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...]
Cancer Sucks… And Now Back to Your Regular Scheduled Program or a Closing Recap of This Whole HAIRity Fundraiser Thing
Cancer sucks. According to the Canadian Cancer Society more then 40% of Canadian women will develop a form of cancer at some point in their lifetime. Which means odds are it has touched your life in some way, touched everyone's lives in some way. I have watched as my dad's friend's wife died of cancer. I have watched as my mom's cousin died of cancer. My aunt is a cancer … [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...]
Update on my #HAIRity Fundraiser
I had two fears going into this, one was that no one would donate and I'd raise a pitiful amount of money. The other was that I'd raise far too much, overshoot my $2500 goal, and end up having to cut off ALL of my hair. Sinead Photo Credit: Jazz Fest Wein Team So, let's see... so far we've raised $550 in donations. At $100 an inch that's 5 measly inches. … [Read more...]
The Differences Between Long Hair & Absurdly Long Hair, aka How I became a Freak
I find that being out in public with extremely long hair is much like walking around with a baby bump showing. Total strangers seem to think this gives them the license to touch and to ask awkward personal questions. Little old ladies in particular, seem to be drawn to touching and petting my hair. For the most part I put up with it, because who has the heart to tell some sweet … [Read more...]
Most Common Questions About Life With Very Long Hair, Answered
Strangers like to ask me questions about my hair, and the questions I get asked the most often are: How long did it take you to grow that hair?, Does it get in the way? aka What do you do with it when you sleep/use the toilet/play with your kids?, and Isn't it a pain to take care of? So, how long did it take to grow my hair? My hair truly does grow like a weed. I've … [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...]
Cut for Cancer HAIRity Fundraiser, Time to #PonyItUp
I have long hair. It's part of who I am. The majority of my adult life I have had waist length hair. I've let it grow extra long over the past year in anticipation of cutting it to donate, but barring a year here or there when I was younger I have always had long hair. It's been shoulder length or longer, usually much longer, for at least twenty years now. My husband, who has … [Read more...]