Brent E, Thanks for your opinion, on my opinion. Perhaps I should clarify my point. Long straight hair, on many women may be a "dime a dozen", but as someone who has worked on African American women's hair a fair bit, I can assure you, among their population, it is not. In fact, the gorgeous style Halle is currentlly sporting, could only be achieved naturally by a very small percentage of them. That leaves options of course, wigs, extensions, etc., but women of color have to put a significant bit more effort and expense into the upkeep of their styles. Which, brings us back to the more popular option. The classic, close cropped, relaxed, Halle'esque do'. You need only travel to a few major urban cores, and actually look around, to realize that this is the popular choice for a large percentage of this population. It's easier, and cheaper to maintain, and a great look for many women. In fact on many women, there is no better look for them. On the right woman, it's quite stunning. However, as I stated, it's common. Common as a cold. That wasn't meant to be an insult, merely a statement of fact. That being said, I said I prefer Halles latest look for the following reasons. I feel it works really well with her overall features, compliments her bone structure nicely, and it's a refreshing change.That is of course just my humble opinion, which is what the board is about. Beauty is afterall in the eye of the beholder, and unlike some who post on this board, I don't think that this is mandated by having only one specific hair length. Not all women look their best in short hair(or long). Anyway, thanks for the feedback, and have a good one!
Halle actually isn't pure black, she is a mixed race person(half black/half white). That is why it is easier for her to grow long straight hair than most black women, and why her features are more Caucasion looking.
Ultra-short hair like Halle's pixie may not be quite as common as the common cold, as you have stated, but thankfully it is much more common these days, many women wear their hair very short, and many of them look lovely and sexy in very short hair!
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IMO she looks great with long hair because it does exactly the sameas her short hair: it leaves her face completely visible. Minute difference: the short pixie put a little bit more emphasis on the eyes.
Rardman, the reason why you like it long on her (uncommon for African Americans etc), should make it in fact less ideal. Since she has loads of time and money to spend on her hair (and shoes and jewels and ..), she depicts an unreal image for those women. An ideal, impossible for most to achieve. She looks nice OK, but how many women will get unhappy (or start sighing and dreaming)? And how many more are going to try to copy it (without all the money and time) ending up less attractive?
I know, it's not her responsibility to have an appearance that is achievable for most. But I just wanted to point out another side of the medal.
That said: she remains a beautiful woman, no matter what length.
When a woman is as pretty as Halle, with such a lovely face and nice figure, her hair is basically irrelevant. Who is even paying much attention to her hair?
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If you like long hair on black women because it's less common, shouldn't it follow you would prefer short hair on white, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American women, as that's what's less common on them?
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Long straight hair, on many women may be a "dime a dozen", but as someone who has worked on African American women's hair a fair bit, I can assure you, among their population, it is not.
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Kuroneko, I did not say, at any point I prefer long hair on african american women because it was less common. What I originally said was I found Halle's old do' common, which in my experience, it is. Brent E responded by saying, that long hair was a "dime a dozen", extolling the virtues of short hair. I responded by saying that her previous look, among african american women was in fact fairly common(and if you read it, I mentioned it's a great look on many women), and I went on to make more clear why I liked Halle's new, longer, straight look.It would appear I didn't make that point clear enough.What I said, in the previous post was that I liked this look on Halle as I felt it nicely complimented her bone structure, and features, and was a refreshing change for her. I form my opinions on peoples choices in style on a person to person basis, and it's obviouslly subjective. On some women I love long hair, on others I prefer short, or mid-lengths. Your comment that since I like long hair on african american women because it's less common, and therefore must prefer short hair on other races for the opposite reasoning, is to me, a bit absurd. Since I never said that I prefer long hair on them for this reason(go ahead-reread it), there's no foundation for the comment. The "logic" that follows it, I won't even attempt to understand. I don't presume to understand, or have insights into anyoneone on this boards' psyhe, and if I did, wouldn't feel the need to offer them. I have no idea why you have such an affinity for short hair, nor do I care. This board, in my understanding, is a place to discuss celebrity hair. That's all I initially thought I was doing. Twice now, I've felt the need to sort of defend my opinion. I just think that's not the point. Anyway K, on an unrelated point, I really like your new pic. Imo, a much more flattering one!Have a good one.
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*shrugs* Well, I do like to look into the psyches of others and find out how and why they are the way they are. Maybe I should just set up a survey on a more general board for that purpose, then, and see what I get.
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