Long Haired Ladies-- Who's doing an updo?

I have a TON of hair. I also wanted to do a half up, half down thing, but decided to do an updo for all of the reasons listed before this. Heat, humidity, dancing, sweating, wind, etc. I had three hair trials and finally found a stylist who made the classic, clean look I wanted without it being gigantic.

I have long super thick hair that (down past bra strap) here is my up do! I have an illusion back to my dress so I have to wear my hair up. (This was over 100 Bobby pins)

I usually get my hair thinned every 3 months but stopped so that it's not thin for the wedding. This is the thick hair non-thinned up do!

My hairdresser recommends against up dos if your hairs long. She says it turns into a bee hive. BUT it also depends on the hairdressers style. I would do a trial and see what it looks like

Also you'll have 4000 Bobby pins in it

After my hair trial I went back to my house and then out for the evening to dinner and then to the symphony walking all over Boston in semi-windy weather- my hair held up very well- LOTS of hair spray! At the end of the night a few hairs did come out, but it still looked good 10 hours later!

My trial. My stylist showed me 1/2 up and an updo.

The up-do. I'm going to do something like this since the back of my dress is to pretty to cover although before I got the dress I was sure I would wear it down, lol!

Make sure that if you do decide to put your hair up, it won't hurt. Whenever I put my hair up I get the worst pain in my neck because of how heavy my hair is. I love updos but I'm not dealing with the pain.

Thanks ladies! I did do a trial but I did all down styles because I wasn't considering an updo. I think I might need to do another one to nail down a style!!

I also have long hair now (my picture is old). I will be doing an updo, but won't have any trial pics til May 26th. It could be pretty hot out so I want my hair out of the way and I like to look of an updo.