In recent years women have been straying away from chemical straighteners and relaxers and going more natural.  While you may wish to have your hair chemically relaxed before your wedding, there are many electric straightening irons on the market that do the job nicely without the harmful chemicals previously applied.  Also, you may wish to have extensions or braids woven in so that you can sweep your hair up and away from your face and neck into an elegant updo.

Current trends in black wedding hair updos add a splash of color or highlights.  It is extremely difficult to bring black hair up to blonde highlights so many stylists simply bring it up several shades lighter then add gold, red, or blue highlights.  Depending on your wedding dress and the colors your wedding party will be wearing, the highlights in your hair updos for weddings might be chosen with those colors in mind.  Black wedding hair updos are so very elegant because the natural shine sparkles like diamonds. 

If you have ever had extensions or braids woven into your hair you know it is a rather time consuming venture.  Any time a huge amount of time is required, always schedule two appointments.  One appointment is necessary for the extensions and one on the morning of your wedding to have the actual wedding hair updo styled.  This alleviates any undue stress on your wedding day.

You may find that you don’t want to spend a lot of time at the hair salon so close to your wedding day with all the activities you have planned.  You may, at this point decide to wear a simple hair piece clipped into place with your natural hair being sprayed up and away from your neck.  Where time is an issue, a wedding hair updo that is a blend of your own natural hair and a lovely hair piece would be an ideal compromise.