Wedding Hair and Make-Up

This is one of those areas of Wedding Planning that seemed easy, straightforward, and full of non-issues for me. I knew I wanted to look pretty and have my hair ‘done up’ for my wedding day, but I didn’t want to spend a whole lot of time thinking about this part of the planning.

I’m SO happy with the results of my bridal hair & make-up styling.

I had one requirement: I wanted the stylist to come to me. I didn’t like the idea of rushing to and from a salon on my wedding day, especially since we planned a brunch wedding.

This requirement helped immensely when looking for the right stylist/team. I searched a few places – Wedding Wire, MyWedding.com, and a general Google search for “Delaware Bridal Hair/Stylist.” I found a few places, but narrowed it down quickly after reviewing their websites for traveling stylists.

I found Town & Country Salon, located in Newark, not too far from my wedding location in Odessa. I called and learned more details about the Traveling Bridal Team.

They were super attentive from the start, which I really appreciated. In a matter of days, they’d assigned my team and we planned a trial.

Since I also planned Bridal photos with my photographer (Chelsea Fluharty), I scheduled my hair and make-up trial for the same day. I highly recommend this to brides! You get the chance to see the FULL look for your big day. It really helped on my actual wedding day, since I already knew my overall look, I wasn’t worried one bit!

We took my bridal photos in the same location as my wedding, which was super fun. I got to be there, all dolled up, about 7 weeks before the wedding.

For my trial (please, please, please do a trial if you’re hiring a bridal stylist for the day. It’s a great chance to get to know them and work out plans in advance), I went to the Town & Country Salon studio in Newark. I met my head stylist, Mandy, and make-up artist Mimi. I’m so glad they were both assigned to my Bridal Team!

During the trial, we (I should say she…I kind of looked at her like um…I like it up?) came up with a stylin’ low hairdo that would allow me to wear the headpiece I wanted and also a veil.

I love how my hair looked! I have SO much of it and it’s so thick, so I know Mandy had her work cut out for her. There were about 2342 pins in my hair, too. But it felt great, didn’t give me a headache, etc. I LOVED the final product!

On the day of my wedding, the Bridal Team showed up nice and early to the B&B cottage, and got started on the three of us.

We had so much fun — I loved having them come to us. We had fun tunes playing (thanks to Natalie!!), a relaxed atmosphere, and didn’t feel rushed. It was just a short walk to the ‘First Look’ spot and then to the ceremony site from the cottage.

Feelin’ pretty! I’m not used to having myself all done up, so it was fun to watch the Bridal Team work their magic. I have zero make-up and hairstyle understanding/knowledge and found myself completely in awe of their talents and abilities.

Natalie and Angela’s hair and make-up turned out fabulous as well! I love updos.

Beauties!!!

I highly recommend entrusting your bridal look to professionals, getting a trial done with the day-of stylists, and finding a traveling team that will come to you on your special day!