The irony is if she got a nice wig with a colour and style that suited her, it could make her look years younger. It would definitely make her look more put together.It takes more time to keep cutting and bleaching her hair into oblivion than it would to throw a wig on. She's holding onto an image of her younger blonde self she can't let go.
If she was so "busy" and truly savoring the life-is-short phase of her life, she wouldn't spend so much time posting and editing so many selfies looking for attention on SM.
Real talk.
MOO
As for Gloria, I think she's still there in the background too. Alice is too lazy to not have someone there, Gloria seems to be a bit of a grifter herself, and by putting her in the divorce, Alice has made her all but unemployable as a nanny anyway.