There are a thousand ways in which you can do your hair for your wedding, but nothing quite beats the versatility a braid can offer. Braids are beautiful and textured, ensuring that you look absolutely stunning on your wedding day, no matter what the length of your hair is.
Braids are fundamentally rustic things. If you are having a rustic, outdoor wedding, or even a barn wedding, very few hairstyles would suit you barring the braided wedding hairstyles, which are convenient and so much more interesting than hair that has been left open, or simply knotted up or pinned up. Braids keep your hair out of your face and make you look like a fairy princess on your wedding day, so it’s a complete win-win situation.
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Here are some ethereal (and rather simple to implement) rustic braided wedding hairstyles that will make you want to start dressing up for your wedding right now.
1. Free-falling Boho braids
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Rustic braided hairstyles don’t always have to mean frayed and loose. On your wedding day, you can very well look like a Bohemian princess, with this Boho style braided crows at the back of your head. This might look super complicated, but it is actually not. A couple of braids on either side of your head need to be pinned behind the opposite ear to create this gorgeous look for your wedding.
2. Flowers and braids for a sophisticated look
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Rustic wedding hairstyles usually replace bejeweled hairpieces with flowers for an intensely beautiful effect. This cluster of French braids at the nape of your neck is the perfect hairstyle for rustic weddings. It looks detailed and intricate, but a touch of the rustic element is added by the carefully arranged baby’s breath in the braids.
3. Distressed milkmaid braids
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Milkmaid braids are a popular choice amongst brides for their wedding, and it is especially appropriate for rustic weddings. This gorgeous hairstyle is simple, low-maintenance, and absolutely beautiful. The distressed, loose locks that frame your face gives you that ethereal look that every bride seeks to achieve.
4. Classic messy braid
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A classic messy braid is always a great choice for a rustic wedding. It is the right amount of messy and romantic, and you can accessorize it in whatever way you want. In this case, it has been enhanced with a gorgeous flower crown with wild flowers. Messy braids also look incredibly beautiful with short veils.
5. Teased French braid
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French braids are some of the most beautiful kinds of braids, and they are intensely simple to pull off and accessorize. This beautifully teased braid keeps your hair in control. Also, it is doable for brides who have short hair, as well as long hair, making it a versatile option.
6. The messy braid and knot
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Braids and knots are mutually attractive, which means in order to get one, you definitely don’t need to sacrifice the other. You can start with a simple crown braid in layers which you can pin at the back of your head. Then, instead of leaving your hair down, you can simply put it all up in a messy bun and accessorize with delicate flowers or an heirloom hairpiece to complete your gorgeous wedding look.
7. Top knot with braided crown
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A top knot is always a great hairstyle for weddings of all kinds. However, you can spice up that simplistic look simply by braiding a section of your hair and twisting it around the base of your big top bun, to make it look even more layered and textured. The few loose romantic locks complete the look for your perfect rustic wedding.
8. The fishtail twist
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Fishtails are simple to make, but gorgeous looking braids that are perfect for rustic weddings, where it is not very feasible to let your hair loose, as it could very easily get out of control. Instead of a simple fishtail braid, you can section your hair out and make three such braids, and then braid those three sections to create this deceptively intricate looking wedding hairstyle for your big day.
9. Crown braids with colored accents
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Rusticity suggests wildness, and if you are having a rustic wedding, there is no reason why you shouldn’t go wild with your hair color choices as well. When you are planning to do crown braids, you can choose to highlight your hairstyle with pop colored highlights, which would go wonderfully with your white (or any other colored) dress.
10. Double fishbone crown
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Fishbone braids look much more intricate than French braids, so instead of making a crown with the tradition French braids, try criss-crossing a pair of fishbone braids and leaving the rest of your hair open for a romantic, rustic look.
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11. The full fishbone crown
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While we are on the topic of fishbone braids, and if you are going to do a half crown, you might as well go the full distance and make a gorgeous-looking fishbone crown that extends right down to the nape of your neck. Here also, you have the opportunity to go nuts with your accessories and look like a Greek Goddess on your wedding day.
12. The heart-shaped half crown
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There is no limit to the possibilities of hairdos when you have someone to braid your hair and a couple of bobby pins. Take two sections of your hair and braid them in the fish bone style. Take both the braids and pin them at the nape of your neck instead of at the back of your head to get a heart-shaped hairstyle.
13. Half French braids for short hair
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Brides who have very, very short hair, can also look beautiful on their wedding day by texturing their hair. This can be done with a half French braid that escapes into the rest of your hair. Take a section of your hair, starting from the middle and French braid it till it reaches the back of your ear, where you can pin it. This can be done on one, or both sides for a sweet and detailed effect.
14. Braided rosettes crown
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This might look super complicated, but it is actually one of the easiest things to do. Instead of putting real roses in your hair, braid three separate sections at the back of your head so that you get three braids. Twist those braids in a circular pattern till it reaches the starting point and forms a rosette and pin it up! Do this with all three braids till you get this ridiculously good-looking formation.
15. Waterfall braids
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Even though these might not be the ideal everyday hairstyle, waterfall braids are perfect for a rustic wedding. They are like French braids, except one section of the hair is let loose instead of being knit into the rest of the braid, creating this intricate, waterfall like effect.
16. Firm, collected braid bun
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If you have unruly hair which goes out of control no matter how much you spray it, this is the perfect rustic hairstyle for you. Divide your hair into four braids, which you can then twist into a bun and pin each up, one around the other, till you get this tight, immovable bun, that looks absolutely beautiful.
17. Boho chic double braids
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Usually, you wouldn’t think of doing double braids on your wedding day, but when you are organizing a rustic wedding, it would look supremely perfect and in tandem with the general atmosphere of your wedding. This easy-to-do, rustic hairstyle looks even better when the braids are teased, and when you add floral accessories to your hair.
18. Khaleesi-inspired twisted braids
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Everyone is a fiction nut in today’s world, and there is no reason why you shouldn’t look like Khaleesi on your wedding day. All you need to do is take two sections of your hair from either side of your head, and tie them together at the back, after which you can twist it through the gap between your scalp and the joint ponytail. Repeat this twist for an incredibly sexy rustic wedding look.
19. Side fishtails
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If you want a messy, tied up look, try braiding one side of your hair into a fishtail till you reach the end of your scalp, and putting the rest of your hair into a loose ponytail. Take the rest of the hair in the ponytail and put it into an exaggerated and teased fishtail to create an effect of continuity.
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20. The side French braid
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If you have dark, long hair with light highlights, there is no hairstyle better than the side French braid for a rustic wedding. After French braiding one side of your head, right till the end of your hair, put the braid and the rest of your hair into a high ponytail and tease it to add even more texture to this gorgeous hairstyle.
Rustic weddings are the perfect places to sport some of the most gorgeous braided wedding hairstyles, which are easy to execute, but look incredibly layered and complex.
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