Chop Chop

So after years and years of having the same long-ish, lank, boring hairstyle.... I recently took the plunge and lopped a good 6-8 inches of dead (and I mean split ends galore dead) hair off of my head!

And let me tell you, it felt gooooooood.

I hadn't realised, but I had been using my hair as some sort of wispy shield to hide behind, often taking that to the next level by being stupid enough to get a thick blunt fringe put in just as I had managed to grow my other fringe back out again. (DON'T GET OFFENDED - I love thick full fringes - I just love them on anyone but me!!) meaning that I literally had a massive piece of hair directly covering the majority of my face. I would be constantly faffing around with it, trying to tame it, trying to bring it forward so it looked longer or covered a spot on my chin. 

I once got so self conscious about the fact I thought I had a massive five-head (that's a very large forehead...get the joke?) that I even..... used a mixture of bronzer and brown eyeshadow to make my hair line seem lower. The shame. 

But, in reality, I really didn't suit it. My hair was always too naturally thick, dry and frizzy to pull any long style off, it looked lank after a few hours and trying to put it up was a nightmare because really, when you try a youtube tutorial out on yourself it doesn't magically give you the model's face too as I found out....therefore it looks like a pile of poop plopped on your noggin. But still, I soldiered on for a good 8 years trying to grow it as long as I possibly could and spent every day envious of anyone with longer hair, more interesting styles etc etc 

Apart from the fact that my hair seemed to know it's true destiny and would therefore never grow any longer than a good boob-grazing, not quite mermaid hair length. The ends would split just below my shoulders no matter how much care I took to avoid it and it would never do what it was told.

Then I went and damaged it even more by having a dip-dye done. Let's all be honest, it looked ridiculous, my hair does not take well to being dyed lighter and will immediately aim to go as putrid orange/yellow as it can (old friends from school may remember that one fateful day I arrived through those gates with a highlighter orange barnett after thinking it would be a good idea to go blonde.... it didn't last any more than that one horrible day) 

Anyway, after having a rubbish start to this year - I, very unlike me, went a bit wild. I went to a new hair dressers, I sat down and told her to take off as much as she wanted as long as it looked good and all the split ends were gone. Girls everywhere are reading this and are open mouthed with horror I can imagine, and I

was too on the inside and I think the hairdresser, who had gorgeous long hair (which suited her...darn it) nearly threw up at the thought of being the one to put her scissors into action.

But she did....and I LOVED it.

I didn't realise how liberating it would feel to no longer have hair to hide behind. It had life. It was shiny, bouncy and not a ruddy split end in sight. It was me - short and bubbly! Now a few weeks on from that glorious day, I already feel desperate to get it cut again - its now grazing my shoulders!!!!!! 

So if you're teetering on the scissor edge trying to make up your mind whether or not to take the risk and have it cut - do it. It's amazing. And if you don't like it, magically - it will grow back!! :)

Lots of love, Emily-Rose xoxo

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CoppaFeel

Cancer sucks ass, you know it, I know it, the world and its dog should know it.

It has affected the lives of many of my family and close friends and their family and close friends...and that just wont do.

I have just got home from putting an over time shift in at work, and I honestly enjoyed it, there were 4 of us girls in the office (including my moooomar) and we had such a laugh. The scary thing about that statement however, is that if the statistics were applied - 1 of us in that room will get cancer in our life. Again, that is if the statistics are applied, I sincerely wish that never becomes the case.

I didn't sit there working away thinking that however, I'm an odd one, but not that odd. I simply make that statement to you now after watching a truly inspirational documentary called 'Kris: Dying to Live' on a stunning young woman called Kris, who along with her equally brave and supportive twin sister Maren, has set up the bloody fantastic charity 'CoppaFeel'.

Kris was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer just a few months after her 23rd birthday, and set up the charity just 2 months after that. It's a world away from many of the charities that are around today, as it focuses entirely, around something that is seen as a bit of a taboo subject: BOOBS.

And why not?

Boobs, love bags, chesticles, lovely lady lumps, whatever you want to call them, male or female you gotta love them. They are often seen as a defining feature of a woman, and a key element in the natural feeding of a child, quite frankly, they're fabulous, but they can also be deadly.

1 in 8 women will experience breast cancer in their life, and 400 MEN are diagnosed with breast cancer every single year. So it affects us all, no matter whether you think so or not.

And that's where CoppaFeel comes in to play. As their webpage states:

'CoppaFeel! ® exists to educate and remind every young person in the UK that checking their boobs isn’t only fun, it could save their life. We are the first breast cancer charity in the UK to create awareness amongst young people, with the aim of instilling a new healthy habit that could one day save their life.'

Kris is an all round awesome person, as you can see from her blog, labelled 'How to glitter a turd' which you can find rightttttt here.

And she is on a mission, to educate young women (and men) how serious and important it is to check yourself, get to know your bodies, and don't allow doctors to dismiss your symptoms just because you are young. It's your body, it's your life and it's your prerogative. Don't take their crap.

I urge you all to have a look at CoppaFeel and I also urge you all to genuinely copp a feel of those bad boys. Educate yourself in what to look out for and lose the whole embarrassment that comes with talking about it. Your health is way more important than other people's opinions.

Thank you Kris, you are a truly inspirational woman and I for one will do all I can to promote the wonderful charity you have created.

Oh and..... BOOBIES.

Lots of love, Emily-Rose xoxo

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