Weddings, Elvis, and all that

One of my oldest and dearest friends is getting married  in a few months.   She's in really good company too, as I have four additional weddings to attend or work  between now and December.  I wonder what the heck is in the water?  I didn't know fall weddings were so popular sha.

  So, she's solicited my help in coming up with hairstyle ideas for her big day. As a makeup artist,  this will be an entirely new foray for me.  Nonetheless, I've started tapping my creative juices to see if I can rise to the challenge.  I'll probably be posting my hits and misses on GTG, so strap in folks- it'll be an interesting ride! 

Wedding Style 1

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I was inspired by the side part in Elsie's (pictured above) hair.  Moreover, I love the way her hair recedes to the background, highlighting her pretty face as the star attraction.  My rendition, however, ended up being a smidgen more dramatic than I had originally intended.

Look at all that poof!

The 360

Squint~ I promise, there is a side part in there.  

 You guys already understand how anti combs I am (on non-wash days), so using one to get a clean part for this style was a giant leap for me.

I did a lot of patting and pinning to secure it all

This style was actually fairly easy to do.  The toughest hurdle was in securing a trillion pins into my hair, which has the tendency of pushing them right back out of the tucks I've placed them in. 

 Does that ever happen to you?  I've oftentimes, been that girl with the wayward bobby pin sticking out clumsily.  They like to slowly slide up and out of my hair like bean shoots.

The Shea Butter Miracle Buttery Creme from my dry wash n go has my hair still feeling exceptionally moisturized 

 The part was made above my right eyebrow.  Afterwards, I began rolling and tucking my hair into itself, and then pinning.  I moved backwards (right ear, nape, left ear) until I reached the front of my head, above my left brow. 

At the front, I tucked the remaining hair up and into itself, with a slant over to my left. 

In the end, it kinda looked like I'd conjured up Elvis... Johnny Bravo... Bruno Mars... hmm... Prince perhaps?   I think it would do well under a bird cage veil.

Style proper...

Ooh!  And stay tuned for the Hair Care Crash Course series wrap up!