Blonde Hair Anyone?

[esoterica]

Serena looking good with dark hair
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ETA : eve, i wasnt gonna bump this thread but now i have and it's all your fault.

 

[hairmaster]

You have to have very strong hair to color your hair blond. or weave.

 

[esoterica]

mine was a weave but i dread to think the amount of damage that would be done if i wanted my own hair to be blonde.

 

[MzTami]

I remember about 13 years ago, my darker skin sister and I were dying our hair golden blonde. Anyway, we were at my oldest sister house and they had cut the water off because they were working on the lines. Well little did we know they had cut the water off until we tried to rinse the dye out. We had no water to rinse the dye out of our heads,so my sisters boyfriend told us to get into the car and he would drive us to my house, which was about 15 minutes away. Here we are on the highway and my sister's boyfriend car breaks down. Yes, my sister and I still had the dye in our hair. Long story short, we stuck on the free way with a broken down car and dye in our hair that had been in for at least 45 minutes. We spent about an hour on the freeway trying to fix the car. My sister and I was sitting in the back seat laughing talking about "ooo gurl..if we don't hurry up and get this stuff out of our heads, we are going to look like two black Lucille Ball's. Almost 2 hours and some later, we got to my house and rinsed it out. It was Murder...Our hair was orange and was tore up(damaged). That was the last time I ever looked at dye..

Sorry so long!

 

[MizAvalon]

I agree! Black women and yellow hair do not mix!

 

[ThursdayGirl]

I remember about 13 years ago, my darker skin sister and I were dying our hair golden blonde. Anyway, we were at my oldest sister house and they had cut the water off because they were working on the lines. Well little did we know they had cut the water off until we tried to rinse the dye out. We had no water to rinse the dye out of our heads,so my sisters boyfriend told us to get into the car and he would drive us to my house, which was about 15 minutes away. Here we are on the highway and my sister's boyfriend car breaks down. Yes, my sister and I still had the dye in our hair. Long story short, we stuck on the free way with a broken down car and dye in our hair that had been in for at least 45 minutes. We spent about an hour on the freeway trying to fix the car. My sister and I was sitting in the back seat laughing talking about "ooo gurl..if we don't hurry up and get this stuff out of our heads, we are going to look like two black Lucille Ball's. Almost 2 hours and some later, we got to my house and rinsed it out. It was Murder...Our hair was orange and was tore up(damaged). That was the last time I ever looked at dye..

Sorry so long!

Wow...what terrible luck!

 

[caligirl]

Yes, black women with nice chocolate brown skin like Serena Williams (yeah I said it) look ridiculous with blonde, straight hair.

 

[esoterica]

How could i forget Serena!

 

[MzTami]

lol and her mother too!

 

[Porsche19]

I think that with Really good planning, and the right shade of blonde (usually the dareker the skin, the worse all over color looks, so mostly darker people should stick with highlights) and the correct application of blonde, blonde hair can look stunning.

Usually people look retarded because the hair is TOO blond for them (light brown looks blonde against dark skin, you go too much further than that and it looks to washed out) OR the hair looks to bronzy.

So imo, darker black people shoulld bleach their hair only to medium to light borwn, and fairer (but not white-fair) people should only go to from light brown-dark blonde.

If you ever looked at Beyonces's hair (or weave) You'd notice that when it looks it's best, it's not really true blonde, and imo Bey is not very lightskinned.

 

[metalkitty]

Oh yeah, very few people (if any) with darker skin look good with all blonde hair, imo. I think its maybe not enough contrast between the skin and hair colors. However if I think its easy to pull off if you're just highlighting, like around the face.

 

[RainbowCurls]

I think all over blonde looks wrong.
But I agree with some others who have said highlights look good.
Have seen a few people's albums on this board who have blondeish highlights and it looks great.

 

[Stormy]

Well, I don't think all black women look stupid with straight blond hair. It just depends... on a few things like... the complexion, how blond the hair is, how much weave it is, how real it looks, etc... for example Serena... I think she looks a mess with that blond weave/wig she's been wearing. It's too much and it looks fake. She looks much better with darker hair. Now you, asphyxxia... you can wear that blond hair. I think your photo in your fotki album looks great! You have the kind of features and complexion where you can wear dark or blond and it still looks good. It looks natural too. I would never have known those were wigs or weaves if you hadn't said so.Naomi doesn't look good with blond hair. I wouldn't look good with blond hair.

 

[esoterica]

Thanks Stormy I got lighter hair purely as an experiment because i'd never had it before. Lots of people liked it, but i just never felt genuinely comfortable. i felt extremely fake at times. it just wasnt me.

OT: I love your website!

 

[Shawn]

Generally, I believe that people look best with their natural color hair. I cannot think of an exception. Now, that is not to say that some people don't still look nice when they change their hair color; but, IMHO, they never look better. Whenever I see a Black person who has dyed her hair blonde, in my mind, I begin to think that they are lower-classed. I don't know why, but it's just what I think, right or wrong--can't help it.

 

[Trinity1]

Well, I don't think all black women look stupid with straight blond hair. It just depends... on a few things like... the complexion, how blond the hair is, how much weave it is, how real it looks, etc... for example Serena... I think she looks a mess with that blond weave/wig she's been wearing. It's too much and it looks fake. She looks much better with darker hair. Now you, asphyxxia... you can wear that blond hair. I think your photo in your fotki album looks great! You have the kind of features and complexion where you can wear dark or blond and it still looks good. It looks natural too. I would never have known those were wigs or weaves if you hadn't said so.Naomi doesn't look good with blond hair. I wouldn't look good with blond hair.

I agree with Stormy. Asphyxxia you look great as a blonde!!


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[Vintagecoilylocks]

Stormy I have to agree with you. I saw aborigines with dark skin and natural blonde hair. It really shows the vast range of beauty that is with people of color. I have seen some woman with streaks where it looked like a brown dye to cover grey and the hair was blonde. It seemed so natural on them. Well maybe it was. I my self have used champagne blonde to tone down a chunk of white hair i have in the front and people have commented on how fresh I was looking that day or something. With the white hair they noticed it more and said I looked old. So with the right shade or application I think it can look just as stunning or better than your natural hair. Some woman look fabulas in their grey but their original black was dull and lifeless.

 

[Country gal]

I remember about 13 years ago, my darker skin sister and I were dying our hair golden blonde. Anyway, we were at my oldest sister house and they had cut the water off because they were working on the lines. Well little did we know they had cut the water off until we tried to rinse the dye out. We had no water to rinse the dye out of our heads,so my sisters boyfriend told us to get into the car and he would drive us to my house, which was about 15 minutes away. Here we are on the highway and my sister's boyfriend car breaks down. Yes, my sister and I still had the dye in our hair. Long story short, we stuck on the free way with a broken down car and dye in our hair that had been in for at least 45 minutes. We spent about an hour on the freeway trying to fix the car. My sister and I was sitting in the back seat laughing talking about "ooo gurl..if we don't hurry up and get this stuff out of our heads, we are going to look like two black Lucille Ball's. Almost 2 hours and some later, we got to my house and rinsed it out. It was Murder...Our hair was orange and was tore up(damaged). That was the last time I ever looked at dye..

Sorry so long!

A sign from God that you shouldn't have been dealing with blond in the first place. How horrible. It reminds me of the Malcom x movie where he couldn't rinse the perm out because the cops had cut the water.

 

[MzTami]

A sign from God that you shouldn't have been dealing with blond in the first place. How horrible. It reminds me of the Malcom x movie where he couldn't rinse the perm out because the cops had cut the water.

I will never touch dye again!!!

Because my hair changes different shades of browns, people always think that I dye my hair..No way!!!!!!

 

[MeechUK]

Yes, black women with nice chocolate brown skin like Serena Williams (yeah I said it) look ridiculous with blonde, straight hair.

Ladies,
what about self-expression? It might look stupid to you and people that have tried the look, but isn't it a mistake some of us have to make? Personally I would not do it, but it looks great on some women whatever their skin colour. I think it takes a lot of confidence to go ahead, it can turn heads either way, good or bad.

MeechUK

 

[janisloren]

lower class? what exactly type of look is that?

 

[Porsche19]

You know, either ate up and damaged and bronzy looking, or looks like a ton of weave is on top of the head.

It's rare to see someone with healthy, bleached and relaxed hair that actaully has a nice color and not some orangy, bronze mess.

Usaully people who have class would never leave the house looking like that.

 

[krissyprissy]

I remember looking at Diddy's mom and thinking "what tha f---".

 

[esoterica]

Oh yeah! she's one of the head offenders!

 

[Stormy]

Thanks Stormy I got lighter hair purely as an experiment because i'd never had it before. Lots of people liked it, but i just never felt genuinely comfortable. i felt extremely fake at times. it just wasnt me.

OT: I love your website!

You're welcome! And thank you. Thank God for photo shop.

 

[Stormy]

I remember looking at Diddy's mom and thinking "what tha f---".

Oh my god! Now THAT don't make no sense! Everytime I see photos of her, I think...all that money and that boy lets his mother look a mess like that. I would think that Kim or somebody would tell her.

 

[sky_blu]

I think it depends on the person skin tone and also how light the blonde is. But I dont think in general black women look stupid with blonde hair.

 

[Millahdoowop]

I don't really have an opinion on this but it does get a little irratating to see artists come out with their darker hair color and gradually go blonde. Why is that? Next thing you know we are going to be looking at Rhianna and saying wtf? lol, I just don't get it.

 

[Crackers Phinn]

I don't think black women look 'stupid' with straight blonde hair. It's unflattering to some, but I don't think I'd subtract IQ points for picking the wrong shade.

 

[diamoness]

I have to agree with MeechUK.

Im not a fan of blonde straight hair......but I do like the look of some blonde shades on natural curly/kinky hair, dreads, twists, etc. What really matters is that the person wearing it is happy doing so. If you wanna have blond hair, permed hair, jherri curl hair, whatever....... go for it!!!