On Bridal Hair
Did you see t
his Buzzfeed article featuring women who wore their hair natural for their wedding day? It really got me thinking about something that has been on my mind since we got married a few years ago. While I'm not the first person to write about
short hair for brides, I do have a personal experience with this.
At the time we got engaged, I had chin length hair, and I immediately began to grow it out. I think I didn't feel like I really had the option to keep it short. It sounds silly to say that now, but I bought into the idea that I'd have more versatility if I had longer hair. In the end, the way that I felt on our wedding day didn't feel quite like me, and I wish I had at least considered keeping it short or even cutting it shorter.
Of course, a wedding day often feels a bit like theater, not quite like real life, but I wonder if having hair that I identified as my own style would have helped me feel more grounded?
I really love the images I see lately of women rocking their own hairstyles on their wedding days, whether it be short or natural or long and a weave! I hope they feel like themselves. They seem like they do!
My advice to you, whether you're getting married, attending a wedding, or just headed to the salon? Look back at pictures of yourself that you like the most, and start there. You just might surprise yourself! Because, in the end, I loved our wedding, and I DO look like myself, even if the hair isn't quite me. There's no hiding goofiness!
I have shoulder length, naturally thick and curly hair. Guess how I wore it at our wedding? Shoulder length, curly and loose like I always do. Funny, it never occurred to me to do anything else. Up do always wind up messy because my hair is soft and fine despite being thick and curly so things like bobby pins, hair pins, etc. always slide around or fall out. I would have been constantly fussing which I just hate.
ReplyDeleteSo wise!
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