QuoteReplyTopic: Long hair vs short hair for Asians Posted: January 03 2005 at 8:32pm
I noticed that some people swear by long hair because it's gorgeous and silky, while others prefer short hair. Do you think Asian hair is better suited long? Why or why not? It doesn't matter if you're a guy or a girl.
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I just read in your other post you want yours long. Long hair looks just gorgeous on asian people! Short can be cute too, it just depends on what you prefer on yourself.
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Ditto... there are a lot of variables, one of them being face shape. Another one being fine/coarse-ness of the hair strand. (When I used to have a short half-pixie, it tended to spike out and poof up. I blame the inflexibility of my individual hairs.)
The other big thing is your degree of perfectionism or lack thereof. Many Asian women stress over frizz issues, or "poofing" issues. If a person expects their hair to be perfect, a shorter cut will be more doable.. since hair warps with heat styling. Short hair is of course more easily replaced by new growth. Warping is more apparent in long hair... not to mention heat styling makes growing so much more difficult (risk of breakage, decrease in luster, etc.).
Personally I think long hair on Asian people tends to make the person look more traditional, which I like. Even long hair on guys to me looks rather traditional, like old Chinese movies.
Bleh, my face doesn't go with long hair but I'm inching for fingertip length anyway! :)
I like Asian women in short hair, especially if it's kinda spiky and funky. It goes against the grain of the usual Asian women with very long hair or bobs, you know? Dyed hair can be cool, too, if the woman has a good skin tone to carry it off. In all fairness, though, my preference probably has little to do with race or hair texture or anything, since I have a strong preference for short-haired women of all kinds. *shrugs*
kuroneko, This is off topic of this post, but about your signature ...have you tried lightening your hair to yellow, then using a blue dye with a little more of a purple look to it? The purple should counter the yellow and you should wind up blue.
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I agree its all about a traditional vs a funky look. Personally I think Asian women look a lot more interesting with a medium short, kind of scattered cut that can be worn in many ways. The long straight hair is really traditionally pretty, but also somewhat common and boring.
My wife is Filipina and just cut hers again after about 3 years long. She's getting a lot more attention. She's had everything from a very short pixie to mid back, blond to red to black. Overall I think between chin and shoulder with lots of layers and craziness is probably the best on her. As said the really short cuts tend to poof out.
Without stereotyping I think that there is lots of traditionalism in the way many Asian girls get their short hair cut as well. They go from traditional young woman long hair(long and silky) to a traditional moms short cut(blah and shapeless but easy to manage) and then decide short hair looks bad. A lot really does depend on the cut.
How tragic that living in low-lying coastal areas was responsible for many tsunami deaths throughout Asia.
I don't know that I believe the premise offered by the reporter. They see the aftermath and make conclusions from it. How do they know the women weren't already dead, before their hair was caught in the brambles/tress? Lots of people with short hair died, too.
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I haven't tried that before. I've done it in purpley or plummy shades before, though, and those looked okay. So even if it came out more purple than intended, it wouldn't be so bad. Whether I bleach my hair before trying to put blue on or not, it's always gone green, though. It's just a matter of how strongly it shows up :-P . My hair is naturally brown, but I guess it must have a lot of yellow or golden tones in it, for that to happen.
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kuroneko, This is off topic of this post, but about your signature ...have you tried lightening your hair to yellow, then using a blue dye with a little more of a purple look to it? The purple should counter the yellow and you should wind up blue.
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ANNNNNNNNNND getin bk 2 d topic... i luv short funki hair... mayb datz coz am 14? ANIWAYZ i h8 long hair coz ive got realli volumi hair n ma face lukz tini against it! i guezz i h8 asian ppl wiv longhair- NO OFFENCE - but i c dem n i no loadza ppl whu r reali typical - in ma famli- n say dat LONG HAIR iz a muzt n u cnt ave short... i aint allowd 2 cut ma hair - ma religion n itz 2 do wiv bein aisian az well. it sukz but i cut ma hair aniway but no1 actuali knowz i did...
am getin layerz nxt! just onz dat frame ma face
*TONI & GUY - next shampoo, conditiona n serum n intense conditioner am gna uze! let u no how itl go buh itl tek a while 4 me 2 save up* BUT if any1z uzd it... let me no!
Not cutting your hair just because of your religion? BULLSH*T! You have the right to have your hair cut, or let it grow. It's your hair, it is part of your body, so no one can touch it without you permission. Well, I'm an Asian with not to long hair, medium length.
Also, you like short and funky hair, and you said it's probably because you're 14. That's another bullsh*t. lmao aHAhAALHaHaHaHAAHAHaHAHSAHahAHaHDlkshkla!!
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