Beauty - Hairstyle & Makeup
Choosing Your Hairstyle
Don't date yourself with a trendy hairstyle on your wedding day. Classic upswept styles - chignons, French twists, and ponytails - transcend decades. In general, it's wise to wear your hair in a way that isn't too far removed from your usual style. If you normally wear bangs or part your hair on a par...
Hiring a Wedding Coordinator
Hiring a wedding coordinator was once a luxury. Today, for many couples, it's a necessity. Planning a wedding can be a complicated endeavor, especially now that most prides and grooms don't meet and marry in the same hometown. And though both the bride and the groom usually want to be involved in making the arrangements, they are often busy with...
Wedding Invitations, Stationary & Thank-You Cards
There's more to wedding stationery than the requisite invitations. Before those are sent out, you may want to mail engagement announcements and save-the-date cards. For your wedding day, you will likely have printed programs, menu cards, seating cards, and other decorative accents. And after the event, there are thank-you notes and announcements...
Wedding Registry Basics
Wedding gifts are intended to be substantial and long-lasting. By putting items on a gift registry, you help narrow the field of choices for your guests. Best of all, registering for gifts means that you will receive items that you really want and, in some cases, really need. 
The Wedding Reception
Choosing the Site
If your ceremony and reception will not be at the same location, try to choose places that are no more than a half-hour drive apart. If you are getting married in a church or synagogue, for example, you might take a look at the facilities there; some have a stately room on the ground that could meet your nee...
Veil, Tiara & Hair Accessories
Veils
Like the gowns they are worn with, veils can be wildly romantic or simple and understated. The main requirement is that the veil suit the dress and the bride, and proportion is the major factor to consider. A short veil looks too informal with a long, elaborate gown; an extremely long veil or a multitude of tiers on a p...
Wedding Favors
Giving a favor is a joyful gesture, expressive of your gratitude and happiness for your guests' presence on this special occasion. The best wedding favors are exercises in elegant simplicity, beautiful things that are not too taxing to plan, make, or fit into the budget. They are among the wedding's most appealing elements and one of the easiest...
A Guide to Wedding Cake
Ideas for Cakes
The designs of the wedding cake can reflect the style of the wedding as much as the couple's taste. In planning its appearance, you might take inspiration from the details of your wedding (seashells, ferns, or autumn leaves); the flowers of your bouquet or centerpieces; or your monogram. Of course, the inside ...
Pedometers
An apparatus, which can feel the body motion and can measure footsteps, is called a Pedometer. More recent pedometers can also calculate the distance traveled, speed, time, steps per minute, amount of calories burned and pulse rate of the body. Some also have characteristics like alarm, stopwatch and music of FM Radio. Some can have a memory of ...
Shower gel
Shower gel is the common term for a substance similar to liquid soap that is used for cleaning the body while showering. Most commercial shower gels do not contain any specified oil. It is a product of petroleum. Shower gel is available in various colours, as well as different scents. Basically all shower gels on the market today are pH-balanced. S...