Windy Beach Wedding - Need Hair Help

Did your stylist use any product in your hair and/or blow it out straight/smooth before she started curling it? I'm sorry, but even just in the salon, still sitting in the chair, it doesn't seem to have been well styled -- it looks pretty limp and kind of frizzy (but the photos might be really bad?). Based on your photos, I believe daughter's hair is probably pretty similar in length, style, texture, and even color. Her hair frizzes a LOT (we live on the CA coast) -- so much that she immediately discounted any "beachside" venues because she was convinced her hair would be super frizzy and hard to control. She had an excellent, highly experience wedding HMUA, who used a lot of product to first get daughter's hair smooth, then curled it all (spraying each curl right off the curling iron), then styled it. Ultimately, daughter choose a curled/braided updo and looked gorgeous for more than 14 hours. I understand that's not the style you want, but I'd definitely look for a HMUA who is very experienced with different hair textures and knows how to work with them and what products to use to get the results you want. I also agree with pp about figuring out how to potentially anchor your veil -- there have been so many posts from brides whose veils were flying all over the place at a windy venue. Good luck! Fingers-crossed your find your perfect stylist!

Also, daughter's hair and make-up combined took about 2 hours -- I'd be very concerned about only an hour for both. It was the same stylist, and she went back & forth between the two services, starting with "prepping" daughter's hair (blowing it smooth, curling and spraying the curls), then she did daughter's make-up (allowing time for her hair to "cool" and the curls to set), then styled her hair. As MOB, with much shorter hair than daughter, my two services took 1.5 hrs.

PS -- a loose braid (which starts out fairly tight, and then the stylist selectively loosens it) might hold better and look more polished than the way your hair is twisted in the trials.

Not going to lie- it doesn't look very well done. What about a more structured half up/half down look? Something like these options keeps the length but is still more "up" and pinned back from the face.

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I would go with these as you avoid an updo but yeah if you are getting married on a windy beach you do not want hair blowing everywhere. My friend got married on a beach in Florida and wore a half up do and she said everything was blowing. I do agree with some of the pp's as well to look for a stylist that knows how to deal with all kinds of hair. I know you will find something but I think for our different situations we need to adjust our wants. For example, I want an outdoor wedding and FL weather is hit or miss so I am gonna pay extra for airbrush so it will last longer and not budge from sweat. I also won't wear my hair fully down as it will be near the bay and it could get windy.

I don't think it makes sense to keep doing hair trials with a stylist who won't be doing your hair on the actual day of your wedding. All stylists have their own products they like to use, and frizz should be able to be controlled, to some extent, with the right product. So if that is the biggest thing that is bothering you about the way your hair looked when your stylist did it then I wouldn't discount any of the styles themselves and I also wouldn't get hung up on her not being able to do a frizz free version. If you have the budget for more trials, I would see if you can book a trial with the stylist who will be doing your wedding day hair, even if its just a couple of days before your wedding. As MOB So Cal said, with the right product and technique you should be able to make these styles look a lot more refined and polished - product, straighten/smooth, and then style (perhaps with more product) would be the technique I would recommend as well.

I think all of these styles look nice on you. They are going to look less full than on the models because your hair isn't as long or as thick. If you want that type of volume, you'll need extensions. I have fine hair too, and it definitely is more prone to frizzing and static than thicker locks.

On a windy beach, I would definitely recommend sticking with a half-up, half-down look as opposed to having your hair all down. You don't know which way the wind will be blowing, so while it looked fine in your engagement photos it will not look the same if you aren't facing into the wind, and not having any of your hair pulled back away from your face could mean that your hair gets in the way and just becomes a tangled mess in your eyes and mouth. Having your hair half-up will do a better job of keeping it out of your eyes.

For your veil, are what length is it and does it have any extra details or is it plain tulle? Veils with beading, rhinestones, or pearls will be less prone to blowing around and tangling than one that is just a lightweight fabric with no heavier details. A cathedral length veil is longer and therefore heavier, but also has more fabric to catch the wind than a shorter fingertip length (or shorter) veil. Do you have a bridesmaid that can hold back your veil if needed? In general, veils and wind don't mix well, so I'd have a plan B in place, just so make sure the veil isn't whipping in your face or getting tangled during your ceremony.