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By Perriann
Rodriguez
You are locked in your seat on the most famous
roller coaster in the world, the Cyclone in Brooklyn, New York. Your
fiancé is right next to you, both of you dressed in wedding attire.
As you go up the steep climb the preacher, who is seated behind you,
begins reading your vows. At the pinnacle of the climb, you are
pronounced Mr. and Mrs., only to let out a loud scream as you
plummet almost 60 miles per hour at a 60 degree incline. On the
second time around, your hair stylist, who is seated next to the
preacher, reaches over and fixes a few hairs that have fallen out of
place in your fancy bridal updo…
Okay, so the hair stylist
didn’t actually sit behind you next to the preacher, but other than
a few other minor details this is a true story for Gretchen Maurer,
an on-location wedding day hair and make-up specialist. She has been
taken to many places throughout New England from Connecticut to
Pennsylvania, Newport, Rhode Island, Manhattan and New York State
with her bridal clients, including many different venues such as the
Cyclone roller coaster, Bed & Breakfast Inns, small homes, even
elaborate country clubs.
There are many important qualities that a top
wedding hair stylist must have in order to have a thriving bridal
beauty business which includes satisfied bridal clients. These
include being flexible, being able to determine face shape and
designing a hair style to suit, knowing the latest trends and
fashions, continuous training and education in formal hair styling,
being on-time and also having the ability to assess a women’s
overall image
Maurer began doing
bridal hair right in hairdressing school in the early 80’s. “I loved
the sculpturing, balance and texture that bridal hair design
challenges me with,” she says. “The key to being successful in the
bridal business,” says Maurer “is the ability to read a woman’s
style and face shape so that I can design a balanced look for the
total image and balance the bride from head to toe.” Maurer first
looks at pictures of the bride’s dress, considers the time of day of
the wedding, then she moves on to face shape, ethnic heritage,
personal image, hair type and length, headpiece and puts it all
together in a fabulous bridal hair style designed specifically for
each individual bride.
Face shape knowledge is very
important for a hair stylist. Maurer says, “I have a new bride
coming up who has a heart shape face. This means a broad forehead
and temple area with a small chin. Plus she is very petite. So a low
chignon in the back is a perfect balance for her.” Maurer adds,
“Height will come from her tiara and veil.” Face shape is used in
the hair style selection process since one style may look great on
someone who has an oval face, but simply awful on someone with a
square face. This is also an important factor for brides who bring
in hair style photos they like from magazines. Some stylists will
simply create the hair style for you, disregarding the fact that the
photo, for example, may show a model with a heart face shape, and
you may have a round face shape.
Maurer recommends that her
clients bring in sample photos of hair styles that they like, along
with any other photos such as photos of brides dresses, headpieces,
tiaras, etc. so that she can get an overall sense of the brides
likes and dislikes. From there she can design a hair style that
suits the bride’s overall image. Staying in tune with fashion trends
and styles that her clients like is very important in the overall
bridal look.
The age of the bride is also very important in
the design of the bridal style. A bridal hair style will be very
different for women in their 30’s or 40’s compared to women in their
20’s. Maurer says, “I have a freelance team of hair stylists that I
work with and I always try to give the younger bridesmaids to the
younger hair stylists.”
Maurer has expanded her bridal
business beyond the salon in her website, www.weddinghair.com by
offering a broad spectrum of wedding hairstyles designs and hair
lengths and textures that the bride can pick out and order a hair
kit. The hair kit is simply the hairstyle photographed step by step
with directions and many after shots. Some brides will try to do the
hairstyle themselves, some will have a friend or family member do it
and some will take the hair kit to the salon and have a professional
stylist do the wedding hair style. Maurer says, “Brides, for the
most part have never been a bride. They need help choosing a look
and www.weddinghair.com is designed to do just that. The hairstyles
represent a broad spectrum of designs and hair lengths and textures.
My articles also provide useful information. It is a one of its kind
website.”
In short,
selecting your wedding hair stylist is an important part of creating
your overall wedding look. Gretchen Maurer, and her website
www.weddinghair.com , gives us insight into what a successful
wedding hair stylist goes thru for each bridal client and what you
should look for in selecting your stylist.
Author
Perriann Rodriguez is the founder of Hair Resources, www.hairresources.com and www.hairresources.net , a global website for current hair
styles, hair extension info, beauty salons and everything else
related to hair. She has published the number one best selling
E-book, Most Popular Hair Extensions, and also the E-Magazine,
Wedding Hair Styles. Rodriguez is listed in the United States
Register of American Writers and the Who’s Who of Business and
Professionals.
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