Bridal Perfection

The following foods are great for kick starting and maintaining your Health and Beauty Regime

Apple Cider Vinegar
Beside having amazing healing properties, apple cider vinegar keeps skin supple. It's heavy concentration of enzymes helps peel off dead skin cells. It breaks down fat and helps food digest properly.

Carrots
Maintain the outer layer of the skin to prevent premature aging. What you'll find in is the same as you'll get in Retin A.

Cheese
To ensure a happy smile, add a slice or two of hard cheeese into your diet. Choose Swiss, cheddar, or gouda to block bacteria in the mouth and prevent cavities.

Citrus Fruits
Hold the skin cells together by forming collagen. Collagen cannot be added to the skin topically, which is why fruits and fruit juices are such an important part of the daily diet.

Cranberries
Keep urinary tract lining healthy.

Garlic
Helps combat wrinkles and restores tissue.

Nonfat Yogurt
High in calcium, which keeps your smile white and your teeth cavity-free.

Sweet Potatoes Vitamin A is known to be a remarkable anti-wrinkling agent. Sweet potatoes are full of this important vitamin. The pleasing results is clearer, smoother skin.

Tomatoes
These "love apples" will keep you loving your skin. Tomatoes are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, and potassium.

Wheat Germ
If you want to get rid of pimples quickly and efficiently, make sure to include two or three tablespoons a day in your diet. Add it to cereal, yogurt, and cottage cheese.

You should choose foods that you enjoy, of course, but you need to include the following:

Vegetables
Three to five servings daily. Try to include one serving of raw, leafy greens.

Meat
Have no more than three three ounce servings a day. Cut off all fat. Try to make two servings of turkey or chicken. One serving of fish a day is ideal.

Fruits
Two to three servings daily. A 1/2 cup of chopped or sliced fruit is a serving.

Dairy
At least two servings daily. A serving would be eight ounces of milk or yogurt.

Fats

Salad dressing, cooking oil, butter, and mayonnaise should be limited to two servings a day.

Being a Bride to be Myself, I know Prior to your wedding, you're might be inundated with "advice" from well-meaning friends and relatives, some of who won't even have been married themselves! The best advice you can get, however, will probably be from brides who've done it before. If you don't know many real-life brides, then read through wedding magazines or websites and you're bound to pick up some excellent tips. Below are some tips I have gotten from friends and relatives who have been in our shoes:

1. Delegate
Involving as many friends as you can will not only help to keep costs down, but it will also help to make your day feel really special. It's wonderful to see your friends bustling around getting things just right for you. Moreover, the less you have to do on your day, the less stress you'll feel and the more you can enjoy yourself.

2. Time out
Make time during the day to be alone with each other. It's a special day for the bride and groom and too often it slips past in a blur with no time out to enjoy it together. The will be a lot of demand for attention from both of you, so make a point of slipping off to a quiet spot for a few moments. Kick off your shoes, sip your champagne, and share your best moments together.

3. Inviting children
Decide together, and early on, whether you're going to include children in the invitations and stick to that decision no matter what reactions are. You'll save yourself a lot of stress that way.

4. Make up
Have your make-up done before the big day by a Professional to see what it will look like and then, if you're not having it done for you on the day, practice at least three or four times to perfect it. You'll be so glad you did when your wedding day rolls around and you're relaxed and comfortable with what you're doing. It's a huge stress-saver.

5. Relax
Above all, try not to worry too much over little details. Your guests will be having far too much fun to notice the small things that might not work exactly as you planned.

True beauty isn't just on the outside, but it is really something that comes from the inside. Below are just some of Our Favourite Beauty Tips:

1. Drink a minimum of 2 litres of Water each day, Water rehydrates your skin and hair, giving it a Natural Glow 

2. Help your make up Last longer by leaving your moisturiser for 10 mins or more before you put on your makeup.

3.  Milk is a great beauty product because it contains a lot of nutrients. It cleanses and moisturizes the skin. All you have to do is mix 1/2 c cold water and 1/2 c of cold evaporated milk. You may add ice to help keep the pores closed and tight. Dip a face towel into the mixture. Place face towel over your face, but make sure that you'll be able to breathe, of course. Leave on your face for 10-15 minutes.

4. A really simple way to make your eyes stand out and look healthy, is to wear white eye-liner on the inside of your eyes.

5. Do you suffer form dry/cracked feet?  put a good amount of moisturiser all over your feet at night and go to bed with a pair of socks on. In the morning the skin on your feet will look and feel fab

6.  Make sure you get enough sleep.

7. Exfoliate your skin once or twice a week depending on your skin type. Exfoliation gets rid of dead skin cells and gives your skin a Natural Glow

8.  Don't smoke. This does nasty things to your skin

9. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables.

10. Use a Moisturiser with SPF in it