Doing your own hair for your wedding day?

[MissTiq]

Would anyone do their own hair for their wedding?

i did, i looked fabulous

I did - and make up too. But then I can't stand all the made-up, 'styled' brides who look nothing like themselves.
Plus, I was doing the whole thing on a budget!

I did - I actually regretted it.

I mean, it looked like me , but my Best Woman had her hair done at a salon across the road, and her hair looked sooooo much better than mine.

cos I used spray-on conditioner (I don't really do hairspray or mousse, cos i can't make it smooth), it was straggly and messy within half an hour.

In hindsight, I would have preferred to spend the money and have a fab hair-do.

i'm the scruffy one one the left

I did mine- wedding on a Sunday morning and thought it would be too much faff to organise a hairdresser. Was perfectly happy with it - mind you, was also pregnant so not looking my best!

I'd have a blow dry with a backcombed section at the crown to attach a veil to. Or ghd curls etc with a backcombed bit.

Unless your good at doing your own hair.

nickelbabe i absolutely love yor dress (slightly off subject)
I had mine done and loatherd it - all scraped back and weddingy.

I did my own hair for my wedding. It was a 40's wedding, and so I pin curled my hair the night before, slept with my curls wrapped up in a scarf, and in the morning brushed it all out into big 40's curls. I think (and others said) it looked great.

aw, thanks grumpy - i made it myself.

Tis very lovely nickel, now I know how lovely you looked I'm pleased you're my official mn wedding stalker :)

why thank you!

I did my own hair and make-up too, for the same reasons as TennisFan, and I like to think I looked rather nice.

It depends on the kind of wedding you're having though. If it's quite a DIY affair, then go for it; if it's a huge stately home banquet affair with designer dress and ten matching pageboys, possibly not. Well, not unless you're a professional hair and make-up person by trade.

i did my own hair but only because all the hairdressers in our market town were fully booked because of the school prom. it looked fab though and i saved a fortune.

did my own make up as well, that looked fab too.

I did my own, and my own makeup and made my own dress, cake, bunting, bridesmaid dresses, invitations

here I am with my little bridesmaid (who I also made!)

i assume you mean she's your DD

yes! though I did also make her dress.. I was on ML and nearly drove myself made making every damn bit of the wedding, I even made my own jewellery. but it did mean we could afford a much bigger posher do than if we'd paid other people, and it was lovely to have the chance to get everything just how we wanted.

yes, we managed to get a better do than we might have afforded, too.
also with the fact that we didn't have to pay for anything in the service. DH got all grumbly about it "i should think so that i should get a free wedding all the work i've done for them over the years" (he's the church's organist and doesn't get paid for it, so they did owe us about 8 years of fees)

I would happily do my own hair, but not make-up. I never usually wear make-up.

I think the tip is to keep the hairstyle simple.

This girl did her own hair, and looked fab:

www.rockmywedding.co.uk/a-rmw-love-story-part-1/

RobynLou - you look fabulous!

I know this is from a few weeks ago but I'm another vote for yes, I did my own hair and make-up (and lots of other things) for our wedding.