Long hair is the best kind of hair a bride can have during her wedding because there’s so much you can do with it! Here are some wedding hairstyle ideas for lucky brides with naturally long tresses.
Braids
Braids are no longer considered schoolgirlish or old-fashioned today; in fact, they’re making a big comeback in catwalks. Crown braids create a regal, elegant, and romantic look by making a natural tiara out of your hair. Strands of hair from the front is plaited around your head like a circular French braid, and will require an expert if you want it to look perfect.
A more softer option would be a cascade braid. Instead of including all of your hair in a braid, the cascade hairstyle only incorporates some of your hair into the crown, leaving the rest of your hair to ripple down your back. Think a medieval princess. This look is perfect for informal weddings or for flower girls.
Both hairstyles can incorporate fresh flowers, jewels, a tiara, or a veil.
Wear it Loose!
If your hair is thick and has great body, you might want to consider showing off your mane and hanging it loose. Brides who choose not to do an updo usually opt against the veil since it distracts from your hair. Your wedding dress style should also be taken into account before you decide to let your hair loose; for instance, the back of your dress and your hair should not be competing for attention.
You can put some small accent braids in front to give your face a little shape. Wear a tiara or a wreath of flowers to add some interest. If you’d like a little more structure to your hair, you can wear it in a loose ponytail tied with an antique or old-fashioned clasp.
Half Up-Dos
Half up-dos are the happy medium between an up-do and loose hair. It’s more formal-looking than loose hair and shows off the length while giving room for a unique look. Half-do hairstyles for short hair also look great on long hair, so you don’t have to worry about running out of styles to choose from. Make sure that you test it out first so you can get the end result you want.
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It would be a total waste of money and good cloth if you chose a dress style your bridesmaids wouldn’t be caught dead in outside your wedding. When deciding what kind of dress your bridesmaids should wear, just remember that the best bridesmaid dress is something simple and elegant - a dress that they’d be more than happy to wear at other formal occasions.
One bridesmaid dress style that’s very popular at weddings is the slip dress. A fun dress that comes in either silk or layers of sheer chiffon, this style flatters all sorts of body types and can easily be re-used as cocktail dresses. Another bridesmaid classic is the A-line dress. Like the slip dress, the A-line dress is an enduring style that looks great on most women, especially those who are a little bottom-heavy. Add variety to the look by using two-tone cloth, adding a full length skirt, or tying a sash or thin belt with a bow around the waist. Other bridesmaid dress styles you can consider are column dresses, floor-length dresses, and halter tops.
As for the color - generally speaking, your bridesmaids’ dresses should complement the wedding’s color scheme. This year, the color scheme for most weddings are soft, ethereal, and feminine. Pastel colors like pale yellow, lavender, soft pink, pale green, peach, and powder blue are popular choices, as well as sorbet-type shades like coral, tangerine, sea green, and lime. If your wedding’s color scheme is already quite muted, do something different and have your bridesmaids wear flourescent colors like electric blue, purple, and fuschia so they will really pop out. Those who are a little more conservative might prefer pale colors like sand, grey, and taupe.
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If you’re a rebellious bride who’d like to go against tradition and walk down the aisle in a colorful wedding gown, you might want to get wedding gown ideas from Maggie Sottero’s bold new collection. Featuring chic looks that include ballgown styles with balloon hemlines, ribbons, ruffles, trumpet skirts, her wedding gowns still exude romance while taking a drastic departure from the typical virginal bride look.
Silver is a dazzling color for a glamorous bride who wants to do nothing less than glow on her wedding day.
A red wedding gown makes a very bold statement like no other wedding gown. Though red is the traditional color for Chinese brides, red should only be worn in Western-style weddings by brides who truly dare to be different regardless of social conventions. (Can you seriously imagine your grandmother saying yes to a vampy red wedding gown?)
This ruffly, lacy pink wedding gown is perfect for true romantics who want an edgier look. The satin ball-gown skirt shimmers in the light and will make you feel like a fairy tale princess, but the embellished corset top will flatter your figure and give your bust a sexy boost.
To see more colorful wedding gowns and other more traditional styles, visit Maggie Sottero’s website.
Wedding cupcakes are the most fashionable alternatives to the traditional tiered wedding cake. No more fussing with cutting the cake, and the guests can choose from a variety of cupcake flavors and designs to eat at the reception or to bring home with them. Not to mention that well-decorated cupcakes can serve as stand-alone decors!
But what if you have hundreds of guests at your wedding? How in the world will you serve the cupcakes to them? Wedding cupcakes are normally placed on tiered stands but you’ll need at least several of them, perhaps one on each table, and it kind of destroys the idea of the wedding cake as the center of the ceremonies.
If you’re a creative, do-it-yourself bride, you might want to forget the cupcake stand and place hundreds of cupcakes on a large cupcake tree instead! Not only is it a beautiful way to present all those wedding cupcakes; it also makes a fabulous centerpiece. The wedding cupcake tree pictured above is about six feet tall, 40 inches in diameter. Each layer is made out of half-inch, medium density fiberboard with rounded edges painted white. The whole structure rests on a Christmas tree stand and is held up by a curtain rod through holes made in the center of each layer.
Six feet of cupcake-y goodness! That definitely beats your average wedding cake. I wonder though, where would you put the cupcake tree afterwards?
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These days, weddings don’t have to be held in churches anymore - well, I suppose that depends on your religious beliefs and customs. In any case, brides can opt to hold their wedding ceremony at the strangest places like outer space and most recently, the supermarket. Kenny Sutherland and Jane Clark met each other at a supermarket and decided to hold their wedding there just a few days ago, making that supermarket one of the first in the UK to be licensed for a wedding ceremony. Ten bridesmaids walked down the aisle before the bride, and a Highland piper piped the couple out of the store. Besides dozens of shoppers - wedding or no, it was business as usual - there were about 110 guests who witnessed this unusual wedding. Yep, Kenny and Jane definitely get points for creativity and for going against the grain! I hope they spend a very happy life together.
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