Seriously, what’s the rush? Everyone knows when you get engaged you heart plummets your head hits the roof and you stay there with your head in the clouds throughout their entire engagement until you reach that almighty I do. Some many people almost rush right out of the restaurant to put down deposits without thinking anything trough including the logistics of what goes into planning the perfect day. It’s best that a couple wait a few weeks after getting engaged before they start the preparations to allow it all to sink in. Throughout this time you have a lot to think about, and most importantly talk through. You need to take the time to imagine how you want your day to go, and how you imagine your day to be, envision the perfect day, outdoors, indoors, beach, abroad, and once you have that worked out start working inwards from this point on, for example once you know it’s a church wedding you can choose your colour theme your flowers the food. Once you have all these little things mapped out and planned and organised together you can start thinking about how you’re going to make all this work, and now you can begin booking and putting down deposits.
Don’t forget your socks, it may think like a really idiotic thing to do but they can be forgotten, and this is a mistake far too often seen in photographs. If you have your hair shaven, have it done about a week before and not on the day of the wedding to avoid the bald, shiny look on your big day. As with females, be sure to removed labels from your shoes prior to the wedding, and as a male, from any other clothing too! Traditionally your buttonhole is worn on your left lapel, but whichever side you choose to have it on make sure that you and your ushers are all wearing it on the same side. Most importantly the thing for both you and the bride to do on the day is to let everyone else and everything go, and enjoy your day! It’s time for you to have the time of your life now, the planning is complete. Laugh off any tiny minor little mishaps be prepared to take whatever you can into your stride. Remember this is nothing more than you and your partner becoming husband and wife, it’s not about all the fancy things, it’s about you two.
On your wedding day, whilst you’re having your hair styled and perfected on the morning of your wedding wear a shirt instead of a t-shirt. Most brides wear a t-shirt without considering how they’re going to take it off afterwards. Where as a shirt may be un-buttoned without having to pull it over the head with the possibility of damaging the hair-do. Equally if you are to be wearing a over the head dress it’s recommended that you place a silk overskirt across your head beforehand so that it may slide on simply and easily without ruining that perfected look or getting makeup over it. Remove labels on the underside of your shoes before the day, this can often be forgotten before the day of the wedding and can become very time consuming, it’s a simple thing that can be done in advance. It is also helpful to have a friend present during the preparations who isn’t in the bridal preparations to help you to dress and with such things as laces or buttons, this is due to the fact that other guests may have had false nails etc. done for the celebration. Lastly always dress the bride first if things begin to run behind the bride doesn’t want to be the one left getting ready in a rush.
So your daughters getting married, seems like a lifetime since yours and it’s your responsibility to send her into a married life that will be as successful as yours, in a sentimental, amusing way. Take your time to enjoy this moment you’ve waited all your lifetime for this. Even if you’re not a slushy gushy father, and neither you’re daughter take this chance to tell her how much you care and let the world know how wonderful she truly is.
Now what to say, be sure to thank all your guests for coming and sharing in your daughters special day, it’s also a good idea to mention anyone that has travelled along way to thank them for their efforts. It’s a dead cert that anyone who has provided any sort of financial contribution to the wedding should definitely be on your thank-you list. Let your daughter know how proud you are of her, how much you love her and how much she means to you. This moment is as bigger part of your daughter’s life as her marriage is. Welcome your son-in-law into the family as well as his family let them know you’re happy for them to become a part of it. Reminisce on your daughter’s life pre-wedding, it was still an important time for her and the time that shaped her into the women she now is. Wish the newly-weds all the best of success and happiness in the future. And finally propose a toast to the bride and groom.
So you’re the best man and you have to write a speech because, you’ve known the groom most of his life and have copped the responsibility and regardless of the fact that the groom has known you for the same amount of time he seems to have forgotten you’d be clueless when it comes down to writing a speech. So here’s some advice.
Never swear or use offensive words no matter what. When you’re writing your speech keep in mind your audiences and lil ode Gran in the corner, we don’t want any unexpected heart attacks on the day. Don’t try to hard to be funny it’s not a good look. You can’t go wrong if you don’t say anything that you wouldn’t want anyone to know about, unexpected surprises aren’t great. Most, best men find it helpful to write down their speech in notes for reminders don’t worry about this looking bad it will look better than awkward silences or adlibbing. Make a note of anyone or anything you want to mention or thank. Never make fun of the wedding no matter what may happen. Avoid potentially difficult subjects, the following need no more saying, drug problems, previous partners, womanising, excessive partying, having family or money issues. And the last two most important things, practice, practice, practice! and most importantly enjoy yourself.
The popular bridal attire rhyme ‘something old something new something borrowed something and a silver sixpence in your shoe’ dates back to the Victorian times. Each piece of the rhyme represents something, something old, refers to the wearing of something that will given a link between the bride and her old family life, this is popularly an old piece of family jewellery or even a mothers wedding dress. Wearing something new is to represent the good fortune and success in the bride’s new life. This can usually be any new item of the bride’s attire. The wearing of something borrowed is to bring good luck, the bride should wear something that a happy bride once wore at her wedding such as an item of clothing or jewellery. The wearing of something blue would date back to the biblical era when the colour would represent fidelity and purity, this throughout time has developed into wearing a blue trimmed dress or a blue garter….And a silver sixpence in your shoe, this isn’t commonly said anymore, but the line referred to a symbol of wealth by having a silver sixpence in your left shoe. This was to bring the bride not only financial wealth but a wealth of happiness and joy throughout married life.
Take your savings and put them to work, finance experts suggest that you make sure you use up your full tax free savings allowance, and even use a personal finance website, you know the ones, ‘compare the market’ and ‘money supermarket’, in this economic climate it’s good to check out your savings options and there are lots out there that could be better than the tired old savings account you have.
Like most of the country you probably know your likely to have that Saturday night takeaway, well do away with that and get yourself down to the market you may be surprised at how much you save, and you never know you may do away with that money eating gym membership too as well as fitting snuggly into that dainty little dress. Not just that pack a lunch and save all those three pound shop lunches. With little savings like this you’ll soon start to notice the change.
Short most important tip I believe I can give you, create a budget and stick with it! Set your pocket money and don’t take any more out of the bank until the following week! And when you spend on your limitless wedding cost, an added tip is to always use your credit care this way you’re making a saving on cash back and added bonus its insured.
It is very important that your hairstyle compliments your dress. Low-backed dresses are great for having elaborate style looks this way you can not only wear your hair up and look radiant but keep you look soft, stunning and overwhelmingly feminine. If your dress is very simple and has a clean neckline you can afford to make a very bold and beautiful statement with your hair. Up hair dos really don’t need to be a complex matter, and a strapless dress would be completed beautifully with a simple twist style. Also, if you have short hair there is no need to write off doing anything special with your hair it can look just as glamorous as longer styles, soft waves can often frame the face with making it look overly fussy. The natural, free and loose style can look beautiful especially with a simple dress and stunning bouquet, a look that will radiate natural beauty.
Decorations, jewels and flowers can look beautiful in your hair, pinned into place be artistic with the positioning and choice however you want to keep the look elegant. The tight up sleek hair style can be perfect for a wedding and you can soften and complete the look with a stylishly selected pair of drop earrings. Finally, if you want to wear a Tiara be sure to jeep your style simple not too fussy and very elegant, bouncy waves can perfect the look stunningly.
If you happen to be one of the lucky sods who can afford a regular monthly facial, great. But as for the most of us we can’t. There are things you can do to get the professional skincare look. The worst thing ? It takes a little work.
So you give your face a once over with a 3 in 1 skin cleanser and splash of water and dash out of that house and the jobs a good one right ? Wrong, very wrong. A thorough cleansing section is needed at least once a week in order to get that beautiful healthy rosy complexion you want. A quite evening or a Saturday morning always works a treat for those leading a busy life, just to take the time to devote to your skin.
Your skin will look dull, drab and unattractive if your complexion isn’t clean, and almost as importantly id won’t be able to kick start that essential cell renewal process, the one that keeps you at your youngest, however it important not to go overboard, its easily done and this could lead to your skin losing its natural defenses and all the essential nutrients. The best way is to have a gentle cleanse, exfoliate and moisturize routine once a week.
For healthy and hydrated skin, you need to drink at least two litres of water a day and eat a healthy, balanced diet, which should include five pieces of fruit and veg a day and two portions of oily fish a week. If you’re not doing any of these, then make an effort to do so. I guarantee your skin will look brighter and feel more supple in just a few weeks.
Get radiant skin and nails for you big day and most importantly lose weight.
Here are the rules to get beautiful and loose those extra pounds to make it just perfect.
Rule number one always eat breakfast, the less you eat the less you weigh is only correct up to a point, eat within the first hour of awaking this maximizes your energy boost early in the day and besides that if you don’t eat your body thinks its starving and produces more fat to keep you alive, you don’t want that do you?
Still want to know how much you should be eating daily and what? It’s best to still to 1700 calories ideally per day, that being said its always a good idea to avoid empty calories such as alcohol that have no nutritional value. Eating, make sure with every meal you are taking some protein such as fish, chicken, skimmed milk, eggs and nuts, these leave you feeling fuller for longer. This doesn’t exclude vegetarians either, Quarn can also be a healthy substitute. Be sure to be having your five a day of fruit and vegetables , dark green and leafy veg is usually the best as its high in fiber, and contains iodine to boost your metabolism, this means your burn more quicker! As for fruit pears and plums are the best way to go and if you fancy something more a grapefruits always good. Make sure to introduce as much fiber into your diet as you can, this will not only help you body and skin but your hair too.
Extra little things that make the difference, sugar and salt, ditch them! Sugar is full of those empty calories we talked about and as for salt, well, you don’t want to be bloated on your big day, it’s also known for encouraging water retention.