Hair Inspiration Strikes Again

Ok, this is my fourth hair inspiration post, but I hope this will also be the last. If it weren't for Mrs. Hamster's awesome vintage hair I would be fine with my last hair trial, but alas I am not....

Mrs. Hamster

Oh my god, I want that hair! I swear normally I don't sweat the small stuff but that hair is perfection... but I didn't want so much curl as Mrs. Hamster as my hair is naturally stick straight and frankly I don't think I can pull off that much curl. So while talking to my amazing FSIL/Photographer/Veil Making Goddess she thought of Jennifer Connelly in Dark City, a favorite movie of ours.

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What do you think of my NEW idea? Anyone going vintage stylized? Do you think I'm absolutely nuts for having YET ANOTHER post about hair inspiration?!

Hair Trial Pt 2

Ok so when we left off I had a beautiful half up/half down hair do that was very curly and majorly teased and very accurate to my first set of inspiration pictures. But my hair got bigger.... much bigger... Steel Magnolias bigger. The industrial strength Bobby Pins started flying...

And my hair quickly transformed into Texas Pageant Hair. Can you see me saying "Help me!" with my eyes? Because I clearly am...

Wow.

While this was a lovely, all be it Bigger-and-Better-Texas-Hair, style it wasn't what my second set of inspiration pictures were. Remember those? The loose low bun off to the side, we did not achieve it.
Oh well. Part I went well, and I think the verdict is a resounding DOWN! What do you think? Do you love my Big Pageant Hair?

Hair Trial Pt 1

So my hair trial was on Saturday and my wonderful FSIL/Photographer decided to come with me. So I have some pretty hilarious and artistic photos of the transformation from bedhead to bridal styling.

Pretty sure I'm channeling Amy Winehouse in this next photo... "They tried to make me go to rehab but I said No No No..."

An artistic shot of all the massive amounts of product that go into Wedding Hair...

The Haze is not an illusion- it is residual hair spray in the air... no joke.

The bigger the hair the closer to god, as my Texan friends say...

And I am apparently very happy!

Wow that was a lot of photos, but we did try up-do hair style as well. So that will be up tomorrow. So what say you, did you like the artistic hair-stylin' shots? We did my hair trial almost 3 months out, what about you- when did you start?

Ever Changing Hair Inspiration

Well although wearing my hair down and in beautiful curls would look amazing... I have succumbed to peer pressure and high temperatures. This past Sunday was a fluke day in Phoenix. The temperature was 96°F in the middle of April.

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See, I told you- 96°F. Please notice it is followed by more accurate April temperatures in the 80°-70° range. So whilst I was sweating in April I decided to look into some other hair styles for the wedding, just for kicks.... and because I decided to be a bit more practical.

I looked up and down, Offbeat Bride, Weddingbee, even the dreaded Knot. But I found, well MOH found, an amazing website that I thought I'd pass on to my fellow brides/readers. It's called Model Bride and they have great photos, images of every hair style from the front, back, and side. Perfect to show a hair stylist. Don't believe me? Look at the amazing NEW inspiration...

Model Bride

Now I could be just jumping on the bandwagon late, you ladies may have known about this site forever, but in case you didn't I needed to share the gold mine. Plus my fabulous hair flower from Mrs. Star (aka RedHeadedActress on Etsy) will look awesome with this hairstyle.

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Did you find any gems while searching for inspiration? Feel free to share!

Makeup + Hair Inspiration

Wow, so you heard earlier that Fairy Godmother Blue, also known as my FMIL has gifted me and my bridal party with hair and makeup. You also know I attempted to DIY my makeup, but my limited makeup skills didn't get too far. So I give you my "real" inspiration aka what I'm giving to the guy or gal doing my hair and makeup!

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I'm going to be going for a very '50s vintage/glam look to play up the vintage-ness of my wedding gown. This look is nothing like my everyday and I simply couldn't accomplish it in my own DIY Trials, but I have great trust that a real MUA will be able to make it work.

Now moving onto the hair... originally I thought I'd just curl it and be done with it.... but I am severely curling iron impaired and ended up with weird Shirley Temple Curls every time... don't believe me?...

Personal Photo from the AZ Cardinals Superbowl!

Well we couldn't let that happen on W-Day, so here are my REAL Hair inspiration pics...

Mrs. Dumpling (Front View)

Mrs. Dumpling (Side View)

Mrs. Dumpling (Back View)

What do you think of my NEW and IMPROVED hair + makeup inspiration? Did anyone else plan on DIYing only to have luck fall into their lap? Do you think I'm crazy for changing my mind again... no wait again don't answer the last question!

Platinum Weddings

No I'm not talking about the WEtv program about outrageous weddings.... I'm talking about the bane of my mane. The sliver of silver. The... I should really stop thinking of these stupid sayings and get to the point....

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This is hard to admit, even though I'm 25 my hair looks like it's 40ish at the root. I have been going gray since I was 16... and I'm afraid to say that if I stopped dying my hair, my natural coloring would be more Cruella DeVille than anything else...

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So why am I writing about this? Any other Gray-brides know that in anticipation of your wedding you need to NAIL your hair color... I actually have the exact formula saved in my phone. But anyone knows that over-treating your hair leads to fried hair... so I wait 8 weeks in between dye jobs to keep my hair in good condition. 

Which leads to grays showing through... it's a vicious cycle. But every time I go to dye my hair they marvel at what good condition it is in. So I suffer my 2-3 weeks of visible gray for the 2 hours of being fawned over for my healthy hair.

What lengths have you gone to, to keep up your youthful appearance for the wedding?

Hair, There, and Everywhere...

As sung to the tune of the Beatles.... anyway! Let's take a look take a look through time at my ever changing hair... and then discuss what the HECK I'm going to do with this mane for the wedding...

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Let's analyze shall we...

85- Nothing I could really do about it at that point, but look at that amazing flip I've got going on...
86- When was my hair curly?!
90- Long with weird bangs and a bad smile.

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This is what I like to call my experimental years...

02- Yes I did think I was Josie ala Josie and the Pussycats. I remember going home at lunch to RE-CURL my hair.... oh yes I did.
05- A very cute bob with some rockin' side bangs that really don't do what they're supposed to, ever.
06- Just for a change of pace can I see my jet black hair BLONDE?! What the heck was I thinking...

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Ah, graduate school how you really made up for the last 10 or so years...

06- Wow I'm trying some weird layered thing that makes my chubby face look chubbier... not a good look.

07- I cleaned up good for the white coat ceremony... but you can totally see the reminents of previous highlights.

08- Ok that is my hair with ridiculous levels of hairspray and teasing, does it look big? Sadly, no.

09-10- A beautiful do that's simple and really elongates my chubby face. I hope everyone agrees with this.

Ok so now the conundrum comes in... how fast does hair grow- because I want to wear my hair down and long ala Mrs. Champagne

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Well the lady at the salon told me about 1/2 an inch a month.... which means with 7 months to go I'm only gaining 3 and a half inches.... cross your fingers ladies that I too have a mane of Mrs. Champagne's portions.

Are you doing the big wedding-grow-out? How are you rocking your 'do when you say "I Do"?