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^ hey are u wearIng silver jewellery or gold?
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jewelry is not yet decided , but i want to wear a gold set .. with silver gold tone and red stones..
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^ hey are u wearIng silver jewellery or gold?
i m gonna wear immitated jewellry(gold plated with kundan ring n matha patti)
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That's nice! ^ :)
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Hey everyone, I am a september bride Insha Allah. I havent got anything sorted yet. I am a makeup artist and dressing up so many brides, you would think that I would be pretty clued up on what I want to wear...but the problem is that I have seen so many different colours, styles on brides that i am now confused about what I want.
UK shops have dissapointed me and looks like i will have to sit and deisgn something myself rather than go for what is in the shops. I want to wear peachy nude tone with accents of purple, fabric to be combination of velvet and chiffon. does anyone have any pictures with similar colours outfits?
I will be doing my own makeup and getting my assistant to do my hair.
Jewellery will also be a problem as most of the brides I have worked with have gone for really heavy, bling bling stuff. I am not too keen on Kyles stuff either. So in a dilemma about what style to go for, but what ever it may be, it has to be simple and light.
Also it will be a small wedding, just one main day, mehndi will be combined and nikkah will be read on mehndi day, and baraat walima combined into one. aprox 300 guests.
Here is a question for you all, do you think I am being unreasonable in asking my female guests to NOT wear tikkas and jhoomars? I have noticed an increase in girls wearing tikkas and matha patti's and jhoomers which I find strange because I have always associated these with BRIDES!!! Too often bechaari bride finds her female guests taking the lime light away from her by going over the top with jhoomers, tikkas etc etc.....
I am following a skin regime, if any one needs me to elborate, holla at me. This regime I recommend to all my brides for a glowing skin and it works, given that brides get plenty of sleep.
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Dude I need your skin regime please!! My skin is terrible atm and my wedding is 2 months away!!!
And just tell your friends that it's a simple wedding - if you emphasise that they might get the point!
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I am in Aug inshaALLAH. Keen to read your regimen
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water - drink plenty of water to cleanse your system and get rid of toxins
Invest in a cleanser, toner, moisturizer and facial scrub suited to your skin type. I use Apri, which is apricot scrub for face (bought from BOOTs chemist), cleanser and toner by Simple and moisturiser oil of Olay.
I have started my gym regime, I take personal training three times a week and always go to sauna and steam rooms afterwards. This helps in cleaning my skin out too. I normally apply a mud mask on my skin after steam/sauna, this is because pores will be open and using a mud mask helps draw out impurities from skin.
I suffered from acne so have a few scars to deal with. For this I use derma rollers. Derma rollers increase the levels of collagen and elastin in your skin, strectch marks, wrinkles and scars are all due to lack of collagen.
monthly micro dermabrasion - dont try the home kits, they dont work! trust me. Get it done professionally and again this polishes off top layer of your skin, which leaves a smooth, new layer. (make sure to put plenty of SPF on this new layer though)
SPF - I use spf 30 for my face in summer, it prevents hyperpigmentation marks on your skin, i.e. age spots, (chaayiaa etc...)
wash off makeup every day, cleanse tone, moisturise. no matter how tired you are, make sure you wash your face every night, wash off the makeup and cleanse, tone and moisturise.
eat properly
SLEEP - brides to be often suffer from lack of sleep in the run up to their big day, i have to conceal their eyebags......so sleep is very important to prevent this
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^ amazing tips! thank you
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Thanks for those tips. I'm doing similar things but my skin is too sensitive for microdermabrasion - it worked fine for a while but then it started leaving temporary scars. So I'd rather have a peel a few weeks prior.
I have a pilates trainer twice a week and I swim in-between.
I have got specialised vitamin c serum and an even-tone cream.
My mother has given me recipes to drink water boiled with mint, cinnamon, sonf etc to cleanse stomach etc.
I also steam - I love it.
I am taking extra care of my hair - I haven't put a straightening iron to it for months and put in a leave-in conditioner and apply methi-oil once a week.
I'm not eating carbs and get lots of fresh fruit and vegetables in.
Being winter here and still at work, find it hard to cut back on coffee and tea (my biggest weakness).
Trying to get into the routine of haldi/besan masks...
And I'm sleeping lots!
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^ wow girls!! maybe I should start paying some more attention to myself too!! I'm too busy with uni to have time to do anything! :( i need to finish before the wedding! :(
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Very good regime i must say.
Also I have started to pay more attention to my feet, whats the point of Jimmy’s if my feet arent worthy of public display? 
i soak my feet every weekend in warm water with a handful of baking soda, leave for abt 30 mins then scrub with a pumice stone, apply foot moisturiser liberally and put on night socks…it seems to be working.
Yes I followed Dukan diet and lost about a stone in weight, and this was me not really strictly following it. but I am starting again, have a recipe book this time too so will be cutting out carbs as long hours at work have often led to binging on fastfood:bummer:
For hair and nails I take Biotin caps, my hair has grown quiet considerably since my intake of Biotin. stronger nails and longer hair. RESULT!!
Contemplating laser for my face to remove hair…but fear the damn beam so stick to bleaching instead…
Still no luck with outfit and i am begining to panic now 
I'm getting married in August and I'm super excited but nervous. It's a bitter sweet time for me right now I'm spending as much time as I can with my mom... I'm gonna miss her a lot :(
Everything is done except for finding a wedding cake
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i'm feeing pure excitement adrenaline! with a little nervousness about the whole wedding entrance thing (not a person that enjoys being in the spotlight) . Ill be living 2 min walk away from my mother's house so really not too sad about leaving the family :) alhamdulillah my fiance understands the need for me to be near my mother and he's accomodated for that . bless him :)
Wedding cake i've decided on a 4 tier , royal icing with fuchsia flowers , ribbons and petals scattered around with dusty pink offsets.
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why haven’t you had any luck with finding THE dress … what were you looking for in particular ???
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I am a makeup artist and after having seen so many different styles on brides this year, i dont want to wear anything like what they have worn .and shops are selling exactly the same as my brides wore, so will have to sketch out a design myself. I want to wear purple as fiance likes purple too... i also love the nude peacky skin tone so cant decide on how i want to put it all together and what sort of kaam to have on it etc.... i dont have long to go :(
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What’s the Dukan diet? What are everyone’s eating plans at the moment?
I’ve been doing laser for about 6-9 months and very little difference so a bit late to start now.
What does baking soda do for feet? I have horrendous feet! Scars etc.
I’m also taking fish oil tablets every day for glowing skin (hopefully!)
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Not entirely purple, but I love these subtle shades:
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I'm also having wedding cake issues...I think my English MIL would like traditional fruit cake so I may make the smallest tier a fruit cake. You're meant to preserve a slice and have it a year later on your anniversary - want to make her khush...but I so want red velvet cupcakes with fresh roses mmmm!!!
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Ok so all august september brides....the preps must have been finalized by now so kindly help the other girls here by telling them your:
Dress for Mhendi,Shadi and Valima:
Makeup artist for Mhendi,Shadi and Valima:
Photographer:
As for me,
Dress for Mhendi,Shadi and Valima: My mhendi dress is a yellow and green angarkha with yellow dhaka pyajamas...shadi and valima dresses are coming from the In Laws but I know the colors shadi dress is maroon and copper and valima dresss color is light blue or what you call firozi in urdu
Makeup artist: Sabs for valima, havent decided whom to choose for barat and I will do my own nude makeup look on mhendi
Photographer: still not finalized