Engagement Photo Shoot Fastly Approaching

Is March seriously almost halfway done? Holy cow, I never even got the memo about January ending. But anyway now that I think about it, my engagement photo shoot is right around the corner in May. That leaves me with hardly any time to start seriously thinking about what I want to wear, how to do my hair, and scheduling the first of many {hopefully not} makeup trials.

We'll worry about one thing at a time, so today is all about hair. Since I'm doing my hair half up/half down for the wedding, I've decided to do it all down for my e-pics. Whether slightly wavy or straight, I know I want lots of volume. Here are my e-pic inspiration hair photos:

Now, on to wardrobe!

Pictures 1&2: African American Wedding Hairstyles & Hairdos
Picure3: Project Wedding

Assessing Your Hair Accessorie Style

I first posted here about being torn over how I would wear my hair for my wedding day. Then I posted here after I came to a final decision. I'm so glad that I've narrowed the choice down. Now, all I have to do is decide on the perfect hair accessorie.

I'm not really a tiara or head band type of girl. They look pretty on other people, but I just don't think it fits me. I am more of a hair broach, hair pin, or hair comb type of girl.

This is one of my inspiration pictures:

Pictures 1-4 courtesy of Project Wedding

And here are some pretty hair accessories I've found that I will be on the hunt for:

If I had decided to go with an updo {which I no longer want}, I think these hair pins would have complemented the look gorgeously:

Pictures courtesy of White Aisle

So what type of hair accessorie bride are you?

Keep It Right "Hair"

One of the recurrent things I stress over is my wedding day hair. Hair is very important to me because I believe it alters a persons' mood. I can't begin to tell you how invigorated I feel when my hair looks good. I posted here about some of my concerns over hairstyles, and I thought I had came to an ultimate decision, but who was I kidding? Us brides never come to final decisions as long as there's time on the clock to re-think! I don't really care that I'm getting married in July anymore, I WANT my hair down {well, half up & half down} because it is the element I feel most comfortable and sexy in.

When I envision myself on my wedding day, I alway picture my hair to look like this:

source

TheHairstyler.com

Bella Sugar

Project Wedding

And I plan to top it off with a hair broach or comb, like so: {more to come in future posts on hair combs/brooches}

Project Wedding

I've already talked to my hairstylist and she doesn't think I'll have anything to worry about. The way I see it, at least by the time I start dancing like crazy, I would have taken all my formal pictures. And I'll put a whole can of hair spray so that it'll last against New York's summer humidity!

Now of course this means that the hairstyle for my egagement shoot has to be changed, but that's a whole other blog post! Stay tuned!

Doing the "Do"!

My intent was to talk about limos today since it was the next big thing in line that Mr.Golden and I booked after the venue, photo/video, florist and DJ. But to be honest, I am on my laptop and don't have access to my limo inspiration pictures! lol.

So not to disappoint, I want to talk about how to do the do. And when I say "do" I mean hairstyles! I dream about my wedding day hairstyle. I mean, it is like the one day in my life when I'll need my hair to cooperate with me and be nice for once!

When I started thinking of hairstyles, I really tried to take into consideration how Mr. Golden likes my hair. He loves when my hair is down and in spiral or drop curls. I love spiral and drop curls too, I just hate sleeping pretty with my head propped up and waking up with a crick in my neck the next day just to avoid the curls from getting flat. Now of course I will be getting my hair styled on the actual day of my wedding, but through my thought process, I ran into some other obstacles.

My first obstacle was my hair stylist! I approached her with the idea that I should have two wedding hairstyles: All down for the ceremony and then up for the reception. While she didn't say no, she wasn't too thrilled at the idea. When I thought about getting my hair re-styled while cocktail hour food was being served, I became less than thrilled at the idea, too. I have to mention that I have a fantastic relationship with my hair stylist since she has been doing my hair since I was a teenager and while we keep things professional when neccessary, she is basically family and will be a guest at my wedding as well.

My second option was to do a half up-half down style with spiral curls. Imagine how lovely a veil would look with wavy curls framing my face as I walk down the aisle:

One day out the blue reality hit me and I thought, "Whoa nelly, hold your horses. You're getting married JULY! One of the hottest, humid, months of the year!" And then my dream was crushed. I realized having any little piece of my hair down in the summer could potentially prove to be lethal. We'll be taking pictures outside, our ceremony is outside, and I will be partying like a rock star at my reception! Curls wouldn't stand a chance, and I refuse to look like this lady on my wedding day: (no offense lady!)

So I got to thinking and I decided that an updo is my best bet. And besides, Mr. Golden loves my hair no matter how I wear it -so long as I don't chop it off. I guess a part of me had been avoiding updos because I look back with embarrassment at my high school prom updo with the ultra stiff hair piled high on the top of my head. But that was indeed years ago, and updos can be elegant without being prom-ish. These hairstyles are what I have in mind:

I really love the second and third photos. I will not be wearing a tiara on my head because it is just not my type. But to spruce up my hair, I would love to add some swarovski hair pins inside the pin curls. Crises adverted!

Oh, and if you're wondering if I totally ditched the idea of my half up-half down hairstyle, the answer is: Not At All! I will be using that style for our engagement pictures and my secret boudoir photo shoot!