How to Have a Great Hair Day On Your Wedding Day

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Let’s talk a minute about wedding hair. Next to picking the right dress, the bride worries most about the right way to wear her hair on the wedding day. After seeing more than my fair share of brides, here are my suggestions.

Don’t go to great lengths to grow your hair out for the wedding. Wear it in a style you are used to wearing, or at least a cleaned up version of that style. Changing your hair drastically for a wedding is just begging to be unhappy with your hair on the wedding day. Your fiancée loves the way your hair is everyday, don’t make him wonder who this girl coming down the aisle is. Don’t make huge changes.

Try your style out before the wedding day. I tell my brides to have their hair done for their portraits exactly as they plan to wear their hair on the wedding day. If it doesn’t work you still have time to change it before the wedding. Having it done for the portrait, also ensures seeing how the hair works with the veil and the dress. I have had girls that so hated their hair, we did their portrait pictures over. Portraits can be done over, weddings can not.

If your wedding is outside, seriously consider the updo. There is a reason that updo’s have remained steadfastly popular over the years. Neither wind nor heat, affects most updo’s. The same can not be said for leaving your hair long and loose. Nothing removes curls faster than wind or heat. Not to mention the frizz that dampness brings out in some girls hair. I have seen many a stringy haired bride by the end of an evening of heavy dancing. With a well done updo, your hair looks as beautiful at the end of the evening for those send off pictures as it did when you walked down the aisle. If you just can’t live with the idea of an up do, maybe an elegant pony tail would work for you.

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And not all hair is about the bride. Make sure your groom gets his haircut at least a week before the wedding. If the cut is not perfect, it has a few days to grow out. If he is going from a longer style to shorter, he has a chance for his tan to match up. Nothing is quite as strange looking as a tanned groom with a very white scalp showing through.