Following Up - Wedding Hair

Since yesterday's post was about wedding attire, I figured I might blog a bit about the hairdo. I mean... hair can make or break an outfit, right? I spent a bunch of time on Pinterest (where else?!) searching for inspiration... I knew I wanted to wear my hair up off my neck, and I wanted it to look soft and romantic. Here is some of the pinspiration I found:

Aaaaand here's what I came up with:

I have naturally curly hair, so I flat ironed the top half of my head (yes, just the top) for the bump and to have smooth hair framing my face. I have a couple braids in this mess, plenty of hair spray, and at least 100 bobby pins... if not more. Since I left the hair underneath curly, it was easy enough to just twist the pieces up and pin them in place. I was really happy with how it turned out... even though taking out the bobby pins and brushing out the back-combed bump was a pain. The things we do for beauty!

Have you been pinspired lately? Did it work, or did it fail miserably? I've found that I have an equal number of wins and fails so far...

What I Wore Wednesday - Wedding Attire

Since I took a fairly long hiatus from blogging, I never got around to posting one of my favorite outfits from this spring. I had the pleasure of attending a beautiful wedding on May 18th at the Hellenic Center in Ipswich, MA. In the months leading up to the event, I bought several dresses. I'm SO not that kind of girl, but it's like I kept forgetting that I already had a dress... so now I have all of these dresses I need excuses to wear to justify buying them in the first place! (Ahem... Michael, this means you need to take me out on some dates!)

Anywho, I ended up in a Lela Rose for Target dress in a beautiful watercolor print - I found it on an errands trip, and had absolutely no intention of buying a dress that day, but I couldn't leave this beauty at the store. I styled it up with a Lilly Pulitzer swing coat I found at a consignment shop the morning of the wedding, a pair of pink patent pumps by Bandolino (from Macy's, of course!), a rando pink belt from the depths of my closet, and some gorgeous lia sophia earrings. I wouldn't officially say that the Ray Bans were a part of the outfit, but they stayed on most of the day because the ceremony was outdoors.

These photos are a funky mashup of Instagram, shots I took, and shots taken by men who have no clue how important it is to include feet in a full body shot. This is what happens when you give up control and leave the tripod at home... bad idea.

Honestly, I love this outfit so much, I would even wear it again for a date or girls' classy night out. What do you think?

Have you had any outfit "wins" lately? Tell me about it!