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 Hairstyling work featured on Fashionising.com

I'm not sure how I managed to miss this but a shoot I did hairstyling for has been featured on Fashionising.com... for over 5 months now!

I've uploaded some of my favourite pictures that didn't make it into the feature but shows the 4 different hairstyles I was asked to style as well as the screenshot from Fashionising.com I took, just click on the link to go see the full size pictures on their website.

Tips for wedding hair trials

I've been doing a lot of last minute hair trials and thought i'd offer some of my tips to get the most out of your hair trial/preview.

Bring lots of pictures, examples of what you like and what you don't like and be as specific as you can but do be prepared to compromise. You can come in wanting Beyonce's do but we may have to do a different style but with the same feel for your thin wispy blonde bob... Even if it's just looking at using hair extension or  padding to add volume or shape.

Bring photos of your dress, material samples, bridesmaids dresses, flowers, hair pins, veils, headpiece etc so the stylist has a visual idea of your wedding theme and understands your taste and style. It's ok to want a totally different style to your everyday look, for example vintage makeup to suit your theme but if I know you usually don't wear make then I can make it more natural to suit you rather then go straight into the Marilyn Monroe...

Bronwyn's wedding hair

I realise that my blog is called the bridal hairstylist (only because I was trying to find a name that wasn't already taken) yet there hasn't been a blog on bridal hair... So when I did hair for Bronwyn's wedding last week I thought I'd take some pictures for my blog post.
Everyone had different hair; short, thick, thin and highlighted, so we went with similar curl styles but to suit each persons hair and different hair accessories. The flower girls had their hair done elsewhere but by the time they got to the hotel and after all the running around their curls  had dropped a bit so I pinned their hair and revived some of the curls.
The wedding was amazing and the girls were absolutely lovely, you can see more pictures from Bronwyn's wedding on Jewel's Facebook.

Professional photo courtesy of Jewel Chenoweth Photography.