Blonde Hair Anyone?

[peacelove]

Every black woman looks good with dark hair, right?

Then why is it that if blonde hair looks good on lighter complexions, then why wouldn't it ALWAYS look good on every one with lighter complexion?

It's generally accpeted that all black women, regardless of skin tone look good with dark hair, so the explanation that "not everyone can wear it can't apply". We boldly make an assumption that everyone will look good with black hair, so we can make another and say that all lighter black people can look good with blonde hair. According to asphyxxia's comment, all lighter skinned people should be able to pull off blonde hair.

The real reason is because... It's not the complexion, it's the shade of blonde that is used. That's why some light people look tore up with the blonde, but others look great. They have similar complexions, it's the hair that messes them up.

Good point. But I also think it is not just the shade of blond, it is also the tones in the skin. If you have bronze, goldtone skin, I think the blond can work.

 

[anatomicallycorrect]

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!

I've always been afraid that would happen while I was perming my hair. That's why I always have some water filled up in a bucket handy. Ever since I saw "Malcom X" I've been afraid that would happen.

 

[LocksOfLuV]

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.

I feel the same. Never liked it on black women no matter what color or hue. My friend who is uberly light just got her hair blonde and it looks horrible. She looks albino-although I think she was going the white route. I'll even say that half of the white girls with blonde hair don't even look right.

 

[honeycomb719]

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

I agree

 

[honeycomb719]

How could i forget Serena!

Dont forget moma Combs

 

[honeycomb719]

Diddy Mom

Lil Kim, Momma Combs

This looks stupid IMO

 

[toniy]

Although, in the August issue of Hype Hair there is a photo spread of Paula Jai Parker and she has a short spiky 'do that is platinum blond, and she looks fantastic! She is med-light complected and the color looks great on her. I'll even go so far as to say she is the only entertainer I have seen who can work this color. I wish I could find and post a pic for ya'll, but I ain't figured out how to do that yet. erplexed

As for Mama Diddy, well all I can say is it takes ALOT of money to look that cheap.
Again, JMO.

Not sure if this is the one but i like it.

 

[ShaniKeys]

Beyoncé looks good with blonde hair and I like it on Serena Williams too. Blu Cantrell also looks good with straight blonde hair. Just to cite a few.

 

[deltagyrl]

I voted YES!

The only dark skinned woman that I've ever seen pull it off is Mary.

 

[Ntrlmystik]

LOL...everyone except Mary J. Blige...it works on her.

 

[nomoweavesfome]

I'm brown, not light and I loooved my hair with blond!

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=12472324&uid=6436101


over all though, everybody cannot pass, just depends on complexion, shade and depth of blond

 

[Amarech]

LOL...everyone except Mary J. Blige...it works on her.

Exactly!!!

Mary has chosen a shade that works with her skin tone!!! I also like the lady on Dark and Lovely (well she used to be on it). Her hair was cut like Halle Berry and it was Blonde blonde. Real blond but it looked great on her and she was black.

It only looks stupid if it clashes with your skin tone. Just about anyone can wear blonde.

 

[lotusspecter]

I'm still reading this thread but I know black people, male and female who were born with blonde hair. It looks good on them too.

Speaking of this, has anyone ever seen Bruce Weber's Spring Break photo spread in the April '04 issue of W? There was a mixed race preteen girl with type 1 natural blonde hair. I personally have never seen a person of color with natural blonde hair until that issue. This spread is forever memorable to me because it showcases gorgeous young people of color with different hair types and it's photographed beautifully. I'll post some photos if anyone's interested.

 

[TCatt86]

Speaking of this, has anyone ever seen Bruce Weber's Spring Break photo spread in the April '04 issue of W? There was a mixed race preteen girl with type 1 natural blonde hair. I personally have never seen a person of color with natural blonde hair until that issue. This spread is forever memorable to me because it showcases gorgeous young people of color with different hair types and it's photographed beautifully. I'll post some photos if anyone's interested.

That be great if you posted some pics!! I would love to see the spread.

 

[hennagirl]

I voted no, but I meant the following: I think all dying, weaving, etc. should embellish rather than change "Mother Nature". IMO, it is not a good to lose sight of who YOU are so totally that you would wear straight blonde hair. In addition I am not a fan of enhancing the European ego with that type of imitation. I mean no offense to anyone who feels differently about this issue.

 

[InNeedofHairapy]

ughh..well, I guess it depends on the complexion of the woman and they shade of blonde she chooses to wear...I think that Brooke Hogan's shade of blonde is not going to look good on most black women...but some try to achieve that shade...like the woman in her mid 40s that I saw at IHOP yesterday that had a ratty blonde weave that was poorly done and did NOT match her skin tone well.

 

[Sapphire_chic]

Speaking of this, has anyone ever seen Bruce Weber's Spring Break photo spread in the April '04 issue of W? There was a mixed race preteen girl with type 1 natural blonde hair. I personally have never seen a person of color with natural blonde hair until that issue. This spread is forever memorable to me because it showcases gorgeous young people of color with different hair types and it's photographed beautifully. I'll post some photos if anyone's interested.

sorry but what magazine is 'W'?

 

[lotusspecter]

That be great if you posted some pics!! I would love to see the spread.

Ok, here are some pics from the spread. I forgot the best setting to use on my digicam so the quality is not up to my standard. The actual photos are really gorgeous, I wish everyone could see the real thing. Here goes.

 

[sweetwhispers]

she looks aboriginie (sp) i've seen australian aboriginies with blonde hair

 

[msjackson8]

I have seen lighter skinned women with blonde hair, more of a golden blond not a platinum blond and it looked great against their skintone. Darker black women do not look right with blond hair.

 

[Guyaneek]

I wouldn't say straight across the board, but those 3 women do

 

[sunnybunny]

I agree with what the last person said, not all black women look stupid in blonde hair it depends on your skin color. I had my hair blonde for a very long time and everyone loved it. people could'nt believe my hair was black when I told them and there are plenty of other entertainers with or has had blonde hair that are black women such as Halle Berry, Beyonce, Mary J Blige, Tyra Banks, Christine Milian and Eve looks nice in some blondes, but thats just to name a few cause I can't think of any one else, so why she would put those stupid looking pictures up there to prove a point about blonde hair and black woman I don't know. Mabey it's because she can't wear blonde hair I mean if thats her in the picture IMO No she can't but don't put it on all black women just because you don't look right with it.. And Serena hair always looks a mess to me so you put some real poor examples up there IMO.......

 

[sunnybunny]

I voted no, but I meant the following: I think all dying, weaving, etc. should embellish rather than change "Mother Nature". IMO, it is not a good to lose sight of who YOU are so totally that you would wear straight blonde hair. In addition I am not a fan of enhancing the European ego with that type of imitation. I mean no offense to anyone who feels differently about this issue.

I don't agree with that. You don't lose sight of who you are just because you weave and dye your hair so that means if "Mother Nature" did'nt give you hair at all you you should just walk around like that I think not people do what they want to there hair because it looks good or mabey they want a change you do not have to walk around looking like "Mother Nature" just because you were not born with the color or the hair....

 

[JLove74]

black women with stright blonde WIGS look a mess - all of em!

 

[bravenewgirl87]

I was never partial to white people with blonde hair--> i just don't see it as a good look. I mean, look at Amy Lee from Evanecence.

i think they look gorgeous w/o it. So in my opinion, if it doesn't look good on them it most certainly won't look good on you.

 

[lotusspecter]

sorry but what magazine is 'W'?

It's a monthly fashion magazine.

 

[jenteel]

thanks for posting these lotusspecter!
they are spectacular!
i don't get the blond thing either rainbowerplexed
it's getting boring
i think hair color in general depends on ur undertones
for instance i have yellow undertones
so i can "get away" w/ a lot of different colors
as a hairdye lover i have worn almost every haircolor except blond
(i know my limits-lol!)
but i did have blond highlights (alot of them) b4 the blond craze
and they were hot!

Ok, here are some pics from the spread. I forgot the best setting to use on my digicam so the quality is not up to my standard. The actual photos are really gorgeous, I wish everyone could see the real thing. Here goes.

 

[LiberianGirl]

I was never partial to white people with blonde hair--> i just don't see it as a good look. I mean, look at Amy Lee from Evanecence.

i think they look gorgeous w/o it. So in my opinion, if it doesn't look good on them it most certainly won't look good on you.

I agree--I find women with dar hair stunning. Don't care for blond hair on any women.

 

[neonbright]

Well I have 2 cousins with blonde hair, one light skin with reddish blonde hair and the other medium skin with golden blonde hair. This is the color of their hair naturally, one time both of them dyed their hair dark brown and man did they looked bad, so now they stay their natural color.

 

[tsiporah]

I think there are a lot of factors involved here.

If one knows their limits while dealing with color, then one should not have a hard time finding the right color. But if one is dyeing their hair because the flaxen look is in, that in my opinion is a bad choice. Some women look good with blonde others bad.

The same goes for those lighter hair women who go dark...what shade are they using? What are their undertones. Looking bad with a darker dye job doesn't mean they look bad with dark hair...they may have used the wrong color.

We also have to understand that we DO live in a European center society that upholds European ideals and sometimes we do copy without thinking that we copying. Don't forget that being a facsimile (sometimes NOT DONE CONSCIOUSLY) is the best form of flattery.
Now we may simply want a different look and I have no problem with it. But when we make our decisions we still have to ask why are we doing it.

I happen to enjoy mother nature. However, we are not 'sinning' by changing our hair color. Preferable I enjoy darker hair color regardless of how good we can look with lighter hair- natural or not.

By the way the pic with the blonde black girl in the spread is the way some whites wish they could be (flaxen with dark skin and fuller features) and the way some black wish they can be(flaxen with lighter skin and not so full features). These kinds of things I think we should think about. And think wholly not partially.

For the most part I think we should be ourselves. As a girl I wished to have been that black blonde in the spread too but over time----and with maturity and understanding myself. I no longer wanted that ideal for me. I began to love who I am inside and out. I also began to enjoy looking at others who resembled myself.

In closing yeah, some black women do look SSSSTUPID with blonde.
Some do look good because they chose the right color for them.

Dark hair is beautiful.
And I do like Cameron Diaz's deeper hair color!! LOL


Personally the color I enjoy is my own color and that deep dark ebony, and the blue black color.

I am not trying to ride both sides but I think it is about thinking wholly in why people may choose or do certain things. And not all decisions are based on the same reasoning and nor do we all have the same experiences.

I will admit I do get bored of the blonde real quick. I used to dye (certain layers) of my hair blonde and got bored reaaly quick. But that's me. As a matter of fact I ended up going blue black whenever I got tired of it.

But now it is just me and my natural henna'ed hair. Dark with a rosemary shine with slight red highlights in the sunlight.