Two years ago I cut twenty-four inches off my hair, donating it to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program where it would be used to make free wigs for cancer patients. I actually have a hard time believing it's been two years. It was such a unique and special day that the memory is still bright and fresh in my mind. Raising over $1300 for the Canadian Cancer Society because of … [Read more...]
Take the Pantene Beautiful Lengths #8or8 Challenge for National Donate Your Hair Day
If you've been following my blog for any amount of time you are probably aware of how much I adore the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, that's the amazing program where Pantene has partnered with the Canadian Cancer Society to take donations of cut hair and turn those ponytails into real hair wigs for women battling cancer, which are … [Read more...]
Saturday Nov.22nd is National Donate Your Hair Day, Kids Can Do It Too
Tomorrow, Saturday Nov.22nd, is National Donate Your Hair Day. If you've been thinking about cutting your hair to donate now would be the perfect time. When you donate your 8-inch or longer ponytail through the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program Pantene pays to have the hair turned into high quality real hair wigs, which are then made available for free to cancer patients in … [Read more...]
A Reader Joins in on my Pantene Beautiful Lengths Haircut Donation in a BIG Way
Back in January when I first launched the whole Canadian Cancer Society HAIRity fundraiser, I published a post challenging others to also cut and donate their hair and I offered a wee bribe in the form of a gift bag full of Pantene product. A handful of people responded and one Angela Roy was chosen as the winner of the Pantene bundle. She told me she was intending to donate … [Read more...]
The Day I Donated 24inches of Hair to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths Program
So last Wednesday I went for a haircut... I hopped on a train, I traveled to Toronto and I literally shook with a bad case of nerves as a handful of people looked on and took photos, documenting as my hair was cut. I cut 24 inches off of my hair, more or less, and donated it to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program. I say more or less because silly enough I didn't think to … [Read more...]
Second Thoughts & Hair As Identity
So, tomorrow is the big day. The salon appointment is booked. At 2:00pm I'll be cutting and donating my hair. At the beginning of this I said I was going to cut off 1 inch for every $100 raised, and that my goal was to raise $2500 and cut off 25 inches. Today my mom stopped by and helped me take this photo of my hair. I wanted to show how much 10 inches off would be. When I … [Read more...]
Keeper of the Hair & Hair Care Tips with Pantene
Since deciding to cut and donate my hair, I've developed a weird relationship with my hair. In the past I've been someone who follows a very minimalist hair care routine. I mean, people ask me about this all the time. How do you take care of such long hair? And the answer is, I don't. My hair gets brushed regularly. I shampoo it every few days, and every once in a blue moon I … [Read more...]
Join Me and Donate Your Hair Too
The idea to make a "big cut" and donate my hair first crept into my head back in 2012. I was in Toronto taking part in a day long event to launch the then brand new PGmom program. I was in the hallway looking at tables lined with Procter & Gamble products, talking with P&G reps from the different lines, asking questions, learning interesting stuff. I started chatting … [Read more...]
Help Pantene Donate up to $10,000 to the Canadian Cancer Society
According to the Canadian Cancer society more then 40% of Canadian women will develop a form of cancer in their lifetime. Pantene wants to donate up to $10,000 to the Canadian Cancer Society & here's how you can help: 1) Just "like" the Pantene Canada page on Facebook. Every new like equals $1 donated to the Canadian Cancer Society. 2) Visit the Pantene … [Read more...]