Archive for March, 2007

Wedding Hair Accessories

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

With so many types of dresses and themes to consider sometimes your wedding hair accesories are left to the last thought! Most brides would like to wear a crown but feel that some designs are too glitzy, that is why I have created a broad range of individual shapes and colours.

Wedding Themes

Grecian with bands of gold and laurel like sprays,

Art Deco with asymmetric pearls or strong structural fans,

Fairytale with crystals and classic shapes,

Coloured beaded pieces to compliment the theme,

Beach with flowing flowers,

Stars with sparkly beads and sprays,

Butterflies, singularly or a few well placed,

and so on!!

Dress style.

You will need to consider the style of the neckline aswell as the colour of your outfit. The style of your hair will compliment the shape of the dress and the usual rule of thumb is a high neck looks best with the hair up. This could be scooped up in a loose low bun or a more sophisticated pleat. Low necklines can take hair that flows onto one or both shoulders and if you feel your hair is too thin why not ask your hairdresser about adding someclip in extensions or a hair piece to add length and volume?

Tips for choosing a style.

You want to make sure that you choose formal hairstyles which will compliment your hair. You might talk to some other women that are going as well. Don’t copy their look, though. You want to stand out and look totally different, but you can get some ideas of the hairstyles that other women will be wearing. There are just so many options when it comes to formal hairstyles.

Accessory Type.

There are so many types of things to adorn your crowning glory and the choice can be daunting.

Tiaras are something associated with a special occasions but not all brides feel comfortable wearing something so formal, so there are lots of other additions that can be used.

Hair combs can be used to attach one side of the hair or to finish a pleat and give a fabulous accent to the back of the style. You could add a comb to bridesmaids to continue the colour theme.

Coronets are a great way to secure a bun or use as a smaller version of a tiara. They are easier to add to finer hair and can be gripped on the comb part to give more stability.

Hair Grips are a must to help anchor the style and of course can be used again but add interest to the back of your style which gives the guests something to look at while you say I DO !

Hair Clips can be lovely for less formal hair up styles and will not necessarily need to be added only to longer hair, they work very well to secure the top section of hair.