wedding hair suggestions
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Topic: wedding hair suggestions
Posted By: MERGUTHRIE
Subject: wedding hair suggestions
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 3:09pm
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i need help. i am used to having extensions. i currently have pink streaks. i do not want pink streaks for my wedding but i see no problem with them the day after my wedding. i was contemplating wearing a chignon or a pony or a piece of any type. should i wear something over my pinchbraids, a wig? would i be able to wear a wig and do an half updo like amandas? (she looked AWESOME) help help help i ordered an elastica piece from sarah in platinum colors in 28mm , that is like a fall right? can i wear that? i don't even totally understand what that is and it hasn't come in yet. i looked over those pictures you posted jenny about 600 times and i still didnt get it. my wedding is june 4. i want to wear a tiara bc i am a princess hahaha thats all i know. it can be a teeny comb in one, i don't care as long as i have one! oh yea, my dilemna is, i can't just pull my hair back and pop on a chinogn thingie bc then my pinchbraids might be exposed? and well, i don't want to take out my extensions bc i certainly DO NOT WANT TO BE ON MY HONEYMOON EXTENSIONLESS!!!!! edit: horrible typos ------------- i love plastikhaar |
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Posted By: Amanda8Beechwoo
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 3:30pm
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Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 4:14pm
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Hmmm....this is a challenge. First off, I don't think you're going to be able to hide all of the pink with any kind of piece or pony. I just don't think it's feasible. It's a bit of a challenge wearing pieces of any kind when you already have a full head of extensions, but if the colors are different, I doubt it will work. No matter what you do, the pink will probably peek out here and there. Tiaras are a bit tricky. I think you could probably do something similar to what Amanda did--a swept-back style--but you'll need to get the pink parts replaced with blonde. If you want an updo or a pony, I'd actually remove all your extensions temporarily (as long as your own hair's long enough to pull back into a pony), and attach a piece, like (pictures shown below--they're all from InternationalWig.com, by the way). The Elastica fall may work, but you'd still need to remove the pink extensions, at least. Generally, I wouldn't recommend that kind of fall--or any 3/4 type of piece--with a tiara, unless you have a stylist that day who can really incorporate it all seamlessly. 3/4 falls work great with headbands, but with a tiara, I'd think you'd really need that front hair to be arranged very strategically. A few things about pieces: If you're removing all your extensions and have very fine thin hair, I would really suggest a jaw or claw clip because they stay put on even the thinnest hair and don't need a whole lot to hold on to. Drawstrings are great, but need a little more hair to hold on to (in the form of a bun usually), so they're good for hair that's a bit thicker and longer. A lot of the updo-type styles seem to be available in French comb form, which I have no experience with. But whatever you do, don't get a banana-clip fall--they're just not very secure. Good luck! :) :    |
Posted By: AfroPuffs
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 4:29pm
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http://www.beautybymatt.com/Bridal.html - http://www.beautybymatt.com/Bridal.html Can't you just get your hair done the next day? The above link is some pics of wedding hair designs. Maybe you'll find one that can work with your extensions. There's four pages of pics. |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 4:38pm
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they picures are lovely Jenny. Merguthrie I like the middle one best ------------- |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 4:38pm
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actually, make that the top one. Thats defo my favourite ------------- |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 5:03pm
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I think if you take som eof the pinkt hat is closest to the top out you
should be fine. Pull the remaining pink back and clip it to your
head before putting on the elastica. I'd also say you need to p ractice this a few million times between now and then. When are you getting your extensions redone/tightened up next? You could always get them done "normal" and have a few switched out for pink when you get back from your honeymoon. As for making sure your pinch braids don't show. try a hair style. play with it. Wear it around. check for peak throughs. repeat. I'm much more like Kalika on this in that I do n't give a rats ass if some of my attachments show through here and there. But from time to time its useful to hide them and I have a few hairstyles that could be used for formal events (like renewing my vows? in Hawaii? soon? ooh yes my husband shall be upset with you soon) where they wouldn't show. half up similar to amanda's wedding hair. A full ponytail with about 20 minutes of fiddling to get everything covered. Then on either of those I can bun the loose hair. PIg tails also are good for 'up' bu no showing but not so much wedding hair. Do you just not want the pink showing in the pics or not at all at the wedding? |
Posted By: Amanda8Beechwoo
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 6:47pm
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Posted By: mtolady
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 8:51pm
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so this may sound dumb for asking....like a teen getting her senior pix with all her piercings still in because it's "her".... but do you usually have some colored streaks in your hair??? if so, by chance is 'pink' or some flavor thereof a color in your wedding palette??? then why work so feverishly to hide them all when you will have a gazillion other concerns for your wedding ....TRUST ME!!! :) is there some way you can twist the front of your hair to the back that will minimize the pink streaks, but not completely obliterate them....make use of them. if it's you...it's YOU i'm just offering suggestions that don't make you work any harder to undo what you have done....considering you say that you'd not mind them the day after. then again...if you're having a professional photographer....they can always photoshop the pix...and your hair will be blonde allover! and no one but you will even remember they 'retouched' the photos. ------------- has someone been swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool again? |
Posted By: MERGUTHRIE
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 1:32pm
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uhm, the non pink is at the grooms request ;) hahahaha he's having a hissy over the nosering lol, but i told him if he wan'ts to give up the strip club after the stag then i'll take the nose ring out and amazingly enough i get to keep the nose ring hahahaha i'll write when i try more things, all the suggestions are greta... thanks for all the help..
mer
------------- i love plastikhaar |
Posted By: MERGUTHRIE
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 1:41pm
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http://www.internationalwig.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/tkimages/temptress.jpg - http://www.internationalwig.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/ tkimages/temptress.jpg
I REALLY LIKE THIS!!!!
------------- i love plastikhaar |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 2:20pm
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I like that about the nose ring vs strip club. I can still make mine put up with the new piercings and new weird hair by taunting him with friends upcoming bachelors parties. Don't know what i'll do once all of our friends are married. So it's nose ring in pink hair out strip club in? IS he against the hair the rest of hte year or just since this is a big formal event and hopefully one that won't be repeated? |
Posted By: MERGUTHRIE
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 3:09pm
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yea, i don't mind not having pink hair for the wedding, i don't care about that, but a cute little sparkle on my nose is just too darned cute! ha! he is against funky hair the rest of the time, but knows he can't win. he was fiercely against the nosering, too. it's quite ironic in my opinion. it's almost when you see your grndma and granpa and your grandma is a spitfire and you don't know how grandpa ended up with her... that'll be us hahahaha he is anti dreads since day one, but i found some i fell in love with (kelly at devilish do'd current ones, and i just may have to do them next... if my workplace will allow)
mer ------------- i love plastikhaar |
Posted By: MERGUTHRIE
Date Posted: April 23 2005 at 10:55am
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will i be able to use my elastica like that clip on i posted above?
gracias to all ------------- i love plastikhaar |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 23 2005 at 1:36pm
Well, the Elastica is an accordian attachment, so it's a pretty
flexible piece (that is, you can wear it in a few different ways). You
will need some bobby pins to secure it well, though. I agree with
Amanda about the height issue, though, if you want to wear a tiara. I'm
not sure how that would work with the Elastica; you'd have to play
around with it. I take it you've seen these pics:      |
Posted By: leia1979
Date Posted: April 23 2005 at 8:59pm
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If you hair matches the color of the elastica fall well, you could
place the fall fairly high on your head, leave the front of your hair
out, pull it back to cover the seams and pile what's left right on top
for tiara-height. Kind of how that last picture above is, but a
little more vertical. Let me know if what I'm saying makes absolutely no sense. =) The picture with the red hair makes me drool every time. Edited to add: Mer, have you asked Sara for ideas? She would have the most experience in using the elastica fall. |
Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: April 23 2005 at 10:48pm
Well, if it's wedding chic you're after, you need look no further than I Dream of Jeannie:
 Just replace that fringed fez thingy with the tiara of your choice.
Here's a side view of the top mounted pony: 
Then for something a little more conservative, there always 
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Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 24 2005 at 7:57am
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Hey Mer, I posted this on another thread, but I thought it might be helpful in giving you an overview of some of the different types of pieces and their construction. Good luck! First off, I've never had any luck with banana-clip falls, because they slip right out of my hair from the weight. I bought a few and just ended up throwing them out because they were unwearable. And I've never worn the French comb attachments, so I can't comment on those. I love jaw-clip ponytails, however! They're my favorite because they're incredibly secure in thin, fine hair and as long as the hair is decent quality, they always look good. All of mine are actually constructed as wefts mounted onto a hard mesh base (not flexible fishnet). The hard mesh is almost like the mesh of a strainer or sieve; the wefts are then sewn in layers onto that. My favorites were these 26-inch reversible ones I used to get off eBay for $19.99. The hair wasn't the best-quality (so not the longest lasting), but the falls themselves were full and gorgeous; I don't think the woman sells them anymore, though. They looked a bit like this one (a Jon Renau clip-on from IWig):  My second favorite is this one Mona Lisa "Jacqueline" one from IWig. It's not as full as the ones I got from the eBay girl, but it is fuller than it looks in the picture, and the hair is better quality:
 Inside, the construction is like this, with layers of weft crisscrossing each other, mounted onto a flexible base, with a drawstring and top and bottom combs that secure the piece tightly around a bun. This is a decent piece, but the hair's not as high-quality, imo, as some of the other pieces I've bought from IWig:   Then, for maximum drama, there are the 3/4 pieces, which are essentially wigs that attach about 2 to 4 inches behind your front hairline with combs on the top and bottom. The wefts are crisscrossed and sewn onto a mesh/lace base. I've got all these: The Donata:  The Holly:  The Holly Layered:  The inner construction is like this (I forget which is which exactly now):   And I also have this, which I just bought and haven't worn yet:    These are mounted on string; I haven't had the time to figure out how to wear them yet. By the way, I've bought lots of stuff from IWig over the years, and although I wouldn't purchase shrinkies or extension hair from them, they do have an amazing selection of pieces, and I've always gotten exactly what I ordered. I did have some difficulty recently with an order being delayed (apparently the shipment from the supplier hadn't come in), but they were apologetic and sent a few freebies with the order, so it all worked out. They are much better than most of the other eBay sellers; that's for sure. The quality of the Holly 3/4 falls, in particular, is amazing--they'll last forever. The Donata is not as high quality, as there's a bit of shedding from the wefts, but it's a good one, too (it's like 3 ft. long, so that might have something to do with it). And here's the Elastica/Deluxe from PlastikHaar, which I'm sure you've seen before. It's an accordian attachment and the base does resemble fishnet or fencenet material:    The advantage of the Elastica is that it's a flexible piece that can be worn in a few different ways. Obviously, the hair is gorgeous, too, and you can customize it with whatever colors, texture, streaks, etc., that you want (which wouldn't be possible withthe mass-produced IWig pieces). You will probably need to bobby pin the Elastica, though, so it's not as secure as, say, the jaw clips or 3/4 falls from IWig. :) |
Posted By: AfroPuffs
Date Posted: April 24 2005 at 9:08am
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Here's another idea. You can wear your real hair however you want underneath and then wear a lacefront wig. That's one of those wigs with the realistic hairline like Beyonce and Tyrabanks wear. They're expensive Live 300 dollars but you could keep it for a while. Here's a pic of one. http://www.hairpiece.com/product.asp?pf_id=APE912 - http://www.hairpiece.com/product.asp?pf_id=APE912
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Posted By: MERGUTHRIE
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 2:16pm
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I ahve an elastica 28mm in vanille, platin and something else light light blonde on it's way for delivery in a 28 mm and i also ordered
in t16/613 (which means a color change) so i might be auctioning off my elastica if I decide not to wear it. We'll see when they are both here. THANK YOU EVERYBODY, with out you I woulnd't have found this alternate piece and I really needed it. I was really frightful that the elastica wouldn't do it. MUAH to my favorite hair ladies in the whole wide world. ------------- i love plastikhaar |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 2:43pm
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I thought you were going with the hair from the wedding you were in? I'm confused. But your pics look greatin your history and your options seem plentiful for the wedding. Try out everything and take pics! |
Posted By: MERGUTHRIE
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 2:57pm
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the hair color, not the actual hair ------------- i love plastikhaar |
Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 4:01pm
My girl Sirena at deadlyhair.net makes veils. Check it out:
Think your fiance would like it? The black tulle and the bone? I'm seriously considering it myself. |
Posted By: MERGUTHRIE
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 5:10pm
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hahaha, my wedding would be called off when i walked into the church ------------- i love plastikhaar |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 5:24pm
| That's hot, Syren--I love it!!! :) |