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Wedding Hair Styles: Bridal Hair Tips

Wedding hair styles need to reflect the brides' personality and personal style. The "natural" days are finally ending as today's bride looks for "more" from her wedding day salon services and bridal hair style. More fun, more beauty, and more individuality are what brides are in search of. Theme weddings, museum receptions, and creative personal touches help originate a "signature touch" for the couples' big day - and so should your wedding hair style.

Wedding Hair Styles: Long Hair

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If your hair is long and you wear it pulled back most of the time, then an elegant Updo would be just the look for your bridal hair style. Incorporate a detail from your gown into your wedding hair style. Details such as braiding or twisting of fabric can be duplicated into the hair style. Or look to the texture of the dress. A soft wispy bridal hair style complements a full-skirted tulle gown. A smooth gown of a heavy weight fabric is complemented by a smooth, shiny bridal hair style of knots or rolls. Do you wear your long hair down most of the time? Then try wearing some of it up away from your face and leave the rest to cascade around your shoulders. Let a few tendrils escape to float around your face, they can be curled or left natural. Having it all down is just too casual for a wedding hair style.
Tip: Natural curls? Enhance them and work with them; keep your look soft. Straight hair? Don’t expect curls to last all day, wear it up for your wedding hairdo. If the curls are pinned in place there will be less worry.

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Wedding Hair Styles: Medium Hair

If your hair is medium in length it can be curled and worn with a sparkly headband or tiara to dress it up. Or simply tuck some hair behind your ears and use one of the very popular decorative hair clips to hold it back. With the help of a talented stylist, your wedding hairdo can also be worn up.
Tip: If your dream is to wear it up and you have a few months grow it out, go for it. Medium hair is versatile, try a few looks with your stylist at least a few months ahead of time. This helps to chart out the growing process.

Wedding Hair Styles: Short Hair

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Believe me, there is lots that can be done for your wedding hair style! Dust off your curling iron and give your hair some fullness in the crown area and back. Don't curl the front, it won't look like you. Flatter fronts are in right now so sweep the hair off to the side and save the curls for the back area. Today's "curls" are for creating texture. Many hair products on the market are designed for "texturizing the hair", not necessarily for hold.
Tip: Don't touch the curls while they are warm, it will loosen them up too much. Once cooled, run your finger through your hair with some hair wax and pinch and place the "texture" where you want it. Don't brush them out - it will look too poufy, frizzy, and (Horror!) dated!! Top your wedding hairdo with a tiara or a few hair clips and you are ready to go!

Headpieces-
Here is the best advice!
· Pick out your wedding gown first
· Decide on your wedding hair style second
· Choose the headpiece and veil

I have actually torn apart a headpiece on the bride's wedding day and redesigned it because it did not go with the wedding hair style she wanted. The best way, of course, is to have a couple of trial run appointments at the hair salon prior to the big day. This way an exchange can be made for a different style headpiece if necessary. Don’t feel pressured into purchasing a headpiece because it "matches your dress". Instead, look for a detail from the gown you would like to enhance and find a headpiece that complements it. It may be pearls, a flower detail, or the trim. Or match the flowers in your bouquet.

Petite? If you are finding that the headpieces seem to big, look at what is offered for first communion headpieces and ask the bridal salon to add a longer veil.

Second marriage? Having a veil is fine if you want one, but you may want to skip the blusher. A beautiful tiara is perfect or ornament your wedding hair style. Try a hat, they are coming back!

New Trend!! Ornament your wedding hair style! Look in the bridal section of the craft store for fun finds! There are also many beautiful decorative hair sticks, barrettes and bobby pins to add to your wedding hair style! For example, simply attach a comb with netting to cascade down the back of the hair style (easily removable at the reception.)

by Gretchen Maurer, author of The Business of Bridal Beauty and creator of WeddingHair.com.