# Fakey blonde hair- do men really LIKE this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313 "2007-12-08T19:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/81 "2011-06-19T12:29:05Z")
I prefer the grey and earth brown hair myself. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/82 "2011-06-19T12:42:40Z")
The question is, do men really prefer the “Bottle Zombie” look? ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/83 "2011-06-19T12:58:34Z")
Most of the girls you posted had lowlights of some kind. The only people who have told me to change [my blonde](http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/67512_500702840560_141457905560_7423553_654644_n.jpg) back to brown to brown was…[my mother](http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v63/123/52/42111580/n42111580_31403884_5748.jpg). But what does she know? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/84 "2011-06-19T14:37:45Z")
I have talked about this with a stripper friend. She said going blonde always leads to a very large increase in her money making. So men obviously prefer it even if it looks fake, maybe it is harder to notice in a dark strip club though. Personally i don’t really think about hair but if i had to choose blonde beats anything else, and i saw absolutely nothing wrong with any of the “fake blonde” looking girls you posted. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/85 "2011-06-19T14:50:02Z")
I’ll never forget a conversation I had with a co-worker. She had just bleached her hair, and it was about time, as the roots were about four inches long the day before. So I complimented her Me: “Your hair looks today!” Her (pouting): “I always hate it for the first week or so after I bleach it. I much prefer having a little bit of dark root so it frames my face when I pull my hair back.” Me (stunned and fumbling for words): “OH! I never thought of that before. . .” 'Cause seriously, HUH?!? Then just a few days ago I went past a wig store, and there was a WIG in the window - blonde with dark roots. I mean, I suppose if you’re trying to fool people, and make them think it’s your natural hair that might be a tick in your favor. But trying to fool them into thinking you have a fake hair color which you can’t be bothered to keep up properly?!? I. don’t. get. it. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/86 "2011-06-19T14:50:34Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > This gentleman prefers brunettes, and I wouldn’t turn away a redhead or a brownie, but realitively few girls actually look good blonde (even some who are natural) and the obvious so-bad-it-must-be-intentional peroxide blonde look needs to go in the fashion reject bin along with those google-eyed sunglasses and thongs-on-parade. > > Stranger Hear hear! ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/87 "2011-06-19T16:16:35Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I’ll never forget a conversation I had with a co-worker. She had just bleached her hair, and it was about time, as the roots were about four inches long the day before. So I complimented her > > Me: “Your hair looks today!” > > Her (pouting): “I always hate it for the first week or so after I bleach it. I much prefer having a little bit of dark root so it frames my face when I pull my hair back.” > > Me (stunned and fumbling for words): “OH! I never thought of that before. . .” > > 'Cause seriously, HUH?!? > > Then just a few days ago I went past a wig store, and there was a WIG in the window - blonde with dark roots. I mean, I suppose if you’re trying to fool people, and make them think it’s your natural hair that might be a tick in your favor. But trying to fool them into thinking you have a fake hair color which you can’t be bothered to keep up properly?!? > > I. don’t. get. it. If you don’t get it, you don’t get it, but yeah, some folks like the blonde hair with the dark roots, though I never gave it as much thought as “It frames her face” so much as “it looks nice” Different strokes for different folks though, right? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/88 "2011-06-19T17:36:28Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > If you don’t get it, you don’t get it, but yeah, some folks like the blonde hair with the dark roots, though I never gave it as much thought as “It frames her face” so much as “it looks nice” > > Different strokes for different folks though, right? Wow. Ignorance fought. So there really are a lot of people who actualy want that look? I don’t mean to sound judgemental, I’m just honestly incredulous. To me it just looks unkempt, like nail polish that’s grown away from the cuticle. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/89 "2011-06-19T19:00:29Z")
I’m not a fan of bleached hair as a rule. Some women can pull it off, but it’s kind of tacky. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/90 "2011-06-19T19:34:59Z")
A number of women in the crunchy town where I live dye their hair gray, apparently to appear more “earthy” or “natural”. Also, at the risk of appearing politically incorrect, many Puerto Rican women in my hometown dye their hair a sickly dark orange color. I’ll take black roots over that anyday. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/91 "2011-06-19T22:17:27Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Also, at the risk of appearing politically incorrect, many Puerto Rican women in my hometown dye their hair a sickly dark orange color. I always assumed that that color wasn’t what they’d been aiming for when they picked out the dye. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/92 "2011-06-19T23:19:23Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > [Ryôko Hirosue](http://hyadum.livejournal.com/31973.html) seems to really manage the nontraditional japanese hair color look in Wasabe. It works because she didn’t go all the way blonde. It’s why my dark haired sister can pull off red–even that fake red–and not look bad. But if she goes blonde, her hair looks like it’s going to fall out–even if it is healthy. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/93 "2011-06-19T23:30:52Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Then just a few days ago I went past a wig store, and there was a WIG in the window - blonde with dark roots. I mean, I suppose if you’re trying to fool people, and make them think it’s your natural hair that might be a tick in your favor. But trying to fool them into thinking you have a fake hair color which you can’t be bothered to keep up properly?!? I can think of no better way to fool someone into thinking that it’s your natural hair. A glaring flaw can easily hide a less obvious flaw. For instance, in college I had an acting professor with a truly terrible toupee. Because it was so ugly, and so badly matched with his hair (mostly because it was noticeably darker), it was impossible to notice that he actually had a glass eye. If I was a badly balding woman and wanted to distract from it, such a wig might work wonderfully. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/94 "2011-06-19T23:50:37Z")
I was born with the uber-white blond hair. My hair darkened naturally as I aged. Today it is dark blonde almost light brown. My sister who does not color her hair is like this. My half-sister still has very light blond hair naturally and is nearing 40. Her three kids all have the white blonde, only one is darkening as they age, it probably helps that they live in Florida. Their father is dark haired. At various points in my adult life, I have been peroxide blonde to red. I am too pale to go darker and the one time I tried it, I hated it. Currently, I color to medium golden blonde in the winter and light golden blonde in summer. I am 35 and feel I am not young enough to pull off the peroxide blonde I did in my youth. I think it looks good on some people, IMHO, there is an age component to it where it starts to look not good. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/95 "2011-06-20T00:04:18Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > I can think of no better way to fool someone into thinking that it’s your natural hair. A glaring flaw can easily hide a less obvious flaw. For instance, in college I had an acting professor with a truly terrible toupee. Because it was so ugly, and so badly matched with his hair (mostly because it was noticeably darker), it was impossible to notice that he actually had a glass eye. If I was a badly balding woman and wanted to distract from it, such a wig might work wonderfully. Yeah, but Ragu says that’s the look they’re “going for.” ElmW - If I could get all my hair to go competlely crone white I probably would. I love the silver white strands, and am impatient for the rest of the hair to catch up. ::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313/96 "2011-06-20T08:32:57Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Yeah, but Ragu says that’s the look they’re “going for.” In this case, the look they are “going for” would be “hair”, so yes. I can easily see how they might go for something like that with the intent of spoofing observers away from the actual fakeness of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fakey-blonde-hair-do-men-really-like-this/429313.md?page=4)