Anyone who grew up playing with My Little Pony will know that pastel colors were the it thing, baby.
And it seems now, a decade later, we are no longer playing with them, but rather getting fashion inspiration from them! (I don’t mind, they are super cute, no?)
Pastel colored hair is all the rage right now and has shown up on the runways of Chanel and fashion mags like Nylon, and a certain blogger (aka me) is fully loving it. But I want to know what you think!
(By the way, I have a feeling these “Crazy or Cool” posts should become a permanent fixture, yes or no? Past “crazy or cool?” posts are on two-toned hair and half-shaved heads.)
… But I want to know what you think: is this crazy or cool to you?
Ugh, personally, I love it so much. It’s so girly yet punk. I am not the most daring when it comes to hair (I’ve had too many hair disasters back in highschool, so it seems my wild days are over), but this almost makes me want to go out and get some pastel colored streaks. What do you think of this trend?
Update Feb 28th: I found a picture of this trend on brown hair, so all my brunette readers (including myself!) who thought it could only be for blondes … well, it’s not! The model has quite light brown hair but it seems like the trend can still work for us brunettes! What do you think? Do you still like this trend?
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I absolutely love pastel colored hair! If I had lighter hair I’d definitely get some streaks or something. Unfortunately I have brown hair and my eyebrows are super dark so dying it doesn’t seem like a fun option ;\
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So true, Luana – dying seems way too harsh for darker hair, you’d def need to bleach your hair first which is extremely damaging. I wish they would make clip in streaks of it, could be a fun idea!
Luana me too!, i think they look cool, but i also have dark brown hair and eyebrows
Hey Meli :D
I think you’re right – this might suit lighter hair colors “better”, but us dark haired girls can experiment too!
I love it! But not for me… i have olive skin, super dark eyes, ever darker hair and ever darker brows… Same as Luana!
I am loving all my brunette readers! :D I do agree now that us darker hair girls might look a bit weird with the colors, but I guess you never know until you try … it will def stand out way more on our hair than on a blonde’s, which might be too much.
Should I be the guinea pig for us all and see how it goes?! :-P
Love it!! I love any hair that is a bit different. Mine is bright red and it’s awesome. Hard to maintain though!
I like the idea of the Crazy or Cool series too :-D
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Your hair IS awesome. :D I love red hair, I had it once ages ago but it looks terrible on me, but I appreciate it on others!
Thanks, Esz – I think I will add it as a series, I love all your comments and thoughts! :D
I really like it especially the greyish blue on blonde hair shown above.
It’s different and it can look so cool!
But alas, i am a brunette like Luana and i feel random pastel blue streaks in my hair would look a bit…odd haha
love the blog, keep it coming :)
x
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hey Sadhbh, thanks for your comment and visiting! I’m glad to have you here and to meet you!
I love this look too, but I really didn’t think about my hair color. I was thinking pastel pink against dark brown might look nice; that was my original thought, but the more I’m reading all your comments and all my brunette readers, I’m starting to think again. (You guys are so smart!) I think it def will look better with in a blonde, since it’ll blend in more.
Hm… I need to find a hair trend for dark haired girls! :-P
to be honest, if you have pastel coloured hair you would look like a bogan – maybe it is just in australia.
Haha omg I love the term bogan! :D
Is Australia less accepting to self expression? ‘Cause I’ve been there and from what I can tell they have all kind of trends there. (Unless they are all known as bogans secretly and I don’t know about it?! :-P)
I think it’s looks gorgeous on models, celebs and such but i think few “real” people could get away with it, still, i do love the look!
Those damn models, make everything look good! I think it’s def takes a certain attitude, too – you need to be confident of this look. A good hair stylist to make it look fab is also a must :-P
i think its pretty rad but it takes a certain look to pull it off without looking tween-agey.
its such a big trend in fashion right now!
I agree on the tween-looking comment. I think it suits a certain style and attitude to pull this off!
PS you should do a “crazy or cool” on the bleached eyebrows trend!
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OMG YES! Thanks so much, that’s an awesome idea. I’ll do that next (and credit you of course!) :D
haha thanks! i’m curious to see how people feel about the look…
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this could work for light colored skin and hair like the one pictured above, but this wouldn’t work for me…
Sorry to hear that! :( It does seem to suit those who have lighter hair. But really, if you like it you should try it – don’t care what anyone says! :D
I love it, it looks so fun! I wouldn’t do it on my hair, though, since it’s black and having to bleach it would be a huge pain (I’ve done it before, it wasn’t fun).
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Oh gosh :( Bleaching sounds horrible, why did you do it? Were you a blonde back in the day? :D
For blonde hair, it looks awesome. I have a friend with blonde hair and she has lavender streaks that are really subtle but really pretty. For darker hair, I don’t think pastels would work well, they’d wash out your natural color as well as the dye.
You’re right, I don;t think it will work on darker hair either. Darn! I was so looking forward to do something new with my hair. Your friend’s hair sounds awesome, though :D
Renee, you really are the ultimate beauty scout! I can’t tell you how much you’ve inspired me.
Aw Lola you are so sweet. Thank you so much, you made my day (and week hehe) :D
I absolutely love this! Edgy and girly all at once. But sadly, I am also brunette. :(
I love it too, Lola! It really is full of attitude but also really pretty and feminine. :) Don’t worry, I’ll find something for us brunettes…. :-P
Well I never tried it, but I like the first photo. She looks really good with her pastel hair color. I think depends very much on your skin and it’s great if your skin is pale. :)
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Agreed, Tavia. It looks great with those who have extra light coloring, especially blonde hair! :D
Not sure if I like it… looks very unnatural, and not many women can pull off un-natural looks
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Hi,
I really wanted to try this pastel look, and I am a 21 year old female with dark brown hair. So I went to 2 stylists all of which said everything everyone else is saying that it won’t work and after almost giving up this one stylist said were gunna try. So we did it and here’s the results some may think I don’t pull it off but its really about how YOU feel and what YOU want to do:
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sorry for those who want to see it just copy the link and paste it ahah I dont know how the HTML works on this.
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and sorry for the weird expression too! lol it was the only pic I could find that showed the hair better!!!!
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Fixed your image for you, Geri. It looks really good! I think your stylist did a great job. :D I’m tempted as well but I think I’d rather try clip in first to see how it suits me. I REALLY love the purple though, I think it looks really good with your dark hair. :) I think it looks even better than the model above with the blue streaks :)
all u fashion whores are so lame – i was rocking this a year and a half ago. Cant you ever think of something yourselves? or dare to try something before its on the runways / on a celeb? Geez live a little.
I’m sorry but that was very uncalled for. If we bother you so much why do you bother reading and looking at this blogs. If you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all. Renee doesn’t deserve a rude comment like that.
I totally agree with Lola. Why are you reading and looking at this blogs in the first place? What were you hoping to find from ‘all you fashion whores’? YOU PHONY! Calling people you don’t know as ‘whores’ just shows how ‘classy’ you are.
Seriously, if you have nothing nice to say, then don’t say anything at all. NOW YOU GO LIVE A LTTLE.
Oops! I think I started this… Thank you Lola and Ruth for being so sweet and coming to my defense! :) <3 I better butt in though, in case it goes any further… don’t want any fights here! :-S
Anyway Sara, I’m sorry that you didn’t like what I wrote but you could’ve just left the site, there’s no need for writing nasty comments. I really don’t appreciate you calling me or anyone else reading “whores”; it’s a bit harsh, don’t you think? It’s only hair?!
Hi Renee!
Personally, I love this look! To me, it gives off a innocent, cutesy style. I’ve got natural dirty blonde hair, and I was thinking like, a soft pink or light lavendar would look adorable, right?! But, I’m waaaaay too much of a chicken, I don’t think I’d do it. Anyway, you have an amazing blog, Renee, and your a super sweet, successful woman. Don’t believe any haters trying to put you down :) xoxo Briana
Im totally pro this trend! On my way to gettin it done myself.
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