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Bridesmaids, These Flowers Will Help You Up Your Hair Game This Season
From carnations to lilies, these are the flowers to adorn your hair with this wedding season
The IT Girls of Bollywood embracing the flowers-in-hair trendInstagram
A good hairstyle can instantly take your look up by several notches. If you are a bridesmaid-to-be looking to deliver some impeccable hairstyles this wedding season, it's important to know that getting the correct accessories for you hair is half the battle won. If you have got the perfect maangtikka or kanautis that go up your hairdo, and have planned all your hairstyles for the wedding festivities, but still feel that something is missing, you might want to consider taking things one step further by adding some flowers to your hair. If you want top hop onto the flowers-in-hair bandwagon this wedding season and are wondering what flowers to wear, read on.
5 Flowers You Should Be Adorning Your Hair With This Wedding Season
Carnations
If you are thinking of taking the traditional route of wearing roses in your hair this wedding season, you might want to consider switching them with carnations instead. Around the same size as roses, carnations offer a softer, more delicate look. These pretty little flowers come in a bunch of different colours like shades of pink, red, yellow, and ivory, along with some bi-colour kinds. Wearing a string of carnations around a sleek bun, or on one side of a french knot hairstyle can make for a very elegant, romantic look. You can pair together carnations in a single colour, or mix and match different shades of the same colour family—like how Ananya has paired light pink carnations with dark pink ones for her hairdo.
Ananya Panday wearing carnations in different shades of pink around her bunInstagram/Meagan Concessio
Baby’s breath
Baby’s breath are the perfect flowers to get if you are going for a super feminine, delicate, princess-y aesthetic. These dainty little ivory-coloured flowers are super tiny, and are great for when you want to add flowers to your hair, but don’t want to go for something chunky or ostentatious. Wearing your hair in simple, soft curls and don’t know how to elevate it? Baby’s breath is your answer!
Suhana Khan adorning her soft curls with baby's breathInstagram/Suhana Khan
Lilies
When one thinks about wearing flowers in their hair, lily might not be the first option that crosses their mind. While these flowers are big, they can make for a very feminine and romantic hairstyle. Wearing your hair in a classic low bun with a lily on one side is one of the most elegant hairstyles ever. Or you can even wear one lily at the back of your head and let your hair down in loose waves, just like Ananya here.
Ananya Panday wearing a lily in her hairInstagram/Ananya Panday
Mogras
This one is a no-brainer. One can’t talk about wearing flowers in the hair and leave the good old gajra out of the discussion. Wearing a gajra, or a string of mogras/jasmine flowers in your hair is an age-old practice followed by Indian women, especially in regions of South India. It is even considered a part of the Solah Shringar, or the sixteen rituals an Indian bride must follow, as a part of wearing some kind of fragrance. Flowers will come and go, but wearing gajra in your hair will remain timeless. You can wrap your braid with strings of gajra, you can wrap it around your bun, or even wear multiple strings with your hair left down—your options are endless! So embrace the jasmine this wedding season, because they’re beautiful, traditional, and will have your hair smelling heavenly!
Tara Sutaria wearing a gajra around her middle-parted bunInstagram/Tara Sutaria
Chrysanthemums
Chrysanthemums are a great flower to wear in your hair for a fun day look. These little flowers come in all kinds of colours like pink, yellow, orange, red, white, and purple. You can pair together chrysanthemums in a single colour, or take a cue from Khushi Kapoor and mix different colours together.
Khushi Kapoor wearing Chrysanthemum flowers on her bunInstagram/Khushi Kapoor
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