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Wedding Hairstyles

March 7, 2010 | Author: Leslie, Hair

Have you picked out how you’ll be wearing your hair on the big day? No? Check out these helpful tips.

Decide if you’re going to wear your hair long, medium length, or short. When you pick how long or short you want your hair to be, it will be easier to think of the possible styles appropriate for the length.

Hopefully by this time, you already have your wedding dress and veil. Browse through bridal magazines and pick out which you like and think would work with your gown. The veil and the hair should also work together.

Have more than one choice for your hairstylist. Set consultation dates, inform them of what you like and don’t, show them a picture of your wedding dress and ask for their own input, try some hairstyles you had picked from magazines, and find which one would work best with you from there.

If you have decided on the hairstylist, it’s time to decide on the hairstyle. If you are going for a drastic change, you should make it well before the actual wedding day. This way you have time to adjust and get used to it and work any kinks that might come up.

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An Inexpensive Wedding Hair Comb

December 8, 2009 | Adorable Affordable Finds, Author: Leslie, Hair

Your wedding day is your day to be as beautiful as possible. Although wearing a hair comb is optional, it does add an extra touch of elegance and glamor to your wedding hair do. This hair comb sells for $24 and is made up of beautifully elegant Swarovski crystals.

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Affordable Wedding Hair Ornaments

December 2, 2009 | Adorable Affordable Finds, Author: Leslie, Hair

If you’re looking for an affordable way to dress up your hair for your wedding, head on to Your Wedding Company. You’ll find plenty of hair ornaments which are affordable like the one above. This beautiful butterfly garden hair barrette is only for $4.95 each, and there a lot of other designs and styles to choose from.

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Easy DIY Wedding Make Up

November 26, 2009 | 5K Weddings DIY, Author: Leslie, Hair

Here’s a very easy DIY wedding makeup that gives you that sweet and innocent look on your wedding. The entire process is very easy to do and even if you’re not a makeup pro, you can certainly do this by practing a few days or weeks ahead of time. Also, don’t forget to check out our post on DIY wedding hair! Doing your own look on your wedding already saves you money compared to hiring a stylist and a makeup artist!

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Wedding Hair Styles for Short Hair

November 15, 2009 | 5K Weddings DIY, Author: Leslie, Hair

It is a fact that short hair has very limited styling options compared to long hair. So what do you do on your wedding if you have short hair? Don’t worry as the illusion of full hair can be achieved without the need for extensions.

All you’ll need are some hair spray, a hair curler, and some decorative pins or flowers to hold your hair up. The site called Style down the Aisle shows a lot of great wedding hairdos for short haired brides. Just remember to practice doing the hair a few days or weeks in advance! Doing your own hair and makeup saves you a lot compared to hiring a stylist!

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DIY Chignon for your Wedding Hair

November 14, 2009 | 5K Weddings DIY, Hair

If you have a curling iron, some bobby pins, and some elastic bands to tie your hair with, why not do your hair in a chignon for your wedding day? Click this link for an instructional, step by step tutorial on how to style your hair into a chignon which only takes about 20 minutes.  Practice the style by yourself a few days or weeks ahead of your big day, or practice with a friend! By doing your own hair on your wedding day, you can save a lot compared to hiring a stylist, and you can allocate the money you saved to other wedding matters like your reception or the cake!

Have fun!

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DIY Wedding Veil

October 2, 2009 | 5K Weddings DIY, Author: Leslie, Hair, Low Cost Ideas

A wedding veil is a very important part of your wedding dress. Why pay hundreds of dollars for a wedding veil when you can make one your own? A website called Knot for Life as well as Craft Stylish offers step by step instructions as well as the materials you’ll need to make your own wedding veil like the one below.

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DIY Wedding Hair Style

August 4, 2009 | 5K Weddings DIY, Hair, Uncategorized

Hello 5K Brides!

Here’s a do-it-yourself wedding hair style from soloStyling.com that you might want to try. It’s simple and requires minimal materials. It will look best if you plan to wear an earring or a necklace. Don’t worry if you have a straight hair or if you think you can’t do it. You can always ask somebody to help you arrange your hair. Just make sure that you have practiced the style and have enough time during your wedding day set up your hair.

 

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