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In a couple of weeks I will be having my hair and makeup trial. Which means, apparently, that I have to have an idea of what sort of hairstyle I want by then. I haven’t worn my hair all the way up since I was 10, so I know for sure I don’t want a complete up-do. But I don’t want my hair completely down either, so the half up-do it is. The trouble is: what sort of half-up do I want? I’m a bit all over the place when it comes to that.

My hair is naturally curly, mid length (a couple inches below my shoulders but you often cant tell because of the curls) and quite thin (annoyingly thin). I will be wearing a silver filigree floral headpiece (to be revealed!) and a simple finger-length veil for at least the ceremony.

So, with all that in mind, here are the pics that are my current inspiration for my ‘do.

I love these “vintage-esque” styles, but I dont know if I can pull them off:

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Then we have Mrs Dumpling’s gorgeous style that I fell in love with as soon as I saw it. Plus she is wearing a veil in this pic, which gives me an idea of how I can wear my veil with a half up-do:

And here are some more inspiration pics, some more on the casual or loosely styled side of things, others with a bit more oomph. Do you see now how undecided I am on what I like?:

Found thanks to this lady

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Found on this helpful thread

Yeah. So hopefully the hairdresser will be amazing and we can try a few of these out to see what looks best on me, and then I will be able to finally decide. I like the more casual up-dos because they seem fitting for a picnic garden wedding, but then again I like the ones that lean in a vintage direction because quite a few bits of our wedding accidentally follow a kind of English Victoriana theme (like my bolero, the teacups, etc). Oh decisions!

What half up-do style above is your favourite?