Beauty and Personal Grooming

This homemade hair-pack conditions as well as imparts shine and bounce to lifeless, dull hair . Start using this pack twice a week for a month before your wedding. Soon you will have shiny, breathing, voluminous hair sans dandruff . Be prepared to expect compliments galore on your D-day.

You’re getting married! Congratulations! You have the perfect ring, your engagement was everything you ever dreamed of, and you have the venue booked. Everything is falling into place. Well, it’s all falling into place for YOU. Your Maid of Honor, on the other hand, is struggling to plan the perfect bachelorette party for you and your closest friends. Fortunately, you have a great idea: a yoga retreat!

Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life. The pictures from this day will last a lifetime, so it's vital that you are looking your best on this special day. You might be wondering if you should do your makeup yourself or hire a professional makeup artist.

Spring and summer are ideal seasons for saying “I do!” Spring, with nature blossoming in every corner symbolizes a fresh new start, and thus provides the perfect frame for your new life as a married couple. Summer is all about being positive and vibrant, with longer and warmer days, clear skies and plenty of plans to fulfill. No doubt why so many brides love getting married during the warmest months of the year. Now your footwear will have to reflect your blossoming and warm spirit that matches these seasons, so let’s have a look at our picks for the best bridal shoes to wear in Spring Summer 2016. Benjamin Adams has a great selection that strike the perfect balance between comfort and style.

Every bride wants to look rested and flawless on her wedding day and you shouldn’t leave anything to chance. Weddings are stressful as it is so getting nervous and munching on unhealthy foods may lead you to have your dress altered or looking worn out on your big day. And going on a rigorous diet may do you more harm than good if you’re not getting enough of the right nutrients.

Congratulations! You are getting married and that too on a Valentine's day—lucky you. This opportunity falls only in fewer hands, guess you guys are too romantic to take the risk. Now, it's time to start planning all those beauty milestones to get you in blushing bride shape. We created a beauty bridal checklist to get you 100% ready to walk down the isle.

Generally weddings are quite stressful especially for a bride-to-be. At the cost of sounding like a pessimist, sometimes, the bride witnesses pimple outbreaks or puffy eyes as a result of sleepless nights and distress. However, the good news is that you don’t have to go through a bad skin day especially not on your wedding day. Of course, you have to take care of your skin on regular days too, but, ever more care of your skin should be taken in the pre-wedding days.

If your wedding day is approaching, you are probably feeling anxious about a lot of things. You may have started thinking about how you can look your best on such an important day. Unfortunately, some brides make the mistake of going overboard with their beauty planning and end up with a look that just isn't “them.” Here are a few beauty mistakes many brides have encountered and how to avoid them.

If you’re handy with a blending brush and can apply mascara like a pro, you may have the steady and skilled hand to apply your own wedding makeup. On average, a bride can spend around $183 for hair and makeup . Budget-conscious brides can save money by practicing their makeup techniques at home for a stunning wedding makeup that looks professional. With your engagement ring sparkling on your finger, your hair entwined in a romantic up-do, and your face camera ready, you can say “I do!” with the utmost confidence.

With all of the thought and scheduling that goes into planning your perfect wedding, from the dress and the flowers, to the venue and the meal, it’s easy to forget some of the most important details – like bridal makeup. To make your wedding planning a little bit easier (and cheaper), here are five steps to doing your own bridal makeup, so you can check one more thing off that ever-growing list. Remember, don’t wait until the big day to try out these techniques, take the time to practice your bridal makeup before your wedding day, so nothing is left to chance.

Brides in India are seldom imagined without mehendi decorated hands on their wedding day. On this special day, every bride wants to be the center of attraction. So with jewellery and wedding costume being the topmost priority, we often neglect the mehendi till the last minute and rely on the local bridal mehendi boy/girl for doing the mehendi design.

Even the most glamorous of engagement rings won’t be so dazzling if you’ve got dry hands and cracked nails. Expect your hands to be in the limelight once you’ve got that precious rock on your finger. Even if it’s not like Beyoncé’s 20-carat diamond ring, your engagement jewellery will still be of interest to everyone you meet on the street once word gets out that you’ll be marrying soon. And you’ve got to be prepared to lift your hand to the world and show them your ring.

It may be snowing and blowing outside, but that doesn't mean you have to look as pale as an ice queen on your special day. You can have the tan you want for your wedding photos (and build up a base so you don't burn on your tropical honeymoon) before the big day with a bit of planning and some careful forethought. Although some people prize a fair complexion, you certainly don't want to resemble the corpse bride on your wedding day, and the cool tones of winter can definitely give you a bluish pallor if you don't do something to correct your lack of pigment. However, you'll also want to avoid the burnt toast look of the New Jersey tanning mom. So here are just a few tips to ensure that you look perfectly, naturally tan on your special day.

Aside from your wedding day being one of the most important days of your life, the reality is that it's also one of the longest. So, even if you had a full-on style team that got you ready for the actual ceremony, after the tears, the kisses and hugs, the food and champagne, if you're not careful, all of that hard work could fade.

Your wedding day is one of the most important of your life, right up there with graduating from college and having kids. So you want it to be as perfect as humanly possible. While you can't control everything, you can manage a lot with some simple forethought and planning.    And in truth, the state of your personal appearance is largely in your own hands. So with a comprehensive beauty kit at your disposal you should be able to face every flashbulb with a smile, knowing that you look your best. Here are just a few essential items you'll want to include in your wedding day beauty kit.

Now that he’s popped the big question – mazel tov, kudos and congrats! You've got a beautiful ring and wonderful fiancé! But, before the wedding planning starts, you have engagement pictures to take!    Everyone knows engagement rings are the main focus of the photos, so why not make yours pop with the perfect manicure? Believe it or not, your manicure can make a big difference in the way your engagement pictures turn out – you want your sparkly new engagement ring to be the center of attention!

You’ve got a lot on your mind with all the planning that needs to get done before your wedding day.  Most brides get started a year before the big day, but still you’ll find yourself running around like a chicken with its head cut off as you try to sift through samples and make your final choices in a timely manner.  This is why wedding planners exist!  Unfortunately, not everyone can afford them.  So if you’re stressing hard enough to suffer from breakouts (most brides do) but you simply don’t have it in your budget to obtain the services of an esthetician and a makeup artist before the wedding, here are just a few skin and makeup tips to help you look spectacular on your special day.

If you are likely to attend the Mehendi (henna) ceremony at your friend’s wedding, think again. The intricate, hand stenciled designs could give you something you didn’t expect – an allergic reaction like redness, inflammation and intense itching.

You have already set your heart for the big day, visualizing yourself as a radiant bride, all aglow in glittering finery. You are excited and you have taken up the challenge to look your best by plunging headlong into the preparations with full zest and enthusiasm - pampering yourself and your skin with all sorts of beauty aids. Ideally you should be working at it at least a month before. If you are doing just that and following all the skin care rituals mentioned in the post Skin care for the bride meticulously, then you have made the right start. As mentioned in that post, you can now dare to spend long hours in your bath and pamper yourself. Here’s a body mask which you should massage yourself with at least 15 days before your marriage date. It will greatly enhance your beauty. Special Body mask for the bride Ingredients : 1 tbsp dried and sieved lemon peel 1 tbsp dried and sieved orange peel 2 tbsp ground almond 4 tbsp wheat germ flour 1 tbsp thymes 2 tbsp...

Every bride wishes to look ravishing, gorgeous and the loveliest on her D-day. But beauty cannot be gained merely by a few hours of make-up. It should reflect through her skin and her glowing complexion . This can be achieved if she plans her beauty schedule well in advance. She should begin at least a month before. All the extra pains and pampering that she indulges in, during this period will be worth it. It will make her skin glow with radiance; the right make-up on her wedding day will make her stand out from the crowd and she’ll definitely be the cynosure of all eyes. If she prefers to go the herbal (home-made) way she can use besan (gram-flour) to wash her face instead of soaps or face-washes. She can also pamper herself with a facial at home, if she wishes to. Refer to the procedure here . As for face packs, she can choose the one most suitable for her skin to brighten her complexion. There are several ones mentioned in the previous posts. Just browse through the posts u...