Wedding Hair

Executive Summary By Abhishek Agarwal & Bridget Mora

Tips To Select A Gorgeous Style

With out a good professional advice choosing your make up & style for the wedding is a real tough one. Following below are some tips to help you make the key decisions regarding your hair styling & make up for the day of the wedding:

1. Have enough time on hand.

You must make sure to have enough time for your make up & hair dressing. Visit your hair stylist at least six weeks prior to the wedding so that they can go ahead with some minor changes needed in the hair. Also, in case you are planning to change your hair style, the hair color, or the length of the hair, you might also need time up to 6 months or so.

2. Meet the hair dresser & seek an appointment.

You must prefer a hair dresser recommended by some one close in the friends and / or family. While we all seek appointment for the wedding day, seek some extra appointments and show the professional some snaps of the kind of style, dress & head pieces you wish to have on your big day. Also discuss with the professional in detail regarding the apt color, texture & style.

3. For permed or relaxed hair

In case you plan to have permed or relaxed hair, discuss it with your hair stylist. Check if they think that this procedure is safe or would it damage your hair. Damaged hair of course would never look good & they are also very difficult to style.

4. Coloring your hair.

Let the professional help you decide the shade in case you are thinking of dyeing or coloring your hair. The shade you choose must suit your skin tone & the color of your eyes.

5. Hair Style must match with the cut of your wedding gown.

Make sure that the hair style you choose is quite in tandem with the cuts & shape of your wedding gown.

6. For the short hair.

Those girls who have short hair may try highlighting to ad some richness to their style. Try undergoing some hair treatments or with a professional advice use some products that would add shine to your hair.

7. For the long hair.

Those who have long hair can try some very elegant & classy looks with their hair tied up with a rich style.

Trendy Wedding Hairstyles

How you wear your hair will have a huge impact on your wedding day look. Your hairdo should look fresh and easy, not overly styled or contrived. Relaxed waves are the order of the day; pin straight hair is not what brides are wearing now. Picture Veronica Lake's iconic hairstyle, only not so perfect. For cascading waves, a pretty pearl comb will be the ideal type of bridal jewelry for your hair.

Most of the trendiest wedding hairstyles involve pulling the hair back into some sort of knot or bun. As with the natural waves, these are loose knots, not tight ballerina buns or pristine chignons. Allow a few tendrils of hair to spring free around your face.

Braids are being used to create some very romantic hairstyles for brides with long hair. We are not talking about two perfect braids, nor the ubiquitous French braids of the 1980s. These braids are not prim or schoolgirlish; they are flirty, soft, and vintage inspired. One long loose braid in the back is one pretty option for wedding hair. For your hair bridal jewelry, finish off the look with a scattering of beautiful crystal or pearl pins tucked into the knot.

The current trends in bridal hairstyles are a perfect pairing with the romantic and eclectic gowns that are in vogue. A soft chiffon wedding dress will look even better when the bride's hair is gathered up into a loose vintagey pouf in the back. Your wedding day hairdo should definitely complement your gown, as well as bring out the natural beauty of your face.

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Creative Wedding Cards

You invitation is a reflection on the type of wedding its going to be weather it be formal, informal or themed this will be transparent in the invitation. The invitation is the only essential stationary required everything else is optional.

Save the date

This card is sent several months in advance to guests that have a long distance to travel, it is simple courtesy to let them know your plans so they can start making their own. These cards only need the Bride and Grooms names and the date and location of the wedding. It's a good idea to include "Invitation to follow" so they don't keep calling for the details that are not available yet like reception location and time.

The Invitation

As before these will reflect the type of wedding to come so chose the style accordingly. Most people spend between 1-2% of the budget on the stationary. When ordering your stationary remember to include 10 extra to provide for mistakes and late invites. This will be cheaper than having to reorder a new batch. It a good idea to let another person check the invites before they go out to make sure all is in order and spelled correctly. The invitation will include the names of the hosts; the brides name the grooms name, the ceremony location, date and time, the reception location and the RSVP address. If children are being invited include on the invitation if not leave out.

Reply Card

The reply card is an optional but efficient way of getting the guest list finalized. You can also include a menu option so that guest with dietary needs can be catered for. Don't for get the stamp so that guest can reply promptly.

Wedding Service Programme

Similar to mass booklets but contain more information. They may include the whole wording of the ceremony, which will provide for a lovely memento of the day especially if the couple has written their own vows. This also offers the scope to mention deceased loved ones or to give a little background on the wedding party or to explain any unfamiliar rites. You can even go further by including poems, photos etc.

Place Cards

These are traditionally small cards engraved with guests name and each seating place. Now more couples are finding creative ways to replace these. One option is to carve the names into small pebbles or stones and offer to guests as a memento you imagination is the limit with this so don't be afraid to let it run riot.

Thank you cards

These are absolutely essential to thank each guest for his or her attendants and gifts you received. You can opt to match these to the invitation cards or pick up a pack of pre-printed cards from your local card shop. Take time to write a hand written note to each on the card to each guest as it is only courtesy and will be remembered.

Special Touches

Besides the choices of text, type, paper and design there are lots of ways to personalize and add that special touch to your cards. Trimmings can range from feathers to pearls, shells flowers or ribbons each design can be unique.

Another option can be the original watercolor of the church where the ceremony is taking place or the coat of arms of the bride and grooms family branded on the invitation.

Photogenic designs and laser cut monograms of the couple's initials on the front of the card is a hot new trend.

Information packs

In addition to the invitation itself you can include directions to the church and reception, local tourist attractions for distant relatives and even details of the wedding list. Such details will be appreciated by the out of town wedding guests who will be unfamiliar with the place your getting married and be interested in favorite bars, restaurants and tourist attractions if any.

DIY Stationary

One way to save money and add that personal touch to the stationary is to make your own. This is more popular than ever and there is an abundant choice of card paper and trinkets to choose from including high quality hand made and floral paper.

You can add organza ribbon, feathers, shells the options are limitless all you will need is a printer to add the script or why not try your hand at some DIY calligraphy to add a definite personalized touch. Although this method of creating your own stationary takes time it can be highly rewarding.

By Declan Tobin

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Wedding Speeches - The Bride's Wedding Speech

"Your Special day has finally arrived, you're about to get married to the man of your dreams. You have decided you want say a few words at your wedding, you want to let everyone know how happy you are to be marrying your man and to thank everyone for helping make your day perfect."

The days of the bride's wedding speech being simply a list of names to read out as thank-you's are gone, brides now want to have something to say on their special day. Whilst the bride's wedding speech does still need to include a "thank you" list of people who helped contribute to your life and your day, it can include that much more.

You want to convey to everyone your heartfelt thanks for helping you on this day, you want to let your new husband and everyone else present know just how delighted you are to be his wife. You need to thank mum and dad, for all their efforts in raising you, you want to keep it light, sprinkle a few laughs in amongst the emotion.

Writing the bride's wedding speech can be an anxiety filled, nerve wracking experience, You want to make sure you say just the right thing without over doing it, you want to convey the right amount of emotion as well as humor.

Not all of us are bestowed with the ability to get across exactly what we mean when making a speech. In the link below you will find professionally written speech writing guides that will take the time and pain out of writing your bride's wedding speech. You can literally have it up and written in 30 minutes, allowing you to get on with planning and enjoying the million other things you need to have in place for the day. Best of all the guides are available for direct download so even if it's the night before the big day you will be able to successfully get your speech written.

By Gloria Bond

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