Miss Rose is a vibrant and charismatic woman in her 60's who has been bringing smiles to cancer patients through the custom made, life like wigs she creates in her Langley studio. Strand by strand, she threads them on a loom , creating hair for wigs, turbans or ball caps.

Miss Rose says that she enjoys making the wigs as she knows the options for cancer patients are limited. "Most go to the Cancer Clinic where they are given a box of wigs to try on, most of which look like they belong to an old lady." said Miss Rose. "But really it's like choosing a car." if it doesn't feel right, it's not yours."

Ever since she was a little girl it was Miss Rose's dream to work with hair. "I remember when I was really young I was walking with my Dad by a salon and peered into the window where I saw these women styling hair." said Miss Rose. "I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven," " I said to by daddy, that's what I want to do when I grow up."

Since graduating from beauty school in 1958 at the age of 18 in a little town in Saskatchewan, she has been cutting, styling, primping and dying hair for thousands of men and women. In 1983 she moved to langley where she opened her own salon, Working on her feet eventually took a tole on her back, prompting her to sell her salon and teach on a full time basis. "I loved teaching." said Miss Rose. "I bet I've taught most of the girls in Langley."

It was a trip to Toronto to visit her son that sparked her passion for the craft of wig making. Her son is one of Canada's top four wig masters,who works with some of Hollywood's top movie stars; including Relic Hunters Tia Carrere and Susan Sarandon. He also designed wigs for the cast of Toronto's Phantom of the Opera.

On her way home from her trip, Miss Rose pondered with the idea of creating fabulous wigs that could be both affordable and stylish for regular women.

"I just thought, why should just the rich and famous have access to such great wigs?" said Miss Rose. She also thought of her sister, who had lost her hair from cancer and remembered how traumatic the experience had been. Thus, She was inspired to begin making them in her home, using both synthetic materials and human hair.

Miss Rose says that the hardest part of her job is knowing that she may never see the person that she is fitting the wig for again. "It can be really hard, but I try to stay focussed on the moment and make it as much of a pleasurable experience as I can." Miss Rose is currently busy fixing up her new Langley studio, but hopes to soon work with the cancer clinics at the hospitals, making wigs.