Vanessa's wedding hair and makeup trial

Vanessa and Dave were married on Saturday 17th of November this year at Peter Seppelt's Winery in Springton, South Australia. They were having a very relaxed wedding and since she and her sisters (aka her bridesmaids) usually didn't wear makeup anyways she wanted something simple and natural. So we went with soft colours and a side do so she could have David austin roses in her hair to match her bouquet. Don't mind my crappy photography skills (or lack of…) of her hair and makeup trial done late one night after work in my home studio.

Belinda's wedding hair - Chignon

I wanted to share some pictures I took on my phone of Belinda's wedding hair from Sunday. I love structured updos! This is a very classic style that would suit a lot of different wedding themes and dress styles and since everything is up and out of the way you don't have to worry about hair dropping, getting in your face or on your neck. A very resilient style for those wet windy days or crazy hot days!

We didn't get to have a trial beforehand as Belinda is from Melbourne but since she had already gotten married in April (in Melbourne, where they live and had celebrations with Cam's family in Queensland and now the big Italian wedding in Adelaide with Belinda's family) I already knew the style could be done on her hair as she had pictures from her wedding with the exact same style. 

The only thing we changed on the day was not using her clip in hair extensions since her hair had grown longer since April it wasn't absolutely necessary. For those with shorter and thinner hair remember this style is still achievable with clip in hair extensions and padding and can be made smaller, bigger, higher or lower for a different feel to suit your style.

Vanessa and Dave's profession wedding photos

Below are Vanessa and Dave's professional wedding photos taken by her amazing photographer Carla of  Carla Mucucci Photography to give you an idea of how a professional photographer, time, light and atmosphere (in your dress with your flowers and friends and family to share in your happiness) can really transform how you look and feel.

Interesting story, Adelaide is very small and the wedding industry even smaller. Imagine the photographer's surprised when she walked in to see her sister aka my second artist doing the bridesmaids hair and mother of the brides hair and makeup! So thats how I've had access to these photos, having connections and Facebook stalking lol, otherwise I'd be too scared to ask for photos and hence why i don't usually have any wedding photos to share on my blog.

First ever wedding blog feature - Style Me Pretty.com

What a great start to the month! Aroha and Derrick's Engagement shoot that I did makeup for was featured on StyleMePretty.com today! My first ever featured makeup work on a wedding blog! You can see all the photos on their 3 page gallery. Can you tell i'm excited! :D When I first started this was  something i've always wanted to acomplish but didn't think was possible for a few years to come so i'm very grateful for the opportunity and outcome to working with such amazing South Australian wedding vendors.

Aroha and Derrick are such a cute couple and Bree from Life in still photography did such an amazing job at capturing them. Everyting just came together beautifully from the location at Lyndoch Lavender Farm in the Barossa Valley to the gorgeous floral arrangements from  Poppies Flowers.