Share your Breast Cancer Story and be awarded a Paula Young “Think Pink” Wig!
About Paula Young and the Pink Wig Parties that they are hosting on their site:
The Internet’s premier names for wigs, hairpieces, extensions and accessories, Paula Young, Especially Yours and Wig .com invite you to show your support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and gather your girlfriends for a Pink Wig Party. Everything necessary to host the wig parties—from sample wigs, product information, cocktail recipes and more—will be provided in pre-packaged kits that will be given away to fans who best express their passion for the cause and for hair fashion.
With October designated as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, now is the chance to blend your passion for hair fashion with raising breast cancer awareness. You can visit Paula Young, Especially Yours and Wig.com to learn more about their commitment to this cause. Each outlet is spotlighting pink wigs and hair accessories for the cause-conscious fashionista and now you have the chance to throw a Pink Wig Party as your own show of support.
To enter Paula Young’s contest (on their site) to host a Pink Wig Party, just email them at wigfans@scdirect.com and include a compelling description of what hair fashion means to you and why you’re passionate about supporting breast cancer awareness. The most moving entries will be selected to receive a Pink Wig Party kit. The kits also include high-fashion pink wigs for all guests to wear, party planning tips, cocktail recipes and pink barware. Once the party is underway, guests will have the chance to try on sample wigs, discuss styling tips and thumb through the catalogs, showcasing the most popular wig selections. A portion of all sales made via the parties will be donated to organizations dedicated to raising breast cancer awareness.
Paula Young is letting Still Blonde after all these YEARS have our own PINK wig party–THINK PINK!
For the entire month of October, Still Blonde after all these YEARS is raising Awareness for Breast Cancer. One way Still Blonde after all These YEARS is doing this is involving you, the reader, in our THINK PINK Wig Party with gorgeous pink wigs provided for ten winners from Paula Young. We are asking you to share your story or the story of a friend/relative in our comment section below. For five days, you can share your comments on our website via this “Think Pink” blog post. Two random stories/authors will be chosen each day for five days, and will be awarded their choice of a ” Think Pink Wig” (up to $50 value!) from the Paula Young collection. We hope you will wear the wig proudly to make everyone in your WORLD Breast Cancer Aware!
Blog Note: The Chief Blonde is doing this post to raise Awareness for Breast Cancer. No compensation or “Think Pink” wigs were provided to her.
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I have a history of breast cancer in my family. My maternal grandmother was diagnosed. She was a survivor after having a bilateral masectomy. My mom had 5 other sisters. Breast Cancer did not touch them but it effected my mother. My mother fought it. Went into remission. Almost 10 years later she began having bad headaches. She found that her breast cancer had returned and metastasized. Given the history (my grandmother, my mom) I’m concerned about myself and my sister.
I was told i need to start getting mammograms 10 years before my mother was first diagnosed. She was diagnosed at 38 initially. The threat of breast cancer for me and my sister is too close for comfort.
Last summer my sister found a lump in her breast. She called me. We were hoping for the best but when the tests came back it tested positive for breast cancer. We are now beginning her journey as she battles breast cancer. We are hoping and praying for the best. There are so many families that have been affected and will be affected.
I have learned through seeing others struggle with cancer that the fight is not only in trying to survive, but how very proactive people become along this journey. For so long, breast cancer (and other cancers and illnesses, too) have been quieted as a personal matter. I am so relieved that our daughters and sons will not have to hide in darkness while their bodies,or those of friends, are ravaged by this disease. I think the brave voices of so many women (and some men) and their families have truly started to break this silence.
I have two friends who lost their battle with cancer this year. Both were able to live to see their daughters graduate from high school and they did believe that new developments in research and an amazing support network made this attainable. These women helped me and so many others to “TAKE HEED WITH SPEED”!!… to go to our doctors to get check ups. For so many of us, we ignore signs or symptoms because we think “it” could never happen to us. By listening to others affected we have learned that all of us deserve good health and we MUST not ignore what our bodies are telling us!
My mother in law and a sister in law and a good friend took early action and are doing well. ALL had mastectomies and are still learning to live with their changed bodies. But what has really changed is that they have found bold voices telling others NOT to go quietly into the night…to face this monster and with a band of “sisters”, no one need ever go it alone.
(this written for friends Suey and Bonnie who I know have saved many with THEIR push to get others in for regular check ups before they left us AND especially mother in law who is 6 years “out” now and sister in law Cindy who is a little spitfire and will go down in history some day with her own THINK PINK drives…she decorates pink Christmas trees for others who are sick and wears EVERYTHING pink! She would SO wear this with pride!)
I did LIKE Paula YOung on Facebook and let her know Id love to gift the Angel Wig to my sister in law!
thanks much!
I lost an Aunt to cancer and several good friends. My dad had colo=rectal cancer but he was fortunate to recover and has been cancer free for 9 years. We all need to help fight this battle. I fully support Breast Cancer Awareness.
I liked Paula Young on Facebook too (my FB name is Dawn Reid) and posted on her wall that I would love to win the Reaction wig!
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my mother had breast cancer over forty years ago and survived. She then got breast cancer again in her other breast a few years ago. No woman should have to beat breast cancer once to only have it come back many years later. We need a cure.
I want the beast gone. I want no one to ever have to suffer again. My mother has fought it for 8 years. I dread the day when she can fight it no longer.
So many cancers out there, not enough cures. My heroes don’t come from Hollywood or the sports arena. Mine come from doctors, nurses, research scientists and those living with cancer. Let’s bury the beast.
My mother in law was diagnosed with breast cancer in about 2001. She beat it and was cancer free until 2007 when doctors discovered that the cancer metastasized to her lungs, lymph nodes and brain.
I only knew this woman for less than four years and in that short time I was able to understand what an amazing person she was. She was a vital part of my stepdaughter’s life and is missed every single day by that little girl. She had 3 children that she left behind and a husband who will be a sad broken man for the rest of his life. Two of her kids will not have their mother there for their weddings and there will be more grandbabies who will never really understand what a kind loving person their mom-mom was. I don’t think I’ll every truly understand why this horrible disease takes the lives of such undeserving people each day.
I “like” Paula Young on facebook and left them a comment!
Lauren Foster
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My Mom’s sister died from breast cancer. And just in the past two years another aunt and my grandma were diagnosed with breast cancer. Thankfully they are both on the road to recovery. So breast cancer has definitely affected my family. My mission is to encourage all my friends to have regular mammograms AND pap smears.
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My family just happens to have breast cancer run on my mom’s side. My grandmother’s sister and my great grandmother both had it. One only has one boob and the other has none. It’s really scary to think about it, being it runs in the genes. It defiantly makes one aware. I recently went blind in my right eye and it’s amazing how much we take for-granted. AMAZING. You just don’t know how good you have it until it’s gone. And you may think it would never happen to you… but be cautious. Live life. Love. Laugh.
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I like Paula Young on facebook, and I posted on their wall that you sent me and also the wig that I choose. My facebook name is “Erin E” and i have a yellow flower as my profile pic. Thanks again!
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I do not know anyone who has had breast cancer, My Dad dies of lung cancer though. We need to find a cure for them all
I am fortunate to not have any family members that have fought breast cancer, however I have had several friends and their loved ones fight this horrible cancer. I was really made aware of it when I walked in a 5K walk/run benefiting Breast Cancer Research several years ago, and seeing the strong ladies and hearing their stories really changed me. Thank you so much.
Erin
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I have a good friend that discovered she had breast cancer when she was 24 years old, while nursing her baby. She had a mastectomy and was cancer free! It has been 10 years and she has had two children since…she is still cancer-free and a inspiration to all around her…especially ME!
I “liked” on FB a few days ago and wrote which wig i would love if chosen.
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Six years ago my family lost my mom to Lukemia, a week after that my brother and my sisters son were killed in a car accident. As is that was not enough for one family (espeically my sister), that same sister was diagnosed with breast cancer 3 years later. She has undergone a double mastectomy, chemo, and breast reconstruction. It has been over a year or so now since her last treament and her hair has not grown back. She is a hair stylist and even though her hair is not completly grown back, she looks beautiful every day. She has had so much, yet she is always happy & smiling, always concerned for others, and a great friend and insperation. I want to give her the wig because as she says “I could see myself in a pink wig.”
I lost my sister to breast cancer two years ago. Throughout her three year battle, my sister inspired others and touched so many people with her loving, caring personality and I am still amazed at her strength under adversity. I can say that I was just lucky to know her. I still miss her everyday, but I know that she still here with me an all of those who loved her.