Weddingbee Blog

Harry Potter and I are basically the same person. We are both awesome, we both have annoying relatives, we both love Ron Weasley, we both do magical things (ish), and we both have lightening-bolt-shaped scars on our foreheads given to us from our arch nemeses.

Harry Potter image credit: Warner Bros. via Facebook

See? Harry Potter and Miss Pony = SAME PERSON (if you disregard that HP is English, fictional, and male).

While Harry’s scar was caused by his evil wizard arch nemesis trying to kill him and take over the magical world, my scar was caused by my arch nemesis: hunger. Hunger, acting in conjunction with a sharp-edged door. (You see, I was walking to ask my dad when we were going to eat because I was really hungry. Instead of paying attention to where I was going, hunger forced me to open a piece of candy while walking and I walked straight into the door. Six-year-old Miss Pony = not a multitasker.)

Coincidentally, it is the same door where my wedding dress is hanging…perhaps I should move the dress before something bad happens to it, too…

While I love being Harry Potter’s United Statesian female twin, I am worried about my scar being visible in our wedding photos. This sucker may not look it from the picture above, but it is large and in charge. I had to get 50 stitches in my head to get everything sewn back together again and, although it has faded with time, the scar is still visible today.

Let’s turn our time turner back a few to look at JK Rowling’s inspiration my scar through the ages:

Circa 1993.

Surprisingly, we do not have pictures of my scar when it was fresh. I think my mom forced me to have bangs to cover it until it was no longer red and swollen. (Try not to be too jealous of the side pony and hair accessories; I was am naturally that cool.)

Circa 1995. This is a picture from a couple years later; the scar had started to fade ever so slightly.

I don’t have/don’t want to subject you to pictures of me from junior high/early high school, so we’ll just skip to college, mkay?

Circa August 2005. BM J, me, and my scar celebrating J’s 21st

As an adult, my scar moved slightly off-center on my forehead and also became less visible. But, as you can see in the picture above, drinking/shininess enhances its visibility.

Circa May 2007. The crazed-excited look is because we just made it to Disney World.

Circa 2010. Sorry for the close-up picture. I was trying to get a shot of my hair because I was having a good hair day. Yes, I am vain and tried to take pictures of my good hair day.

Now, my scar is not as noticeable (that, or people stopped pointing it out to me) but, as you can see, it is still visible in pictures.

Normally, I put some powder over my scar and go about my day, not really caring whether people notice it, or wonder whether I had brain surgery or if I am related to Harry Potter. But, on our wedding day, I don’t want to worry about my scar being visible in pictures. Our photography package does not allow us to edit pictures, thus more proactive measures need to be taken.

So, hive, I need some help. How do I cover this thing for the wedding, short of caking on the makeup? I’ve tried using an expensive, fancy makeup primer that the ladies at Sephora assured me would cover my scar. Liars. It made my scar slightly less noticeable, but it was still not completely covered.

Is there some sort of magical product that will cover my scar but keep my makeup natural looking? Are there tricks I am missing? Or, should I just embrace my magical roots and let my scar shine through?

All personal photos—you know, except Harry.