Weddingbee Blog

…whoaaaaaaa, that was a stretch, wasn’t it people? I was going to go with “To Bang or Not to Bang,” but that sounded like a wedding night poll. Sorry, sisters. No such luck.

We’re talkin’ about bangs, my friends. Fringe. And for me, that looks something like this:

(I took this picture to send to a hair expert friend, after I tried trimming them myself for the first time. It did not go well.)

A few years ago, I straight plagiarized Reese Witherspoon’s post-Ryan Phillipe hair. When I told my stylist that, she thought for a moment and said, “Yellow, strapless dress pictures?” YES. Exactly.

I think the bangs have served me well. They add a little something different to otherwise boring hair. I tend to like up-dos that include side-swept bangs. But then, we did our engagement pictures and everything changed.

I would actually love to know how many pictures Katie took that were rendered useless because of my bangs. It was a bit windy, and they were all over the place. I was constantly adjusting them, and then they looked stringy. You can sort of see what was happening here, only x100:

Then I got to thinking…are they going to be annoying on our wedding day? And really, are they doing my round face/small forehead any favors…?

So I’ve been growing them out, just in case. Prior to having bangs, I just did a really deep side part, almost like faux bangs. Comme ceci:

I’M ON A BOAT

And now, at 5-ish months away, I’m not sure what to do.

Anyone have any advice on this? Bangs that made their wedding hair look awesome? Bangs that drove them crazy and messed up some pictures? Hair experts?