Buying hair extensions online can be tricky, especially for blondes. When you get your hair professionally dyed at the hair dressers, they will usually tone your hair after your cut/treatment.. Therefore you will need to know how to tone hair extensions in order for them to match. ZALA hair extension shades like Beachy blonde and Ice queen Platinum blonde are the lightest shades on offer. However these shades are not white blonde or super ashy. If your hair is a very ashy or white blonde, toning will definitely help in matching the colour.
Don’t be afraid of toning! It doesn’t have to be scary or intimidating. You just have to know what you’re doing and this blog on toning hair extensions should help you step by step!
What will I need to tone hair extensions?
- A set of premium ZALA hair extensions
- A toning shampoo, eg BLONDA/ FUDGE
- Some disposable gloves if you don’t want to risk purple hands
- Heat straightener and brush for styling at the end
1) Choosing your ideal hair extensions shade
Buy the closest shade to your current hair colour. If your hair is white blonde, go with Ice queen Platinum #60. If your hair has a little more depth to the shade, go with Beachy blonde #613. You can ask the friendly staff at ZALA to assist you. They will provide advice on which one is best for you!
2) Which shampoo is best for toning hair extensions ?
Fill your sink with luke warm water. Add a squeeze of your purple shampoo to the water and swish around until it is dissolved the water. You can use any shampoo you like, Fudge Violet toning shampoo or Unite Blonda shampoo work a treat!
This shampoo is what we have used in our how to tone hair extensions guide
3) Purple shampoo to tone hair extensions
Using one single clip piece to test your product on first, dunk your piece in the water and gently massage the purple water into the hair. This should only take 20 seconds per piece as you don’t want to turn your hair extensions purple! If it is all going smoothly, continue this process throughout the rest of the set piece by piece. This step is important to ensure you’re happy with the shade, as we do not cover any costs if you’re unhappy with the end result.
Always add the toner to the water, don’t rub the toner straight into the hair, dilute it first.
4) Rinse out the purple wash shampoo
Once all your pieces have been shampooed with your purple wash. Drain your sink so no shampoo is left in there. Run the tap as you rinse each piece starting with piece which has been left the longest. Rinse thoroughly so there is no residue left.
5) Conditioning hair extensions after toning
Using a nice a moisturising conditioner. Apply throughout each piece and leave on for about 5-10 minutes to allow them to hydrate. Rinse out thoroughly so there is no greasy residue left.
6) Drying clip in hair extensions after washing
Place your set neatly on a towel and pat dry to remove any excess water rather than ringing them out. You can leave them on the towel until dry or hang them up. Either way, allow them to dry naturally.
Always let your extensions air dry on a towel, don’t rush the drying process. Yes you will need to brush and straighten after washing to bring back that silky feel
7) Straightening and styling extensions
Once your hair extensions are dry, show them some TLC and brush each piece through gently and straighten them flat to slick out any fly aways!
There you have it! It is super easy to remove any brassy tones or yellow shades from your ZALA hair extensions. Follow these easy steps and you should be left with a set of gorgeous ashy blonde hair.
Important tips when toning hair extensions:
- Always practise on one piece first
- Never bleach your extensions to avoid irreversible dryness
- Treat your extensions with care, they are a delicate product
- ZALA is not responsible for unwanted results after toning or dying hair extensions so please be careful!
We have a quick and easy guide on how to tone your ZALA hair extensions below, so make sure you check out our full guide for everything you need to know:
BEFORE
ZALA beach blonde #613 before toning
AFTER
Gah! this helps so much. I was so scared to tone them cause ii didnt know what i was doing but thank you so much for making it easy!
This has saved my hair extensions and my natural hair! 🙂
Watch Sarah’s video following this guide!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0UNGq9xqk
Oh thank u so much for your help! I was so scared to tone my beachy blonde ZALA clip ins, but after viewing ur video I was very relived and can’t wait to get started.!! I’ll be happy to share my out come! 🙂
Can the toning be done for keratin extensions as well? Or just the natural hair extensions?
Hi Caitlin,
Thanks for your inquiry! Unfortunately, our KeratinPro ponytails cannot be toned as they are made from 100% keratin protein. This material does not take to toning products or dyes like human hair as it does not absorb colour as well. We use this material to offer our ponytails at an amazing price point, however if you are wanting to tone your ponytail extensions we now offer our ponytails in 100% human hair which can be safely toned & dyed 🙂 Feel free to email our team at [email protected] if you need further assistance.
Please Please Help!
I did not find this article until too late 🙁 I have over toned my extensions that were once beautiful and I am devastated. Is there any way to get the purple out without bleaching them? They were absolutely beautiful and matched perfect. Wasn’t thinking because my normal shampoo has a purple tint.
Hi, what happens if you overtone? I have a few purple patches in my tape extensions. How do I remove these?
Hi Sharon,
You can try washing your extensions with a clarifying shampoo to remove purple tones. This should help to fix any over toned patches, however we only advise using a minimum amount of clarifying shampoo as this can be quite stripping and dehydrating on the hair. Given this, be sure to follow up with a deep conditioning treatment to help keep them soft & silky 🙂
I bought the dark brown hair and my hair is more ashy. Can I time brown hair or only blonde?
Hi Jessica, Thanks for your message! Our Dark Choc Brown #2 shade may not take to toner as well as our lighter blonde shades. For more help and info on exchanging to a lighter shade, feel free to email our team at [email protected]
How do you tone pink undertone? My #613 hair extensions arrived today and they’re incredibly pink not yellow undertone as expected.
What’s Happening i am new to this, I stumbled upon this I’ve found It positively useful and it has helped me out loads.
I’m hoping to contribute & help different customers like its helped me.
Great job.