Weddingbee Blog

After nearly a year of growing out my hair, it was time to find a hairdresser and do a trial. I went to PA in May and met up with two local ladies to try things out. One was Momma Sunbeam’s hairdresser, and the other a stylist who worked about 45 minutes away that I found via Craigslist.

I took an inspiration board with me since it’s much easier to explain things in pictures (the bun had been tossed aside, but is back in my folder now!).

*Images from Weddingbee (Hi Mrs. Dumpling!), and Style Me Pretty.*

Okay, my inspirations were a little all over the place. So the hairdresser just sort of let things flow from up to down. Here are some images from the more successful hair trial at the hair salon.

This one was mostly inspired by the upper right image from the inspiration board. I liked it but I think I’d want the hair in the back a little lower.

Alright let’s go half-back.

Gathered back even more…

An interesting option, but a little plain from the front…

And as she took it down, another option made its way into the picture - mostly down. Of course, it would need to be fine tuned.

Here is a shot from my hair trial the woman from Craigslist. She did a great job too, but after some thinking, I thought my girls and I could get our hair done more easily at the salon together. The curls are pretty loose with very little product, since we were trying to see if we could go from an updo to a down-do from the ceremony to the reception.

I think I need to go to the hair salon with a clearer vision next time, but I wanted to try it all out just to see.

Which hairstyle do you think I should lean towards? Are you going up, half-back, or down? Did you go into your trial with a clear vision, or did you try out all the options?