Hair Help

Don't get a partial highlight (meaning only the top layers of your hair are colored) if you plan to wear an updo for your wedding.

No-Muss Hair

Wear a button-down blouse to the hair salon so that you won't ruin your updo when you go to change into your wedding dress.

Tress Tamer

Bring wayward curls under control with TRESemmé Smooth De-Frizzing Moisture Gel Extra Hold.

Just Your Style

Don’t choose an outrageous, over-the-top hairstyle (or makeup) if your normal style is sleek and simple. You'll feel uncomfortable, and you won't look like yourself.

Classy Curls

Avoid cutesy Shirley Temple ringlets by twisting your hair around a pencil.

Fly Girl

Subdue those pesky flyaway baby-hair wisps by blow-drying around the hairline with a one-inch-diameter round brush. Then apply a firm-hold hair spray.

Peaceful Primping

Get coiffed in peace before your ceremony, whether that means a trip to the salon with your bridesmaids or having a hairstylist and makeup artist come to you.

Princess for a Day

Torn between two hairstyles? Opt for two 'dos. Sport one style during your ceremony (perhaps a formal updo), then another, more relaxed look (perhaps loose, cascading curls) for your reception.

Evening Highlight

Get highlights at least two weeks before the wedding. Color looks better after the first couple of weeks, and this waiting period allows enough time to get used to the added color; if you don't like it, have it fixed.

Hot Hue

Subtle highlights make your hair look multidimensional and brighten both your skin tone and eye color. To find the perfect colorist, get recommendations from those whose highlights you envy.

Celeb Style

Do as celebrities do and use clip-on extensions and hidden hairpieces to add volume and length to your big-day 'do.

Groom Style

Your groom should get a haircut the week before your wedding instead of the day before; he'll look better.

Wash Away

Shampoo your hair the day before, instead of the morning of, your wedding. Soft, just-shampooed hair can be difficult to style.

Affordable Locks

Go to your salon rather than have the salon come to you. Some hairstylists and makeup artists charge their full-day rate for at-home service, even if you only need them for a few hours.

Chic & Short

Yes, you can wear curly hair short—just ask your stylist to layer a bit from underneath. Lay off the bangs—a much prettier way to frame your visage is soft, gradual contouring around the face. If you've got thick hair, leave the top layers longer to add needed weight. Finer hair is best snipped into shorter layers, giving it more volume.