - Dark chestnut / light auburn

4/27 - dark chestnut/strawberry blonde

8/24 - light chestnut / golden blonde

1b/30 - black/light auburn

1b/27 black/strawberry blonde.