Nele’s Story: Staying Positive Through Four Cancer Diagnoses
For years, Nele has lived under a dark shadow: she has been diagnosed with cancer four times. Five years after her last treatment, she shares her zest for life, her hunger to enjoy it all, and what...
Jovita on Living with Alopecia: “I Hope Baldness Becomes More Normal One Day”
Jovita finds it difficult that baldness is so quickly associated with cancer. In reality, she has an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss. “I’m glad I can wear Rosette la Vedette hats and scarv...
Kristel Faced Breast Cancer in Canada: “Instagram Became My Outlet”
“You have breast cancer.” Kristel heard those words on September 6, 2018. Now 49, she has lived for nearly twenty years in Okotoks, Canada. “And then you have to tell your family in Belgium through...
Samantha Shares Her Cancer Journey on Stage in a Unique Theater Production
In 2015, Samantha (47) was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, almost four years later, she steps onto the stage for the first time in the play “I’m a Cancer Patient, Et Alors?” Together with about ...
3 Lessons Cancer Taught Me That Made Me a Better Entrepreneur
What went through my mind that night in 2016, standing on stage with this award in my hands—Rosette la Vedette crowned Best Belgian Webshop in the Health & Beauty category? Honestly: all the cu...
“My Mommy Has Naked Hair”: How Children Really See Your Chemo Hair Loss
Little kids can say disarmingly funny things sometimes. What’s the funniest thing a child has ever said about your wig, headscarf or bald head? We asked our Facebook fans and thought their answers ...
“Don’t All Those Cancer Stories Ever Become Too Much for You, Wendy?”
The question journalists ask me most often when they stop by for an interview is: “Isn’t it heavy, in your line of work, to be surrounded by people with cancer all the time?” And the more often I a...
5 Questions for Nele, Our Very First Beauty Session Guest
When Nele walked into our pop-up store, it felt like the sun came in with her. Warm, quick to laugh, full of life — and eyes that smile even before she does. While she enjoyed a free make-up sessio...
Laura: “I didn’t wake up one morning thinking: ‘I’m going to be an alopecia champion.”
For internal communications officer Laura Mathias (29), the pandemic lockdown has actually been a mind-opening experience. It allowed her to revisit feelings towards her baldness – caused by alopec...