Curious about how much hair color actually affects the way people treat you. There’s so much pop culture around the idea that blondes are more fun, more approachable, maybe even seen as a little wild. While brunettes are painted as the serious, mysterious types.
If you’ve been both, or just noticed differences based on your hair color, I’d love to hear your experience.
Did people act differently toward you when you were blonde vs. brunette?
Did it change how often you got approached, or the way people assumed your personality would be?
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when i was a baby, i had dark brown hair. then it turned reddish. then dirty blonde. then blonde. and then back to dark brown. growing up my mom says i got the most compliments during the ages where it was reddish or blonde. but that also could be because i was 2-4 and thats the age people compliment kids generally.
as a teen/adult i dyed it all sorts of colors. i got the most attention from women when its been red/orange/ginger. most of this attention was just compliments on it and chatting about dying it. i got the most attention from men when its been light brown or blonde. this was them just chatting to me, sometimes hitting on me. i found that my employers treated me better when it was brown or a “non natural” color. now ive had it fire engine red since covid. ive had multiple women compliment my hair from their cars, which feels great! also other red haired baddies and i give each other the nod of understanding in public a lot.
100% online interactions. I lost count of how many “blonde girls must have more fun” type of message I received.
Not at all.
I’m a natural blond but have dyed my hair darker, black, red, brunette and even a few wild colors in my college days. I personally have not noticed a difference in how I’m treated or perceived based on my hair color. I’ve always been extremely outgoing and extroverted though, so seeing as I put out a lot of energy, I don’t think hair color really changed anything. I personally find my blond color to be kind of boring but I think personality can combat that, lol
Been superblonde, now dark brunette. Not noticed anything different. If you look good you look good imo.