Hairstyles Talk

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and it is important for everyone to help this great cause. Although this is a hair style related blog, there are many fields that can still help with the issue and salons all over are joining. There are many ways that salons and their clients can help including donating proceeds from free haircuts or merchandise to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and other popular way is joining with SO.CAP.USA Hair Extensions’ Pink Hair For Hope program and purchasing a small pink hair extension for just $10 dollars with proceeds from the sale going towards the National Breast Cancer Foundation. It is such a simple step to take to help a very worthy cause. If you’re a salon owner or employee, find or suggest a way where your salon can help and for everyone else please help by participating with these salons. Below is a list of ideas and websites that are good sources to learn more about Breast Cancer Awareness.

Ideas for Salons:
Free Day of Haircuts with Proceeds Going to the foundation
Selling T-shirts or other merchandise like these cute scrunchies

Donate proceeds for a days work and merchandise
Participate in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® and encourage clients to do so to
Just don't help for this one month but at different times the whole year.

Websites:
www.komen.org
www.nationalbreastcancer.org
www.pinkhairforhope.com

Every day there are women, teens, and children out there who cut their long hair for something shorter but what many of these women don't know and don't do is donate their hair to organizations that use this hair to make wigs for those in need. It is so touching to read about these stories and there is just no excuse for anyone with long hair and going shorter not to donate their hair to a program like Locks of Love. Here are some stories and pictures of some very kind-hearted people who took the extra effort to donate their time and hair to a good cause. Here is a site that list some donating options