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Pre-Wedding Chop (12") and Hair Trial

posted 7 months ago in Beauty
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    WonderTwin    October 22, 2011   Roanoke, VA

    I have seen a lot of posts lately about short-haired brides and I've been loving it! I grew my hair out for the past 2 years so that I could have the option of wearing any style I'd want for my wedding. I had mostly known I wanted to go back to short hair, but didn't want to shoot myself in the foot.

    Pre-Wedding Chop (12) and Hair Trial :  wedding hair short trial pre wedding chop wedding curls headpiece headband donation 2yrsGrowth

     

    When we were 1 month out, I felt we were close enough to the wedding where I wasn't going to change my mind about wanting to have long hair. So, while off on a business trip, I slipped into a salon and had 12" of hair cut off! I mailed the foot of hair off to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths.

    Pre-Wedding Chop (12) and Hair Trial :  wedding hair short trial pre wedding chop wedding curls headpiece headband donation HairDonation102011

    I knew right away that the cut was the right move. I feel much more like me and will feel more relaxed not having a formal up do on my wedding day. About a week after the big pre-wedding chop, I went for my hair trial.

    Pre-Wedding Chop (12) and Hair Trial :  wedding hair short trial pre wedding chop wedding curls headpiece headband donation HairTrial Front

    Pre-Wedding Chop (12) and Hair Trial :  wedding hair short trial pre wedding chop wedding curls headpiece headband donation HairTrial Side

    I'm not sold on the curls. Toward the end of the day, I brushed out the curls and was able to rework the hair into waves. I am going to look for different inspiration pics to take for the day-of.

    Walking away from the trial, I love the length, it works great with my headpiece, and I really enjoyed the women at the salon (wedding is 3+ hrs away, so this was my first time in this salon).

    If you are stressing over whether to do a pre-wedding chop or not, do it! I use my hair to express control and my long hair ended being a representation of all of the wedding planning stress we'd gone through over the past almost-2 years. Cutting it off was symbolic in letting go of that stress and bringing me back to me. I feel so much lighter and more free heading into the week before the wedding!

     
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    MrsSl82be    October 24, 2009  

    I thnk the curls look really nice on you, did you happen to take a pic of the waves for comparison? I wish I could keep my hair short like that, but its way too think and weirdly wavy. It was almost to my butt at the wedding, i got it cut short, a little shorter than what you have there, and it was just awful. Unless I styled it everyday, it looked like crap. I then had it grow out to a few inches below my shoulders, and when I got it trimmed the girl took off too much. Its at about the same length now, and I am going to let it grow about 6 more inches.

    I would LOVE a pixue cut, but there is no way it would look good on me :(

     
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    gogogiraffes    June 2, 2012   Richmond, Virginia

    I have hair about your length. I'm wearing AA Plat. Cinderella. And This is the EXACT picture I was trying to discribe to my hair dresser. With the front kind of pushed back. Thank you!

     
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    WonderTwin    October 22, 2011   Roanoke, VA

    @gogogiraffes: Glad I could help! :)

     
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    MsPanda    August 17, 2013   Oregon

    I love the curls! and that headband! seeing your hair trial makes me wish I could pull off short hair! and I also would like to see a pictures of the waves too!

     
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    WonderTwin    October 22, 2011   Roanoke, VA

    Sadly I did not have time to take photos of the waves.

     
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    JandieMames    November 4, 2011   cincinnati

    LOVE it!! GREAT MOVE :)

     
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    MademoiselleL    August 24, 2012   Vancouver, BC (wedding in Maui)

    It looks really nice :)  I think it would look great with waves too, although the curls look nice!

     
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    WonderTwin    October 22, 2011   Roanoke, VA

    Decided to forego the curls. They simply weren't me. Here is my wedding day hair!

     

    Pre-Wedding Chop (12) and Hair Trial :  wedding hair short trial pre wedding chop wedding curls headpiece headband donation WeddingDayHair

     
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    Eva Peron    November 2011  

    Looks gorgeous and fresh!!

    Thanks for donating your hair! I have known many women who are grateful for people like you ;)

     
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    lauraq123    April 28, 2012  

    12"! Wow! 

     
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    daisy40    June 30, 2012   Midwest

    Wow!  Way to go and you look gorgeous!

     
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    aprose    May 19, 2013   oregon

    wow! how brave! after having my hair about the length yours was pre chop i think it would be a shock to cut 12" off! i love the hairstyle you choose its very elegant and yet still simple... thouse i love the curls too!

     
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    Ms. Anemone    January 14, 2012   Minnesota/The Deep South

    love your cut!

    I will either pull a Pre-wedding chop or get a PWC right away. I love my hair midlength, and this long-long-long thing is driving me nuts. But I do want an updo, so I have to ask my hairdresser about cutting pre-wedding.

     
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    kfiorita    October 4, 2014   Adelaide, South Australia

    I think short hair was the way to go :) Congrats

     
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    WonderTwin    October 22, 2011   Roanoke, VA

    @Ms. Anemone: Some hairdressers will refuse to do any kind of cut too close to the wedding. So if you do want a PWC, make sure you try to do so at least a week ahead of time.

     

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