Please do hair artists everywhere a favor and show up with clean hair. I cannot tell you how many times a bridesmaid will roll in with day old or three day old or even five day old hair acting like they’re doing us a favor, when in fact we set instructions that we want clean hair. And here’s why we want clean hair, because we can dirty the hair up with our own products that we know how they will perform. Whereas when you show up with dirty old hair, we don’t know what we’re getting into. And oftentimes you have to spend a lot of time and grunt work kind of trying to get that day old hair out of your hair. There are only two exceptions to this. One is if you have textured hair, definitely talk to your hairstylist about how they want you to come to the appointment. Oftentimes they will have you come with your curls already set from the day before, how you like them. The second would be is if you had a professional blowout the night before as directed by your hairstylist. So always make sure you’re in good communication with your stylist. And please, please, bridesmaids, follow the directions, follow the instructions. You will make our lives so much easier.

So I’m not a hair professional, but as a planner who has been there from the start of an event to the end of the night, I’ve seen a lot of my brides struggle with having their hair stay all night and having it look good. And what I will say is, even from my own personal experience, you know your hair better than anybody else does. I personally know that my hair is not going to hold or look good after the first day. I have extremely greasy hair and just does not hold a curl. So as many times that I’ve had professionals tell me you need to have greasy hair, I show up, do what they tell me, and it never looks good. So my first thing is, you know best. You know what products work. You’ve hopefully done that trial and error. If you’re just not a hair girly and you’re just like, you know what? I can’t even do it well, and I would rather listen to them. This is where your trial is very important. This is where asking questions is very important. But at the end of the day, you should know your hair better than anybody. And if you feel like just a morning wash, I always recommend, if you’re unsure, to just wash your hair as you normally would in the morning and then blow dry it. And then if they need to kind of grease it up and get some grit into it, they have products that can do that. So always just communicate with them, like, hey, I’m going to shower in the morning. If they really, really recommend you don’t do that and you feel like, okay, I could probably get away with it, then go for it. But to be honest, you know how your oils work and how your texture works better than anybody else, you know what looks good on you, what doesn’t. Trial, trial, trial, trial. Because this is a very important thing. You want to and deserve to feel your absolute best on your wedding day. And if you hate your hair, you’re probably going to be like, if you’re like me, I get in a mood if I don’t like the way my hair looks. So you deserve to make sure it’s exactly what you want and it’s perfect. So test it out beforehand. If you did a trial and you’re still unsure, maybe play around at home, have a friend do it. Go back for a second trial. At the end of the day, I would say wash your hair if you’re unsure what to do. And they can always make it dirtier, but it’s harder to make it cleaner unless you spend that extra time washing it. So do what you need to do. You know yourself best.

Yeah. No, don’t be this person. I’ve been a makeup artist for twelve years. What I can tell you for sure is that every hair artist I’ve ever worked with would prefer that you come with clean, freshly blown out hair, no hot tools applied. And by the way, don’t show up with last night’s makeup either. Or even this morning’s makeup. Come with clean, fresh, moisturized skin. It will make everything a lot faster.