Why You Need A Head-to-Toe Wedding Budget

Budgeting for your wedding is one of the most difficult wedding planning tasks, but staying within your budget is even harder. It’s easy to design your wedding budget around the biggest, most well-known items and services you’ll need. However, it’s all the smaller items you may not be thinking of at first that start to add up, growing your cost way beyond the budget you’d like to stay within.

That is why you need a head-to-toe wedding budget. This perspective offers insight into ALL the details that play a part in your wedding day appearance, everything from your head to your toes!

To help you in your planning, we’ve compiled a list of all the items brides should consider to more accurately set their head-to-toe wedding budget. You can also get our ultimate wedding checklist in our Free Wedding Planning Starter Pack. Click the button below to get yours today!

Attire

    • Wedding dress
    • Reception dress
    • Alterations
    • Veil
    • Wedding shoes
    • Reception shoes
    • Undergarments/shapewear
    • Getting ready outfit/robe
    • Garter
    • Other dress accessories as needed
      • Covering for winter wedding (shawl, jean jacket, etc.)
      • Detachable skirt
      • Petticoat

Hair

    • Hair treatment (cut, color, highlights, etc.)
    • Professional hair styling – trial run
    • Professional hair styling for the day of your wedding
    • Hair accessories (clips, flower halos, beads, etc.)
    • Hair products

Face/Makeup

    • Makeup artist – trial run
    • Makeup artist for the day of your wedding
    • Makeup products
    • Teeth whitening treatment/products
    • Eyebrow shaping
    • False eyelashes
    • Setting spray

Additional

    • Nails
    • Waxing
    • Tanning/spray tan
    • Jewelry
      • Necklace
      • Earrings
      • Rings
      • Bracelets
      • Anklet

Using this list during your wedding planning journey will help you avoid surprise costs when it comes to looking your best on your wedding day.

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