Opinion on Blusher Veils

LadybugBride3

I'm wearing my mom's veil for my wedding b/c ever since I was little my mom told me she had her dress and veil preserved and it would mean so much if I wore it.  After 30+ years it was in good shape and we dyed it with tea to match my ivory dress.  Its cathedral length like my dress and trimmed in pearls (even though my dress has no pearls). 

Well yesterday we took the veil to the seamstress so she could remove it from the original headpeice, put it on a comb and steam it.  I told her to take the blusher off since I wasn't going to wear one and my mom and grandmother flipped out and basically demanded I wear it.  Did anyone wear one or is planning to wear a blusher?  I feel like I gave in enough wearing the veil but the blusher seems so old fashioned to me. 

Bride_to_be_2011

I would say don't do the blusher if you don't want to! It is your wedding day.  I say stand your ground! I know lots of girl that don't do the blusher, and some that do, it is preference. And lots of girls don't wear a veil at all, your mom and gma should be glad you are wearing her veil at all.

nicole8586

I agree with B2B it is preference.

I wore a veil but not blusher because I just didn't like it.

paprika28

I wore a veil and a blusher for my first wedding because my mom threw a fit when I told her I wasn't going to. This time? I'm not wearing one at all. No veil. Honestly, it drove me nuts. I kept sitting on it, (in the car, on the way from getting my hair done, in the limo to church...) and I kept having to have it fixed. I took it off immediately.

If you want to avoid an issue, maybe have it made in to a separate veil, (just have it attached to a comb) and wear it for a few pictures for her?

ev4149

My veil has a blusher.  I come from an old school Catholic Italian-American family.  The brides always wore blushers with veils in my family, so I could never imagine anything else.  But of course, that is my preference.  If you don't like it, you shouldn't wear it.  But maybe try it on and see how you like it?

caraellen23

I fought to NOT wear a blusher.  I didn't wear one, at the disappointment of my rabbi and probably some of our more religious guests.

Madam A

I agree with pps- do what makes you happy!

I wore a blusher attached to a separate comb for our ceremony. Since I was a little girl, I always pictured my Dad lifting my veil and "giving me away" to my future H. After he lifted the blusher portion, it blended in with the rest of elbow length veil. I removed both veils promptly after the ceremony/receiving line because I felt like they were hindering my movement. But I am glad I wore the blusher down the aisle because it felt very traditional and was what I wanted.

Beagle211

I'm wearing a blusher, but originally I wasn't planning on it.  My mom asked if I was going to wear one, and I tried it on, and I liked it, so I'm going to wear one for the ceremony.  But it'll probably come off immediately afterwards.

I say if you don't want to wear one, don't.  They'll get over it.

LadybugBride3

Up until now my mom has been good accepting when my wedding taste differ from hers.  But she's become a total momzilla over this veil thing.  At first I didn't want to wear it b/c it was stark white and didn't match my ivory dress and she went nuts trying to find a way to dye it. 

Beagle211

I guess you have to weight how much you don't want to wear one, versus if it's worth it to you to compromise on this to make your mom happy.  If this means enough to hear that you can deal with wearing a blusher, then it might be something to consider.

That's kind of what it was for me.  My mom looked so sad when I told her I didn't want to wear one.  I knew it meant a LOT to her for me to do it.  I like how it looks, and I knew it would make her happy more than I cared to argue about it.  So I'm doing it.

It's totally a personal decision, and you shoudn't feel bad about wearing/not wearing one.

kristinrotondo

I'm wearing a blusher, but only because my fiance really really really wants me to. It's one of the few things he really wants to preserve, so I'm letting him have it. I figure, it's just the walk up the aisle, right? But honestly, do what will make you happy. Good luck!