As many of you may know I have a new hairstyle… I will tell you how I came to have it.

While in hospital I was informed that there may be a possibility with cancer, guess what my first thoughts were about. Yes you guessed it, my hair! As many people will say their hair is very important to them and I happen to be one of them. I love playing with my hair and trying out new hairstyles and new colours so when I got told I may have cancer I instantly thought about what would happen if I lost my hair…

It was a pretty easy decision for me to make, I would cut it all off. This may seem odd as I have had long hair for a long time now but honestly I would hate to start seeing long clumps of hair fall out and be wasted when I knew there were charities that take hair to make wigs. Next decision was do I go for a bob or a pixie cut… Then after that it was a case of finding the charity that took the hair but at this stage it was all hypothetical.

When I did get diagnosed with cancer my next mission was to find someone who would cut my hair off as while I had made the decision to cut my hair I hadn’t realised how long they would give me the neck brace for (which may be until the end of my chemotherapy). The neck brace causes an issue as its not allowed to come off except for when changing for a clean one, when this happens my head has to be held so I can’t move, logistical nightmare trust me! Anyway when my beautiful bosses Charlie and Will came to see me I spoke to her about my idea for my hair and the problem. The brilliant (well not brilliant but helpful) thing is Charlie has been through all of what I am about to already as she has had cancer herself. So when I presented her with my problem I asked whether her hairdresser could potentially navigate the neck brace problem and cut all my hair off (as she her hair always looks fabulous)… She said she couldn’t see why not and to leave it with her and she would try and arrange it!

Well a week after I got home Charlie and her wonderful hairdresser Craig Chapman arrived at my house in the evening, clippers in hand ready to chop the mop!

I can quite honestly say Craig is one of the nicest people I have met, I wasn’t worried about chopping my hair off (it would probably be Dad that would be most upset) as I liked change and playing with my hair so I just saw it as another haircut like any other time but Craig made me feel brilliant about my choice and I instantly trusted his judgement. He had a quick look at the ideas I had for my hair and set to business. My hair was put into two long plaits ready for the charity (the Little Princess Trust) and chop! The hair was the shortest I had had it since I was a little girlie, next Craig set to styling my hair. It didn’t take him long. Throughout this process Mum, Dad and Charlie spent most of their time chatting in the kitchen so the finished hair was a surprise to all of us! Thankfully they all loved it (Dad did say I looked like Peter Pan but it wasn’t an insult, just a comment…) Then all that was left to do was the tidying up of my hair under my brace, it was a bit of a logistical nightmare but we managed with super skills from Craig!

In the end though I can quite happily say that everyone likes my hair so far (or says they do) except for my gorgeous nephew Ethan who tells me only boys should have my haircut. Bless him he’s hilarious!

So I have the biggest THANKS to make to William and Charlie (my wonderful bosses… seriously I won the biggest lottery when I started at Charlie Bears) who made it possible for me to have Craig Chapman come to my house and cut my hair and to Craig who made me look cute and confident with a pixie cut, you are all stars and I love you all!!

 

P.S. It is the easiest low maintenance hair cut I have ever had and all I do is roll out of bed and people think I have styled my hair, it’s brilliant! More people should consider having it!

It also helps me deal with me losing my hair as its not very long and doesn’t really make much of an impact to me of how much I am losing. I can honestly say I think I will be bald within a matter of weeks with the rate at which my hair is failing out but it won’t bother me too much, when the time comes I will start rocking the headscarves and the beanie hats. The day my eyebrows and eyelashes disappear will be a complete different story but for now I’ll deal with the hair…