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The colors you are talking about are stylish and completely fine for the workplace in my opinion. Other colors like pink, blue, green, etc are not professional no matter your race. Some industries/companies I could see it being acceptable but for more corporate, client facing jobs I’d say no.
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I should add that some people wear colored hair really well and I personally don’t care but more so from an employer and corporate perspective it’s not accepted.
Black woman here who has worked in law firms - I color my hair red, and do a balayage with the color. It’s been various shades from the lighter to darker reds, with purple or plums mixed in, and even magenta. My color is well done (colorist is amazing) and I’ve never had comments saying that my hair looks unprofessional at all.
I choose colors that I love and my colorist makes sure that the color I want looks good on me, it fades well, and my hair is healthy. I keep it healthy in the styles that I wear and haven’t had many comments about it, but I’ve gotten many compliments.
Honestly, copper and blondes are usually accepted in the workplace with no issues, so if you love it, go for it.
I’m white and I have a black colleague who has long blond hair. She looks amazing. That’s all I think about it.
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Regardless of your race, if your hair color is crazy, I will definitely find it unprofessional. If it's a normal range of color than I probably won't even notice.
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do take a hard look at your possible biases, since we all stand where we sit.
I love the variety and am hella jelly. I know full well I couldn't pull off a fraction of those styles.
I think its totally fine
First impression is I’d think you go out a lot with your friends
No, it’s a real thing. I’m WOC, and people think I’m “cooler” if I have blonde-brown hair than if I have my natural black hair 😅
I went through interviews recently with my massive beard and landed the job that I really wanted. I guess if a company deems that unprofessional, I wouldn’t want to work there anyways.
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When I interview candidates, I just want them to look well turned out and professional. As long as hair colour is not of the lurid variety of blue, green or lilac etc, I could not care less about hair colour. I just want candidates who can do the job they are interviewing for and that will fit into the team.
For the context of the interview, this is fine.
They should not be reviewing your skill against your hair color.
For the context of personal views, natural hair and natural color is the most wholesome / least distracting look.
I’m black, dyed my hair bright blonde, then had 27 tone box braids last summer. It’s still my profile picture on Teams. No one has EVER said a word about it, especially not the clients. As long as it looks neat and put together sis they won’t care.
I don't know if my opinion is unwarranted, east asian woman. No opinion when I see those hair colors on a black woman!
Thank you all for the feedback and positive responses. Take care and Happy Sunday!
As a white female hiring manager, a person's hair color would not impact my decision at all, honestly. On Black women I absolutely do not consider any of the shades your mentioned, OP as being anything out of the ordinary. Unnatural shades are, of course, not as common (yet) but still would not affect my impressions of a person. I wish I could pull off some bright purples/pinks/blues myself, but my hair is too fine for all the bleach I'd need first 😭 Most importantly, my company would not care, either.
Couldn't care less how folks do their hair
As long as it looks nice, tidy and professional I think nothing of it. I feel the same about anyone’s hair. If it’s a bad dye job, it, unfortunately, often works against any woman.
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Non POC here and I want to stay out of the morass of identity politics which permeates this entire thread. I'd just say that as long as your hair color complements your attire, and you're confident in your look, then you should be just fine. Do you believe you look the part? If so, then run with it.
The entire basis of her question is rooted in her identity “politics” though 🤔
Just do it. I'm a 50yo woman who might have been wary of it 25 years ago, but at this point I hardly even notice people's non-natural hair colors, hair styles, tatoos, or piercings anymore. It seems like everyone under 45 has one or more of these going on, including my surgeon, my kids' high school teachers, my CPA, etc.
And to be honest, honey blond ombre and balayage on a POC don't even register in my mind as being unusual in the slightest. I doubt most white people people my age would even notice or think about this at all.
I don't notice my coworkers hair on a good day, and now that we all live in Zoom World, I go most days without even seeing my coworkers at all. Dye your hair whatever you like!
I just did some google image searches on "honey blonde ombre" and "balayage" and those don't look like fashion risks even in the most traditional setting. Maybe you're considering a riskier look, I don't know.
I think if an established team member takes a fashion risk - and I mean a real fashion risk, like a nose ring or a very visible tattoo - the message it sends is "you know I'm that good." A less established team member could take the same risk and it just means "I'm not planning to stick around" or maybe "I'm totally delusional about my role on this team."
If the less-established team member is good enough, the fashion risk can accelerate their perceived seniority. But that's not a game for everyone, certainly not for me.
I belong to the GenX generation and I'm pretty I speak for most of us in saying express yourself, let your flag fly.....but within reason.