Blonde Hair Anyone?

[KiniKakes]

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.

Yup..... he sure did have to plunge his head in the toilet to wash that conk out of his head. *smh*

In terms of the poll..... I voted "no" (ie, it does not have to look stupid).

Would I do it? No. In general, I am not an advocate of African-American women with blonde hair.

However, I can say that I have seen it look very nice (on both light and dark complected sistas), and I have seen it look a hot mess (on both light/dark sistas). It depends on a lot of things, namely the quality of the dye job, the shade of blonde, and the overall style/health of the hair. Its a total package, to me.

 

[Isis]

I don't like to make generalizations. THe Blonde do look good on some black women, depending on skin tone as mentioned, I know alot of dark skinned individuals with natural blonde (not light brown or sandie brown hair). If you notice alot of people from Fiji have dark dark skin with blonde hair and also alot of Caribbean people (especially those that swim often) will have blonde hair. It works for some people, it's about the attitude that comes with the color, if you got the attitude...then work it!

I agree. That's what I mentioned earlier, I do know black people who were born with blonde hair and it looks good on them. I have some natural blonde family members too.

 

[virgo_chinwe]

Not all black women guys, some of us could really rock that blond hair - and I'll show you an example as well....

go to cutiecentral.com, go to gallery on the left hand side and under actresses go to Reagan Gomez-Preston. She has some pretty pretty blond dyed hair.

i go to cutiecentral.com too! lol. I get alot of great fashion ideas from meagan good and other females on the site....Sorry if comment was random.

 

[BerrySweet]

I'm anti-(non natural) blonde in general. Unless you were born with it, regardless of race, it just looks fake and pathetic to me (most cases). This goes for white women too, not all of them can pull it off either.

 

[Cincysweetie]

I think it doesn't work in more cases than it does work for black women. But if it's your blonde hair and you're happy with it...fine with me! I had blonde highlights and it looked nice on me, lol...it warmed up my overall look. However, I would never go TOTALLY blonde...that would not look right.

 

[mermaid]

I did all over blonde for years and don't give a CRAP what anyone hear thinks or feels about it, lol!! I also did blue-black, purple, brown, at the moment it's maroon- what nationality does it mean Iwant to be based on all those colors? Get real.
Anyone who straightens their hair ain't got any business talking about black women with blonde hair wanting to be white.
Puh-leeze.
Your hair wasn't growing outta your head straight and it never will. If blacks stayed in Africa and never had contact with other races, straight hair would have never been an issue, the straight hair thing is purely a Eurocentric influence- so get over it.

 

[Caramela]

I think it looks ridiculous.

 

[LovelyZ]

With the right blonde variation, the look can work for many black people.

 

[zoj2]

Did anyone see Cee-lo's daughter's weave in my Super Sweet 16? She had tracks of a dark blond sewn-in and it complemented her dark complexion. I usually hate blond on dark-skinned people (I am dark-skinned), but this is the first time it looked good to me.

 

[aqualung]

Hair that's lighter than the skin is a strange reversal.
That's why white haired witches are scary.
Even dark tanned blond whites look like they've gone too far when they get too dark.
There's a line.

 

[FlowerHair]

Now when so many people are dying their hair blonde, that's a clue that it will soon be out of style anyway.

A nice, natural hair color will always be in style IMO.

I've had blonde highlights before and people said they loved it. My family on the other hand hated it

I think dark hair looks so sophisticated and sexy. I think of Sade, Mya, Christina Milian when she was dark haired....

 

[Lovelylocs]

I think it is all about finding the right shade. Many of those celebrities that you mentioned have nasty looking shades of blonde. Also, I think weave hair looks gross in general, but blonde weave hair is usually super nasty. I think that if they dyed their real hair a shade of blond that was for their complexion it can look nice.

 

[Shimmie]

This is 'challenging' question. It depends on the person's complexion, make-up, the hair style and ESPECIALLY the condition of the hair.

I've seen some horror images that needed to be elsewhere.

I have two friends who look absolutely beautiful with blonde hair. One wears hers long and straight and the other wears hers in a short and tapered cut...truly beautiful and natural looking.

They also wear clothing which compliments the hair color. These are both professional women (one is the school system, the other in the corporate world and in ministry). They represent 'us' very well...indeed. They don't look 'ghetto fabulous' or hoochy mama.

For me personally, I never considered going with blonde hair, but I won't discourage anyone who looks beautiful with it.

Blessings to all,

 

[Bronzedmuse]

yes i agree because i saw Pdiddy's mom with blonde hair and it did look awful. I feel blonde hair suits people who are white or have a light-skinned color. But just because your white it doesn't mean that blonde suit you, take lindsay lohan for example; when she bleached her hair that light blonde color it did not suit her. In conclusion i feel that you should stick with the hair colour that you was born with and black women please leave the blonde colour hair to the white women.

 

[keluric]

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.

I can agree with that. And yes, Beyonce's complexion is knocking on the light brown door.

 

[chayil0427]

Depends on the woman...

 

[StrawberryQueen]

Depends on the woman...

Where's Amerie?

 

[LadyJ76]

I hate to say it, but I think it does look silly. Highlights is one thing, but a whole head of blonde hair....meh. But I also think it looks equally as bad on Asian women.

 

[ThickHair]

Yes, unless they were a natural blond.

 

[Crissi]

I hate to say it, but I think it does look silly. Highlights is one thing, but a whole head of blonde hair....meh. But I also think it looks equally as bad on Asian women.

Right!...but hey whatever floats your boat

 

[asha]

Depends on the individual...It doesn't matter what race or gender you are. Some can pull it off and some can't.

Also, I think things that are seen as drastic may grow on people over time as well. If you were faced with it everyday (say a friend or family member) did it, you may hate it at first and it may not phase you after awhile.

 

[hot_pepper96]

Okay,

Y'all can't forget about Diddy's mom. Everytime I see a pic of her, she's wearing a blond weave.

 

[B_Phlyy]

I've nevr been a fan of blond hair on black women.

 

[MzOptimistic]

I personally think blonde hair looks good on people with short hair...some ppl anyways...not errrbody...ohhhh...I hope this don't start no sh&$

 

[Ariana4000]

I know a few black girls who have naturally sandy blonde hair and very golden complexions and some with hazel eyes too. So I think it does go well with black skin tones sometimes. Its just a different look that people have to get used to.

 

[silvergirl]

some people can do it, other cant... for the most part i dont like it. but that could be because i mostly see blonde done the bad way.

 

[SilkyandSmooth]

I've nevr been a fan of blond hair on black women.

Neither have I. It looks unnatural. I also agree with the poster who said that blond hair doesn't look right on Asians either.

 

[ak46]

I don't think they look stupid. As long as they can pull it off and make it look good, it's fine. Some black women can do it and some just can't. ;-)

 

[cmw45]

Hmmmm...I thought I would agree...I didn't vote in the poll...but I know one darker lady with blonde hair...Mary J....that I think looks good...I mean, she always looks on point to me. So...rock wit it

 

[peacelove]

I believe that women should wear styles that they like no matter what anyone thinks. But I personally do not like how the blond hair looks with dark skin. But you know what they say about opinions.