Help! Fun bachelorette accessories for a black bride-to-be?
Hi all, re-posting from r/blackladies because apparently my post was not appropriate.
My beautiful best friend is getting married this fall, and I’m hosting a small bachelorette party for her and want to make it the most fun and special weekend for her and her girls. She is black with long gorgeous locs that she’s been caring for for a year in preparation for her wedding. I am not black and have stick straight hair and admittedly have very limited knowledge of hair any texture other than mine (actually I don’t know what to do with my own hair texture so will take any advice on that too 😂) and was hoping this sub may be able to help.
I’ve been planning every little detail to make the weekend the most fun and the most stress free for all. I thrifted a little veil that says “bride to be”, and also bought a pack of hair tinsel, enough for all of her girls to get a little sparkle in their hair on one of the nights out. But I just realized that the veil is on a comb, and I have absolutely no clue how to fasten it into locs? I also realized that I cannot simply install hair tinsel in locs the same way I will be able to for everyone else. Ultimately, this day is about her, and I do not want to cause any kind of stress or bring something that she cannot also enjoy.
Basically, my questions are:
\- is there any way to fasten a veil into locs without doing any damage? The veil I have has a comb…. Is there a way to use it or should I toss the idea out?
\- are there any fun little bachelorette hair accessories that would work well with locs that would be easy for her to apply to her hair/head that aren’t locs? Should I just avoid head/hair accessories altogether? I do have a headband that says “bachelorette” on it for one day, so hopefully that works.
\- should I just skip the hair tinsel?? I can’t believe I didn’t think about how it wouldn’t work with her locs, I feel absolutely silly about it.
Note that most items I’ve bought have been thrifted or DIY’d (our bride is very anti-consumerism whenever she can be), so it’s not a big deal to not use the veil or headband, I’d just give it to another friend or donate them back to the thrift so I’m not worried about the money, I’d rather just kibosh anything that’s not going to work. There’s one other black girl coming but her hair texture is closer to mine than the bride-to-be’s and she had no suggestions.
Thank you for all of your help!