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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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Shop Online and Have Extra Time for Pampering
With all the stress that can creep up on you while planning your wedding, why not take some time and reconnect with your bridesmaids and other family members that may get lost in the shuffle during the wedding planning process. During the busy pre wedding phase of the wedding, consider some pre wedding pampering for you and your bridal party.
Put down the mouse you’re using to shop online at David’s Bridal for wedding shoes for the bride; those bridal shoes will be shipped right to your door and you can concentrate on having a night out with the girls. A pre wedding spa day can bring your bridesmaids and even your in laws together in a spirit of relaxation and pampering that will make anyone feel more inclined to distress and relax. (Even your most uptight bridesmaid will relax after a few spa treatments!)
Making sure everyone is stress free and having a good time before your wedding day increases the chances that everyone has a great time on your wedding day. You want your bridal party to be happy and joyous, not stressed and waiting for it to all be over. Make it a great day for everyone, especially you.
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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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How to Look Your Best for Your Wedding Photos
If you want to know how to look good in your wedding photos, you only have to think of it in sections.
Soft Skin
How to look good in wedding photos starts with your skin. You've gotten beautiful bridal party dresses; you don’t want to look stressed and dried out for the most important pictures you’re going to take. Drink your water. The number one way to making sure you look great head to toe is to keep your skin hydrated. Don’t use any harsh cleansers and be kind to your skin in the days and weeks before the wedding.
Terrific Teeth
The most common question people ask is some form of, “How to keep my teeth clear for wedding photos?” Sometimes they are referring to making sure they don’t have a piece of something green from the dinner salad while photos are being taken, and sometimes it refers to making sure your teeth are as white as possible for dazzling photo shots.
Happy Hair
If your hair is color treated, get a touch up a couple days before the big day. You don’t want to get it done the morning of in case there is some unforeseen mishap that turns your hair into a disaster. Get your wedding hairstyle done a few weeks in advance by doing a trial run with your hairdresser. That way there are no hair surprises when you go in the morning of the wedding. Also, don’t make any sudden changes in your shampoo or conditioner right before your wedding day; you don’t want a last-minute allergic reaction to have you scratching your head down the aisle.
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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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Happy, Beautiful Bridesmaids
You are going to get married! The first thing is to tell your friends and family and ask those nearest and dearest to you to be your bridesmaids. Once you know who will be walking ahead of you down the aisle, it is time to pick out bridesmaid dresses for your party. The choice of bridesmaid gowns is going to determine if you have happy bridesmaids or cranky bridesmaids, so you need to choose wisely. When it comes to your wedding party dresses, start by asking your bridesmaids what they don't want. Find out if there are things that are common to all the ladies in your bridal party.
If there are differences, such as one bridesmaid refusing to wear a sleeveless dress or another who wants a knee-length bridesmaid dress instead of a floor-length one, you can still have a wedding party that looks like it matches. Use the David's Bridal Dress Your Wedding tool online and dress each of your bridesmaids the way they want to be dressed - you'll be able to see right on your computer screen if it will look fantastic or tragic as you walk down the aisle. When you've come up with dresses for bridesmaids you know they'll love, print your results and go into your local David's Bridal for a trying-on party. Everyone will have fun trying on dresses they'll love to wear.
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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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Solving Common Wedding Mishaps
You’ve planned everything down to the last detail. You’re sure everything is going to be perfect. Then you notice as you’re walking down the aisle that the flowers are bright pink and baby blue. These are the wrong wedding colors and they clash with your midnight blue bridesmaids that are looking at the flowers and trying to figure out what you were thinking. And don't even get us started on the wedding favors. Not everyone wants toilet paper with the wedding date printed on it.
This is just one of the hundred things that can happen not the way you planned. From the wrong wedding dress to wedding parties gone wrong there are many things that go wrong at a wedding. No matter how much you have planned and prepared, what can go wrong at my wedding ceremony is a question every bride asks before the big day.
The key is to remember before you walk down the aisle and before you attend your reception that something is pretty much bound to go wrong at some point. But of all the things that go wrong at a wedding, the only things your guests will notice are the things you point out to them as wrong. If you keep your cool and act like you meant to have a bright pink cake with dice on top, your guests won’t think twice about it, and neither should you. Don’t let something small get in the way of remembering why you got married in the first place.
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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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