Saturday, April 9, 2011

Current Dilemma: Hair

Wedding number 5 is coming up- and after that... there are no weddings requiring my bridesmaid services on the horizon. (Seriously, this deserves a gasp. This hasn't happened since December 2008).
For the life of me, I can't figure out what to do with my hair. I'm not very adept with hair styling (it should say something that I only learned how to successfully use a curling iron 3 months ago), so when I'm left to my own devices, well... I curl it. I mean... it's better than paying $50+ for my hair to be done, right?

  • Wedding #1, I got lucky. The maid of honor was awesome and did everyone's hair, makeup, and nails. 
  • Wedding #2, hot curlers... for like an hour. And lots of hair spray. And some help from other bridesmaids to pin it back with bobby pins.
  • Wedding #3, paid hair stylist. I gave her a picture of a hair style that I loved... a low bun, with lots of weaving in and out of hair. What I got: Cinderella bun on the top of my head, then lots of twisting and who knows what else at the back of my head. Got lots of compliments. NOT what I wanted though (it's been almost a year and I still don't love that hair style). Also, there was so much hair spray in my hair that she told me not to fall because my hair could break, or to get too close to fire. It took 5 shampoos and 2 conditioners to wash it all out. Oh- and like 40-50 bobby pins (not so bad, since I needed some).
  • Wedding #4, curling iron (this is why I started practicing 3 months ago) and sparkly headband. 
  • Wedding #5..... Unless I can figure out something, it's going to be a repeat of Wedding #4, without the headband. Tried a side ponytail (maybe with curls?), and the layers in my hair just won't participate. I've got a few weeks to figure this out.
A few months after wedding #3, I chopped off 10 inches of hair for Locks of Love (my 3rd time doing so), thinking it would be more than long enough for wedding #4, and it was, but unfortunately, it's not long enough for me to figure out something for #5. Looks like I'm going to the dreaded The Knot website (or even worse, googling "Simple hair styles" (did I mention that I'm not good with hair?)).

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