Post your formal hairdos (professional or DIY, wedding-level fanciness)!

[OleanderTime]

Please share photos of your most formal hairstyles. This could be from a wedding, a prom, or anything else that warranted stepping up your hair game. I would love to see photos of your best DIY styles, or anything created by a professional in a salon. Please post a picture, and a few details on how the style was created and how you felt about it.

I'm trying to figure out what to do for my wedding. (Read: stressing out about what to do for my wedding.)

Here's one of my favorite DIY styles that I've posted. I have been scouring my computer archive for the worst salon style ever (homecoming, age 15) but I can't find it. It may have been a print image (gasp) but I'll certainly update it if I find the atrocity, it's hilarious.

http://s27.postimg.org/3tyji4p6r/tlhcweddinghair_zps4b69f7c2.png

[lapushka]

That is a gorgeous style, OleanderTime! Why not go with that for your wedding?

[OleanderTime]

That is a gorgeous style, OleanderTime! Why not go with that for your wedding?

Thank you! Well, it looks soft and romantic from the back, but I don't think it looks that way from the front (of course not, I didn't take a picture!). I want something that is really soft around the face. I wear a bun every day in normal life, and I want to look different on my wedding day. I'll be wearing glasses, and need more face-framing volume. And I don't know how to create that on my own.

Also, I think doing my own hair the day of the wedding will be super stressful. Which is funny because going to a salon is also super stressful. And I've budgeted time to do my best friend's hair. :)

[Groovy Granny]

Your profile/avatar pics are gorgeous!
I hope you find the perfect style....enjoy the day; it passes so quickly :)
We're celebrating 42 years married tomorrow; mine was WL/middle part/tucked behind the ears, and a slight curl to the hemline.
Not a formal do by any means; then again...that's what we did in 1973;simple!!! :laugh:

[Nightshade]

My hair for my best friend's wedding:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-23EOcsVN-p4/U8kxPMtASoI/AAAAAAAAIZ0/p58EqMX8d9A/s512-Ic42/Updo.jpg


Updo I've got a tutorial around her somewhere on that's dressy enough for most formal to semi-formal occasions:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Fw5KRm8Ud1Y/UyMvMR0x-kI/AAAAAAAAGtE/8AkCXjaw3y0/s512-Ic42/Amethyst-Ficcare-1.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9VLUb_-d9pI/UyMvMlfR5GI/AAAAAAAAGtI/sT-h6NcVU88/s512-Ic42/Amethyst-Ficcare-2.jpg


Paranda and braided headband updo:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1yfbgHTVO0k/Uaye0P6p_KI/AAAAAAAAExY/QQEV_4O3Sdw/s512-Ic42/Prandana-Back-Small.jpg



My hair for my wedding:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ffhHVefBW6I/UCJ5Rm0y95I/AAAAAAAADBQ/Z6AsZEuhwy8/s512-Ic42/Wedding-Hair.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dGTdN7awxDQ/ViVPmo6PNQI/AAAAAAAAQkM/Q4MCnghHBgo/s512-Ic42/Hair-Side.png

[Robot Ninja]

That style is really gorgeous. If you want it softer in the front, you could do the front part in twists with a side part maybe? Twist loosely and let them pouf a little, then do a similar style to the one you posted. The back is important too, since that's what people will be looking at during the ceremony.

ETA: Nightshade, wow. I love love love the headband too.

[brickworld13]

Double braided bun I wore to a wedding about a year ago where Snuggles was one of the groomsmen. It's twin dutch braids pinned down with U pins and decorated with the sparkly pins and a comb.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15789&d=1423183545

Paranda braided bun that I wore to my best friend's wedding in February. It's a french braid with a big fat paranda pinned down with lots of U pins and decorated with my starfish pins.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16282&d=1425664781

I don't have photos of the other wedding styles I've worn recently. I've gone to so many in the last couple years that it's pretty much the only time I see my friends these days. I've done a couple of half ups, but those aren't really feasible at this length. They get in the way a lot and are far too hot for pretty much the whole year.

[Zesty]

All of these are so pretty! Here's what I wore at my wedding:

http://i.imgur.com/0MHmM24.jpg

Just a simple side bun with curled temple wispies, done by a professional because the shorter my hair the more clueless I am with styling (this was at early BSL I think). I wanted it up but still visible from the front. :)

[hennalonghair]

These are stunning ladies and thanks for sharing

[OleanderTime]

Wow, these are some amazing ideas, keep them coming please!

[CoveredByLove]

For my wedding, I took inspiration from Taylor Swifts hair in her music video "Love Story". :) My hair was MBL curly then. I don't have a good picture of the back, but I basically pinned it all up a ringlet or section at a time, almost like messy pin curls. :) These are pictures of a picture. lol I don't have any digitals of my wedding.

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r740/mamabshire/769DFC49-C639-4631-8FAA-884111F5A842_zpsvcwpkh0w.jpg (http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/mamabshire/media/769DFC49-C639-4631-8FAA-884111F5A842_zpsvcwpkh0w.jpg.html)

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r740/mamabshire/F2436E49-B74B-4854-82A1-3C19432E232C_zpsvndcqmvf.jpg (http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/mamabshire/media/F2436E49-B74B-4854-82A1-3C19432E232C_zpsvndcqmvf.jpg.html)

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r740/mamabshire/taylor_zpsoj7mqlrw.jpg (http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/mamabshire/media/taylor_zpsoj7mqlrw.jpg.html)