As a final post, I will be speaking about hair bleaching. It is very common for girls to dye and bleach their hair, changing the colors frequently—so much that finding a girl with her natural hair color is like finding a unicorn! Extremely rare and hard to spot. Asian girls especially dye their hair different colors and some say it’s in effort to become more “Caucasian” and “American”.
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| Girl group Rania in an ad for Maxim Korea with altered and bleach hair. |
Korean pop stars prefer to keep their hair natural shades of blonde, though some go platinum (ringing a bell with television reality star Heidi Montag, from The Hills) or a “white-blond”. Some do this to soften their looks and make them appear more feminine (boys become pretty boys and girls become more girly).
At least 12 out of the “22 Great Haircuts for Asian Men” feature male k-pop singers with altered hair colors, many of those 12 have definitely bleached or lightened their hair color.
Not all Korean pop stars bleach their hair, however, such as Kim Ki Bum of the Korean boy band Shinee. He streaks his hair different colors. Korean pop stars have a great influence on the hair styles of the youth in Korea as well as those who join in on the Kpop wave in America. Natural hair color is not what you’re aiming for and the more bold you are with hair colors, the better.
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| Nickhun of Korean group 2PM |
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| Kim Ki Bum of Shinee |
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