Wedding Hair

The wedding has been come and gone and many people have asked for a post on my wedding hair.  Since it seems like Miss G is never going to write again (she has much to update us on), I figured I might as well step up to the plate. 

As the wedding was approaching, I could not figure out how I wanted to wear my hair.  I knew I didn't want to wear it straight or weaved down my back.  I was thinking of going with just a regular bun, but came across this picture on the net.

It was perfect!  It was chic and textured and would look perfect with my birdcage veil and fascinator.  I sent to my hairdresser so she could mentally prepare for the trial run.  On the day of the trial run, I brought my veil to see how it would all look.  She did some flat twists, I sat under the dryer for at least 2 hour and my hair still wasn't completely dry.  At this time, I'm thinking that this wasn't going to work because I didn't not 4 hours to spend in the salon on my wedding day.  Nonetheless, this was the result of the trial run.

Not 100% in love, but it was getting there- I could see my vision coming together.  On the day of the wedding, it all come together and in under 3 hours!  Here is the final product.  

 What do you think?

I's Engaged Now...

I've been ghost here recently and I wanted to let you know that it's not without reason.  I got engaged on April 10, and I've been caught up in a whirlwind ever since.  We have set an aggressive timeline for the actual ceremony (October), so I have to get on the ball.  A million things ran through my mind when I was thinking about my big day, but as you can imagine, one of the first things I thought about was..my hair.  What style could I have that wouldn't require me to sell my soul to be fierce?  First thing I thought about was some type of curly updo.  I really like curls and think that this won't be too difficult to pull off.  When I searched the net however, I didn't really come up with much, but this:

  So what about a sleek look, simple but elegant.  This is what I found:

My gripe is this though: why when you search for updos or wedding hairstyles, all the ones featuring African-American women are hard or weave down the back?  Where is the creativity?  Can anyone hook me up with some other styling ideas?