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Do You Specialize In Weddings? Here Are the Best Places to Marry in the US
Are you in a market known for being wedding-friendly?
January 29, 2020
Svitlana Vechera
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@vecherahair
1 min to read
If you’re an artist who specializes in gorgeous updos and romantic styling for “the big day,” then you may be interested to see what Wallet Hub, a website offering free credit scores and full credit reports, has to say about the top locations to tie the knot. Or maybe you’re a mobile manicurist who is known for their skill in beautifying the brides, grooms and their attendants with wedding-day dazzle or nude nuptial nails (say that three times fast!). For any beauty professional who has made weddings a big part of their business, Wallet Hub has looked at each city, across 27 key indicators of wedding-friendliness, ranging from average wedding cost to venues and event spaces per capita to hotel availability.
In the top ten are:
Orlando, FL
Las Vegas, NV
El Paso, TX
Atlanta, GA
Miami, FL
Tampa, FL
Tulsa, OK
Boise, ID
Las Cruces, NM
Autin, TX
See the full list here.
Alyssa Fronce, Port Byron, N.Y. Married September 9, 2017.
Nail techs often create beautiful nails for their clients’ weddings, but NAILS MAGAZINE wanted to see the nails they wore when they said their own vows. These nail techs created their own perfect wedding nails or had their nails done by a fellow tech, and one even had her nails done by her nail tech husband-to-be. See more looks here.
Originally posted on Modern Salon
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