
My husband and I were married on
the 4th of July, 2012 at The Crane Residential Resort in Barbados. I
had no idea what I was going to do with my hair. I love wearing my
curls, but for formal events, there’s always that pressure to straighten
it or throw in a weave. Our ceremony was just the two of us (no
guests, no bridesmaids, no one), so I didn’t have any helping hands to
get ready for our big day. I knew I needed a style that would be easy
enough for me to do on my own. I decided to 2 strand twist my hair 3
days prior. For maintenance, I sprayed with water and a little oil
(jojoba and sunflower seed) when it looked dry. With my hair in twists,
I was able to go swimming in the ocean, get caught in warm sun showers
and just enjoy my vacation before the wedding. If I had straightened my
hair or gotten a weave, I would have been chained to a beach chair and
worried about getting my hair wet! On the day of the wedding, I
untwisted, fluffed and added the birdcage veil that I had made. It came
out perfect, with very little effort. It was very breezy so my hair
was blowing everywhere, but I think it held up pretty well and added some
drama to our pictures. The veil decided it didn’t want to cooperate
with the breeze, so I ditched it and pinned in a simple white flower
from the arch that we were married under. By the way, thank you so much
for curlynikki.com. You are truly an inspiration!


Lovely! I'm planning for Barbados as well…scouring YouTube for what to do with my hair. Reception is underwater. Swimming with the turtles!
Congratulations on your marriage! I love that you guys were free to get married and not have a huge entourage! Just the two of you! Amazing and God bless your union!!!
Congratulations to you both! You look beautiful and happy! Hope you enjoyed Bim 🙂
What a wonderful story….Thanks for sharing 🙂
Gorgeous Couple!! Your hair looks fabulous!!
Gorgeous hair! Beautiful couple!
Thanks everyone 🙂
Absolutely Beautiful!
Aww thanks girl!
Thanks Chica!
Jillian ~ your hair is FAB in your avatar! I'm sure your hair will be just as beautiful!!
So beautiful! Congrats!
Your hair is BOMB!!
Black love is such a beautiful thing. Congratulations!
Just stunning! God bless their union
Looks like a dream wedding come true! Beautiful couple.
Congrats! Beautiful pics and gorgeous couple! Uhm, and love.love.love the hair!
gorgeous hair!!!
What a beautiful couple your hair is fabulous! I want a husband that will love all of me and my kinky curly forever. May God bless your union.
Megan Montgomery
Congratulations!! You make a beautiful couple!
Beautiful couple. Much happiness to you two!
Congratulations Temara! You look so beautiful!
You and Hubs picked a beautiful place to get married! My Hubs is Bajan and I just love everything about Bimshire!
Beautiful! That's how a wedding should be…..just perfect. Love the hair!
Beautiful couple
congratulations!! you looked gorg. nice pics
*STANDING O* LOVE YOU T!!! Great choice Curly Nikki!!!
Your hair looks gorgeous it held up really well & it looks fabulous in the pics. Congrats on your wedding & may your life be filled with bliss fullness.
Awesome! You lived my wedding dream! I want to have a private ceremony with me & my man at a really nice resort.
Congratulations!! Absolutely beautiful couple. You really worked that twist out!!
Beautiful! 🙂 You both look great.
My bad…I so thought that pic would be my profile…oops! Got it under control now 🙂
Beautiful! Congratualtions on your marriage & a great hair day 🙂
Beautiful! Congratulations to you and your new husband. I love that you got married on my island too. :o)
Gorgeous couple…hopefully my tresses will be this lush for our beach wedding!
Beautiful Pictures. Congrats!
you look stunning and the hair is simply amazing. I wish you guys life long happiness and a house full of babies
Beautiful couple. Congratulations! I hope you have a long, happy marriage.
Simply beautiful!
love the hair! Congratulations on the wedding!