OFFICIAL Indian 'Desi' Wedding Thread

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Posted by MrsV2be

yay!! two down.. and i'm sure you have a ton more to go..

is anyone following a skin regimen for the big day? or just sticking to the regular facials and stuff?

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I'm actually going for my first ever facial in a couple of weeks. I've been breaking out a lot lately...and I never break out....so hopefully that'll help clean my face a bit.

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Posted by GtBride

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Posted by joshisgirl

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Posted by GtBride

no one has done alterations in jackson heights before?

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all i ever had done was a sari blouse fitted. what r u trying to have altered?

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i am trying to get my bridal lengha altered. My skirt is long and they have to cut the top but i am afraid to take it to anyone cause there is heavy embroidery on it. also, my sleeves are long on the top.

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I would suggest first giving whomever you're thinking of going to another lengha with a lot of work on it to see how it turns out. I did that even with my sari blouse....took one that was nice but not super duper nice to get done first so i could see the quality of work

Well, i have my mendhi lengha also to get altered and i am also afraid with that one too.

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Posted by MAY24BRIDE

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Posted by MrsV2be

yay!! two down.. and i'm sure you have a ton more to go..

is anyone following a skin regimen for the big day? or just sticking to the regular facials and stuff?

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I'm actually going for my first ever facial in a couple of weeks. I've been breaking out a lot lately...and I never break out....so hopefully that'll help clean my face a bit.

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yeah, i had my first facial a week before the wedding and i was really nervous cuz i thought i'd break out but it looked pretty decent

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Posted by GtBride

Well, i have my mendhi lengha also to get altered and i am also afraid with that one too.

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yeah, see i would look for the store that i had my stuff altered at but i dont know if i'd trust someone who i didnt know with something with heavy work

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Posted by MAY24BRIDE

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Posted by joshisgirl

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Posted by MAY24BRIDE

Just wanted to share.....I had a great trial with Kacey from Khoulouds today. I was very happy with it....the make up felt very natural, the hair was nice....I think I might tweak it a bit....because i originally thought I would get a tiarra but now I'm leaning towards hair pins instead and don't want it so high in front. anyway, i booked her...and that's 2 more things to cross off my list!

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awesome!! i used kacey also/ she's soo fun to talk to and be with on your day of.

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Yea, she mentioned your wedding and how good you were to work with. Did you use her 2x....in the morning and the evening? I didn't even think about that till she mentioned it. I can't afford to, but i'm worried about my hair holding up after the ceremony (during the ceremony we put our sari on our head...and i'm scared it'll mess up my hair)

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yeah, i had her come in the evening also because i really wanted to wear my hair down, but even with that extra $ it was still cheaper than hiring an indian lady to stay with me the whole day. maye she'll work on prive with u if u ask her to come twice?


eta: i think u'll be fine with one style throughout the entire day. it held up really well and i'm sure it would have been fine till the end of the day

facials do wonders.. a week before the engagement, i started used haldi and it worked magic on my skin.. but makesure you use gloves or something..

try to see if you can work out the price w/ her because it would be worth having her around for touch ups and maybe even give you a different look.. mine was able to give me a break b/c i need her for two days..

Hey, sorry it took me so long to get back to you, I have been sooo busy. I had my Surprise Bridal Shower this weekend, it was really nice and I had soo much fun. Puts you even more into the wedding spirit. Anyway, I did not have a contract with my salon. We agreed on a price range a few months ago for the number of people I wanted and I booked the time slot. Now I just went about 1 week ago for the hair trial and we confirmed number of people and time so they can arrange for the hairdressers and makeup girl to be available. I think it's better to go to the salon because I will have soooooo many people from out of town at my house and if we were to have somebody come there, then everybody would want to get their stuff done by the professional and then that's not fair. So that's why we chose to go to the salon.

Usually neighborhood salons don't give you a contract unless they specialize in bridal. But I got a great deal, $65 for my makeup day of, $45 makeup for bms, $70 for hair day of and $55 for bm hair. So I thought that was reasonable and I really liked the way they did my hair and makeup for my e-party as well. So, hope that helps!

I had a great time at my shower but the one pet peeve I had was that if some girls were invited to the shower, but could not come, are they supposed to send us gifts??

oo suprise bridal shower.. that's awesome... congrats!!!!

umm gifts part.. technically yes they are supposed to send you a gift.. so maybe they realized on the day of or the night before that they will not be able to attend and sent you the gift at the point.. so it might be in transit..

omgg.. 2 more weeks!! first desi bride of '08!!!

Yeah I know, I'm so hyped up after last night's excitement !!!!! First desi bride of '08 really, woohoo

I can't wait, family drama still going on, but oh well, what can you do about that.

I really do hope the presents are in route otherwise, we will have no dishes at all and we would have to buy them all, lol, or no cooking, hehehehehehe, now I will have an excuse,

wow nancy, you got a reasonable price at the salon. I am going to ask about make up at my local salon. I never saw anyone do make up but then i could be wrong. This salon i am thinking about is all TRANY'S but they do great work.

yeahhh thats wonderful you had your shower this weekend. did you get alot panties..

Same here drama still going on. i pray everyday that the drama with the guestlist just goes away. But, it seems my prayers arent answered yet.

nancy, the first desi bride whoohooo (sorry they didn't have a icon that look like a desi bride )

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Posted by GtBride

Is anyone going to bridal show tonight at the Marriott?

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nope.. tooo cold..

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Posted by MrsV2be

i'm going to check out the hotel w/ the rents today!!

GT.. I was told that if I book more than 20, I have to liable for 85% of the rooms.. so I reduced the number of rooms and I still got an awesome rate.. and it's just soo purrrtyyyy..
It's a much classier hotel than I had initially planned for..

I love being a girl..

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what hotel are you going with?
Really, your liable. that so strange, my coordinator nor did corporate say anything to me! oh well

i got another call right before i told them OK.. so I kind of pitted them agaist each other so I'm waiting again..

she told me that may/june peak time for them and that they're hitting baseball season so hence the added liability.. o well.. but it is still better than what i expected!

Gt, you're hitting your two month mark tomorrow.. second desi bride of '08!!

Hey GT,

We are looking into the one and only palmilla. Its really pricey but we're thinking the flights were cheap and its once in a lifetime so why not have the time of our lives.

I know people who have stayed at the pueblo bonito properties, hilton and sheraton. They all had great things to say about them all. Where are you thinking of going?

Isla Mujers (near cancun) is also supposed to be beautiful. Check that out too.

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Posted by pthapar

Hey GT,

We are looking into the one and only palmilla. Its really pricey but we're thinking the flights were cheap and its once in a lifetime so why not have the time of our lives.

I know people who have stayed at the pueblo bonito properties, hilton and sheraton. They all had great things to say about them all. Where are you thinking of going?

Isla Mujers (near cancun) is also supposed to be beautiful. Check that out too.

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I will check out palmilla.

we will be going on our honeymoon ending of march and beginning of april so thats spring break season. So i am looking at

Excellence riviera maya
el dorado royale
secrets capri

FH is really no help. He goes 'as long as my wife is with me then its ok, who cares where we stay' i know he sounds totally helpful!

has anyone been to playa del carmen? is there alot to do in town?

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Posted by MrsV2be

Gt, you're hitting your two month mark tomorrow.. second desi bride of '08!!

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I know!

I am excited but then i realize all the stuff left to do

I just an evite to my bachlorette party weekend