Laurel Stratford Hair Stylist

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 🙂

 

 

Sherilee & Aaron were married at Liddington Garderns in Kerikeri April of this year.

The weather didn’t quite play ball but to be honest it didn’t really matter.

Rachel Jordan of Two Little Starfish captured their moments.

Annalise Bergman was Sherilee’s make up artist.

I was doing her hair.

Loving these images.

Lxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s always fun to be out of the salon on a weekday doing a wedding.

So it was with Lucy.

We got her ready at her parents house on Tuesday morning in March.In beautiful vintage surroundings in the countryside surrounding Kerikeri, I did hair for Lucy, her bridesmaid and Mum for her wedding out at Kingfisher lodge.

This was the last wedding at the Lodge unfortunately. Such a lovely spot.

These are some of the images from Rachel Jordan of Two Little Starfish.

MUA Annalise Bergman did beautiful make up for the girls.

Myself doing hair.

Putts Green fantastic bouquets

enjoy.

Lxx

 

I was asked to do this little wedding at the end of February.

Just two to get ready, the Bride and her Sister.

Elizabeth’s style was vintage.

She was a natural darker redhead and had chosen a golden lace gown. I fell in love with that in a hurry.

Greg Campbell photography was there to capture the moments, great to see his work again.

Samantha Nicholls was make up artist, love her work.

Putts Green flowers, always beautiful.

Everything was held at the Pear Tree in Kerikeri.

Enjoy.

Lxx