Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson now has light brown hair with blonde hilites, she was on Ellen today. Here's a link

http://img5.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img5&image=ph_kellyclarksonellendegeneres090604.jpg

Nice... but I think she was ready for a touch up about 2 inches ago.

I concur. The pierced nose thing is truly disappointing. Is she trying to change her image already?

WHAT?!?!

Why is everyone reacting so strangely for a ''barely-there'' nose stud. This is the type of thing that millions of other girls and women her age are wearing.

It''s much ado about nothing.

Now, her hair looks sleek and natural now, (colour aside). Compare it''s thickness to other images of her and it is easy to tell that there''s no extensions in now.

Looks good.

I actually think I liked her previous color more than this light brown shade. I think that the blonde highlights in her darker hair looked cooler and that it suited her complexion better. I don't necessarily like the hair extensions she's worn in the past, but I definitely didn't like this new look. I think Kelly looked really good in her music video for the song "Breakaway" from the Princess Diaries 2 soundtrack. Check it out if you haven't and tell me if you don't think it looks nice in the part of the video where she's apparently singing to a bunch of people in someone's backyard or something (I'm only guessing this because there was a chain link fence and a gate that looked like one you'd find in someone's yard and not a designated spot for a concert.) So basically I think she looks best with her actual hair color with blonde highlights, and her hair wavy without extensions or at least not too many.

Can you tell me honestly what you like about nose rings? Why bring attention to one of the least attractive parts of a person's face? I don't get it, unless someone is trying to get attention. And if you have to poke holes in your face and shove metal into it, well, there are other ways of getting attention. Kelly had a rather pure, wholesome image. She didn't smoke like a fiend like Brittney (as far as I know, at least), she doesn't do crack like Whitney (allegedly) and she hasn't been a tramp like Madonna. I liked her image. To me Kelly and nose piercing doesn't compute. But go ahead and try to sell me on it.

As for her hair, lose the roots.

Like I said in my previous post, its an expression of individual style. I don't get your fascination with long hair. It simply does nothing for me except in a few individual cases where it simply fits the person so well. What I dislike about it is that generally it takes so long to grow and is often so reflective of the "long hair is feminine therefore I'll have it" feeling that it is static. Its not reflective of a persons mood of the moment, rather where they feel society thinks they should be or where they have been(were?) for a long, long period while growing it.

So here's what I like about short hair and nose rings. I think the sexiest thing in the world is peoples ability to defy the image society puts on them. To change their image, push boundaries, and express themselves in ways that they want to, despite it making not being the most logical thing to do in societies eyes. Nothing looks better to me than a housewife who's very traditional but has just a little nose ring or a tattoo that makes you realize that at some point this conservative person just felt a wild bug and sat in a chair to get inked or poked because that is a side of their personality. Short haired women almost all had long hair and just felt like doing something a little crazy at some point, same with women who've had short hair their whole life and suddenly decide they want it long, or to change the color, etc. Conversely I love people who are heavily tattood, dyed hair, just wild in general that wind up being well educated, employed, and generally as mentally mainstream as possible. Or when you meet accountants with crazy dreadlocks or just people who defy stereotypes in any way. Those types of people IMO push boundaries and play both sides of things in ways that I'm really jealous of. They balance personal creativity with mainstream thinking in ways that are pretty cool.

So in general I can't tell you why nose rings are physically attractive. Physical attraction is IMO 100% just a personaly thing thats inexplainable and depends on a person. I can tell you that I don't seem to find them physically repulsive like you do but I find them attractive in what they say about the person wearing them. I don't have it in me to push many boundaries. I'm a pretty conservative guy, but I really respect those who do.

I made a very specific point of using words like "generally" and "often" to reflect that different people do things for different reasons. It is possible to generalize without lumping all people into one category. Like I said long hair is by its nature(how long it takes to grow) fairly static. That doesn't mean that people who don't enjoy frequent change are better or worse than those who do, only that I'm making the point that they are more appealing to me.

I generally don't like long hair as much as short but I've never understood the die hards either direction. There are some people who post here who just love short hair and can never under any circumstances admit that long looks better, same the other way around. While I have my preference I'll at least acknowledge that both can be appealing. You tend to attack anybody who even indicates that long hair is not perfect and that there are actually some socialogical aspects of women and their hair. I want to

You have long hair, its your preference, good for you. Thats your opinion and its as valid as mine. Not all men choose to have long hair for the same reasons so don't be sensative about it.

Yuck! I don't like her hair at all. The bold chunks look ghettoish to me. She would look way better as a brunette, something with some rich deep coloring, and add some long layers to that fine hair, maybe something to frame her face a little, shoulder length would work.

DaveDecker wrote: trout wrote: Like I said in my previous post, its an expression of individual style. I don't get your fascination with long hair. It simply does nothing for me except in a few individual cases where it simply fits the person so well. What I dislike about it is that generally it takes so long to grow... If a person already has long hair, does that negate this as a basis for your dislike of it? trout wrote: ... and is often so reflective of the "long hair is feminine therefore I'll have it" Gosh, am I feminine? (feigned look of shock) trout wrote: ... feeling that it is static. The length of short hair is also static. trout wrote: ... It [long hair] is not reflective of a persons mood of the moment, Actually, it is. Right? If a person has long hair and they keep it, that means they want it. And if they don't want it, they cut it. I think it's fair to assume that most (or nearly all) that have long hair like it and want it long. Furthermore, if someone has short hair but wants it long, wouldn't that (by your line of reasoning) be reason to dislike short hair? trout wrote: ... rather where they feel society thinks they should be I actually believe there are far more people who have short hair who would like it long, than the other way around... largely because they feel compelled to conform to societial norms for short hair (for example, to be "taken seriously" at the workplace). trout wrote: or where they have been(were?) for a long, long period while growing it. So is it a bad thing if someone has wanted the same thing for a long time? I don't see any problem with that. Some people -- even you, perhaps -- have been wearing your hair short for a long, long period of time. Should we look unkindly at your dogged allegiance to short hair?

I wanted to have the longest post ever so I looked and looked until I came up with somehting to add...lol




dave.. i can agree there are mostly likely more woman wishing they had longer hair than vise versa...but not for your often mentioned "pressure to conform" idea. In fact I have NEVER heard a woman mention that as a reason for cutting her hair, however many times I've heard them say they didn't want to put the time and effort into long hair that THEY felt it would be required.