Introducing Lived In Colour: Meet Our New Rooted Shades
/ FEB 20, 2026
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This season, it’s all about embracing natural hair colours that enhance rather than overpower. Instead of dramatic transformations, 2026 is welcoming a return to believable, wearable shades that mimic the movement and shine of natural hair.
Inspired by the rise of effortless beauty seen across runways and socials, lived-in colour is having a major moment. Clients are asking for shades that don’t need continuous upkeep, so we’ve crafted natural, low maintenance colours that blend with your grown out roots, as well as your ends.
At Cliphair, our 3 newest shades from our Lived-In Colour Collection are natural hair colours brought to life in rooted hair extensions, all designed to blend seamlessly with your own hair and deliver gorgeous dimension and depth. And when paired with premium clip in hair extensions, achieving that multi-tonal, salon-fresh finish has never been easier!
Meet the three must-try tones not just for spring, but all year round: Toasted Chestnut Melt, Natural Mocha Melt and Ash Bronde Balayage, available for all hair and hair extension types.
The Rise of Natural Hair Colour
Bold blocks of colour are stepping aside for softer, more natural finishes. From multi-tonal brunettes to softer blondes, the focus is on tones that look sun-touched and naturally evolving. Not only do these shades all offer a lower maintenance hair colour, but each shade compliments your complexion instead of competing with it. Requests for mocha chocolate brown hair color, ash brown hair color, ash blonde balayage, and bronde hair are all climbing. These tones strike the perfect balance between warm and cool, bright and grounded. They grow out gracefully and pair beautifully with layered cuts and textured styling.
For anyone not ready to commit to salon colour, high quality clip-in hair extensions offer a commitment-free way to experiment with your locks. If you prefer something longer-lasting that doesn’t require daily application, we also offer permanent hair extensions like tape-ins, nano rings and weaves. However you wear them, natural, soft, rooted colours are the defining hair mood of the moment.
Toasted Chestnut Melt (T4/4/6/8)
A slow-burning blend of warmth and subtle coolness, Toasted Chestnut Melt is depth without heaviness. Rooted in a rich, dark brunette base, this shade softly shadows into toasted tones that echo classic chestnut brown hair, while muted ash undertones add balance. It’s not a flat brunette – it’s layered with delicate low lights and a whisper of golden warmth that catches the light beautifully.
Ideal for enhancing naturally dark or light brown hair, this shade adds fullness and movement instantly. When styled in loose waves, the tonal shifts become even more visible, creating that “expensive brunette” effect without the need for constant touch-ups. Available in our premium clip in extensions and professional hair extensions range, this shade is crafted from ethically sourced human hair for a seamless blend. The cuticle-aligned strands ensure shine and longevity, giving you red carpet-worthy results at home.
Natural Mocha Melt (T8/8/60)
Natural Mocha Melt captures the essence of light brown hair melting into sun-kissed blonde highlights, creating a perfectly balanced gradient that feels both warm and cool. This is the shade for anyone seeking brightness without entering blonder territory. The contrast is subtle, never streaky, allowing the colour to lift lived-in brunettes and giving your hair a soft-focus glow that looks like it’s been naturally sun-kissed.
Natural Mocha Melt works beautifully on those who want to experiment with natural colour but prefer flexibility. Adding clip in hair extensions in this tone can enhance existing balayage, highlights, or introduce dimension to flat colour. The interplay between mocha depth and honeyed highlights gives the illusion of thicker, more voluminous hair. Crafted from premium Remy hair extensions, this shade maintains its silky texture and tone wash after wash.
Ash Bronde Balayage (T9/9/22)
Soft, cool and quietly confident, Ash Bronde Balayage weaves smoky blonde ribbons through a natural ash base, blending the best of ash blonde balayage and bronde hair. The base leans into a refined ash brown hair color, creating a neutral canvas that allows the lighter strands to pop without turning brassy. The blonde tones in these balayage hair extensions are cool enough to brighten your overall look, yet neutral enough to remain believable.
Ash Bronde Balayage is especially flattering on those transitioning from darker shades or looking to soften previous highlights. The gentle diffusion of colour mimics natural regrowth at the roots, making it one of the most wearable options this season. When applied through clip-in hair extensions, the blend is instant. Lucky for you, our clip in and permanent extensions, whether balayage clip in extensions or balayage tape in hair extensions, can all be styled, cut, toned and treated just like your own strands – just take extra care when doing so.
Why Rooted Extensions Make Shade Matching Easier
No one’s hair is one flat, paint-by-numbers colour. Real hair has mood swings. It’s a little darker at the top, a little lighter at the ends, and maybe brighter around the face after a summer fling with the sun.
These wearable, everyday shades allow you and your hair to be relaxed. Soft brunettes, cool brondes, creamy mochas all play nicely with your wardrobe and makeup bag and allow for hair extensions to be worn discreetly, particularly for permanent hair extensions that stay in natural hair for 6-8 weeks.
Rooted extensions are practically invisible as each colour is designed and blended to match your natural regrowth and ends of your hair. As a result, attachments are far less noticeable at the root area as it melts into softer lengths effortlessly without the usual shade-matching spiral.
These extensions look just as good tumbling out of a claw clip at brunch as they do blown out for dinner. Never too much, never any harsh lines, no high-maintenance theatrics. Glossy, dimensional hair with colour that stays true to your tone.
Conclusion:
Colour is less about transformation and more about enhancing what you already have. Whether you’re drawn to the richness of chestnut brown hair, the creamy depth of a mocha chocolate brown hair color, or hair extensions for balayage in an ash bronde shade, the goal is the same: hair that looks and feels authentic. After all, the most beautiful colour is colour that feels like you!
