updo shots?

[dietvanillacoke]

hi girls,

i was going to post this on theknot but now i''m scared. haha. but anyway i figured you guys would be a great resource. does anyone have any pictures i can use as inspiration for an updo? i know i want something pretty standard, traditional, all hair up.. but i don''t want it on top of my head. and i don''t want a low chignon either-- to me that just looks like a bun and i always have a bun in my hair. i think i want a french twist with curls on top, but my problem is that my fiance is pretty short (less than 1" taller than me) and even though i''m wearing flats, i don''t want any extra height added on top of my head. i haven''t decided yet whether or not i''m wearing a small tiara, but i do have a drop veil that i''ll wear draped over my head and just pinned to th eback of the crown of my head. (no gathering)

thanks in advance!!
tina

 

[JCJD]

This is my current favorite updo, found on the knot I think. It's sleek, elegant, but modern too. Might be too bun-like for you though...

 

[qtiekiki]

here''s some:

 

[qtiekiki]

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[MelissaSue]

hey.. someone just asked on the knot for french twist pics. I don''t think its you

are these what you are looking for?

 

[dietvanillacoke]

i guess i am looking for something between the second to last and last one. see the bride with the veil? that's my problem, i want it to look different from that but i don't think there's any way to do that unless i put it in a low chignon. i want my veil to look like when grace got married to leo in will and grace. does anyone remember that? i think i can find pictures....

hurray, they worked. i alreayd have the veil (simple drop veil with cut edge, fingertip length because i didn't want it to be so long) but now the hairstyle is a dilemma. i want more of a polished look (my hair is superstraight and superlong.. think of those asian girls you see with the unnaturally shiny, unnecessarily long manes... that's me) and i want all my hair to be up.

any ideas?

 

[njc]

I know this is pretty close to the chigon you are trying to avoid, but this was my 5 minute attempt at trying to get my hair to do what i would like for the wedding. I too am about an inch taller than FI (and wearing flats!), so i didnt want to add any height. Its a little higher than i would wear a normal bun, and i would like there to be a little more order to the curls (like what qtiekiki posted). I have really thin hair, so all the "curls" are really one of those hair ties with fake hair on it! You can kinda see my poor little itty-bitty bun in the middle.

Ive also done my hair in a french twist with curls on the top before. I made sure they started the twist low so that the curls wouldnt add height. I wish i had a pic, but i dont, sorry.

ETA: OMG! Sorry its so HUGE!

 

[tulipcloud]

How about this? It''s my insipiration for my up do on the big day. The updo they did for my pre-wedding photos were nice also, but was a lil too high on top of my head.