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The Mumbai Bride Diaries: Final Bridal Pictures

The Mumbai Bride Diaries: Final Bridal Pictures

Hey guys,

I am sharing the bridal pics in this post today. Check out all the Bridal Diaries updates HERE, more about the Lakme Absolute Bridal Dream Team HERE and announcing Cory Walia as my bridal makeup artist HERE.

After the ‘bride in the making’ pics in the last post, here are the final pictures 🙂

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One saree done :p I had to wear 2 sarees and one dupatta and all that jewellery amd manage walking,sitting, etc with that :/

The white saree shown in the above pic on the shoulder is the 2nd saree called the ‘Panetar’. And the dupatta, thank god the dupatta was not huge but still it was heavy.

Done with all three finally.

I loved the makeup! It was subtle and elegant, not overly done. No cakey foundation, the eyes were perfect and he used a burgundy lipstick on me which I never thought would look good on me, but he mixed 1-2 shades and the hint of pink looked nice.

Cory and his team did the hairstyle and jewellery placing also really well. Draping was the toughest coz two sarees were to be draped together where the red gharchoda is the main saree (Some Gujuratis have the panetar as the main saree and wear the gharchoda before the 4th phera) and panetar also goes together. They did it really well. Also they did the crisp gharchoda pleats with the help of a hair straightener! I had read about that tip but never got the chance to try it myself, finally it was tried on me 😀 And it really works in keeping the saree pleats together!!

Some random clicks..

Happy Cory
Showing me the pic he clicked on his cam
Happy us! Finally all done and went well
Mirror Mirror On the Wall
Before the mandap
During the pheras
Candid Moment

The pics are clicked by Sneha and Saif from Rhythmic Focus. Check out their facebook page HERE

I am really happy I got this opportunity to get my bridal makeup done by Cory Walia and his team. Thanks to Team Lakme and Cory Walia for making my special day more memorable 🙂 And thank you everyone for all the love and support throughout <3

P.S: Its also our one month anniversary in an hour 😀

The Mumbai Bride Diaries: 1 Month to Go!

The Mumbai Bride Diaries: 1 Month to Go!

Hey guys,

Yes only one month left now, to be precise 29 days. I don’t know how and why is time flying 😮

It seems yesterday that 6 months were left or rather 4 months.

 

Updates:

  • We got the wedding invitation cards printed and have started with distribution.
  • I am yet to collect my wedding saree blouse from the designer Gaurang and my morning function saree blouse is yet to be stitched which is with another designer and she is taking ages :/
  • Have not found an evening gown/maxi dress yet for the DJ. I think I have 1-2 options in mind which I will share with you guys soon and you help me select one.
  • Got my chooda and bangles for both the morning function and the wedding.
  • Got a nice bangle box and other random stuff.
  • We would be shifting to a new place and have zeroed on a house, now would start the painful process of setting up the entire house and shifting the luggage and then settling everything up, which I guess, would go on even after I come back from the honeymoon
  • Coming to honeymoon, I have’nt started packing anything yet :/
  • My other 2-3 blouses are still pending to be given for stitching and a few other semi- stitched dresses are also in process (Diwali in between delayed everything)
  • I have started with the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred, completed Day 7 of Level 2 today with 2-3 days breaks in between coz of some shopping or something or the other. I have also made some changes in my diet. (If yiu guys want more updates about the fitness and diet, do let me know. I would make a separate post on it)
  • My dupatta is still pending, I have to search one. One of my bhabhi is a makeup artist, so maybe she has 2-3 options which I am planning to check.
  • I have to buy a DSLR (zeroed on Nikon D5200)
  • I won’t be available almost the whole December, so also worried about the blog. I think I am over burdening myself.

I thought I would never stress myself, but actually as days are nearing and so much work pending, its more about have to do this and have to do that, rather than the excitement or nervousness which people are asking me about!

Actually my fiancee (H) got a new job, so this whole new house thing came up last minute in the previous month. We were searching for houses the last whole week. And setting up a whole new place is no joke, along with your wedding preps i.e. :/

I know things will work out well, and we are still on time and have 29 days. I just hope I get the strength and endurance physically and mentally to deal with the whole thing 😀

I think I can go on and on, and should stop now :p What’s up with you guys ?