Last week, I tried to explain my hatruddy of hair highlighting to Jackie–who I didn’t know had highlights, that’s how well hers were done–and ended up at: "When they’re bad, they look suspiciously like woodgrained formica."
Which is–voila!--exactly the problem with Jaclyn Smith, host of Shear Genius–her head looks like the side of my first microwave oven.
Woodgrained formica is, of course, the worst kind of fakeness, the kind that is unredeemable even in retro contexts. Like champagne beige auto paint, the seafoam green leisure suit, and the man perm.
Do I think all highlights are bad? No. I particularly love
highlights I got from the sun when I used to sail boats every day…
Okay, I have seen Jennifer Aniston with decent manmade highlights. And
I am okay with Jackie’s highlights, though I am not sure she needs
them, with her porcelain skin, and I think a swath of thick dark hair
would be spectacular with her new acid yellow coat and turquoise
scarf…
Here is a awesome highlight job, on Giselle: it looks like she has actually been in the sun. Notice how dark her part is, that’s what genuine blondes look like!! :
Original post by Hillary Johnson
