Beauty & Health

It's often said, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." And on this most important day of all, all eyes will be on you. To make sure you look your best get plenty of rest, eat right, and heed the advice below.

    Bridal Make-Up Artist Rebecca Liceaga fills you in on the essential items you'll need for your wedding day make-up kit.
    Wedding planning got you frazzled? Check out these tips to help you calm down.
    You’re a busy girl. Trust us, we know. Between wedding planning, working and trying to maintain some shred of a social life, who has time to spend hours at the gym? Not you, that’s for sure. The good news is you can get your body into wedding-dress shape by just making a few changes to your daily routine – even if it is a hectic one.
    Throughout the day of your wedding, you're going to find yourself kissing family and friends, posing for endless photographs, hugging guests, and smiling for the videographer. With all of this frenzy, you're going to want to maintain a fresh look. We turned to professional makeup and hair artist as well as proprietor of BridalBabe.com, Janice Kinigopoulos, for easy tips and techniques to make you a bridal babe!
    Wedding make-up can be tricky -- the perfect look requires a magician's touch with just the right amount of blush, lipstick and eye color. That traditional ivory, off-white or white dress, with its tendency to wash out your makeup, doesn't help either. "The trick is not to look overdone, but to look as natural as possible without being too garish," advises soap opera's "Guiding Light" Head Makeup Artist Paul Gebbia. Oh, is that all? Actually, it's not too hard with these five sure-fire steps to a flawless wedding day face.

    Savvy brides-to-be recognize that weddings require managing countless details. The reward for all your exhaustive work is a smooth event that everyone — especially you — can enjoy. Since you'll want to look and feel spectacular on your wedding day, there are some beauty do's and taboos you should know.

    Tired of never seeming to get the perfect lipstick? Or sure, the color looks great. But once you get it home, and really get the chance to try it on, it just never seems to, well, you know. Stay on! Here are some tricks of the trade that can help before you make your beauty purchase.
    Alot of us still apply blush based on our face shape... you know, if your face is long, do this, if it's short, do that. Rather than feeling stuck in only one technique and feeling like you have to "correct" your face, instead apply your blush based on what feature you want to highlight!
    How do you make sure your wedding makeup stays on all day, looks flawless in your wedding photos, and still manages to make you feel like a model, but still look like you?
    The last thing most couples want to worry about on their wedding day is their health. But for people suffering from allergic rhinitis, an inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose, both indoor and outdoor culprits can trigger nasal symptoms which, in turn, could spoil what should be the happiest day of their life.

    Thus, in planning their wedding, be it set for any time of the year, people with allergic rhinitis should think ahead to help avoid or alleviate symptoms such as sniffling or nasal congestion. Following are some tips to minimize the possibility of your nose interfering with your "I do's"