Spikey Hair and more

Here in Brisbane a few days ago I saw a group of Asian students (most probably Chinese) and one had the familiar spikey hair do that is quite common with young people (males) in China. It was strange for us - to note that it was the males that seemed to spend more money and time on their hairstyles.

Sure many girls were adventurous with their hair - but most had long straight hair and for the most part it was pulled back into a pony tail style, or let hang down long. Quite a few had short hairstyles, and some of them looked spectacular, but it seemed to be the boys that spent more time on their hair.

Many of the young men had hair dryers, and use product to hold their hair in strange spikey or similar styles. Also it seemed that most of the guys had longer fingernails than the girls too, often having a very long "pinky" finger.

It seemed quite strange to us "foreigners" and we often were fascinated by the hair colours - spray on colour for the most part - on display. Some had tried "blonding" treatment but the result was often an orange colour. Somehow the jet black hair of Chinese people does not lighten well.

And it seems to be same for Asian youths in Australia.