Guy Pretty vs. Girl Pretty: Hair Color!
Actress Emma Roberts recently lightened her locks from rich brown to sun-kissed blonde and says that her luck with boys just might be changing, too!
"Guys check me out more, which is weird," she said at the premiere of her new flick, Twelve. "When I had brown hair, girls would tell me I was pretty all the time, and then with blonde hair, guys tell me I'm pretty a lot. So I really don't know what that means."
I asked my friend Jackson for a translation.
"For me, I'd rather date a blonde…but marry a brunette," he explained. "I'm not really sure why. Maybe it's just because my girlfriend now is a brunette and-don't tell her-but I'd totally settle down with her. Oh, but redheads? Damn. They're just plain SEXY. Don't tell my girlfriend that either!"
Oops, sorry to blow your cover! It's all in the name of journalism!
Here's Emma as a brunette:
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And here's Emma as a blonde:
Do you think one color is cuter?
My personal experience with hair color yielded interesting results. During college, I studied abroad in Rome, and in an effort to look "more Italian" I dyed my naturally blonde hair dark brown.
As a blonde, I had more boys look my way. But as a brunette, they seemed to look longer.
Despite the added attention, my coffee-colored coif didn't last long. A few weeks after I returned stateside, I went back to blonde. Being a blonde is more than just a color-it's part of my personality. I might add a dark streak here or there, but I'll never stray from my flaxen locks again!
Have you ever dyed your hair? What's your natural shade? Do you think guys prefer a certain color? What do your girlfriends think? Or, does it just depend on the person?
