Weddingbee Blog

Today, I’d like to tell you the story of my hair!

For most of my life, I had long hair like this:

(Me, December 2002)

Then when I got older, I decided to try shorter hair, like this:

(Me, November 2007)

But it really bothered me that I couldn’t have a ponytail or braid. So I started growing it back out, until it got like this:

(Me; November 2008)

But I got to that awful growing-it-out point where your hair just doesn’t seem to budge a centimeter for months on end. And somehow I convinced myself that what I really needed was a BIG change. So I did this:

(Me, December 2008)

What a mistake. Don’t get me wrong, I did get a lot of genuine compliments on this hairstyle. But it just wasn’t me. I really didn’t like it; I felt like a guy. Let’s fast-forward to today (actually, a few weeks ago):

(Me, April 2009)

I’ve been trying to grow out my hair since December. I’ve had one trim since then, and I’ve got another scheduled in June. (If you grow out short hair without shaping, you start to get all mullety - yuck!) I’m also taking prenatal vitamins in hope that they will help stimulate my hair and nail growth. My goal is to get to a style like this by the time my wedding rolls around:

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I don’t have hair as thick as Mrs. B’s, but I’ve found that these stacked hairstyles work pretty well for me. My hair grows pretty slowly, so I’m pessimistic that my bangs will get even close to this long in the <4 months I have to grow it. But we’ll see. I plan to write more about my wedding day hairstyle in the coming weeks, but I thought I’d give you a picture of what I have to work with first!

Having had long hair for the majority of my life, I’m not very good at styling short hair and I’m unsure about accessories for it. My day-to-day style usually consists of a brown barrette. I would love to say I plan to wear a birdcage veil or a pretty fascinator, but I’m not sure. I need to find some to try on. I’m concerned that I will feel weird and look strange with some kind of big thing stuck on my head. But we’ll see. I’m not a headband kind of gal, but some pretty barrettes might do the trick!

Are you destined to be a short-hair bride? What are you going to do with it?