ASA all,
iVe just come back from my quick trip to pk-lahore, for two weeks. i had to prepare for my wedding inshAllah for April which will be in Lahore.
These are the following things i had to get done:
Halls, Cards, Makeup, Clothes, Jewellery
First of all, ive already got my bridal dress froma boutique called Silons in Birmingham Uk, which was made last year…am glad it was one less headache, even though cost is more.
I had to get Hall booked, my requirements is to have a segregated wedding, well try my best to, i am not comfortable with the fact i will be on a stageall dolled up and have all sorts of men peering, most of which i might not even know, and half who would be from gaon. hence i really truly had to put my foot down and find two halls, one for women andone for men.
this was difficult as nowadays even though its pk-muslim country, the weddings are mixed. anyway, I have booked two halls in Joha town, nice, simple, but well maintained. there are may many many halls in lahore, i advise that you do one local to you or in central-liberty. i didnt go PC as ive heard from someone experienceing that if food runs out due to under estimate of guests thats it, you get nothing. if food finishees it finishes. where as other places i went to they say as kitchen is on site, they need 30 mins to make it. i wanted a marquee too, but was advised in month of april its going to be hot plus there are more liekly to be aanddhiya…plus after checking out prices for ac units to be installed in marquee and the fact how my family will be flying out from uk, i opted to choose a hall for the wedding, although ive always dreamnt wanted a marque. there are a few other nice halls, such as saphire hll and qsrenoor in liberty. i went to mughale azam, it was nice from the outside inside was ok too,but ceilings too low, too cramped feeling, plus toilets smelt abit and its awefully busy…ie with 5 halls expect a wedding in each hall…
next headache was jewellery, went to a couple of jewellers in ichara, that my khala knew about, i only had to buy one set for the wedding day, it was difficult, as all designs looked the same, in the end i went to hanif jewellers, whcih had nice stuff, ordered a set from there was advertised in magazines too. ive been fussy with the jewellery since, i cant wear traditional gold typical heavy sets, hence needed something abit more spread out, and lighter too…
next make-up, which was my most biggest concern, i went to mightys bridal salon, a girl was being don at the time. i went in, a girl at the desk was sitting there, asked a few questions, and got responses that were very limited, she had big attitude problem, anyway i kept trying to ask questions, smiling etc…but she really was nnot very friendly at all, started speaking to another girl there , a cousin of the bride who was getting done, who was also going to get married in april. once i started speaking in english and to the girl next to me, the girl at the desk slowly became abit more friendly…anyway makeup of the bride was done ery nicely, basically what happens is she got a assistant package of 15,000 ruppees, and the owner came in and fixed the lipstick shade and gave final touches on eyes etc. which was all fine. good make-up, my aunt said it wasnt anything wow…but still it was nice. she was pretty anyway! anyway then came the turn of the duppatta setting and hair style…
even if you get an owner package the assistant does hair and duppatta setting…when it came to the turn of hair and duppata…rubbish…the heair was messy, just because hair is hidde doesnt mean it has to be messy, it was a simple swiss roll but not neat at all. when it came to duppata…they codnt set it all, started making excuses saying its fine etc…when clearly the bride was worried and so was her cousin and we were too…the bride got distressed too…poor girl.the duppata wasnt that heavy as they were making out…anyway the assistant who was also the girl behind the desk was doing the dress duppatat setting…the owner was not there…she only comes in for final touches or makeup then shoots off…im nto happy about this…and it really put me off. also whilst looking thru photos i asked which are owner and which are assistant and she said we dont tell that…work it out for yourself…!
so i went to madeehas, very welcoming…! a relief…i had loads of questions and the girl was so poltie and helpfull…i looked thru the album all marked which had whos makeup artists work…siffat has a very tradional look, for eyes and madeehas has a softer touch,…which was really nice, they had pictures of before and after of real brides and models. i relal liked it so ibooked it Alhumdolillah. madeehasdoesnt do a trial but a consultation a couple of weeks before, so one can ask more questions…which im looking forward too…as im hoping she will tell me what lipstick shades to get so that i can go buy it as im so scared that my lipstick will come off as i dont know wot i do but my lipstick really comes off quickly even strong ones!
oki next was cards, cards was easy…in anarkali i went to a few shops, and chose them, it takes about 4-5 days to prit, mine havent been printed yet but ive placed an order.
now i think i went on wrong time for clothes, as muharram was about to start the weddings were ending…the styles were getting old…hardly much left in fortress for ready made suits, so i just gave suits for embroidery in liberty liberty market at the back…very nice…just look for the stuff you like an place your order…one problem i had was that styles for this summer is about to change…long kameezes are back in fashion!! infact i went to one boutique near liberty, on m m alam road, inside a plaza, not pace, another one…there were two boutiques on 2 nd floor, hardly many shops there anyway,…they had long kameez like jacketss, with churidar pyjama underneath looked so nice…long kameez below the knee or knee length is in this summer…
also one more thing abot jewellery i didnt get a tikka or jhoomer and in anarkali aa few shops they make artificial stuff, give them a design and they can make it…so thats what will be happening with me…but if you want sumthign artificial and different i suggest kyles in uk is good…this sort of stuff is not in lahore…not that i saw.
any more questions email me!
