Laurel Stratford Hair Stylist

Fiona was surrounded by her best friends from her flatting days in her University years.

These lovely young women now lived all over the world and had a varity of vocations.

Some had their very young babies with them, while the others still enjoyed their freedom.

All the same it was a fantastic time being with and seeing how they loved their special friend on her wedding day.

Thanks Ladies, it was such a pleasure.

L 🙂

Location for getting ready, Hananui Lodge Russell. Ceremony location, Russell beach, NZ . Reception location, Russell town hall & Green.

Images Emma Rogers ‘your moments’

Hair, myself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hair colour…to go there or not?

There are so many questions and tasks to consider when you are planning your wedding day.

I am a hairdresser working in a salon four days a week. I deal with coloured hair almost every day I’m working. I have coloured hair myself.

What I’ve seen from creating bridal hairstyles for my Brides and their Bridesmaids is that different colours in the hair make a style absolutely gorgeous. Any details pop straight away.

If the hair colour is one colour, be that red, brunette or blonde those details are harder to see. Compare the two images above of two of my Bridal updos. Both are beautiful wedding hairstyles but you see the difference a little colour makes?

Talk to your normal hairdresser or Myself about what may be appropriate for your hair. Hatch a plan together. Chances are you have 12 months or more to create the colour look you are after for your wedding day.

You can be subtle or bold, the choice is yours about how you imagine your finished look to be.

But go there ladies, you want your bridal look to be stunning.

L 🙂

Have you always wondered how it can take so long to get ready for your wedding day?

Well as you know part of the day is getting hair and makeup done. Most of us do this on a daily basis, chances are it won’t take us two hours though. How come is does for our Wedding?

Above is often part of how you may find yourself looking before your Bridal hairstyle is finished.

You see hair preparation is part of making your wedding hair last for the 12 hours or so of your wedding.

Your hair Prep will go something like this… You arrive with clean dry hair, I add into it the appropriate hair product to smooth or boost hair volume. Then it’s usually curls of different types, put up or left to set like above and taken out just in time for your wedding ceremony.

I like to call this look ‘Nana to glamour’ and in all truth its the bit fun needed to get through this often hectic day 😉

These images of my dark hair Model Sammy are from part of a Editorial Photoshoot a group of us did a few months ago. My model has straight very long hair.

MUA: Lynnette Watson, Image: Two Little Starfish, Silver Rings: handmade by Marlene Strode, Hair: Laurel Stratford

Enjoy

L 🙂

I had an early morning start with Make Up Artist Annalise Bergman at the Blue Pacific Appartments a couple of weeks ago getting Lynette and her family ready for her wedding.

She had an early ceremony at Alongside35.

This was a wedding that was planned in under 6 months, so it planned for a Friday.

Gorgeous flowers from Paradise Florist in Paihia & Ida Birch was their Celebrant.

Nicole Jecentho was their Photographer, loving these images.

L 🙂