Hey everyone! Hope the planning is going well! 💍 Let's talk veils... Last month I bought a veil off Amazon... Reviews were spotty in either it was great or poor.. but to only pay $14 in comparison to store prices of $100-300 I took the chance.. the veil came in a couple of days and I was surprised! Even though the comb had detached from the veil and it looked surprisingly great! I could attach a new comb no problem (Walmart has a pack of 12 Combs for $2) ...the only real issue was the color was white white... To my fault, I ordered white thinking it would match a soft white dress..for future reference I am sure an ivory would look better..another option the veil had. The color was extremely obvious and I had two options DIY it or return it... Ya girl HATES returning things so I tried to dye it myself 💁
I did research and some people had used tea or coffee to do so...again it was spotty in the results...$14 is only $14 right? Right. So...I dyed it with lipton black tea! I initially put 4 teabags in a large pot on stove, boiled it, and let it cool and then dipped my veil in..I got SO nervous that I took it out within 30 sec..washed in cool water and dried in the dryer..FAIL..there was no difference...so I repeated with 1 min time..NOPE...Then I decided to add more bags..a total of 6.. I put my veil in cool water first, put in the cooled tea for about 5 min, rinsed in cool water, and dried...it was PERFECT..well after I steamed it 😎
There is no wrong or right way to do this but if you decide to do this I hope my experience has helped you in some way.....
Total price: $17 ...veil+Combs+tea ❤️
Wedding day: May 19, 2018 ❣️
