About Us And Our
Peruke Site

Initially, we were both flummoxed about what to say for our "About Us" page.

Since most of it came down to why we launched this site, we thought the best way for you (our visitors) to know about us, was to tell you why we chose to create a site about Perukes.

Pe•ruke (per - rooke) n. A wig, especially one worn by men in the 17th and 18th centuries; a periwig.

[French perruque, from Old French, head of hair, from Old Italian perrucca.]

Let’s face it, there is a lot wrapped up in our hair, whether we admit it or not. For men it can be a sign of youth and vitality, for women, it’s often a symbol of beauty and for everyone a part of our identity.

Features aside, our hair is one of the most striking attributes of our character; people identify us by our hair and that’s fine.

But when you are struggling with hair loss through alopecia or treatment for illnesses; if you’ve simply used the wrong colorants or relaxers and your hair has fallen out; if you’ve inherited a hair texture that makes it hard to maintain length or volume; or if you have a hair texture, which can be fragile and prone to breaking, it can be really hard to feel that you look your best when you know that your hair doesn’t.

This site isn’t about celebrities, flashy graphics and the hard sell, it’s just about advice on the different options available for wearing your hair, whether you’ve grown it or bought it.

Obviously we’d love you to buy your hair from us, but frankly, we don’t mind if you don’t. We’d much rather that we just gave you the best information enabling you to choose the best product wherever you end up buying it.

You deserve to be confident, you deserve to feel beautiful and you deserve to have good looking hair.

We feel this site can help both men women and children from all backgrounds.

I (Charley) am female and have afro hair and have found a great regime that’s stopped my hair breakage and enabled my hair to be its best and longest – My main challenge now is to maintain the growth and thickness); I also had periodic bouts of alopecia as a child and adolescent.

Phil, the other co-founder of the site is male and lost all of his hair to alopecia in his early twenties, so together, we think we can cover most of the gamut of issues related to hair.

We don’t think that a good hair product will change your life, because life is about more than hair. But, we do think a good hair product will change how you feel about your looks which will elevate your confidence and when it comes to life, one of the most important characteristics we have is confidence.

Our confidence tells us whether we think we’re capable of trying things; be it making friends, applying for a job, participating in activities and standing up for ourselves and others.

So getting the right hair product may be just the start of you feeling you can stand tall and look the world in the eyes – after that, the rest is pretty much up to you.

So, back to the site. The store is being reconstructed, because we want to work with the right suppliers at the right price because we want our products to be accessible for all budgets.

We all have a right to have hair that looks good and helps us feel good. Simple. It’s our ethos.

So go on, get searching and researching, bookmark us or even better join our blog that way you’ll be the first to know about all the new pages and of course, you'll be able contact us with any feedback we’d love to hear about your hair!

Peruse the Peruke

Charley & Phil
Co-Founders of The Complete Peruke Guide

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