Wedding Hairstyles

When thinking about your wedding hairstyles the key is to prepare and plan well ahead. There's nothing like a hair disaster to send you into a tail spin on your wedding day. Here's some of our suggestions for getting your hair right at your beach wedding:

Plan ahead

Do you research, tear photo's out of magazines and start to discuss your wedding hairstyle preferences with your hairdresser as much as a year ahead of time. She can guide you with colour treatments, cuts and questions about lengths that will have you looking fab on your day.
Do a practice run

Whatever style you decide to have on your day, definitely do a practice run at home, before you leave for your destination wedding. Gauge wether your up-do will make it through the winds of Aruba or wether your cascading "down" do will remain cascading and not a frizz up in humid climates. Also gauge wether the do you choose is really you.
Match your dress, don't drown it!

As with any other wedding, you will want to make sure that your beach wedding dress matches the hairstyle that you want...and despite weather considerations you should be able to have all of the same choices available to you as a bride at home would. Try your wedding dress on with your practice run hair-do and see wether there is a match or wether your hair is competing for attention.

Bias cut slip dresses might suit an "up/down" look with fresh flowers as an accessory, whereas a traditional off the shoulder gown might suit an up do, or even a veil.
Shine On

Use shining serum in your hair to give it that extra shine for your big day.
Up Do's

If you've resigned yourself to an up do for your beach wedding and succumbed to the idea that humid weather will frizz anything else, then these styles might be for you:

* Ballerina Bun - a ponytail woven around itself into a tight bun
* A chignon - a dramatic bun at the base of the head.

French Braid - a closely women, three stranded braid running the length of the head and your hair. Classic up do - created by piling curled hair on top of your head and pining in place
Veils

Chances are that our island wedding will be conducted out doors, on a beach, in tropical gardens or by a picturesque colonial land monument and so you will have to consider the management of a veil well in advance. Perhaps a long cathedral veil won't work in tropical gardens and a puffy waist length veil might blow above your face during the ceremony. Just bare in mind that your ceremony location should play a part in the veil you choose to wear.

Bare in mind also that a veil can dramatically alter your silhouette...a short waisted bride should not wear a veil that stops at the waist, therefore accentuating the waste line and a petite bride might steer away from shorter veils that are top heavy and keep the concentration on the top half of the body. Generally speaking taller brides can carry a more substantial and longer veil.
Headpieces and Accessories

Because Destination Brides tend to be a bit more casual and non traditional, many are opting to toss the idea of the traditional veil in preference for an attractive tiara, wreath, barrette or back piece.

Another idea is to make use of the beautiful tropical flowers at your disposal and wear fresh flowers in your hair on your day. Just make sure that if you plan to remove your accessories during your reception, your hairstylist has shown your maid or honour how to remove it.