Hair Donation: Goodbye Nine Inches

Table full of ponytails.

I have been growing my hair out for two years. The random photographs and memories in my mind are littered with images of  me with long straight locks.  About a year ago I made the decision to continue growing my hair to donate it to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. Beautiful Lengths collects hair donations to make real hair wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment.

Hair Confession: The Long and Short of it.

Current hair - length; super long, style; nada.

For over a year I have been growing my hair out.  Not just for the purpose of having long hair (it has been fun though), but my ultimate goal was to be able to donate it to an organization that creates wigs for people with hair loss from medical treatments or genetic diseases.  I have a list of organizations ( I haven't chosen one yet, suggestions?) and the minimum requirements for donating hair are, eight to ten inches of healthy un-dyed hair.  I have both, as you can see from the picture above.  It will be a year in June and while that still gives me a couple of months to grow my hair, I have already started thinking about what hair style I want to rock after the big chop.