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Pink hair, orange hair, maroon hair: please STOP!

177 replies

StephaniePowers · 23/04/2013 10:48

AIBU

hair dyed in candy colours looks bloody stupid on grown women.

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HorraceTheOtter · 23/04/2013 10:49

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YoothaJoist · 23/04/2013 10:51

I'm with you OP, although I imagine you are in for a flamin'

Burgundy hair is my pet hate. It flatters about 3 people in the entire world. None of them live in this country.

YeahBuddy · 23/04/2013 10:51

Oh I had bright pink hair up until the day after I had my DTs, I couldn't keep up with looking after newborn twins and maintaining the pink. It is making a comeback now that they're slightly older so there Grin

StephaniePowers · 23/04/2013 10:54

Nononononnooo
It's on a par with having fifteen facial piercings.
I just think: cannot grow up, says things like "Ha HAAAAA I'm MAD, me!", has loads of teddies on her bed.....

SORRY but it needs saying.

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KatyTheCleaningLady · 23/04/2013 10:56

It used to be cute/cool. Now, it's common. In every sense of the word.

MrsCosmopilite · 23/04/2013 10:57

I don't care. I have no issue with people having rainbow hair, piercings, tattoos or dreadlocks. Or other body modifications.

I do have an issue with people being sexist, racist, ageist, discriminatory against those with physical or mental disabilities, being bigoted, or extremely judgy.

NeoMaxiZoomDweebie · 23/04/2013 10:57

YANBU. I had pink hair when I was 19. It looked cool. It would not look cool after 30.

ohforfoxsake · 23/04/2013 10:58

Since moving North I've noticed a lot more women with red, pink, blue hair. Unheard of where we lived in London, where it was all blond highlights and Boden macs.

I prefer the former TBH.

PostBellumBugsy · 23/04/2013 10:58

Aw, I love funky coloured hair. When I was in my teens I tried lots of different colours & really loved doing it. Now, I'm old and dull and boring and conventional and have normal coloured hair, because I don't want to be seen as ridiculous - but that makes me just a tiny bit sad.

We're so lucky to have the freedoms that we do, so I applaud all women who are brave & fun enough to have fun coloured hair.

ohforfoxsake · 23/04/2013 11:00

See I just don't think it's on a par with facial piercings AT ALL. It's just...different coloured hair (although I have had a aversion to burgundy - or 'deep mahogany' for 30 years since my school days).

ScarletLady02 · 23/04/2013 11:03

Meh...I change my hair colour more often than most people have hot dinners...I'm 30 soon...

Funnily enough I don't do it to please you so

StephaniePowers · 23/04/2013 11:06

Everyone telling me to wind my neck in is completely right, of course you are. I know IBU.

I just personally think it looks quite sad on women over about 25. It's sort of saying "I don't like my life and I can't change it: but I can have ZANY hair! Look I am FREE! (but not really)".

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UnChartered · 23/04/2013 11:08

i've got pink, orange, maroon and GREY hair Grin

facial piercings are long healed over though

tattooes are increasing in numbers - contemplating another soon

Grin
Gerrof · 23/04/2013 11:10

I love all the bright hair colours that people have now - purples, lilacs, pinks and that bright Ariel from Little Mermaid red.

I would never dye it a bright colour myself, far too boring and conservative looking. But I like it in others.

Gerrof · 23/04/2013 11:11

The only thing I have noticed is that the bright colours never look shiny, always very dull and matte on the hair. Do the dyes do something funny to your hair?

MrsClown1 · 23/04/2013 11:14

Im 53 and have purple spikey hair! Youve got me thinking I look a twat now.

Postbellum - go for it! We can both look twats together.

OMG - I also have tattoos and piercings (non facial).

There's no hope - I am definitely growing old disgracefully.

HeathRobinson · 23/04/2013 11:15

YABU. I don't, but why not? It looks fun. Grin

HorraceTheOtter · 23/04/2013 11:16

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StickyProblem · 23/04/2013 11:17

I have a respectable corporate job and purple streaks in with the brown and "silver" :)
Some people like it. DD's friends (aged 8) love it. Americans are visibly freaked out by it and pretend not to notice.

Sidge · 23/04/2013 11:17

I don't mind slightly mad coloured hair but it tends to look best on younger women.

Round here I think there must have been a job lot of brick-red hair dye going cheap at the car boot sale; every other woman has this really harsh (but faded) brick red colour, it's really not very nice. I think they'd look better bright pink, or purple, or even turquoise!

ScumbagCollegeDropout · 23/04/2013 11:22

I am a few years past 25 and currently have bright purpley blue hair. Just recently it was pink.

I also have piercings.

I don't have any teddies on my bed though.

And I actually really like my life at the moment.

So nyah! Grin

pinkyredrose · 23/04/2013 11:28

What's your hair colour OP? Do you just follow the crowd?

SirBoobAlot · 23/04/2013 11:28

My hair has been various shades of red for several years. Have done bright reds before - it was great fun. I might try purple at some point.

YABU. Spoil sport.

happyyonisleepyyoni · 23/04/2013 11:30

Burgundy hair with a "mum" haircut...classy

PostBellumBugsy · 23/04/2013 11:36

what is a "mum" haircut? I never know these things - bloody hell, I may unwittingly have one!

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