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| Olivia Wilde: The smokey-plum eyes have it! Via celebitchy.com |
Wishing you a day as limitless as you are~
Lisa and April
Monday, 11 January 2016
Golden Globes 2016 Make-up Glow
Golden Globes 2016 Style Watch!
When we are looking for inspiration, we tend to look to the stars; not the ones in the sky, the stars on the red carpet!! 2016 awards season, aka 'Pinterest-worthy-wedding-day-hair-dress-and-style-porn-season' was rung in last night in cutting, sly style by Ricky Gervais as he hosted the Golden Globes Awards. For the next few weeks, we'll see the good, the bad and the interesting in fashion choices, as we breeze through a parade of award shows - some of the notable ones including the Critics' Choice, Producers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild, Writers Guild, BAFTA's, and then the grand-daddy of them all, the Oscars. The effects of the next few weeks will influence and inspire what brides, grooms, wedding parties and guests will want to wear this upcoming wedding season!
As a warm-up, here are some of my favourite looks of the night.... enjoy!
Rooney Mara's braid - sleek from the front but such a cool, unexpected silhouette and look! This hair made her look go from okay (the dress wasn't bad..... but it wasn't that great, you know?)
Viola Davis' dress - this look wasn't for everyone but I loved it so much.... Starry-Night-meets-Star-Wars. Love.
Cate Blanchett's fringe - Ok, I know this dress will definitely be a polarizing choice. Cate Blanchett has taken a lot of fashion risks and is always a best-dressed for me! But when you look closely, the dress had lovely detailing, some sheer panelling, and with the hair, the look was positively vintage! What cinched it for me though, was the movement and fluidity of that fringe! I mean, look at the swish of the fringe in this picture!
Rachel McAdams' floral strapless - it was a big print but so, so romantic. Her hair was soft and she looked dreamy. Very, very pretty!
Kirsten Dunst's black velvet - the cleavage was deep, the glamour was upped to the nth degree but the velvet made the dress so much more!
Judith Light's tuxedo - Angela Bower, to all of us '80's kids! The cut on this suit was so crisp, so mint, and in a sea of dresses with cut-outs, organza and fluttery movement, this suit was unexpectedly swoon-worthy! #creamsteeze
Eva Longoria's flowers - another example of #creamsteeze, the bow detailing at the neckline was delicate, the flowers were a sweet detail that punctuated the delicate feel of this dress. Lovely!
Laverne Cox's one-word descriptor: Flawless.
Olivia Palermo- cocktail length + bold pattern = new spin on strapless. Plus, pockets!
Jennifer Lopez's yellow stunner - a cape and thigh-high slit. Yes!
Regina King's mixed metallics - Priyanka Chopra warmed us up to the idea last week at the People's Choice Awards last week; Regina King drove the point home this week. Mixing your precious metals is a winning combination!
Put on your red shoes and dance to the blues~
Lisa and April
As a warm-up, here are some of my favourite looks of the night.... enjoy!
Rooney Mara's braid - sleek from the front but such a cool, unexpected silhouette and look! This hair made her look go from okay (the dress wasn't bad..... but it wasn't that great, you know?)
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| One braid to rule them all.... Via laineygossip.com |
Viola Davis' dress - this look wasn't for everyone but I loved it so much.... Starry-Night-meets-Star-Wars. Love.
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| Via celebitchy.com |
Cate Blanchett's fringe - Ok, I know this dress will definitely be a polarizing choice. Cate Blanchett has taken a lot of fashion risks and is always a best-dressed for me! But when you look closely, the dress had lovely detailing, some sheer panelling, and with the hair, the look was positively vintage! What cinched it for me though, was the movement and fluidity of that fringe! I mean, look at the swish of the fringe in this picture!
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| Via tomandlorenzo.com |
Rachel McAdams' floral strapless - it was a big print but so, so romantic. Her hair was soft and she looked dreamy. Very, very pretty!
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| Via ongiselleave.com |
Kirsten Dunst's black velvet - the cleavage was deep, the glamour was upped to the nth degree but the velvet made the dress so much more!
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| Via celebitchy.com |
Judith Light's tuxedo - Angela Bower, to all of us '80's kids! The cut on this suit was so crisp, so mint, and in a sea of dresses with cut-outs, organza and fluttery movement, this suit was unexpectedly swoon-worthy! #creamsteeze
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| Via laineygossip.com |
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| Via celebmafia.com |
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| Via blog.fashionbunker.com |
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| Via blog.fashionbunker.com |
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| Via ongiselleave.com |
Regina King's mixed metallics - Priyanka Chopra warmed us up to the idea last week at the People's Choice Awards last week; Regina King drove the point home this week. Mixing your precious metals is a winning combination!
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Lisa and April
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Wedding Party Etiquette, or 'I'm a Bridesmaid....Now What?!'
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| The Big Ask! Via polkadottedbluejay.com |
There are a lot of things to consider before your wedding party mission, if you choose to accept it: what would you be responsible for financially? Do you know your role and expectations on the big day, as well as leading up to the actual wedding day? How involved with the wedding preparations would the couple request you be? A good starting point when deciding if you're up to the challenge is understanding wedding etiquette, to give you a bit of a cheat-sheet, as well as points you might want to discuss with your proposer before you say 'I do!'
There are of course different rules and understandings for everyone and each wedding is approached in its own way, but this article gives a great introduction to both an engaged couple as well as the people they invite to be a part of their day on broaching some important questions, subjects and concerns early on in the game! Getting these issues out of the way will pave the way to smoother sailing...... Good luck!
Wishing you a day as limitless as you are~
Lisa and April
Monday, 4 January 2016
2016 Trends and Forecasts
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| Happy 2016!! Image via quinncreative.wordpress.com |
HAPPY NEW YEAR LOVELIES! We hope that your December festivities were magical, and your New Years' celebrations were busy-hectic-crazy-amazing!
Here we are, four days into 2016 and things are settling down again, winter is definitely here (complete with an extreme weather alert and the call to bundle up in layers and beware of frostbite!) and it feels like time to buckle down and back to work. And if there was a marriage proposal during the holiday season or a wedding looming on the horizon, then the time to start planning and implementing is right about now! So, what better time to look into our virtual crystal ball at what could be the next big wedding trends for this upcoming year? Without further ado......
*~2016 Wedding Forecast: What's New, Exciting, Pin-worthy and Doable!~*
Whether it's upping the ante with precious metals
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| Photo via mywvwedding.com |
taking your guests on a trip across the ocean from the comfort of the reception hall-
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| Via beautyrival.com |
or taking it all off - with a naked cake!
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| Via cake-geek.com |
Wishing you a day as limitless as you are~
Lisa and April
Wednesday, 30 December 2015
Wednesday Warm-Up!
In the spirit of the ol' adage, 'It's 5:00 somewhere in the world!', I humbly invite you to our virtual Happy Hour as we take a closer look at signature wedding cocktails!
*~Sphisticated sippers to chase the cold away! Winter drinks, straight ahead!~*
If you're looking for a winter warm-up without the buzz, maybe a Hot Chocolate Bar beckons?
*~Warm up with a mug o' chocolate-y cheer!~*
Wishing you a day as limitless as you are~
Lisa and April
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| Salut and Cheers with some beautiful classics! Photo via now-here-this.timeout.com |
One of the big trends for 2016 is featuring special cocktails or drinks during the cocktail hour or throughout the reception in honour of the couple. This can be one or a few unique, one-of-a-kind concoctions that feature your favourite liqueurs or flavour combinations or they can be a few of your very favourite cocktails. Here is a look at some swanky winter cocktails that would play beautifully in a winter wedding scenario:
*~Sphisticated sippers to chase the cold away! Winter drinks, straight ahead!~*
If you're looking for a winter warm-up without the buzz, maybe a Hot Chocolate Bar beckons?
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| Drink up! Photo via belladonnagalway.com |
*~Warm up with a mug o' chocolate-y cheer!~*
Wishing you a day as limitless as you are~
Lisa and April
Tuesday, 29 December 2015
2015 Best-of: Cake Edition
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| My fave or the year! Via olofsondesign.com |
D'you know how chefs tell us that we eat with our eyes as much as we eat with our mouths? Well, I dare you to look at this eye-catching, mouth-watering list of the loveliest wedding cakes of the year and NOT feel a grumbling in your stomach! This list has it all - from traditional to modern, ombré tones to painted, even a secret superhero deal - and by the time I got to the last featured cake, I was wishing my iPad had a Smell-O-Vision app and that I had something remotely dessert-y in the house, just a little vanilla-bean flecked, buttercreamed bump!
*~Cake, cake, everywhere and not a crumb to eat! What some lucky couples dined on in 2015~*
Whether your tastes run towards clean and un-fussy....
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| Via lovelybride.com |
... to dark and sleek......
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| Via moncheribridals.com |
.... all the way to delicate and delectable......
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| Via ericaobrien.com |
...... this collection of cakes has something with appeal for everyone!
Wishing you a day as limitless as you are~
Lisa and April
Monday, 28 December 2015
Your Wedding Dress: The Day/Week/Month/Year After!
We hope you all had a great couple days of holiday shenanigans, festive hijinx and good times all around with all your favourites! As always, it went way too quickly, there were way fewer cookies than I would've liked and I couldn't get enough of my dad's stuffing. But, if these were indeed my biggest problems this Christmas, then I had a really, really good holiday!
So, in the middle of all the looking forward - to New Years Eve, STAR WARS NIGHT! with April and my brother-in-law (yep, the force was strong with us, we waited an ungodly amount of time to make plans to see the movie!), the endless tying up the best of 2015 and the best projections of 2016, I came across a piece that kind of seemed appropriate as we close out the year, especially for brides who took a stroll down the aisle this year. What do you do with your wedding dress, post-big day?
*~Wedding dress 'what now?'~*
There are some great ideas, the first idea speaks to the bride-to-be who might be considering a non-traditional dress that she can wear again and how marching to the beat of your ow drum = a dress that isn't relegated to one day. This might sound strange but consider this: Keira Knightley's adorable, ballerina-sequel Chanel wedding dress? She wore it to a party in 2008 - five years before she got married. AND she wore it to the SeriousFun Gala a few months after her nuptials. Each time she wore it, she was styled a little differently for a unique look, but make no mistake, this is the epitome of wearing something you lovelovelove to get married - and finding a way to wear your gorgeous dress AFTER your wedding day!
One dress, three ways:
*~Keira Knightley, and her awesome Wedding Dress Encore!~*
Some of the ideas weren't my favourites at all - like trashing the dress. Sadness! Wedding dresses are soooooo beautiful; like a piece of art. I mean, someone (or a few someones, depending on how intricate your dress is) spent HOURS working on it and it feels almost cruel to not honour that, you know? But then my heartbea returned to normal and I unclenched my fists when the article rolled around to my absolute favourite idea, to display your dress. Again, wedding dresses are BEAUTIFUL. Brides look absolutely stunning in these creations - so what could be better than giving your dress a little VIP treatment? Cleaned, pressed and framed, right next to your favourite wedding picture.
( Full disclosure: I'm dying for April to do this because her dress was a real beauty, so I'm highlighting this idea here. No pressure, April. No pressure!)
Wishing you a day as limitless as you are~
Lisa and April
So, in the middle of all the looking forward - to New Years Eve, STAR WARS NIGHT! with April and my brother-in-law (yep, the force was strong with us, we waited an ungodly amount of time to make plans to see the movie!), the endless tying up the best of 2015 and the best projections of 2016, I came across a piece that kind of seemed appropriate as we close out the year, especially for brides who took a stroll down the aisle this year. What do you do with your wedding dress, post-big day?
*~Wedding dress 'what now?'~*
There are some great ideas, the first idea speaks to the bride-to-be who might be considering a non-traditional dress that she can wear again and how marching to the beat of your ow drum = a dress that isn't relegated to one day. This might sound strange but consider this: Keira Knightley's adorable, ballerina-sequel Chanel wedding dress? She wore it to a party in 2008 - five years before she got married. AND she wore it to the SeriousFun Gala a few months after her nuptials. Each time she wore it, she was styled a little differently for a unique look, but make no mistake, this is the epitome of wearing something you lovelovelove to get married - and finding a way to wear your gorgeous dress AFTER your wedding day!
One dress, three ways:
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| The Dress: Prior to the wedding..... Photo via thegloss.com |
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| .... on the Wedding day..... Photo via chicvintagebride.com |
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| ....and post-wedding! Photo via celebmafia.com |
*~Keira Knightley, and her awesome Wedding Dress Encore!~*
Some of the ideas weren't my favourites at all - like trashing the dress. Sadness! Wedding dresses are soooooo beautiful; like a piece of art. I mean, someone (or a few someones, depending on how intricate your dress is) spent HOURS working on it and it feels almost cruel to not honour that, you know? But then my heartbea returned to normal and I unclenched my fists when the article rolled around to my absolute favourite idea, to display your dress. Again, wedding dresses are BEAUTIFUL. Brides look absolutely stunning in these creations - so what could be better than giving your dress a little VIP treatment? Cleaned, pressed and framed, right next to your favourite wedding picture.
( Full disclosure: I'm dying for April to do this because her dress was a real beauty, so I'm highlighting this idea here. No pressure, April. No pressure!)
Wishing you a day as limitless as you are~
Lisa and April
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