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10 Tips for a Picture Perfect Wedding Day
Here's the secret - have more fun than everyone else! Your wedding is only the beginning; you are embarking on the start of your married life together. Focus on your new life together, and how excited you are to marry this person. The way you gaze at each other will reveal this passion, and it will allow the photographer to capture those moments.
Weddings can be very stressful for the bride and groom. Here are some tips wedding couples can use to reduce the amount of stress they encounter during their wedding to look their best in the photographs.
Be up-front about your expectations: Inform the photographer and videographer well in advance the type of shots you want to be taken so that he or she can learn positioning and style. Don’t be afraid to tear out magazine photos or to request photographs of special heirlooms or wedding day accessories.
Pre-Wedding Photo shoot: Let’s face it; those "Magazine Bride” photos that you see are planned, practiced, and picked from hundreds of options. Planning a pre- wedding shoot will undoubtedly improve your pictures. This practice will give the photographer the chance to capture that special once in a lifetime moment for you.
Scheduling a set time for the photo session: To minimize picture-taking time during cocktail hour try to take a majority of the formal pictures before the ceremony. Some photos could be the bridesmaids, groomsmen, the bride with her family, and the groom with his. If you’re traditional, you can wait until after the ceremony to involve the bride and groom together.
Know about restrictions: Get consent from the ceremony location as to where photographs and video are allowed. Many churches, synagogues, mosques and chapels have specific areas that cannot be photographed or filmed, so make sure to check with them before the big day.
Consider a unique wedding-day gift: A great new idea for a groom’s gift is to capture the bride’s primping process, and show the groom what he missed. Documented by beautiful, tasteful pictures, the groom is allowed a peek into the bride’s final moments before she becomes his forever, which will definitely become a keepsake for the groom.
Plan a Make up Rehearsal: Your wedding day is not the right time to experiment with makeup and hairstyles. Be sure to plan a separate day to have a hair and makeup "dress rehearsal". Try a few styles and pick one that’s sophisticated and romantic, but lets you look like your beautiful and radiant self.
Know your Make-up: Being a blushing bride may take more than the simple mascara and lip gloss you’re used to. For your wedding day, add a bit more make-up so you appear as beautiful and glowing in your portraits as you are in real life. Consider a bit of blush around the cheeks or matte lipstick to “pop” in your pictures. But don’t go overboard; let your true beauty shine through on this joyous occasion.
Have your bridesmaids match: Double check your bridesmaids and try to get their makeup to match each other. Having a theme with hair and make up will make your wedding party look more unified and will really tie into the overall wedding look.
Find time for intimate shots: Let the photographer take shots of just you and your special someone. Try sneaking off to a remote location for a few minutes to capture a truly loving moment that will definitely highlight your wedding album.
Breathe, relax, and smile: The brides who take the best pictures are always the ones who smile the most, and look as though they don’t have a care in the world. While this day is to share with friends and loved ones, it’s really about the wedding couple. Enjoy your wedding: laugh, smile, and gaze at your new husband/wife. Forget about the cameras and flashes and have fun!
Tip courtesy of A Dream Picture, of Canton, Mass. For more wedding day photo information, visit www.adreampicture.com
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The Magic of Wedding Photo Frames
Looking for some unique ideas to make your wedding photos look amazing? Look no further! From wedding favors that are frames to giving frames to your bridal party after the pictures come in from the photographer, David’s Bridal has everything you need when you want to know how to look your best in wedding photos.
Wedding Picture Frames – Keep in mind when you’re getting your pictures taken what colors are in the scene, and then get frames that will accent and bring out those colors. If you are having a fall wedding and are getting a picture in front of a beautiful tree with leaves turning color – find a great gold or even dark wood frame to bring out the colors of the leaves and make your wedding pictures look like an instant classic.
Dress for Success – Instead of choosing flower girl dresses that are white, scaled down versions of your dress, consider a dash of color. When you frame it up, get a frame that matches the color in the flower girl dress. The same idea will work great for bridal party dresses. If the dresses are mostly maroon with a little bit of white or silver trim, matching the trim will bring out the details of the photo, making it look fantastic.
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Banish a Blemish Quick Fix
Its every bride’s nightmare to wake up on your wedding day and see a bright red breakout. Seeing this can cause you to turn bright red with frustration. But don’t get frustrated, get working on fixing the problem. The first thing you need to do is apply ice to the blemish for about ten minutes to reduce any swelling. Then apply a cotton ball soaked in astringent or witch hazel to dry that sucker out. Apply a medicated clearing cream and let dry before you apply your makeup. After the cream has dried, apply your makeup normally and don’t forget to apply concealer to hide the blemish. A breakout on your wedding day doesn’t have to turn into your worst nightmare if you follow this tip.
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Wedding Stress Relievers
There are some simple techniques that can help you when it comes to coping with wedding stress. Wedding stress relievers are important to have handy just in case you need them. Here are some stress free wedding tips to help you get to your big day.
Visualizations
Picturing yourself in one of those elegant bridal gowns you have been looking at is sure to bring the stress levels down. Bridal stress will go from how to deal with wedding stress to feeling stress free and happy as you picture a beautiful ceremony that will be your wedding day.
Friends & Family
Don’t forget you are not alone in this! You have bridesmaids and friends and family and In-laws that would love to help you if you are feeling overwhelmed. Don’t forget to use your friends wisely and let the people who love you help you run errands and make calls to find out prices and help you get prepared.
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Top 5 Urban Wedding Beauty Myths
There have been so many urban legends and myths floating around about what to do in a wedding day emergency situation. Here are our top 5:
1. Myth: Putting toothpaste on your pimple the night before the wedding will dry it up by morning.
Truth: Actual toothpaste may have a drying effect on the pimple, but it could also irritate sensitive skin and cause a bad reaction. It’s probably best to stick with a medicated clearing serum or cream for an unexpected pimple instead.
2. Myth: Icing down your face the day of your wedding will shrink your pores.
Truth: Your pores can never be shrunk. They will always be the same size that they always have been and so on. However, you can give the illusion of smaller pores by using a face mask that tightens your skin. Note to bride: These types of masks will tighten your skin, not your pores and it’s best to not try any new beauty treatment the day of your wedding.
3. Myth: If I eat chocolate the day before my wedding, I will wake up with a breakout.
Truth: There is no scientific evidence to support the fact that chocolate or sweets will cause a breakout. So go ahead and indulge a little, just don’t go overboard or you’ll wake up with an extra pound, not an extra pimple.
4. Myth: Shampooing your hair with beer the day of your wedding will give you extra volume and thicker hair strands.
Truth: Beer may help thicken your individual hair strands and make it appear plumper, but you will smell like BEER! Instead of shampooing with beer, try using a volumizing shampoo to give your hair a thicker appearance.
5. Myth: Preparation H can de-puff your swollen eyes on the morning of the wedding.
Truth: Preparation H is not meant for your delicate eye area, so it can cause eye irritation and drying of the skin around your eyes as well. Instead, use an eye cream specifically for this issue.
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Bridal Diets and Goal Setting
Unlike most diet and exercise programs that last until you stop, wedding diets only last until you walk down the aisle. If you have been researching diets for brides or other bridal health tips, here is what you need to know in order to be successful.
Have a Goal
If you just say you want to lose some weight or tone up your muscles some, you don’t have a solid goal. Without a solid goal all the wedding diet tips in the world won’t help because you won’t know if you’re successful. It is very difficult to come up with a plan of action to know how to get there.
Have a Date
Know the date you want to reach your goal. If you make it a couple weeks before your actual wedding date, you can then spend the last two weeks maintaining your goal weight instead of worrying about last minute details for the wedding and your diet at the same time. Maintaining will also keep you from stepping on the scale every five minutes, and that saves you time.
Whether it’s fitting into designer wedding dresses or making sure you look radiant in a gorgeous dress from the David's Bridal line of plus size bridal gowns, feeling great about how you look will make all the difference in the world. Having a goal and meeting it will add to your wedding day glow and make people wonder what your secret is.
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Accentuating Your Assets
If you are one of those lucky brides that have alluring eyes, you should highlight them with pretty eye makeup on your wedding day. And if you are a bride with those luscious lips, you should emphasize them with a great lip color. But you should not call attention to both.
When you call attention to both your eyes and lips, you can end up looking more like a colorful clown than a blushing bride. To accentuate beautiful eyes, line them with dark eyeliner. Also, using rich eye shadow colors on your lids will help dramatize the eyes. When accentuating the eyes this way, downplay the lips by using a nude or flesh colored lipstick.
If you want to make your pout pretty and as vivid as can be, use a lip color that has some depth to it. You can use virtually any color, so long as it makes your lips really stand out. Crimson red, mahogany and pinks are some bridal favorites. When you emphasize your lips, try to use neutral eye shadow colors along with just a coat or two of mascara on the eyes.
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No Drama Bridesmaid Dresses
Bridesmaid hairstyles, bridesmaid jewelry, bridesmaid shoes - you're an expert on all of them, because you've all gone shopping as a group to choose what everyone will wear. These are all a walk in the park compared to the drama choosing bridesmaids' dresses can be. Each of your bridesmaids have a personal style and even though it is your wedding, bridesmaid dress choices have to be cleared with someone other than you. Using the David's Bridal online tool to Dress Your Wedding for the wedding can save you hours of arguing at the bridal shop, by giving you a step by step color coordination and dress choice tool to see what your party will look like before you all walk down the aisle for your big day. If your sister wants a bridesmaid dress with sleeves, there are options and you can see them online. If you have to pick out junior bridesmaid dresses, you can see what those will look like standing next to your bridesmaids as well as your maid of honor to make sure everyone will match.
Picking your bridesmaid gowns can be a fun and lighthearted experience with lots of laughter and zero drama when you do your homework and Dress Your Party online with David's Bridal. Give your bridesmaids the dresses they want while putting together the wedding party of your dreams.
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Tearproof Your Makeup With Magical Mascara
Waterproof mascara is a necessity on your wedding day so make sure you bring it to your makeup appointment. No one wants their wedding day glow to be overshadowed by big black streaks running down their face.
When applying waterproof mascara, take your time to coat every single lash. Waterproof mascara is not usually made to lengthen, thicken or curl your lashes, so you have to spend time applying it to make it look as flawless as some other mascara brands. Another tip to tear proof your wedding is to blot, not wipe or rub your tears with Kleenex. Blotting your tears soaks up wetness without disturbing the rest of your makeup like wiping or rubbing them would. So for a streak free wedding day, make sure you remember that waterproof mascara and blot, don’t rub those tears away.
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Guilt Free Dining
Being a bride to be means plenty of celebratory drinks, dinners and even cake tastings. It could be very easy to get off track with your diet and even gain a few pounds with all these temptations. Here are some great ways to enjoy eating out without the guilt.
Order wine over margaritas or daiquiris. You’ll save yourself hundreds of calories and added sugar, plus you’ll get a dose of antioxidants.
Choose to drink water with lemon over sodas and juice.
Ask the waiter to take the bread basket away. White bread is just added sugar, starch and carbs.
Instead of a typical fat loaded side dish such as French fries or buttery mashed potatoes, choose a side salad or vegetables.
For the main course order lean proteins such as fish or chicken and order them grilled. Avoid cream sauces since they are the fattiest.
When the waiter brings you your main course, cut it in half and only eat one half, take the other half home in a to-go box for tomorrow’s lunch or dinner.
Skip dessert, you’ll be doing plenty of cake tasting later.
It isn’t too hard to stick to your diet with these easy ways to stay healthy while eating out.
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Bridal Lingerie
After you have finally found The Perfect Dress, it is important that you find the perfect underwear. Wedding dress lingerie can help compliment your shape and make your silhouette look smooth underneath the dress. There are a variety of options when it comes to dress undergarments.
If you want something to suck, tuck and boost your bust, choose a bustier. A bustier will control any tummy bulges and will boost any bust that you currently carry. The boning in a bustier gives great support where it’s needed and keeps everything in place so it would be a perfect choice under any strapless dress.
Slips are an excellent option for chiffon or lace gowns, as those dresses tend to be sheer. Slips offer an additional layer for discretion without any bulk. Other options for backless or sheer gowns include bra petals that simply adhere to the breast area for a more modest look than wearing nothing at all.
To boost your backside, your options include padded butt boosters or thigh shaping hosiery. The butt boosters add a little extra padding for those who need it and the thigh shaping hosiery will smooth out hips, legs and thighs. When choosing your dress, don’t forget to purchase your bridal lingerie. No matter what your problem area is, you're sure to find an undergarment to fix it.
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Designer Dress Diva
Designer dress lovers know who they are. They are the women who wait by the mailbox every month for the latest issue of Vogue and they are they are the brides who will settle for nothing less than the best. If you are a designer diva, here are some great designers for you to consider when buying your wedding dress:
Monique Lhuillier. This designer has taken the fashion industry by storm. She is a well established designer who has been well received by all brides to be.
Justin McCaffrey is a world renown name noted for their ‘dresses that have no answers’.
Reem Acra is a well publicized clothing designer company that is recognized for their beautiful use of embroidery.
Melissa Sweet is known for their luxurious fabrics and has recently joined forces with Priscilla of Boston.
An innovative and chic idea for your wedding is to choose two different dresses. Choose one style for the ceremony and one for the reception. More and more brides are opting for two separate dresses because they like the flexibility of having two, one traditional dress for the walking down the aisle and then one that is a little less stiff and bulky for dancing at the reception.
Couture wedding dresses are gaining in popularity. Couture wedding dresses are highly fashionable, one of a kind dresses that are made specifically for a bride. Designer dress divas know that a couture dress can beat out any other kind of wedding dress because it is one of a kind, unique and made specifically for them.
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Aromatherapy Indulgence
Relax a little on your big day with some aromatherapy magic. You can add a few drops of essential oils into your bath or even your unscented lotions for an everyday treat. There are different types of aromatherapy that you can use for different benefits. For example, chamomile, sandalwood and lavender are well known for their relaxation benefits. Eucalyptus is great for their calming and refreshing benefits. And pink grapefruit essential oil helps curb your cravings for sweets. There are additional benefits to aromatherapy, such as boosting your immune system, uplifting your spirits and aiding in your overall well being and health.
Note to the expecting bride: Aromatherapy is not suggested for use during pregnancy because it may carry some risk. But for the typical bride to-be, aromatherapy might be just what you need to boost your mood.
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Finding Your Hairstyle
Brides often wonder where to start when they are looking for the perfect wedding hairstyle. The answer is everywhere! There is an abundant amount of resources out there for brides to be, so it should be easy to find the perfect hairstyle. Look in magazines, online wedding sites and watch television shows for inspiration. You should narrow your options down to three different looks and bring the pictures with you to your hair stylist. Your stylist can help you to decide which would be the best selection for you. Keep in mind that when you are looking through magazines and pictures, be realistic about your hairstyle. Choosing an intricate up do if you have a pixie cut is not going to be a realistic hairstyle for you. Don’t get discouraged with your search. With all your wedding hair style sources out there, you are bound to find something amazing.
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