So many things to budget for when it comes to your wedding that the last thing you want to think about is adding a hairdresser or a makeup artist to the list. If you're already adept at doing your own makeup, why pay somebody to do it for you, right?

In the same way that you can learn how to create bubble braids for the little ones as part of the wedding party, but why would you get a hairdresser for them? The thing is, it might be easy to get somebody else to come in and do makeup for you if you've never done it. And in the same way, it's going to be so much nicer for your morning if you have somebody else doing your hair. Do you have the time to hand make thousands of paper cranes to string together for a backdrop of your ceremony? No!

You'd pay somebody else to do that for you, so why not outsource your hair as well? Finding and hiring and paying for a wedding hairstylist may seem like something big on your list, but it's definitely something you should do, and there's a reason for it. Let's take a look at all of the reasons why you should be investing in a wedding hairdresser for your big day.

You need a style that is built to last the day. From the moment you wake up for your bridal breakfast to the moment you sink back into bed and kick your heels off, you need your hairstyle to last. Professional wedding hair stylists aren't just good at playing with hair, they're excellent at keeping it done for the whole day. A sleek set of glossy waves, or a stunning chignon or an up do all of these things can be done for your hair as long as you are asking somebody to help you to do it. You want your hair to look fantastic from the first photograph to the last ones. And the sheer amount of Hairspray and Bobby pins alone that a hairstylist will do for you is going to cost you more than you think if you did it by yourself.
Choose your look. When you hire a wedding hairstylist, you get to choose the look that you want for your wedding. You also get to have a few practice sessions where they can practice doing different styles on your particular hair to see what looks best and what you've loved the most. You don't have to limit your wedding hair look to the same ones that you do every single day at home. When you hire a wedding hairstylist, they'll be able to reproduce pretty much any inspiration that you want from the Internet or from a magazine that you have. You only get, we hope, one wedding day, which means you deserve to choose to look as fabulous during it as you can possibly be. If that means that you get 15 sets of clipping extensions and have a very complicated updo, then so be it.
Wedding hair should be strategized. When you're working with a wedding pro, you're going to have trial sessions before your big day where you get to strategise everything that you need to get your hair in the best condition for the day. They will plan out your future haircuts, any dye jobs, any extensions, cutting and color matching that needs to be done so that on the day of your wedding the whole thing goes off without a hitch.
You need hair that will look great in photos. When you're shoving your hair into a clip for work, does it make you feel stunning and beautiful, and does it make you want to look at pictures of it all day long? Probably not. When you do your wedding hair, however, that's exactly how you're going to feel. You need hair that is going to last you all day long. It's got to be a star that looks fantastic in person and in pictures because when you sit back and look back at your wedding album, you want to feel good about what you're seeing. You shouldn't do your own wedding hair. This should be the day where you get to sit in a pretty robe that sits over your dress while somebody else does it all for you.
It's one less thing to worry about. Having somebody else do your wedding hair for you means that on the morning of your wedding day, you have one less thing to worry about. You don't have to organize anything and you don't have to do anything but sit there and be pampered. Your bridesmaids and your mother-in-law and even your mother could be putting together all of the smaller details while you enjoy your breakfast and sit back in the morning. You've spent months getting everything ready. It's time to slow down and do it for you.