Weddingbee Blog

In case you haven’t noticed, I am not a “natural” blond, and haven’t been since I was a wee little girl:

Three year old Sprinkle!

Two years old and I already love big glasses

Somewhere around the age of seven, my hair started to get darker and darker. By the time I hit 18 I was in the dirty-blond-almost-brown category. On my 18th birthday (I wasn’t permitted to dye my hair before then), I died my hair black and stayed that way for several years.

I’m eighteen…
and I don’t know what I want.

When I finally got bored of black, I started experimenting. My hair has been so many colors! Pink, red, REALLY red, red and black, black and white, brown-ish, stripe-y, and on and on. A few (only slightly embarrassing) examples:

This would be “really red.”

Me and Gina Sprinkle in a photobooth.

It’s hard to tell but my hair was “stripe-y” at this point!

Trying to get some sort of dark natural red going.

(Photo: Sarah Yates Photography

Current hair!

In a perfect world I would get my hair done every five weeks. My roots start to become annoying at the five week mark, but by six weeks they really bother me. When I hit eight weeks (like I did this month), I want to pull my hair out. Luckily, I managed to squeeze in a couple of hours at my favorite salon, with my favorite stylist, and all is well in my world of hair.

We had a bit of extra time to play with some wedding styles. Two days later, my hair was still curly! I love it… never in my life have I had anything but straight hair. Apparently, super bleached out hair can hold a curl much better than my natural super-fine-baby-hair.

After fifteen minutes of curling and arranging, my look turned out hilariously retro and I LOVE IT! I’m not sure this is the exact look we will go for at the wedding (my hair will be, ahem, longer and fuller and more flowy with some subtle help) but it is super cute and will hopefully be styled similarly at a secret little photo shoot planned for next month.

Freshly bleached and curled retro hair. Those are streetlights, not antenna!

Much to my mother’s disappointment, I will not be wearing a full length veil. I tried on several and none of them worked for me. I think if my hair was darker I may be more open to the idea, but the super blond hair + pale skin + long white veil just didn’t mesh.

I have spent many, many hours looking over Etsy for inspiration. For some time I thought I might try my hand at making a veil myself, but after a disastrous DIY ring bearer book project, I decided to keep my crafting jobs contained to paper goods and kids crafts.

I talked to my hair stylist and then bought a few pieces off of Etsy. It was way too hard for me to just choose one and go for it. I tried to buy items that I would wear on non-wedding days as well, so if they don’t work out I can still enjoy them. Or, give them away to a fellow bride! I like to share.

Bought from: Bungalow

I bought this cute veil first, but it was pointed out to me how a headband might hurt after a few hours. This is still in the running though! It’s adorable, and exactly the size I was looking for!

Bought from: Cultivar

I also couldn’t resist these clips (made from all recycled materials!) in our wedding colors. I adore the grey flower. I would wear these every day! If they don’t make it into the wedding hair, they will still be put to good use, and they were very affordable.

The owner of my salon is also creating a few pieces for me to choose from using vintage materials. I can’t wait to see what she comes up with. She also makes gorgeous little top hats that are so amazingly perfect for a gothic-chic wedding.

This hair chapter is officially closed. I will have worry free wedding hair and I can move on to my next issue: reply cards were due a week ago, and we are still missing 26 replies!

Are you wearing a traditional veil or something a bit more unusual? Did you fall in love with the first piece you tried on, or was at a longer process?