Hair Donation
 
 

The time had come. My hair was so long that it was starting to bother me and it took forever to wash. I never did anything with it but tie it back in a ponytail. It had no style. It deserved a better home. Since I had planned on cutting it pretty drastically I decided to donate it to charity — the first thing that came to mind was Locks of Love, but I saw that this was for people in the United States. Then I found Pantene Beautiful Lengths, which accepts hair donations to make wigs for cancer patients in collaboration with the Canadian Cancer Society. So I printed my form, researched on the web for a Vancouver stylist who would tell me what would look good on me, and headed out!

You can see the results by clicking on the image, it will take you to the gallery where I have before and after shots. I LOVE the haircut! It’s the best hair cut I’ve had in my entire life. I went to Taylor Smit at Ego Salon on Granville Street and he was amazing. I didn’t really know what I wanted, and he convinced me to go shorter than I had anticipated because he had to cut off some of my dead ends before donating my ponytail and we wanted to donate as much as possible — over a foot! There were layers, which I was afraid of since the last time I had layers it looked more like a mullet… granted, it was a $12 hair cut from First Choice Hair Cutters, so I guess you get what you pay for. He chose the style and cut my hair and it is so easy to maintain! I even got a fringe! I will go back there for all my hair cuts until I move away from BC, LOL.