Locks of Love hair cut - pictures

[Cat's Meowm]

I wanted to donate my hair last haircut, but was told it was in too bad condition. I had kept it in a pony-tail at my top crown for four years, plus now it's greying so very coarse.. So my hair was heavilied layered this cut. Back to curly, wavy kinda - sorta like the red-head of *Peanuts* fame.

Okay - enough about me!

Are you realizing yet to cut down on the amount of shampoo to use? I'm still amazed how much I used to need!

Grow it long enough again - honey - hair like yours needs to benefit others while you can! It, and you, are beautiful!

Have a great week!

[ramanth]

It looks great! Bless you for doing this.

I'm growing my hair out for the wedding and considering having it cut for Locks of Love later this year.

[lv4dogs]

I love your hair, it looks great that length.

What a nice gesture, I am very proud of you, however I strrongly reccomend re-searching any charity before assisting them. I hate to put a damper on this woderful act of kindness but the word needs to get out.

LOL is known to sell a lot of their hair to companies that make wigs/extensions etc... and sells them for money. I was growing my hair out for them years ago, until I learned from a friend that they are not as good of an organization as you think, a few years later another friend of mine learned the hard way too.

I can't find the 2 really good links that I had bookmarked but I did a short search & came up with a few.

BBB:
http://www.give.org/reports/care2_dyn.asp?733

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locks_of_Love


People Magazine, September 6, 1999 issue,
in which the
organization is featured. Here, it states that LoL had
received over 20,000 ponytails, yet fabricated only 45
wigs. Each wig requires 12 ponytails. 45x12=540 total
used ponytails as of that date. So what about the
other 19,460+? nobody there wants to
answer.

Another article, from the Chicago Tribune, said that LoL
receives roughly 800 donations of hair per week, and made
50 wigs in its first year of operation. A quick
exercise in math reveals that 800/week=41,600/year. The
article stated LoL made 50 wigs in its first year of
operation and that about 100 were produced last year (and
they plan to make 200 this year).

From their
own website I got the information that they make wigs
for people suffering from alopecia and that they sell
a part of the wigs to cover manufacturing costs.
The receivers of the donations mostly remain
anonym.

For fairness it should be stated that this
activities, after their own words, are related to hair that
is not usuable for making wigs for
children.

The bothering thing is that their activists try to
make women feel bad if they don't sacrifice their
hair, they are considered to be selfish.

See more on this forum too: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...ns/messages/69

[Roxyluvsme13]

I think it looks really good! That was awesome of you to donate your hair

[Muddy4paws]

Your hair colour is gorgeous!

[kuhio98]

I love your hair. What a beautiful color. I've thought of doing this because my hair grows very fast. But, I've dyed my hair because I started turning grey when I was 18. They told me that they don't accept color-treated hair.
Thank you for doing this. My friend's mother is battling cancer for the 3rd time. She just lost her hair and is going wig shopping soon. What a great thing to do for people.

[Anita Cholaine]

I love your hair now! I think it suits perfect on your face... And it's even better that it is for a good cause!

[kimlovescats]

It looks very cute and stylish too! What a great sacrifice for a wonderful cause!

[My Peanuts]

It honestly looks great.

[Cataholic]

You are beautiful, inside and out!

[.sarah]

Wow, thanks everyone! You are too kind

Sue - thanks for posting that. I have heard about this before. My reasoning is this: It's either going to go in the trash can or possibly go to a kid in need. Maybe it won't, and I'll probably never know if it does, but hey, it's doing more good than it would in the trash!

If you (or anyone else) know of any other organizations that will use all of the hair, please let me know. It's still sitting here in a bag.

aww good job!! Currently I am growing my hair out for lock of love, I am not even close though!!! it about at my elbows right now.

My hair was about 2 inches above my elbow and it was more than enough. You only need 10 inches to donate.

I just adore your new hair cut and I envy the lovely COLOR of you hair. The recipient of your hair (from Locks for Love) will be very lucky.

Thanks, I'm always getting comments on my hair color. Most people don't know what color it is though - the mystery question: is it light brown or dark blonde? (It's dark blonde, I was a very blonde kid, it's just gotten darker with age).

[poofy]

you look great

[Cat's Meowm]

Wow, thanks everyone! You are too kind

Sue - thanks for posting that. I have heard about this before. My reasoning is this: It's either going to go in the trash can or possibly go to a kid in need. Maybe it won't, and I'll probably never know if it does, but hey, it's doing more good than it would in the trash!

If you (or anyone else) know of any other organizations that will use all of the hair, please let me know. It's still sitting here in a bag.


My hair was about 2 inches above my elbow and it was more than enough. You only need 10 inches to donate.


Thanks, I'm always getting comments on my hair color. Most people don't know what color it is though - the mystery question: is it light brown or dark blonde? (It's dark blonde, I was a very blonde kid, it's just gotten darker with age).

What's been called "Dish-water Blonde"?
Looks vibrant auburn to me in these pictures,
but from what I remember - anything between black or blonde was Dish-water blonde. 'cept for red-heads.
There was no denying the difference between "dish-waters" and red-heads. But even red-heads had their variations.