Bride's checklist for wedding day

Wedding is a special day for every bride. It’s a day every woman looks forward to and how special it means to her can be measured by the fact that she just doesn’t want to look great but absolutely stunning on her special day, her ‘shaadi’. Wedding in every person’s life indicates the beginning of a new phase and something often causes a bit of anxiety about how life would be after marriage.
However, such thoughts can often put a bride in a lot of emotional stress since she’ll have to make a new beginning in a relatively unknown house with her new family members. Amidst all this, however, a bride shouldn’t forget some important things. These are small things which often go overlooked and may prevent you from looking your absolute best –

1. Clothes– The most important thing for a bride is her bridal outfit. Make sure you start looking for it as early as you can and get it ready at least a month before the wedding. There will always be some changes that a bride would want to make to her dress or get alterations done to it and having ample time in hand to do certainly avoid a crisis on the last minute.

2. Jewellery– Again, no Indian wedding is complete without jewellery and there are special designs for weddings. Make sure you visit at least 2-3 well known jewellers and compare their designs and prices. Order well in advance so that you can wear and match it well with your wedding dresses like ‘lehenga’ or a ‘saree’.

3. Make-Up– The bride should make sure that the make-up is in line with her dress and also as per the weather. Wear waterproof make-up if it’s a monsoon wedding. Try wearing a light make-up if it’s a summer wedding since sweat can ruin your make-up and leave spots on your face.

4. Beauty salon– In case you have booked a beauty salon for your make-up, call them well in advance and also ensure that it isn’t far away from the wedding venue. This is especially important if you are in a city where traffic jams aren’t something new or uncommon.

5. Wedding Venue– Make sure you have an idea of what the wedding venue will be like and where you’ll be entering from. Also, ensure that you have a sort of a waiting room just for the bride at the wedding venue.

6. Friends and Family– Make sure you are never alone on this day. Always have someone on your side like a friend or cousins. Brides would need a lot of time to get ready for their wedding day and will need help of others, especially someone who knows how to dress up a bride or do basic make-up.

7. Exercise– Well, you might want to avoid any additional physical exertion on your wedding day. Try and stay as relaxed as you can and grab a couple of hours of sleep during the day too if you can. It usually takes a lot of time to complete all the rituals and most weddings run into wee morning hours.

8. Diet– Eat properly on this day and drink lots of water and if you can, also a couple of glasses or juice. You’ll need lots of energy today so ‘DO NOT AVOID FOOD’ at any cost. Not eating properly can reduce your blood sugar levels and make you feel uneasy during the wedding.

9. Pins– Make sure you have lots of safety pins on your wedding day. Wedding dresses are usually quite heavy and to keep them in place you’ll need several safety pins.

10. Smile– Yes, this one thing that most brides forget to carry with them on their wedding day. With emotions running high, most brides often forget that the photos clicked on this special day would remain with them throughout. This day comes in every woman’s life and within a few days of wedding she happily settles in the new atmosphere. So keep that smile always on your face.
These are the tips that you’ll only get from someone who’s actually been through it all and understands what happens on this special day. Just make sure on your wedding day you have all the above points checked.