*drinks big gulp of G&T*
Ok a little bit of background.....
I'm a very girly girl and so hair and make up were always going to play a bit part in my day- vain but true. I normally have my hair cut by a friend who does a good job but as I only ever really have a trim so don't see the point of paying salon prices. Both him and his partner were discussing wedding hair after I got engaged and his partner does dabble in hair do's for weddings. Somewhere along the conversation my wedding hair came up and we started talking about ideas etc. and before I knew it was assumed that he would be doing my wedding hair. Now this is definatly my fault as I should have said straight away I wasn't deciding on anything at the time (this was just after OH proposed so I was buzzing around in a cloud of happiness and weddings). Now I have went along iwth the idea and TBH thought why not it's cheap and it would be nice to have a friend do our hair on the day. The closer we get to the wedding my friend has been showing me pics of other weddings he has done and while they are not awful they just arn't me and remind me of very typical 'wedding dos' which I'm not sure I want- I may do but would be nice to have a choice and as this isn't my friends FT job he only has a limited amount of experience/skill when it comes to more complex styles.
During the course of plannning I have looked at professional hair/make up artists and found a really promising lady who, through all contact so far, has been lovely. She has a wealth of experience and the pictures on her website show a lot of different styles which makes me think I'd have more options when deciding on a style. She also does make up which is another bonus. Price wise she has quoted me £360 for my hair and make up on the day (inc. trial before) and 4 'up dos' for the adult bridesmaids. I've thought about it long and hard and decided to book this lady (V. excited!!) and have sent an e-mail (about 5 mins ago eeek) asking how to send deposit etc.
So now I am left with telling my friend/hairdresser that I have other plans for my hair on the day. I've decided that I'm going to be honest and explain my choice- I did think about using the old 'my MOH booked it as a present' excuse but as they are both my friends I feel the least I can do is not lie to them. I do feel a bit 'bridezilla' but I'm hoping they will understand ? I told OH who muttered something along the lines of 'mountain and mole hill' so figured hitched would be the place to spill!! Very self indulgent post but just needed to say yes I know it may be b****y but to me this is one of the areas I'm not willing to compromise on when it comes down to it.
Ahhhhhh-I feel much better now
