Friday, March 5, 2010

Wedding Styles & Veils

Long Hair Styles
The formal updo, with its sleek lines and timeless elegance, is a wedding day fav that works well with a variety of veils.  If you have your heart set on an updo remember:
  • When choosing a style and veil, take your face shape into account.  If you have a rounder face, sleeker styles with long veils will look best.  Fuller styles and veils work best on slender faces.
  • Veils that hang longer than your waist, like fingertip, chapel or ballet styles, are heavy.  Tighter styles hold up better under all that tulle.  So if you're wearing a long veil, choose a coif with less volume on top.  A chignon, where the hair is gathered into a roll at the nape of the neck, is a good bet.  Another option is the Juliet knot where the hair is twisted into a tight coil at the top of the head.
  • Do you love the drama of intricate updos with lengths of hair woven into an elaborate creation on the crown of the head?  This style can work with a longer, heavier veil.  Consider piling your hair on top of the veil.  The veil will cascade down your back adding romance and sweetness to your style.
  • The french twist, where the hair is gathered into a low ponytail then swept into a roll up the back of the head, is a classic and versatile look.  This will go great with any veil!
If you have decided to leave your hair down for a romantic look, remember that tousled shouldn't mean tangled.  Be sure to set your hair and use either hairspray or gel to give it structure and prevent flyaways.  The rule of thumb is that your veil should be longer than your hair.

Also remember that the longest veils may be too heavy for voluminous styles, so try a sleek look if you're wearing a long veil.

A good compromise between the sweetness of hair left down and the elegance of updos is a half up style.  This is where the hair in the crown is swept back and the rest is left down whether you gather the hair from your crown into a bun or pull the top layer back with sparkling combs.  Half  up styles are a great compromise in the up or down debate.  If you still can't decide,  many brides will choose the sleek updo for the ceremony and then let it loose for the reception.


Short Hair Styles
Styling is key for brides with short hair. One look that does well for cropped cuts is strategically placed tiny crystal-tipped hairpins throughout the hair to add sparkle.

Brides with shorter hair look lovely wearing short veils.  However don't think that is your only option--a cascading veil can look fabulous too depending on your face shape.

Sparkle
Tiaras are still the hottest wedding accessory but combs, clips, barrettes and jeweled hair sticks and hair pins are popular as well.  All accessories can look great with a variety of styles and veils just don't over do it.

The most important things to remember when choosing your wedding day style is your face shape.  Be true to you and be comfortable!  Your wedding day is going to be a long day and you need to be able to enjoy every second of it.  Be you and be happy!

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