Women (unless you guys have real input), have you ever colored your hair blond? Do you still? What are your reasons?
I was blond until high school, then dishwater brown, then as a statement I would color all shades of red because I wanted that more wild look, black and even did a bit of purple. Now I am going naturally gray.
I heard this interesting interview today about coloring the hair blond as being more 'white'. Listen to the link below and comment as well.
Please stick to the subject, thanks.
The interview and Ms. Rankine's research touched on race. I find a paradox between what seemed to be some women-of-color's desire to go "white" and the general desire within races to be respected as they are. If you're latino, BE Latino, if you're African-American, BE African-American, IF you're Asian, BE Asian. Moving to my view of hair color, I wish women with dark hair wouldn't dye their hair blond. The roots show after a short time and you have continued maintenance. I've seen some pleasant shades of red, green, and purple. I started going gray at the age of twenty-one. I've not dyed it, yet. My personal "preference" for a woman to get my "attention"; a dark brunette with a UK (Wales, Scotland, Ireland, England, South Africa, Cornwall) accent. A clerk in a local national chain store with dark hair from South Africa was able to get me to subscribe to their "awards" program and open a store credit card. Enough said.
My hair, naturally dark blonde with a hint of red) bleaches quickly in the sun so my colour changes from season to season, often naturally ombré. I do have a little grey around the temples now, i’m Lucky for my age, but a wash out colour close to my own blends it in.
I used to get that natural ombré too. Many people think is a result of coloring. I just enjoyed the natural changes.
I have never dyed my hair but I have dyed a lot of other people's hair over the years and it isn't difficult to do. It is hard on your hair, even though most of your hair is dead. It is hard on your body because most hair dyes contain chemicals that are toxic, as someone who studied organic chemistry these are some of the chemicals you don't on you that are contained in most hair dyes.
ammonia,
peroxide,
p-phenylenediamine,
diaminobenzene,
toluene-2,5-diamine,
Ammonia and Peroxide aren't too detrimental in low concentrations but they are usually quite strong in hair dyes because they are used to strip out the natural colour of your hair so the dye has a clean base to attach to. Anything that ends in ine or ene is usually a problem because they tend to be mutagens, carcinogens or teratogens which is science lingo for mutations, cancer and deformations.
which is why I stopped coloring my hair.
@HippieChick58 I haven't died my wife's hair in over a decade now and she is happy with her natural brunette colour. She got her first grey hair last year, just a couple and she hasn't asked me to dye it for her yet, I hope she leaves it natural.
I was super blonde as a kid and now it's dark blonde. Still no grays yet. I've only ever dyed it once; a wash out color because I refuse to deal with roots. It was supposed to be reddish but came out purplish brown. Sometimes I think about doing a wash out chocolate brown. Or RED.
As a not bald guy, I'd like to say, "hair is over rated".
It's just a lot more trouble than it could possibly be worth.
Just embrace your scalp and be free!
I've been every natural color. Blond for about one year.
I'll never forget my nephew coming to the door and saying "OMG your hair is YELLOW!". It was light blond - not yellow.
I'm already so incredibly pale skinned that it did go with my complexion. I never thought it made anyone look lighter? And it's very sad that that is a "Thing".
It had nothing to do with my skin color it was just something I chose to do for variety.
There was a documentary with Chris Rock about the black hair industry. It's incredible what they go through. And what they spend on hair. And it's all marketing and being told they should look more "white".
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I’m naturally blonde, although not this blonde. I have no intention of ever seeing a gray on this head as long as I am physically or mentally able. I only do it because it’s a bit brighter than my natural color.
I was a cosmetologist and dyed my hair every color! I kept blonde for a while and now I'm back to my natural color!