If you are considering donating your hair, thank you! Your support is very much appreciated. Please find below some helpful tips about how to donate your hair whether you are a UK resident or are from overseas. Please note that we do not sell nor have we ever sold in the past, any hair donation.
We do ask donors to consider also, having their hair cut/shaved as a sponsored event. This not only raises much-needed funds, but also helps to raise even more awareness of the Little Princess Trust.
120g of hair is required to manufacture just one wig. This means that it can take between five to ten hair donations to make a single hairpiece, depending on the thickness of the hair.
We accept clean hair in good condition from men, women and children of all ethnicities. We accept hair that has been previously/is currently coloured, highlighted or bleached. We even accept hair that contains the odd grey! Naturally curly hair and hair of any colour is acceptable too. The Little Princess Trust also would be delighted to receive previously cut hair, as long as it has been cut within the last ten years and that it complies with the requirements below. The only type of hair that we are unable to accept is permed hair due to the rigorous process involved and dreadlocks.
Your hair donation must measure however at least 7”/17cm in length. Our wig-makers tell us that the main reason why a donation might be rendered unusable is that it is too short.
Whether you plan to have your hair cut or to have your head shaved, as some supporters do, the principles are the same:
- Prior to the cut/shave, please wash your hair and not add any styling product.
- Have your hair tied into a pony-tail, secured at both the root end and the tip end.
- Ask your hairdresser to cut you hair above the band at the root end, thereby releasing a pony-tail, tied at both ends.
- You are now in a position to have your hair cut further and styled or indeed shaved, if that is your intention.
- Wrap your pony-tail tightly in tissue paper or cling-film immediately after it has been cut. Your hair will become tangled very, very quickly otherwise and again, this will render it unusable.
- Place it in a padded envelope and post it using a regular postal service to:
- Little Princess Trust
c/o Trendco
114-116 Sheridan House
Hove
BN3 1DD
UK
- If you are live within the UK and Ireland, please include your name and address in the parcel so that we may send you a certificate of thanks. Please note this can take three to four weeks.
- If you live overseas, please include your email address and we will gladly email you a certificate. We are always looking for ways to save on costs so that all the precious money that is raised by our enthusiastic donors, is put to the best use possible, so we hope you understand.
Please note that we are unable to provide details or photographs of the recipient of your kind hair donation. Finally, on behalf of all of the boys and girls that the Little Princess Trust helps, thank you for making this most personal donation.
