My glamour
I never read the How To Be a Girl book. I didn't even know girls plucked/waxed their brows until I was in college! I just thought I was lucky enough to have giant caterpillar eyebrows. I also keep busy creatively and was probably a little snobby, thinking I was too smart to 'waste' my time on make-up. The mentality serves me well–losing my hair is more fascinating than anything.
But I have to say that getting scarves and shopping for wigs gives me a different perspective. I'm not thinking about an effort to look good as being potentially shallow anymore, it's an indulgence but it's FUN. I went to a 'Look Good, Feel Better' workshop at Sunshine Mansion where I got a giant goodie-bag of make-up and spent two hours learning how to use it. It was nice. I'll never use all that make-up in a million years but the process was weirdly comforting.
Wigs are even more fun. I've always loved having purple hair but the dyeing process/mess and inevitable job issues are more trouble than they're worth so I've been wanting a purple wig for years! It was only $10 but I angst about spending money on non-essentials. Now I have an excuse ;)
It actually looks way better in the picture than it does in reality unfortunately :P The quality is not too high but eh, it's just for fun.
But, I got a free blonde wig from the workshop which my mom is considering dyeing dark blue =O We just have to figure out the best way to do it.
Of course, we did get a REAL wig too. After about a hundred million hours of shopping online and in a variety of stores, we narrowed it down to a few options. The most popular was a super cute, super stylish one. If we could have gotten two, I would have gotten this one as well. It was totally not me which is really cool. I'm not stylish at all and it looked GREAT!
But I figure if I can only have one, I should get one that feels more 'me.' I'm a long-hair type of gal and I really wanted to get something with red in it. I was really tempted to get this next one but my mom thought it looked too fake because of the red. Also, one of the salespeople mentioned that if I lost my eyebrows I might want a wig with bangs to hide/soften out the drawn on brows.
I still think the red looks great!
And now the ACTUAL wig we FINALLY decided on. By the way, we bought it from Wear Hair for You and Laura was amazing. She could tell by looking at me for five seconds how I normally wore my hair. Within five minutes, she'd guessed two of the wigs we had narrowed our choices to. We probably should have gone to her first but my mom and I are very meticulous about choosing something to spend money on. I know I wouldn't have been comfortable buying something without having tried on those hundred options that didn't work out.
Some wigs looked great on the heads but awful on me, and some looked awful on the heads but great on me….plus it's really hard to get past the color hair. I tried on blonde wigs that probably had great styles. There was actually one, last wig we almost got. Too bad we didn't get a picture. It had real nice layering but it wasn't monofilament so the part looked chunky and fake. I'm tall enough that no one can see it anyway so it probably didn't matter but it was a blonde wig…..
Anyway, without further ado………………..MY WIG!
Tags: chemotherapy, hair loss, wigs
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July 29, 2010 8:23 pm
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By Logan Grey, July 29, 2010 @ 11:41 pm
That one looks authentic enough. I mean it could really be your hair. But.. I have to say I like the blonde Zellie version. And excuse me but WHAT are you eating in this picture?
Is that a giant garlic bread? You have to post a picture of you eating a taco.. just for old times sake you know.
By Kathleen, July 30, 2010 @ 12:00 am
Really couldn’t assess wig as was distracted by giant slice of bread held by Large Tongs.
Also, I may cut my very long hair and give it to Wigs for Kids, but if you want it, you could have it instead. :~)
By callie forester, July 30, 2010 @ 9:28 am
I love the wig! It’s really natural looking and so cute on you! Of course, I also really liked the red one as well, but you’re right, the dark one is just a little more you. We could have been redheads together though. haha.
You can use Manic Panic to dye your blond wig blue–that stuff is awesome. :) Although, I was pissed at how easily it comes out. It CLAIMS to be semi-permanent but we dyed Kassi’s hair bright blue on the bottoms and the first time she went swimming it completely washed out. She still looks cute though, cause she’s had platinum blond tips all summer. We got that part done professionally.
Chance and Kass are in a play today–actually it’s a bunch of little plays all thrown together. (They were in theater camp for the last two weeks.) Did you ever see the play with the three monkeys trying to type Hamlet? It’s so funny. Anyway, Kass is one of the monkeys–the only girl monkey–and they’re putting her in a frilly pink dress with a pink crown of flowers. My little tomboy is pretty horrified. I’ll make sure to take lots of pics, since this will be your only opportunity to see Kass in the dreaded color pink. :)
I can’t wait to come play with all your make-up next month. haha. Make-up is way too expensive, and I get bored with mine. I remember how cute you looked with your make-up all done when Julie did it for you the day we got our CC pics. :)When I come we’ll do makeovers and tell secrets about boys and stay up all night doing each others nails. lol.
By Zellie, July 30, 2010 @ 10:46 am
Logan - ooh I need to go back to the epic taco place here. Their tacos were the size of my head
Kathy- haha, that’s what my boyfriend’s been saying….he’s got gorgeous hair but I like it on his head instead of mine!
Callie-It’s synthetic so I’m not sure the manic panic would stay in..heh..as you know, it has a hard enough time staying in real hair. Although it seemed to stay on the bathtub just fine ): I lost part of my secucrity deposit in college for that.
WOW, girliest monkey ever. You’ll have to get her on Oovoo with her costume!! I’ve got a new web cam but no computer desk right now :P one day I’ll get it together.
Can’t wait to see you! :D
By Amanda M, July 30, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
I love the wig, Zellie Bean! It suits you well! I wanna touch it!
By carol boehm, July 31, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
Your mother periodically tries to update my face and my wardrobe. Brought me suits, make up etc. (No face lift but…) I’m still not good at the makeup - Wigs, scarves - lots of options - us run of the mill don’t have a lot of latitude. Enjoy all the variety!
By Tina, August 1, 2010 @ 6:43 pm
YAY for wig fun!