Weddings and Graduations

Arrange hair and makeup to be at close locations: The salon can be an important part of your day. Make it a fun event! Invite your photographer. Have someone bring champagne or snacks. This is often the kick-off, the first time of the day that the girls are all together. It can be an important bond and can set the rest of the day up for success.

Moods Hair Salon is fully involved in Vancouver’s event and fashion scene. We have contacts with the best that the industry offers. Let us know if you would like a recommendation for make-up, catering or photographers.

Book your appointment early so that there’s more stylists available. Your party will be all together and will be in and out faster.

Get your colour touched up 4 days to one week before your wedding/graduation day. Major changes to colour should be carefully considered and should be done at least a month in advance.

Record your travel time from the salon to where you are getting dressed. Make the day’s schedule as predictable as possible.

Wash your hair the day before your wedding or graduation. Do not use any shine products, pomades, waxes, etc. Come into the salon with your hair dry.

Make sure to have a few bobby pins and a purse size spray with you all day.

Schedule nail appointments for the day before. This saves time.

Chapters magazine section is great for wedding or graduation hair ideas!

Schedule 1 or 2 trials one month before your wedding day. If you are generally sure of what style you would like, 1 trial most likely will be enough.

Come to your trial prepared. Bring photos of styles you like (or that you don’t like!) Pictures are a great way to communicate at the salon. Details of your wedding dress, headpieces and general theme of the wedding day are crucial when considering hair styles. Bring a digital camera to take photos of all sides of your style and bring them to your stylist on your wedding day.

Run-way or Natural You? If it is important to you to be recognizably “you” in your look, be sure to choose a style for the front of your hair that is similar to the way you wear it. I.e.: parts, height, etc. if your want to break away from your everyday image, let your stylist know!

Up or down? Generally speaking, putting hair up is a more special and elegant style than down. Having your hair off the shoulders will show details of the dress beautifully. If your hair is straight, heavy, or hard to set, and up style will last longer throughout the day, whereas downstyles will have the tendency to go frizzier and curl will drop over a long day. That being said, if you feel more comfortable with your hair down, talk to your stylist about options to get around these obstacles.
Natural curls? Enhance them and work with them; keep your look soft.

Princess or Minimal? Ethnic bride or Era theme? Be sure to communicate to your stylist the full feeling of your wedding look.

Preparing your hair. With short to medium lengths, the more length you have to work with, the more options you have on your wedding day. Keep the ends trimmed every 6 weeks to keep it healthy, but maintain the length until your wedding day. If your hair is very, very long, there are very few up styles that are possible with your hair without having your style be very bulky. If you don’t have anything specific in mind, you may need to consider taking length off and/or adding a few long layers to open up your options.

Keep your hair healthy. Use only professional products and consider carefully any colour changes.

E-mail or call Tania for information on event planning.