I'm doing brave the shave to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. In 20 days I will be shaving my head and hopefully I'll have raised some money for this great cause. I have been touched by cancer a few times in my life, my grandad and one of my uncles both died from it, one of my daughters great aunts on her dads side had breast cancer and my fiance's grandmother was either getting tested or was newly diagnosed when she passed away. I myself have been tested a few times, the first when I was 16, I found a lump and was terrified! Thankfully it was just a cyst but since then I've always kept a check on myself just in case.
The reason I've chosen to shave my head is simple, my hair is part of my identity. I dye it bright colours when I'm happy and normal colours when I'm working or down or I just need to give my hair a break from the bleaching.
This picture was taken just after I met my fiance, we were seeing Rise Against for the first time. Its not as bright in the pic as it was in real life but you get the idea. I've been dying my hair since I was a teenager when bright colours weren't seen as often as they are now. I think I went pink and purple the first time and I loved it! My friends didn't like it though and threatened to never be seen in public with me! That didn't stop me though as it made me feel great.
I think for me my hair is used to show who I am, almost in the same way as my tattoos and piercings are. I used to grow it long too but colour is hard to keep looking fresh in longer hair.
When I did this I had little kids asking me if I was a fairy, or if I was magical which is cute! I told one girl that I was a unicorn who decided to try being a person for a while, she giggled and told her mum I was funny.
I've had disasters over the years. The first time I tried to do blue it didn't work, it went an awful snot green and I ended up having to dye it black at 6am so I didn't look ridiulous at college that day. I've found better bleach since then so it doesn't go that horribly wrong now. I have disovered that reds, pinks and purples fade a lot faster than blues and greens, blue is actually a nightmare to get rid of!
I haven't dyed my hair again since this picture. I was going to freshen up the red but then I made the decision to shave it off so it was pointless to spend money on it. Being bald will be very strange but I will be so proud of myself for doing it that I'll only be wearing a hat if its really cold. I considered buying a wig but after I thought about it I decided I don't want to hide it, I want to show it off! Even if I look weird, well, weirder than usual!
So please donate, I have a sponsor form if thats easier than doing it online but here is the link to my donation page Brave shaver feel free to share this blog or my link too.
Gigglesnort
ps. part 2 will be posted after the shave
