Today I finally mailed in my ponytail that I cut off in December to Pantene Beautiful Lengths.  Cutting it was kind of a big deal for me since I've been growing it out pretty much since I was 11 years old.  Once I cut it, though, it was honestly a relief.  Since I have super-fine hair that grows really slowly, it has a tendency to get easily damaged and dry.  By the time it got to about mid-back length, it was so bad that on bad days it could take up to an hour just to comb the tangles out, and on good days it rarely took less than 30 minutes.  Now, it takes 10 minutes to style my hair completely.  I have 50 minutes of my life back every day, and my hair feels so much healthier.

I suppose it's possible that my hair is too damaged for them to use, but if that's the case, at least they can give it to someone else who can.  But that leads me to the reasons I chose to donate my hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths rather than the standard, Locks of Love. 

First of all, I think Locks of Love is an excellent cause, one that needs to be supported.  But I chose Pantene Beautiful Lengths for several reasons, which I gleaned from their respective websites and from this blog.  First of all, PBL creates wigs that are donated through the American Cancer Society just to women who have lost their hair due to cancer.  LL provides some of their wigs for children with cancer, but most go to children with other conditions that cause hair loss.  While this is, of course, a worthy cause, it's not one I have any personal draw towards, whereas women's cancer is.  Also, 100% of the wigs created by PBL are 100% free for any woman who needs them, but wigs made by LL are sold on a sliding scale depending on the financial capability of the family.  Hence, my motivation. :)

Bye now! More later.