Black hair

    Do you like black hair for Japanese women?

Lots of Japanese women have been coloring their hair as a fashion for nearly a decade. There are various shades of  brown, yellow, blonde and red hair colors.

A recent survey said that black hair was back in Japan ! 

   Last year, after pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki showed up with a black hair suddenly instead of  her trademark bleached blonde hair, black hair came into vogue( ryuko).   She influenced many young girls in Japan to keep their black hair.

Also, some celebrities, a popular singer Mika Nakashima and an actress Yukie Nakama , have beautiful long black hair and they are fueling the craze.  Non-Japanese actresses,  Zhang Ziyi of China and  Choi Ji Woo of Korea ,who are very popular in Japan, influence Japanese girls. 

Sales of hair coloring products has dropped down from 113 billion yen in 2002 to 90 billion yen in 2005.

Some office ladies say that they started to be complimnted in their office after they got back black hair. It seems that Japanese men like black hair for women.

Is it true that black hair is becoming popular in western countries???  Wow!  Those celebrities have black hair !