Kiki
07-12-2006, 06:19 PM
Tips from other brides
* if you're wearing new shoes (especially really dressy shoes) make sure you scuff them first so that they're not as slippery. You can scuff them by running the bottom on concrete.
* Wear Clear Deodorant
* If you use duct tape on your breasts, make sure it doesn't show! Medical-grade silk tape works best on the nipples. Trust me on that one...
* If you tend to sweat when you are nervous, use baby powder with cornstarch in the important places. You don't want wet spots on your gown while everyone is looking at you AND, sweat can stain your gown permanently.
* Don't ever spray perfume directly on your clothes (wedding gown or other), the oils in the perfume can leave spots that either stain directly or attract dirt. Make sure your perfume is dry before you put your gown on.
* Have Groom try on Tux several days before wedding
* Guys should put a little bit of Vaseline on the outsides of their shoes where their feet could touch each other. The Vaseline will prevent the shoes from sticking to each other. You only need to use a thin layer for this to work.
* vaseline on your teeth to keep the lipstick from staining them (especially before pictures and before the ceremony)... hollywood stars do this before big events where they'll be in a lot of pictures.
* the nail polish on either end of a run in your pantyhose thing works like a charm!
* I constantly get white deoderant marks on my clothes when dressing. Rather than washing with a wet cloth, take a pair of pantyhose and rub on the mark. For some reason it comes off. This is great when you are wearing dress clothes.
* If you are wearing a petticoat or an "underskirt", if it rides up or doesn't sit flat and is uncomfortable; turn it inside out.
* In pictures stand with one foot facing the picture taker and the other at a 90 degree angle (forming a T with your feet). This will make you face the picture taker, yet stand slightly sideways. This makes you look thinner in pictures. Also, like msxox said, hold your bouquet lower. It helps cover up tummys.
* where a button down shirt when your getting your hair and make up done that way you dont' have to pull a shirt off over your nicely done hair.
* kept my make up fresh by spraying aerosal hairspray in the air and walking into it so that it settles on the face. this kept in place!
* I have larger thighs that make that icky swishing sound when you wear pantyhose and your legs rub. If you wear them inside out (just turn them inside out before putting them on)....no noise.
* Lots of water and lots of sleep
* When you put on your lipstick, put our finger in your mouth and pull it out like a popsicle. It will take the lipstick off the inside of your lips so it doesn't wind up on your teeth.
* THe trick I learned here and used on my wedding day was to pee sitting backwards on the toilet - it worked much better with my huge dress.
* If you have a hair trial, wrap your tiara in saran wrap so it doesn't get covered in hairspray which will tarnish it, and so it can be easily slipped off without catching on your hair and ruining your do.
* If you take a new pair of pantyhose and wet them and then stick them in the freezer and let them freeze, once they have thawed out they are extremely hard to get a run after that. I dont know what the wetting them and freezing them does to them, but I have done it and have had pantyhose that have lasted for darn near forever.
* learnt this in dancing years ago : To avoid getting runs in stockings, spray them with hairspray first. It makes them a little shiny, so don't do that if you want a matt look.
* if you're wearing new shoes (especially really dressy shoes) make sure you scuff them first so that they're not as slippery. You can scuff them by running the bottom on concrete.
* Wear Clear Deodorant
* If you use duct tape on your breasts, make sure it doesn't show! Medical-grade silk tape works best on the nipples. Trust me on that one...
* If you tend to sweat when you are nervous, use baby powder with cornstarch in the important places. You don't want wet spots on your gown while everyone is looking at you AND, sweat can stain your gown permanently.
* Don't ever spray perfume directly on your clothes (wedding gown or other), the oils in the perfume can leave spots that either stain directly or attract dirt. Make sure your perfume is dry before you put your gown on.
* Have Groom try on Tux several days before wedding
* Guys should put a little bit of Vaseline on the outsides of their shoes where their feet could touch each other. The Vaseline will prevent the shoes from sticking to each other. You only need to use a thin layer for this to work.
* vaseline on your teeth to keep the lipstick from staining them (especially before pictures and before the ceremony)... hollywood stars do this before big events where they'll be in a lot of pictures.
* the nail polish on either end of a run in your pantyhose thing works like a charm!
* I constantly get white deoderant marks on my clothes when dressing. Rather than washing with a wet cloth, take a pair of pantyhose and rub on the mark. For some reason it comes off. This is great when you are wearing dress clothes.
* If you are wearing a petticoat or an "underskirt", if it rides up or doesn't sit flat and is uncomfortable; turn it inside out.
* In pictures stand with one foot facing the picture taker and the other at a 90 degree angle (forming a T with your feet). This will make you face the picture taker, yet stand slightly sideways. This makes you look thinner in pictures. Also, like msxox said, hold your bouquet lower. It helps cover up tummys.
* where a button down shirt when your getting your hair and make up done that way you dont' have to pull a shirt off over your nicely done hair.
* kept my make up fresh by spraying aerosal hairspray in the air and walking into it so that it settles on the face. this kept in place!
* I have larger thighs that make that icky swishing sound when you wear pantyhose and your legs rub. If you wear them inside out (just turn them inside out before putting them on)....no noise.
* Lots of water and lots of sleep
* When you put on your lipstick, put our finger in your mouth and pull it out like a popsicle. It will take the lipstick off the inside of your lips so it doesn't wind up on your teeth.
* THe trick I learned here and used on my wedding day was to pee sitting backwards on the toilet - it worked much better with my huge dress.
* If you have a hair trial, wrap your tiara in saran wrap so it doesn't get covered in hairspray which will tarnish it, and so it can be easily slipped off without catching on your hair and ruining your do.
* If you take a new pair of pantyhose and wet them and then stick them in the freezer and let them freeze, once they have thawed out they are extremely hard to get a run after that. I dont know what the wetting them and freezing them does to them, but I have done it and have had pantyhose that have lasted for darn near forever.
* learnt this in dancing years ago : To avoid getting runs in stockings, spray them with hairspray first. It makes them a little shiny, so don't do that if you want a matt look.