New colours for wigs

As we speak, new colour swatches are being photographed for the website to enable some really funky colours for wigs, hairpieces & extensions. The whole colour chart is being upgraded to simplify it but without reducing the colour range in any way.

By early next week, you could be able to order your wig, hairpiece or extensions in some really neon colours including electric blue, purple, green, bright pink etc. The colours will be available across all products and will, I hope, zing up our offer and create more sales.

Also, there are some more products on order, including a fabulous long wig in black, and another long blonde wig
blonde hairpiece & children's wigs. As soon as the long wigs & hairpieces have arrived we will be putting together the photo shoot to have real live models on the website!

Website changes

I have made some important changes to the website www.wearmyhair.com as it happened this week that I got an order through the post. The order was for a wig, but enclosed was a postal order covering the cost of the wig and postage. It alerted me to the fact that some people, under 18s for instance, do not have cheque books, credit cards or paypal accounts and that provision for anyone who does not have these or prefers not to use these, needed to be made.

With this in mind, a "how to order" page has now been created advising this category that postal orders are fine but need to be made payable to Wear my Hair/ Joanna Holding. This information is linked from the homepage by the sentence "If you do not have a credit card or cheque book?". I think this is adequate.

wig photo shoot!

I am feeling now that my stock of wigs, hairpieces & extensions is large enough, and covers enough wants and wishes to start upgrading the site www.wearmyhair.com with photographs of live models rather than mannequins. The mannequins have been great and will continue to be used, especially for the men's wigs, children's wigs and as an accessory for salons and individuals. But with proper professionally shot pictures, the modelled wigs & hairpieces will demonstrate their true glamour.

So far, I have found 4 girls willing to spend an evening modelling the wigs for which they will all be given a really beautiful free photo of themselves. One of the girls is black and I do hope to find another, so that we can demonstrate that www.wearmyhair.com
has gorgeous products for everyone.

Children's wigs & mannequins are on order and soon they will be on the site. This, like men's wigs is something of a minimal demand at the moment, but that could well be due to the fact that there has been very little in the way of wigs for them. We aim to change all that but shortage of funds demands that we increase stock only in line with demand as far as is possible.

Chemo chic with or without a wig!

What a great theme this is. Found it in The Times today and feel very humbled by Jessica's bravery. My sister died of breast cancer eight years ago and that is part of the reason I set up www.wearmyhair.com. One of the problems Annette had was the hideous wig the NHS provided.

At such a difficult time, it must be up to every individual whether they choose to wear a wig, wear nothing, as did Jade much of the time, or wear any or all of the gorgeous and glam scarves and turbans available. At wear my hair, I am trying to help those who prefer to wear a wig, by providing a good range of wigs for £65 as a rule, but also the option to custom choose and have a bespoke wig delivered in 2-3 weeks only! I buy direct from the manufacturers so there is no middle man and I offer men's wigs, women's wigs & children's wigs, as well as hairpieces & extensions.

In recent posts I have been encouraging those who do wear wigs, to glam them up, as if they needed it, with ribbons, clips and all sorts. It all adds to the fun and whether it is cancer or alopecia, or any other reason, boosted fun and a greater sense of recovery is all important through difficult times.

Accessorize your wig revisited!

Hi again, been having loads of fun with ribbons recently. Wearing a new wig, a little short wig called Grace, I decided, again because the front bits tend to get in my face, to tie them back with little thin ribbons. It really is great to wear a wig and accessorize it. It makes any and all wigs & hairpieces look exactly like real hair as putting things in hair is part of make-up and jewellery in a way.

If you buy a really long wig, you can carry off the most excellent up-do as you simply leave the back of it hanging fairly low so that the weft remains hidden under the hair. I will show you that wig trick another time. Here's some pickies in case you want to try it yourself!

A curly wig for a change!

Yes, I break the habit of a lifetime in this business but I have to concede that there really are people out there that actually want curly hair. Actually, this wig, named Cassie, is available because a customer had a specific request and so I got it for her.

Generally speaking, we are in the business of straight hair, straight hair wigs as just about the entire world is straightening their hair of even the slightest flick or wave. It seems almost every year that the fashion pundits tell us that curly hair is back in fashion, but no-one takes any notice and the curly extravaganzas remain confined to the glossy mags and centrefolds.

Anyway, who knows, maybe we will be deluged with orders for curly wigs from now on!

Selling wigs at the Chilford Hall Wedding Fair!

Yesterday was a great day at Chilford Hall (Linton Cambs.) Wedding Fair. It is the third one that we, www.wearmyhair.com have exhibited our wigs, hairpieces & extensions at. There was a real buzz and I had nine mannequins and nine wigs displayed on them which caused a lot of excitement. Also on display I had two extra wigs just on the table so that the visitors could pick them up and look and feel them. I also had hairpieces & extensions pinned up high on my display board and bags too.

I sold a number of wigs and two hairpieces and my last customer of the day was actually the owner of the venue so that was an extra thrill. She was a 'middle youther' as they say and she was delighted to find a little short wig in a nice choppy style which looked totally natural on her.

Loads of girls and women were trying on the wigs and I encourage this as it enables me to fully put across the accessorizing mantra that I have for them. "you wouldn't wear the same make up and nail varnish with every outfit, so why wear the same hair"? Then they really do get the idea that it is simply fun to have different hairstyles for different occasions.

It was a great day. The next one is in February 2010! Here is my stand at the fair.