Archive for the ‘Fashion & Beauty’ Category

Swarovski Bridal Jewelry on Sale at Gilt!

Hey there brides! For two days only, Gilt is having a Swarovski Jewelry Sale. There are some beautiful items that may be perfect for your wedding. You do have to join Gilt, but I promise you they don’t spam you and send you some awesome sales. I’ve made several purchase and have never been disappointed.
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Review: Elegance by Carbonneau High Wedge Flip Flops

For the beach part of the wedding I wore these high heel wedge flip flops from Advantage Bridal (made by “Elegance by Carbonneau”). They worked great for the ceremony – I had no problems at all walking down the aisle. After the ceremony I changed dresses and put on my Jimmy Choos. As much as [...]

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Say Yes to the Dress – Romona!

Even though my wedding is almost here I still can’t turn down an episode of Say Yes to the Dress. Right now one of the girls is wearing a Romona Keveza gown I love. I had never heard of Romona until a consultant at Macy’s Bridal Salon in Chicago went and grabbed what she insisted [...]

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Products – Need to make some decisions

I’m running out of time to order things so I really need to make some product decisions. I’m considering some that I’ve read about but haven’t tried. I’ve collected some links of some products I’m thinking about trying. Anyone used any of these? And I don’t know what it JUST occurred to me, but I [...]

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Say Yes to the Dress…

I really should be in bed right now but “Say Yes to the Dress” is on and rooting me to the couch. Its interesting though – I woke up so down and haven’t been sleeping well at all. I’ve had a bit of a headache all day (please don’t be the beginning of the flu!) [...]

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Shoes Shoes Shoes… the cheap flip flops and the Choos

I’ve been through planning highs and lows which shoes have not escaped. While I wish I could be comfortable barefoot or in a simple flat flip flop, I’m just not. I’m 5′2″ (almost) and chose a strapless dress with a bit of a mermaid shape, flaring at the knee. You know, one of those dresses [...]

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Kleinfeld / Adorn / NYC

So we’re going to NYC this weekend and wouldn’t you know, last night I receive an email from Kleinfeld. It was just an email newsletter announcing they are now partnered with Adorn Brides, the company that rents real diamond jewelry. Well, one of my tasks for the weekend is to get my wedding jewelry figured [...]

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J Crew Bridesmaid Dress Fabric Samples

If you’re looking into J Crew bridesmaids dresses you might be finding the fabric samples difficult to get. I sure did but I’ll spare you the details. After 5, maybe 6 weeks (and a couple phone calls and a couple trips to their retail stores), I finally got my samples. I no longer need them [...]

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Getting into the dress

Well I’ve lost track of whether I’ve posted on this or not but one of my biggest ordeals has been (comfortably) getting into my wedding dress! The dress is too big almost everywhere but too small for my bust! You know how hard it is working like crazy to lose weight and hoping you’ll lost [...]

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Nicole Miller Online Bridal Clearance today only!

Oh my gosh – RueLaLa is running the Nicole Miller bridal clearance again! Today only! There are only two styles left. One is selling for $399, the other for $499 (there had been other styles starting at $119). Please know that Nicole Miller runs truer to size. I’m a street size 4 and fit a [...]

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