My maternity pictures are on Friday with this lovely lady, as I think I’ve mentioned several times. Can you tell I’m excited?!?!?! I have a bit of “wedding regret” regarding my hair and I wish I had budgeted to hire a specialist to come in and do it. Thanks to all of you*, I’m splurging on myself this Friday and spending some time with Angie Williams while she works to make me look pretty.

I resurrected my wedding hair inspiration folder to come up with some images to show Angie so she can get an idea of what I’m looking for, but all of my wedding looks of choice were updos and I’m looking for something a lot more casual than that. My goal is to find a style that works with my hair, shows off the length, has lots of height (I love big hair but mine doesn’t hold a back-comb well), and is curled without a lot of frizzies. Here are my favorite options so far:

Yes, this is Mrs. Bee of Weddingbee, my adoration for her knows no bounds. I love the soft and natural look she has for her own maternity photos. I realize that some are probably thinking “I make my hair look like that all the time without paying someone to do it for me.” For whatever reason, loose, natural looking curls without a multitude of frizzies are beyond my abilities.


Image by Punam Bean

I like that this hairstyle Beyonce Ashanti (thanks Jasmine!) is sporting would give me a bit more height though. I tend to like “Texas beauty pageant” when it comes to hair.


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While I was hunting for hair inspiration photos I figured I might as well look for some makeup ideas as well. My instructions for Angie will definitely include the phrase “Make my face look as skinny as possible”, but a little more guidance than that might be helpful. I started looking at celebrity makeup, but I soon realized that I didn’t just want their makeup, I want to be transformed into the celebrity. As in, please just make me look exactly like Katherine in this photo:

which just isn’t possible. A bit more stumbling led me to the blog of a real girl, Tiffany, who spends her time executing different makeup looks and doing product reviews and sharing her results through photos and video. If I was more adventurous with my makeup routine I’m sure I’d be tuning in to see what she comes up with on a regular basis, but I really enjoyed scrolling through her blog to see all the different looks she has come up with. I like looking to her for inspiration because she’s a regular girl with blue eyes taking snapshots of herself with her camera. A few that caught my eye:

Look 1

Look 2

Look 3

Look 4

What combination of hair and makeup would you suggest? Or do you think I should go a different direction altogether?

I’ll be wearing this dress with black tights and heels for the first “look”:

And either this dress or another brighter purple floor length one with rain boots for the second:

There won’t be any naked belly shots and I have props galore that I’ve brainstormed and collected. The focus is going to be color and childhood nostalgia and it’s going to be like no maternity shoot you’ve ever seen before (at least, I’ve never seen anything like it.) The forecast has gone from 70% chance of rain to sunny and in the 40′s. Let’s hope it stays that way! That Husband will be there as well, which reminds me… I’ve been so focused on myself I forgot to figure out what he’s going to wear. :)

*Ummm, yeah, did I mention that I recently cashed a check for $500(!!!!!) from Tulle because so many of you took the time to vote for me back in November! I’m working to gather up several different types of goodies for a giveaway the last week of February. I love you bunches!

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