Do you think having blonde hair automatically makes you more beautiful?

[Giningit]

I don’t, however someone mentioned being jealous of a woman with various attributes including blonde hair. Even though I grew up in a predominantly white area, I never once envied girls with blonde hair. So is this a thing?

Can’t believe this is being discussed here

@CarHire101

Can’t believe this is being discussed here

Why? Where do you think it should be discussed?!

I thought this is black mumsnetter forum- it’s the sort of thing I’d expect in AIBU

Women regarded as the most beautiful in polls are often brunette - Bella Hadid, Beyonce, Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, Courteney Cox, Kate Beckinsale, Mila Kunis, Elizabeth Hurley etc. Some people suit blonde hair and some dark. Zooey Deschanel looks far more striking as a brunette, Katy Perry likewise. So no I don't think having blonde hair automatically makes you more beautiful.

When I was little Pocahontas was my favourite film so I always wanted to look like her. But I imagine a lot of it stems from the barbie and princess influences which little girls idolise. Now I can appreciate beauty in every one, I’m generally just jealous of all women, it’s so easy to see other people’s good parts and so difficult to see your own!

I always thought dark hair was attractive and blonde hair unattractive, but then again maybe it could be because i grew up in the Caribbean so it looked weird to me

I’m white, but have very dark brown hair (people say it’s black but it’s not). I’ve never found blonde hair attractive on men nor wished I had blonde hair. I think a lot of men do prefer it though.

A friend of mine, on his divorce, said her family and friends were all shocked they got divorced. “Why?” I said. “Well, because of her long blonde hair!” 😳 He was utterly serious. Apparently the lot of them, him included, thought if you have long blonde hair your life’s happiness is guaranteed.

DS has bright blond hair and I always get compliments on it. I think it's really nice that it makes him stand out from the crowd in the multi-cultural area where we live. & yes he is beautiful, but of course as his mum I'm biased

I am a natural blonde, although in the last few years it has darkened. I like my hair, especially in the summer. It suits my eyes and skin tone. I like some of those beautiful Scandi looks - if you see old photos of Britt Ekland or Mary Stavin, they were so striking to look at, but it's in combination with skin tone (tanned) and blue eyes. I look good with a tan but washed out in the winter, and the days of me actively trying to get a tan or apply a fake tan are over.

I did get a bit of bullying at school over my hair. One girl used to accuse me aggressively of dying it. She seemed fixtated. She had really lovely hair herself, really shiny, that sort of conker brown colour. I did get hassled by men a lot when I was younger but I assumed that was true for everybody. I have never not had blonde hair so I have no comparator. I am sometimes patronised but again, a lot of females are regardless of their appearance. I have had an ordinary life with average luck so it didn't help there. I didn't pull a Prince.

I don't see blonde people as being particularly attractive, some are attractive just like any other type of female, some not so. Blondes can be washed out or nondescript. I think the majority of blonde people you see have dyed it. My personal preference if I could choose a colour hair for myself would be brunette or dark auburn with deep brown eyes. I would like to look like Gemma Arterton please.

There is eye catching beauty for every skin tone, hair colour and eye shade. I go to a cafe and there is a mixed race waitress who is one of the most beautiful people I have ever seen. I have to stop myself from staring at her. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder so you might have a preference for redheads, or you are drawn towards those with raven hair. I think most people just like striking features regardless of colour of skin, hair and eyes.

There isn't a beautiful pinnacle or ideal and hopefully the days of the archetypal Disney Princess look are long gone and if there were any definitions around beauty the world is more receptive now to different looks.

No such thing as hair colour automatically making someone beautiful. What looks beautiful to me is radiance. And different skin tones will look better with different hair colours. My hair is light brown and was very streaky blonde - I used to dye it black. People were horrified. To be fair, it didn't suit me

No. I've got jet black hair naturally and I love it.

I don’t think it mean if you are blonde you are more attractive than having dark hair.

Although there’s no denying that “blonde and blue eyes” is seen as desirable and almost some sort of inspiration

Growing up in the 80s and 90s blonde women and girls were very much fetishised, and various attributes assumed, simply because of their hair colour.

I don't think blonde is so fetishised anymore, but maybe it is, I don't know. I think that what is seen as beautiful has expanded, and current TV adverts seem to reflect that in terms of model's age, colour, shade, size, hair etc.

Apologies if this has been mentioned already.
I think there’s always a certain ‘look’ that’s in.
These days it’s very much that Kardashian black hair, big lips and voluptuous hips and bum (there’s the whole argument of them wanting to be black but I think that’s another thread all together)

@CarHire101

I thought this is black mumsnetter forum- it’s the sort of thing I’d expect in AIBU

Black women get a pretty raw deal from most Western beauty ideals, it's absolutely a topic we would want to discuss.

I think people look best with their natural hair or close to natural. If you look at people the natural couloir tends to be tonally compatible with their eyes and skin. Black women with blonde weave or wigs don’t look great in my opinion, however they look stunning with dark hair. White women who are naturally very fair with blonde hair and light eyes look lovely. But if the eyes don’t match the hair then it’s a no from me.. blonde hair brown eyes doesn’t look great. Again.. just my opinion.

I hope it's ok for me to post, I'm more or less white, just very mixed with some Indian heritage and have dark hair / eyes and skin that turns dark quickly in the sun.

I grew up in the 80s and always felt inferior to blonde / blue-eyed girls.

Now I realise that most blonde hair goes mousy brown with age and it costs a lot to do a head of highlights to be "blonde"!

I really thought it was interesting that some hairdresser-blondes were losing their minds about their roots. What is the shame in their natural colour growing back? I found myself wondering if they see their hair as making themselves more attractive.

@Strawberry33 I think your comment is ridiculous. Plenty of black women pull blonde wigs off and look stunning. Steff London does and Molly Mae has blonde hair and dark eyes. Does it matter if your hair colour and eyes don’t “match”.

I have blonde hair and blue eyes and have always been jealous of girls with darker hair and especially of beautiful brown eyes.

What about my friend's daughter, @Strawberry33, who is naturally blonde but has brown eyes?!

Nope. I grew up as a dark haired girl in the 90s seeing baywatch as the "ultimate" in beauty and the blonde haired blue eyed stereotype was held up as the "ideal". Despite that, I personally find blonde hair and pale skin to be not very attractive and I far prefer glossy black hair and see that as much more beautiful.
Thats a personal preference but I am kind of surprised by it since it goes directly against what I was conditioned to think of as beautiful growing up.

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