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New Website Address  http://www.gailgardner.co.uk/ -

New Website Address

Hi everyone.  Just an update.  I have a brand new website which is now http://www.gailgardner.co.uk/ this is my name Gail Gardner. Please follow this link to my new website to see all my latest hair and makeup styles and also my latest blog which tells you exactly how busy I have been over the past few weeks.  Gail xx

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Gail Gardner, Wedding Hair at Leez Priory, Gosfield Hall and Many more...

Hi there all.  I have not really blogged much lately as I am currently having a new website built and Im hoping for it to go live in approx 2 weeks and I am transferring over to a different blog system which is incorporated to my website.  I have had many trials and weddings over the last few weeks and am attaching a few photos for you here but please be patient as I will soon be back up and running properly soon.  Hope you are all keeping well.  Gail xx





Half Up, Half Down Hairstyles, Chignons at Leez Priory, Boreham House and The Fennes

Its been another hectic week with beautiful brides making their wedding vows.  I had a trial on Monday with a lovely lady who is getting married at St Michaels Church in Galleywood, Essex.  She is very tall and beautiful and opted for a beautiful glamourous hairstyle, very chic. 

I also had four weddings this week.  One at the Fennes with Claire Boston.  I carried out her wedding hair and also for her mum and sister.  I forgot to take my camera so she will be forwarding some photos soon.

I was then at Leez Priory on Friday with a bride I had not met before but she was lovely and we had a great morning together. Her dress was so stunning, it was mermaid style and she had the perfect figure.  She has sent me some photos of her wedding so i am attaching them for you.  She advised me that she slept in her hair and it was still perfect the next day!    

The bride yesterday was married at Boreham House.  I carried out her hair and makeup and applied false eyelashes.  She looked amazing.  Again, a very calm bride and she opted for a beautiful fairytale dress.

The bride today, Tracey, was married at Leez Priory.  She was all glamour.  I carried out her wedding hair for her and for her bridesmaid but then carried out a further two hairstyles on her two close friends.  Tracey was great fun!  She had some terrible traumas with her wedding dress.   Yesterday, the day before her wedding, her fiance dropped her beautiful dress in a huge puddle when transferring it to the car!  It slipped off the hanger from under the dress carrier.  They had to rush it to the dry cleaners, which were thankfully open and they saved the day!   She was amazingly calm and laughed about it but she did assure me that this is only because it still looked as good as new.

Again, I saw another tiara from Monsoon at one of this weeks weddings.  The tiaras at Monsoon are stunning and amazingly priced at £35 approx.  The quality is excellent and they are stunning so do check them out if you are on the hunt for a tiara with a difference.

I have a trial this week for a bride getting married in July and I have a wedding at Gosfield Hall on Friday. 

I also set myself up on twitter, under the name Gail_Gardner.  I do not know if I have set it up properly but I do tweet on all my trials and wedding days if you want to keep up to date with what brides are opting for and any other great ideas I hear about that I think are worth passing on. 

Have a good week.  I may update my blog mid week with extra pictures as I am expecting this weeks brides to send some to me.

See you soon.  Gail x







Leez Priory, The Fennes, Boreham House and Trials

Hi Everyone.  I have had a busy week this week with trials and weddings.  The trials were for the Fennes and leez Prioy and the weddings were at Leez Priory and Westminster.  The styles I covered were half up with extensions, sleek chic look and Audrey Hepburn hairstyles.  Unfortunately I forgot to photograph the bride on Friday but she will be sending me a photo after her honeymoon.  The bride on Friday was married at Westminster Registry Office.  Her wedding was being filmed for Channel 4.  They have a new programme coming out in September focussing on the different weddings throughout the world and they chose Michelle Whipps for the London wedding.  I had not met Michelle until her wedding day but she opted for a beautiful Audrey Hepburn style, very glamourous.  On Saturday I was at Leez Priory with Kirsty Collins.  A very calm bride.  The weather was very windy but very warm.  She looked beautiful.  All my photos are below of this weeks brides and trials.  The first bride has extensions, she looked absolutely amazing. 



I have a busy week with weddings ahead.  I am at Leez Priory twice, The Fennes and Boreham House.   In amongst all that I have a trial and a trip to see the Jersey Boy!  So Im looking forward to that.   Leez Priory is one of my most popular venues.  Its great as there is a cottage on the premises which brides have the option to stay in the night before.  So if the bride has an early wedding, approx 12.00 to 1.00pm, I will normally go to the cottage to get the bride ready.  Most venues let you into the main premises at 9.00 but some do not allow access till 10.30am which can really eat into your wedding time.  The wedding morning always go so fast, much faster than a bride can anticipate so please take this into account when planning your timings on your wedding morning and also, make sure that you, the bride, has her hair carried out first so that your hairstylist can devote most of the time to you.  Also, if you are having bridesmaids hairstyles carried out, the hairdresser can keep an eye on your hair and perfect it closer to your wedding ceremony, if need be.

I hope you like the hairstyles I have below.  I am trying to set myself up on Twitter so you can keep in touch with me and just my daily experiences with brides, the weather on the wedding day etc.  I dont know if I will be successful with Twitter as im not very technical with my phone but I am hoping to give it a good try.

Have a wonderful week this week and I look forward to catching up again soon.

Gail xx









Leez Priory, Gosfield Hall, Boreham House, The Fennes

Hi everyone.  My diary is becoming very booked up and I am receiving many calls for dates I have already given away.  Its going to be a big year for weddings and even 2012 is appearing to be busy already too.  I had three weddings this week.  Two were at Leez Priory on Monday and Friday and one at the Fennes today.  I did not get to meet either of the brides that were married at Leez until their wedding day, they did not have a trial.  Both brides looked stunning.  All this weeks weddings went off beautifully and there was no sign of rain.  The bride today had extensions.  I took a photo of the bride before and after extensions.  She looked beautiful and she had been so calm all morning until precisely one hour before her wedding ceremony when the nerves suddenly set in.  This is pretty much standard for most brides.   I have also had a busy week with trials, I met some wonderful people whom I am looking forward to meeting again very soon on their wedding days.  One bride had such a beautiful hair piece.  It was like a tiara on a band but the detail was all on one side.  It was from Monsoon.  It was only £35 which amazed me as it was really beautiful and looked like it cost much more.  If you have not bought your tiara yet make sure you look in Monsoon. 

One of my brides this week ordered her dress from China.  She paid a total of £75 for it and this included postage.  The dress was absolutely amazing and she had her alterations carried out by a local seamstress.  I cannot tell you how amazing her dress looked, considering I see brides dresses every day, you just would not have expected the dress to be under the £700 mark.

I have two weddings this week again at Leez and in Chelmsford with a few trials in between so I will have more pictures for you next week. For now, here are some of the lovely brides I met this week. See you Sunday.  Gail x









Bride before extensions



Bride with extensions



With Extensions



Leez Priory, Fennes, Boreham House....

I have been hibernating a little as I had a lovely break over Christmas and only officially returned back to work on Monday even though I did a couple of weddings during Christmas and New Year.  I have had a busy time this week with trials for February and March weddings.   I think its taking me a little time to get back to the usual run of things as I forgot to take a photo of my trial on Monday so I cant display the hairstyle on here.  The brides I have worked with this week are getting married at Leez Priory, the Fennes and Boreham House.  All beautiful venues.  I wont be writing a blog next week as I have a quieter week than normal.  The calm before the storm for the week after, so Im going to enjoy it.  My little boy turns three this week so I have had a great time shopping for him, 3 year olds toys are just fab.  Rockets, Bubbles, Bikes, so easy to shop for.  Also, I will be taking my cat, Dorothy, to the vet tomorrow after my Trial.  On Friday she started limping.  She is avoiding any weight on her back foot.  I have checked her for injuries but she bites me if I go near her leg.  I had hoped she may improve but it looks like a trip is in order.  I think she may have climbed a tree and could not get down, but we will see.  Anyway, here are some photos of lovely brides or brides to be I have had the pleasure in working with. I will try and put my brides that married between Christmas and New Year on here sometime this week too. See you Soon.  Gail xx