Wedding Hairstyles

9 Tips For Acing Your Wedding Hair Trial

Every bride should feel nothing short of heart-thumping gratitude and affection for her stylist on her big day. Here's the secret to great wedding-day hair: Work it all out in rehearsal

Retro-inspired wedding updo with birdcage veil
Pace yourself. Schedule your hair trial three months before the wedding, recommends Naeemah LaFond, owner of Under Her Veil in NYC. If you book it too early in the planning process, changing trends or chronic indecision could lead to second-guessing.

Plan a night out the evening of your trial to make sure the style doesn't fall out after an hour—or two minutes—of carousing, says Loulie Walker of Loulie Walker Events in NYC.

"Etoile" birdcage veil, $130, James Coviello, BHLDN

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