How To Create Pink Color Blocking With Clip-In Extensions

Pink color blocking continues to trend, but creating dimension doesn’t always mean coloring every shade directly into the client’s hair. In this tutorial, Australian hairstylist Belinda Lee Mills (@belinda_lee_mills) shares how she uses custom-colored Showpony Clip-In Extensions to build on an existing pastel pink base with lighter pink ribbons, brighter pops of color and a subtle pale blue peekaboo accent.

In this video, you will learn how to:

• Build dimension into a pastel pink base using hair extensions

• Create pink color blocking through intentional placement

• Mimic foil placement to create brightness and movement

• Customize extensions to match layered and shaggy haircuts

• Add peekaboo color without permanently coloring the hair

To create the look, Belinda pre-colors both the hair and Show Pony Hair Extensions using Evo Fabuloso, a conditioning-based color treatment she prefers for creating soft pastel tones. Rather than trying to make every section the same shade, she layers lighter pink pieces to mimic highlights, brighter pink tones for added dimension and a pale blue peekaboo panel for contrast.

Create Pink Color Blocking Without Permanently Coloring Your Client’s Hair

One of Belle’s biggest extension tips has nothing to do with color—it’s about texture.

Belinda’s Extension-Blending Tips

• Match the extension texture to the haircut—not just the color.

• Shaggy haircuts need layered, shaggy extensions.

• Clients with breakage or shorter pieces around the crown need those details reflected in the added hair.

• Leaving extensions blunt and dense can create a visible disconnect between natural hair and extension hair.

• Customize the extensions to mirror the haircut’s shape, movement and texture for the most seamless blend.

When placing color panels, Belinda recommends thinking like a colorist. Position lighter and brighter pieces where you would typically place foils to create brightness, movement and visual interest throughout the shape.

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“Blue can be the hardest thing to put in the hair, keep in the hair and get out of the hair,” Belinda explains. Instead of permanently coloring a blue section into the hair, she uses custom-colored extension pieces to create the effect, allowing her to experiment with placement while maintaining flexibility for future color services.

Watch the full tutorial below:

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