How to Choose Your Wedding Day “Do”

Not sure how to style your hair on the big day? Choosing your wedding hairstyle shouldn’t get your veil in a bunch! You want to look your best and we want to help - here are the top tips to turn your mane into a wedding-day do:

1. Don’t do anything outrageous! Sure you’ve always wanted to try a mohawk – a  month before your wedding is not the time for a big change. Save the daring look for after the big day.
2. Go with a natural color. If your hair is brown, this is probably not the best time to go platinum. Highlights: good. Bleaching whole head: bad.
3. Do test runs! Make sure you book hair trials about a month before your wedding – this will give you enough time to have a second trial if need be. Leaving the entire process to the day of the wedding could leave you disappointed and upset if it does not work out!
4. Compliment your dress, don’t compete with it. Your hairstyle should be an extension of your dress, not a whole new showpiece. If you are sporting a ballgown, an updo is the way to go; if you are looking romantic in soft flowing layers, wearing your hair down in loose curls looks dreamy.
5. Come to terms with your hair’s personality. Everyone’s hair has a nasty side. Whether its flaw is frizziness, crazy curls or cowlicks, be sure to make peace with it and choose a hairdo that will finesse, not fight, with your hair’s worst enemies.
6. Choose a hairdo you can handle. A mile-high beehive may not be the answer if you plan to dance the night away… Choose something you are prepared to keep in check all night.
7. Respect the elements. If your hair tends to frizz at the slightest hint of moisture and you’re marching down the aisle outdoors, leaving it loose on a rainy day may not work in your favor. If you’re outdoors, consider Mother Nature as a consultant to your style.
8. Veil or no veil… Your veil, tiara or headpiece is essential to your style. Make sure it accompanies you on your test runs and that is can be easily and naturally worked in to your hair. Also, be sure that your headpiece’s fasteners will stay in place all night.
9. Go with the flow… Did you write “Black-tie” on the invite? Make sure your hair reflects your wedding theme.

Formal = updo
Semi-formal = casual up-do or hair half-up

Casual = just make sure you take the rollers out of your hair!

10. This is the most important rule: do what you feel comfortable with! It’s your day so have fun!

MC College is a licensed Hair, Esthetics and Fashion College with 7 locations across Western Canada. We offer education and training, as well as a fully functioning day spa and beauty salon. For more information on our programs and  services, visit our website: www.mccollege.ca.