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Color Takeover is revolutionizing the relationship between the two categories of hair extensions and hair coloring education in the beauty space. From neutral balayages to glowing rainbow hair, Donna Bella Color Takeover enables you to offer professional extension-coloring services to clients requesting custom looks. And while all of our professional Remy hair can be colored, our shade #60 is the most popular as it is our lightest most neutral color, perfect for providing a blank canvas for truly bright and saturated coloring jobs.

In this portal you will find everything you need to know about coloring professional hair extensions. We’ve included detailed instructions, tips and tricks, and custom formulas for five popular looks: mermaid hair, unicorn pastel, lowlights, sombre, and fashion ombre.

Videos

We’ve teamed up with top hair coloring experts and artists to demonstrate professional techniques and secrets for coloring hair extensions.
Check out some of these incredible looks!

Fashion Ombre

Click to watch this gorgeous Fashion
Ombré come to life coloring our model’s
hair and 22” Tape-In Extensions.

08:40

Pastel

From blonde to bomb, we transformed
this model’s hair using a silver base
and streaks of colorful pastels on
our 22” Remy Tape-In Extensions.

05:16

SOMBRE

We used 3 shades of our Remy
extensions and Joico Color Intensity
colors to complete this sexy Sombre.

04:44

Lowlights

Using just a couple of different Tape-In
hair extensions colors darker than her
natural hair, we gave this model’s
hair a dimension makeover.

02:00

Mermaid

Watch this amazing mermaid hair
transformation using custom mixtures of
Joico’s Color Intensity colors and
our 22” Remy Tape-In
Extensions.

07:24

custom formulations

Find all the details to these five gorgeous transformations using our Color Takeover methods.

mermaid hair

7 PACKS OF 22” TAPE-INS, COLOR #60

LIGHTENER (for client’s hair, if needed)
  • 25g Vero K-PAK Crème Lightener
  • 25g 30 Volume Developer
  • 1/8 oz. Olaplex No. 1
  • *All colors listed in this formulation were from the Joico Color Intensities line
  • LIGHT GREEN:6g Peacock Green + 1g Cobalt Blue + 6g Olaplex No. 2
  • LIGHT TURQUOISE:4g Cobalt Blue + 6g Peacock Green + 5g Yellow + 25g Olaplex No. 2
  • NEON GREEN:25g Yellow + 5g Peacock Green + 5g Olaplex No.2
  • LIGHT YELLOW:10g Olaplex No. 2 + 1g Orchid
  • DARK FUCHSIA:15g Magenta + 3g Cobalt Blue + 6g Pink + 5g Olaplex No. 2
  • FUCHSIA:10g Pink + 10g Magenta + 3 Dots Cobalt Blue + 25g Olaplex No. 2
  • LIGHT FUCHSIA:4g Cobalt Blue + 6g Peacock Green + 25g Olaplex No. 2 + 5g Yellow

pastel unicorn

7 PACKS OF 22” TAPE-INS, COLOR #60
2 PACKS OF REPLACEMENT TAPE

LIGHTENER (for client’s hair, if needed)
  • 1:1 ratio
  • Joico Vero K-Pak Base Breaker Cool
  • 20 volume developer
  • *All colors listed in this formulation were from the Joico Color Intensities line
  • DARK SILVER:25g Titanium + 5g Olaplex No. 2
  • MEDIUM SILVER:5g Olaplex No. 2 + 5g Titanium
  • LIGHT COBALT BLUE:10g Olaplex No. 2 + 1g Cobalt Blue
  • LIGHT SOFT PINK:10g Olaplex No. 2 + 1g Soft Pink
  • LIGHT PURPLE:10g Olaplex No. 2 + 1g Orchid
  • LIGHT YELLOW:10g Olaplex No. 2 + 1g Yellow
  • LIGHT SILVER:10g Olaplex No. 2 + 1g Titanium
  • LIGHT PEACOCK:10g Olaplex No. 2 + 1g Peacock Green
  • LIGHT HOT PINK:10g Olaplex No. 2 + 1g Hot Pink

sombré

1 PACK OF 18” FLAT-TIP, COLOR #10
1 PACK OF 18” FLAT-TIP, COLOR #8
1 PACK OF 18” FLAT-TIP, COLOR #6
2 PACKS OF 18” FLAT-TIP, COLOR #1001
2 PACKS OF 18” FLAT-TIP, COLOR #613
1 PACK OF 18” FLAT-TIP, COLOR #2

LIGHTENER (for client’s hair, if needed)
  • *All colors listed in this formulation were from the Joico Color Intensities line
  • 50 mL Clay based Lightener
  • 75 mm of 40 volume developer
  • 3.75 mL Olaplex No. 1
Install colors, darkest to lightest, beginning on the bottom.

    • Root Color on extensions:
      4N Coffee Bean + 5 Ash Blonde

  • Mixtures for coloring client’s hair
    Lumishine Liquid Glaze
    15 grams 9NV
    15 grams Lumishine 5 Vol. Developer

    Lumishine Liquid Glaze
    15 grams 9NWB
    15 grams Lumishine 5 Vol Developer

fashion ombré

2 PACKS OF 18” TAPE-INS, COLOR DARK FUCHSIA
4 PACKS OF 18” TAPE-INS, COLOR OMBRE #1B/60
2 PACKS OF REPLACEMENT TAPE

LIGHTENER (for client’s hair, if needed)
  • Vero K-PAK Crème Lightener (60g)
  • Lumishine 30 Vol. Developer (60g)
  • Olaplex No.1 (3.75ml)
  • *All colors listed in this formulation were from the Joico Color Intensities line
  • Shadow Root:N4 Coffee Bean (30g) + A5 Medium Ash Brown (30g) + Vero K-Pak Chrome Activator (120 ml) + Olaplex No.1 (3.75 ml)
  • Shadow Root:Black Pearl (30g) + Olaplex No.2 (10g)
  • Gray 1:Titanium (10g) + Black Pearl (5g) + Olaplex No.2 (20g)
  • Gray 2:Titanium (20g) + Black Pearl (2 dots) + Olaplex No.2 (20g)
  • Dark Pink:Magenta (15g) + Olaplex No.2 (5g)
  • Dark Pink 2:Magenta (10g) + Pink (10g) + Olaplex No.2 (10g)
  • Dark Pink 3:Magenta (5g) + Pink (5g) + Soft Pink (5g) + Olaplex No.2 (5g)
  • Pink 1:Soft Pink (10g) + Pink (10g) + Olaplex No.2 (25g)
  • Pink 2:Soft Pink (5g) + Pink (5g) + Olaplex No.2 (15g)

lowlights

1 PACK OF 22” TAPE-INS, COLOR 27/613
2 PACKS OF 18” TAPE-INS, COLOR OMBRE #12/600
1 PACK OF 18” TAPE-INS, COLOR OMBRE #4/30/613
1 PACK OF 22” TAPE-INS, COLOR #2
1 PACK REPLACEMENT TAPE

  • *All colors listed in this formulation were from the Joico Color Intensities line
  • Bottom layer: 18” length Color #4/30/613
  • Next: 22” length #10
  • Next: 22” length #12
  • Top Layer: 18” length #12/600

FASHION COLOR MELT

7 PACKS OF 18” KERA-LINK, COLOR #60

LIGHTENER (for client’s hair, if needed)
  • 2 oz of 30 vol developer
  • 1.3 oz of 9AA
    • *All colors listed in this formulation were from the Joico Color Intensities line
    • LAVENDER: 3 oz of Light Purple 1 oz of Metallic Violet
    • TEAL: 2 oz of Peacock Green, 1 oz Clear, 1 oz Mint
    • MINT: 4 oz of Mint


  • Joico Color Remover with 20 vol at room temperature for 30 min
  • Glazed: 2 oz of 9AV and 9 volume
  • LIGHT PURPLE: 4 oz of Metallic Violet
  • LIGHT PINK: 3 oz of Metallic Mauve
  • PEACH: 3 oz of Peach
  • FUSCHIA: 3 oz of Magenta

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stylist spotlight

Check out our top Color Takeover superstars! These experts have perfected the art of coloring hair extensions. You can find some of their secrets in the "Tips from the Pros" section of our free Color Takeover Guide.

Ashley Rocks

San Antonio Texas

Baelee Reiter

Minot, North Dakota

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