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One of the latest (and perhaps greatest) beauty trends to hit the internet is that of multi-coloured underarm hair.
Yes, recently women all over the world started sporting some rainbow-like pits (often matching their already colourful tresses).
Why this trend and why now? It's hard to tell, yet YouTube user Destiny M received thousands of views last week when she shared a video of her blue underarm hair. People were obviously curious.
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This trend has been received with mixed emotions as you can imagine. @Maldivians tweeted:
"A unique new beauty craze is encouraging women to grow out their underarm hair and dye it a bright, bold color."
While others have called this trend "gross" or "unfeminine".
My opinion?
I think it's really clever and the pop of colour looks really interesting. Yet, I know that it's only being called a "beauty" trend, because underarm hair is now made to look more attractive as it has been packaged as a quirk, a cool thing to do and is related to beautifying the self - thus making long underarm more socially acceptable.
However, I don't think this trend will last very long, as most (men and women), unfortunately, still flinch at the sight of a woman with a hint of underarm stubble, not even to mention cascading underarm hair.
It's really sad that women are still judged by their hair grooming practices - whether or not they choose to have long body hair (on places other than their heads) is their choice. And, yes, it should be respected and even celebrated.
The colourful underarm trend is...
One of the latest (and perhaps greatest) beauty trends to hit the internet is that of multi-coloured underarm hair.
Yes, recently women all over the world started sporting some rainbow-like pits (often matching their already colourful tresses).
Why this trend and why now? It's hard to tell, yet YouTube user Destiny M received thousands of views last week when she shared a video of her blue underarm hair. People were obviously curious.
Image source: Instagram
This trend has been received with mixed emotions as you can imagine. @Maldivians tweeted:
"A unique new beauty craze is encouraging women to grow out their underarm hair and dye it a bright, bold color."
While others have called this trend "gross" or "unfeminine".
My opinion?
I think it's really clever and the pop of colour looks really interesting. Yet, I know that it's only being called a "beauty" trend, because underarm hair is now made to look more attractive as it has been packaged as a quirk, a cool thing to do and is related to beautifying the self - thus making long underarm more socially acceptable.
However, I don't think this trend will last very long, as most (men and women), unfortunately, still flinch at the sight of a woman with a hint of underarm stubble, not even to mention cascading underarm hair.
It's really sad that women are still judged by their hair grooming practices - whether or not they choose to have long body hair (on places other than their heads) is their choice. And, yes, it should be respected and even celebrated.
The colourful underarm trend is...
