Surprise, I cut my hair!
I’ve wanted to cut my hair for a pretty long time. It had just recently gotten to the point where it was starting to get stuck in car doors and to be a little too Rapunzel from Tangled for me… but all of this was completely intentional! (The length I mean… not the car doors part.) You may be wondering… why on earth would I grow my hair so long?
I had even longer hair when I was in 8th grade. I could literally sit on it! When I started talking about cutting it, I had a bunch of people suggest that I donate it, and I loved that idea! However, at that point in time, my hair wasn’t really healthy. I got all the damaged hair cut off before starting high school and I started the process of growing my hair out all over again.
I kept my hair about the same length throughout high school as I got better and better at taking care of it. After starting college, I decided that I would grow it out until it was long enough that I could finally donate and I’d just get trims occasionally to keep split ends at bay.
Over my spring break, I cut off eight, healthy inches for Pantene Beautiful Lengths!!! I still was able to keep a decent amount on my head, which made me really happy because I love having long hair. I understand how important and personal hair can be, so this was another reason that donating was so important to me.
I did quite a bit of research ahead of time when it came to the various programs that I could donate my hair to. I’ve heard so many negative things about Locks of Love and the most reliable and seemingly honest program that I found was Pantene Beautiful Lengths. They also only required 8 inches of hair, so I would be able to cut my hair sooner than I’d originally planned!
I was so nervous about chopping off so much hair in one fell swoop, but I’m so happy that I did it! It warms my heart to know that my hair will go to a girl who’s currently battling cancer and that it will have the chance to make her life a little bit better during such a difficult time.
I’m so happy that I was able to donate to this amazing cause!
To find out more about Pantene Beautiful Lengths and their #8or8 program, check out their site: HERE.
I hope you’re all having an amazing week! All my love ♥
Wow, that’s so awesome. Your new haircut looks great!
Thank you so much, Natalie! xo
What a good cause!! Honestly, I didn’t even realize your hair was cut!! I would love to have hair that long!!! It looks amazing!
You are so sweet, Bailey! Thank you! 🙂
I’ve actually had a few friends do a double take after being around me for a bit and then suddently realizing that I cut my hair! It feels super different and it’s a big change to me, but I like that it’s subtle to others and that my hair went to this fantastic cause! xo
Your sweet grandma would be so proud as she lost her hair during treatment…she was so brave and kept her sense of humor throughout.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Molly! ♥