my day: the hair

You can check out my hair category on the right to see all the kinds of wedding hair I was interested in. A little all over the place. Luckily I had Ramin. Do you need a wedding hair specialist? Call Ramin. (I will give contact info later on in the post.) She is amazing. I love her… and my hair? It has never looked better!

I loved my hair. Loved. It. Which was surprising (to me) because I wear my hair straight 100% of the time. When Ramin asked me how much height I wanted for the up-do I just looked at her, blinked a few times and quietly said (more liked asked) “none?”  She laughed, and then busted out some awesome wedding hair.  She was also a trooper, driving to my house at 4:30 in the morning to do all of our ‘dos. She brought along her assistant (her sister) to help her out.  If you are in Los Angeles, Orange County or San Diego and need a day-of hair stylist, give Ramin a call at (949) 690-7217. She is working on getting up a website right now, but take my word for it, you won’t be disappointed.  Also, if you just need a hair girl, her hair studio is in Corona Del Mar, at The Lab Hair Studio. I have been going to her for about 7 years, followed her to three different salons and will cry if she ever moves.  Oh, and when you are there, help a girl out and mention my name so I can earn the referral discount!

I had a few questions regarding the length of my hair. It is a little past my boobs (that is the best way I can explain it!) and super straight.

As for my hair accessories, I got the little trio of flowers from Handle and Spout. I looked into DIY’ing the hair pieces. There are a ton of tutorials out there and I love me some crafts. But I saw these, thought “I want them to look exactly like that” and then decided that the $35 was worth it to not have to figure it all out.

Tips: Regarding the hair, yes, it was an expense. Mine cost $120 and was a cost I set aside for myself (rather than pulling it from the budget).  Yes, I could have done it myself, but that day, July 18th, 2009, was probably the only day in my entire life that I will get my hair professionally done (oh, unless I am a bridesmaid for my friends… then I will call Ramin again!) and I wanted it to look gooooooood.

Working with a budget involves a lot of give and take. We made some big choices that cut (and raised) costs and aloud us to spend a little more (and less) in other places. (Spending that extra $400 on my dress/alterations definitely made for some creative number moving)

Choose what is important to you. What can you actually DIY, and what will actually drive you crazy and in the end, not be worth it.  You can do more than you think you can, the resources out there are amazing, but time, budget and craftiness will play a part in your decision making.

Images by Studio 7.