Beauty: The Impact of Multicultural Celebs on Beauty

African American hairstyles are taking all forms — natural, extensions, flips, short, long, all different colors — and it’s no surprise. In fact, this trend of everything goes and the more interesting the better is a result of technology. Yup, that’s right. Technology, as in your computer and your picture phone.

Here’s the deal: Technology has boosted communication so that images are transmitted from phone to phone and home computer to home computer faster than ever. There’s MySpace, Friendster, Face Book and every single internet dating service that posts PICTURES of people looking to attract a friend, a date or a mate.

The focus on appearance has become bigger than ever, and all you have to do is turn on the television to see that stars aren’t the only ones who have their own shows or guest spots on shows. Everybody’s on a show these days with the impact of reality television. And in order to differentiate themselves from other people, they want to stand out. Oh — and did I mention plastic surgery shows where if you don’t like some facet of your body from an unmentionable to a nose you can have it fixed!

African Americans are employing lots of different hair styles and are blending more, as are people of other ethnicities. Many Asian people are having their eyes surgically changed to promote a rounder look. Lots of people who come from ethnicities where noses are big, naturally, are having them made smaller. And that’s just the tip of what people are doing.

And it doesn’t stop with hair. People are intermarrying and having children with partners of different races, religions, ethnicities, etc. at a much more rapid rate than ever before, making traditional looks more rare, and bi-racial looks more common.

Even families look different with adoptions from countries that are different from the ones the parents are from, so that families look different from each other, normally, now. And sperm bank donors are big business among women who can’t conceive naturally or who’s husbands or partners don’t have sperm to make a baby, so their children are often a new blend rather than the traditional — does the baby look like mommy or daddy?.