Weddingbee Blog

Well, that or Miss Vampire. Yes, that’s right. You’ll see.

My regular hairstylist called me about five weeks before the wedding to let me know that she had a family emergency and would not be able to do my hair for the wedding. I was really sad, because she is super talented and knows me so well (I wouldn’t even need to bring inspiration pictures) but I completely understood her situation.

After briefly panicking, I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I was able to book appointments for myself and the whole bridal party at a salon in Ann Arbor with very short notice.

I did my boudoir shoot right before my hair trial, and liked my hair down so much that I almost considered to go with it that way for the wedding. Up until this point I had wanted to put it up, mostly for the sake of convenience. Mr. Taffy suggested that I do the trial up, then decide between the two. I brought inspiration with me, and it seemed like it was going pretty well, but then the stylist decided to take a turn and it all went downhill from there. I found the hair to look very matronly; not my style at all.

But it gets worse…

It wasn’t so bad with the birdcage veil, although I didn’t like the style. But once I put the ceremony veil on, I looked like Dracula’s screen double!!!

You don’t believe me?

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Let’s just say that I was dying to have another trial.

Since the stylist wasn’t happy with it either, she scheduled a free appointment for us to try another round. I was too scared to try another updo, so I brought these pictures, taken way after my boudoir shoot was over and I had brushed the hair out quite a bit.

Ahh, so much better!

However, the ceremony veil wasn’t quite working out with this new do. I felt like the mantilla style looked to flat with my hair down, and I started craving some volume in the crown area.

I also started craving a veil that would stay in the back and not be in front of my shoulders.

‘But Mrs. Taffy,’ you may be thinking… ‘haven’t you already made two veils?’

Yes, I already put myself through a project runway-like tizzy deciding between a cathedral and a fingertip length veil. But did that stop me from making a third veil? Nope. I present to you, my third and final veil:

Checking out the new veil at my final fitting, two weeks before the wedding…

And… it’s a winner!

Whew. The best part about making this final veil was being able to add another layer of tulle and lace trim- it makes the trim at the bottom appear wider, which I think coordinates with my dress better.

My makeup trial went way better than the hair trials. One of my bridesmaids offered to do my makeup. We got together a week before the wedding to try it out. If you would like to see a before picture, scroll up to my vampire look.

Success!

Whew. I hope that your hair trials go better than mine did!

Has anyone else had a trial nightmare?