Dyeing veil ivory at home (easy!!)

PLEAAAASE tell me there's a way to reverse this if I mess up. 😅😅 because here's my dress.
The veil is obviously much too white. And to be fair I thought my dress was white as well. But. Yanno.


I definitely want to attempt this as my wedding is next month but I'm so nervous about ruining my veil.

View quoted message Hey Melissa! So basically start out with a large pot of boiling hot water, add one regular (orange pekoe) tea bag, maybe two depending on how dark you need your veil to go. Steep the tea for a few minutes, remove the tea bags, allow it to cool a little, and then place your veil in the warm tea for as long as you need. Start out with a couple minutes, as it depends how dark you’re trying to go so do a minute or two if you only need a slight tint. Then rinse with cold water, hang to dry and see if it’s the right colour for you
Let me know if you have any other questions!
-Chanel

Hi there,
Maybe I don't see it, but can you provide a step by step process of how you dyed your veil?
Melissa

View quoted message Yaaaay!! That looks so beautiful and matches so well, great job! And no one needs to know unless you tell them lol
You’re officially ready for your big day 🤩

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It worked!!! Omg I can relax and breathe now!! I did 2 bags, steeped for 5 minutes and I only did 1 minute for the soak. Took your advice and wanted to go slow on this. Looks like a perfect match to me! Tea dye for the win! Thank you so much!!

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Wow soooo beautiful!!! Thank you so much for your response and for the advice on the tea dye! I'm 100% going to move forward and do this. So encouraging to see how well it turned out in your pics! I told some family including my mom whose eyes got so big hearing I'm going to soak my custom veil in tea as if I'm digging a grave for it. I know it sounds bizarre but I really want my veil and dress to compliment each other so its worth it to me! Happy bride makes for a happy day! Also, happy anniversary!!!

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Tea dyeing for the win!
Sending veil magic your way Sami ✨

View quoted message Also I’ll attach a photo of the wedding! I chose to use the veil I did the tea dyeing, literally nobody knew I even did that other than my husband because I told him lol I also trimmed it down a little to make it lay the way I liked! DIY success is always even better than purchasing!! Ps today is our one year anniversary! So random that you messaged today of all days. 💗

View quoted message Hi Sami!
Because your gown is so light I’d start with one or two tea bags in a large bowl of boiling water, let that steep for five minutes, remove the bags and put the veil for a couple minutes to start. Rinse with cool water and let it dry then take a look at it against your gown. I had used like four or five tea bags for mine and let it steep extra dark, then left my veil for about ten minutes. Got the perfect colour I wanted on the first try, but at least you can re-dip it if it’s too light. Better to go slowly due to the slight off white tone. Best of luck! Let me know how it goes

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I'm looking to tea dye my veil as well! Do you recommend how long to steep it for, how many bags? My dress is a soft white so I don't want to risk making the veil too dark.

Hopefully you wont have to cancel your wedding!!

Excellent tip for dying veils and it looks great to match your dress. Smart technique.

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Wow that new shade looks perfect!!

View quoted message That’s great to know there are places that actually match the advertised colour!! So wonderful that it matches yours perfectly☺️
Never thought I’d resort to dyeing anything with tea let alone my wedding veil loll 😂 (it’s crazy how well it turned out though, you could never tell)

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I ordered the "ivory" (not light ivory) from Blanca Veils and it's a perfect match to my champagne dress. My dress is ivory over champagne.

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I don’t know why the after photo won’t load but it looks perfect with the gown! So lovely. I’ll keep trying to upload it. The dress is more of a champagne pink undertone but the bright white veil completely takes away from it, and it only took me like 45 minutes from start to finish to do this. I was going to buy another veil online but then decided why not try this since I’m going to be stuck with this veil anyways. Lol worth the gamble! Some places also mention that swatches may vary from actual dye batch you receive, I feel like this tea method is my saving grace to be able to modify the tone. (Ps the veil only looks darker in certain spots because it’s bunched)

So glad it worked out!


My dress is a champagne tone and I'm worried if I buy online it won't match, but a few places I've looked at have swatches available.

Dye before & after