Im back !!!

Hello bloggers and sorry for my laziness from my blog, over the year i have been so incredibly busy with new jobs and teaching.

I have been given an amazing opportunity to direct and choreograph the jungle book the musical with a theatre company which will be touring the UK. This i am very excitied about. Iv also got my normal day job which i hoping to quite soon as i shall soon be a director and principle of a theatre company aslwell which i hope to expand woohoo.

So thats the *were have you been bit* over and done with....now lets talk hair.

My hair is *touch wood* so far so good doing well. I have been receiving the steorid injections to help my hair grow back. This means i have a short little pixie cut but its still kinda patchy so i cant wear it out yet.
I can truly say that being positive and just getting on with life has really worked for me. I actually cannot stress this enough.
I just say to myself, i wear wigs and im ok with that and i think life will just go how its suppose to.

You cant changed how we are everyone is different and if we were the same we would all be boring.

I send out all my positive thoughts to anyone who is suffering and trust me everything will be alright..

This is jist a breif blog to keep everyone upto date and i cant wait to start writing again.

Lots of love and positivity

Danielle x

Prowigs.Co.uk review

Welcome one and all !!

On January the 30th , I took the plunge and decided, right let's get me a wig !

Now, as anyone who knows, the process of actually loosing your hair and watchin each strand  fall out is very distressing, as it was for me. I became desperate. I didn't want anyone to find out. I just wanted to get a wig and cover up my balding head. 

After googleing and searching the Internet I came across a website called
PRO WIGS.CO.UK.
I looked at all the reviews and they were all fantastic !
So, I searched as hard as I could to find a wig that mimicked my natural hair and colour . I had found the perfect wig. Or had I ?

I purchased the wig then and there. According to the website I would see my wig in a week and a half, so I was relieved and very excited!
The website also had a tracker , which let you follow were your wig was , for example when it was being sent to quality control and when it was sent to a courier.

When my wig had passed 'being made' and 'quality Control' it then told me  'sent to courier , you will be sent the tracking Imfomation soon' in under a  week . This was great, I fully believed my wig would be here in under two weeks .

Three weeks had past since my purchased. I patiently waited, but I was getting desperate . I emailed the company , i searched and searched on their website but there Was no contact number to ring . It turns out the company is actually based in China.
3 long days later, I received a blunt and frankly very unkind emailed stating that there 'system' was down and that my wig is still undergoing process. Whatever that means. I was getting very upset,they were quick enough to take my money, but couldn't inform me about there, apparent system failure. 
I was beginning to get stressed and worried, because I thought that I had been scammed.
I continued to email the company everyday asking 'were is my wig!' With no reply.
Eventually over a month later ( after given up and assuming I'd lost money to a scam) my wig turned up . 

It was awful ,it did not look anything like the picture presented . The tracks were so thin , and there was hardly any hair on them .
I had ordered the colour to be a 28r , which is a slightly auburn colour. The ends of the wig were purple and there were patches all over the wig were it was missing colour .
Overall this wig was a mess , there was no shape ( like the picture) and the quality of the hair (human hair) was dry .
The wig also shedded alot, there wasnt alot of hair on the tracks anyway it was NOT good.

I emailed the company demanding a refund because the quality was shocking . Iv emailed everyday with no reply . I am still in process of trying to get my money back.

Overall , if you are searching for a wig!  
I do not recommend this site at all .
Avoid prowigs.co.uk at all costs.

Till next time
Danielle x

Inspiring ?

 Hello my friends !!

So I have had many responses to my blog about my hairloss and the head shave which was truly amazing. I couldn't possibly thank you all enough for given me the support and understanding what a difficult time Iv been having. But something caught my eye which was amazing. So many people had mention that I was so 'Brave' and 'inspirational' and told me how beautiful  I was without hair.
As amazing as all those compliments were, and believe me when I say this, I would of probably crumbled without the support of my friends, family,boyfriend and others who supported me via the internet, I cant agree with you. I  don't  believe me shaving my head was a 'Brave' thing to do.

I think shaving my head was something I had to do, it was my choice. I choose to do it. For myself and know one else.
This may get all deep FYI.

I truly believe this world has gotten far to caught up in looking good and being the 'Perfect' person. But the sad truth is I sometimes get the feeling people are doing this for others and not themselves.This world is a material world, Superficial. It should not have mattered if I shaved my head, died it pink, or got a boob job. As long as I had done it for myself , who cares ? why does it matter to so many people what other people look like? what happened to 'Its on the inside that counts' I sometimes wonder if that's gone out the window.

What I think people don't realize is that its ok not to be perfect all the time.
The world needs to chill out!
 I defiantly think society needs to change, because there are bigger problems in the world other than Victoria Beckham's new fashion line.
Not only is there physical illness, there is terminal illness and mental illness in the world which I believe people sometimes like to try and hide and ignore. Why? why are people ashamed or scared to share ? its an illness, you cannot control it. When I say this I don't mean rubbing it in peoples faces , I mean accepting it for yourself. Get help if you want/need help.
You have got to do what is best for yourself.
'Do You'
'Fall down 7, stand up 8'
and who cares whose watching, As long as you make yourself happy, have your health and loved ones. the people who don't matter will soon show there colours and poof out they go.
The important people will love you for you.
Till next time.

Danielle x

If you have any issue or need help support for any kind of hairloss please visit www.prettybald.co.uk where I continue to write blog regularly.
if you suffer from any issues with mental illness please feel free to contact your doctor to arrange help/support.

The big shave !!

Welcome !! today's date is 22/02/15
I am starting this blog as well as writing for Prettybald.co.uk in hope to not only inspire those who suffer from alopecia, but in hope to help those who have been suffering with mental illness.
I must mention that i am not a doctor, nor can i help diagnose anyone, but what i can do is share my experiences with you in hope to reach anyone out there who may need support.

You are not alone.

That aside , I've have never written for anything like this before, especially something that involves me sharing my deepest, darkest thoughts. Here's hoping I do a good job.

So, Alopecia......I am a newbie when it comes to alopecia totalis and  tomorrow is the day I shave away the last remains of my 'hair'. I'm currently sporting a 'Gollum' ( from lord of the rings ) look, so I'll be happy to see it go.

 I gotta say that the last week or so I've been putting on a brave face. I knew this day was coming so I am well prepared for it. I am a little worried, that I shall be looking like a look-a-like for Shrek with my one ear that sticks out and my other which is practically glued back due to old surgery's! Never the less , it will be a whole load of my mind.
The worst thing about Alopecia for me is that I've had to watch my hair fall out on a day-to-day basis. within the space of three weeks, my hair was almost gone. Coming back from my Cyprus adventure into the arms of my boyfriend ( who I met out there) and family, I couldn't of been happier. So what happened? Maybe something in the universe is giving me a lesson? or maybe its a sign.....a new door opening for new opportunities? I guess that's how I like to see it anyway. I believe that sometimes in life you just need to try and shrug things of. (coming from the person who has cried hysterically , for almost 2 months now.) Thing is, you can't sit around and think  'why is this happening to me?' 'Why me, why me ?' Because ,you will only drive yourself crazy.

So.... going from big hair to...










...This mess, I think its about time to just say.....OK..  'Time to say goodbye' in what is obviously a dramatic Sarah Brightman style of send off, I wouldn't have it any other way!!


23rd Monday February 2015 .
A matter of minutes after the head shave.

Well iv done it , the hair is off ! I must say , running my hands through my new found stubble , it feels as though I have load's more hair than when I had those 'gollum' strands.
I did have a cry , I won't sugar coat that however I do feel liberated by what I have Achieved. As it's only been minutes since the shave , I shall leave you with a picture of my new look, whilst I go and celebrate with a bottle of win and a Chinese with my incredible family.

All the best
Danielle x

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