No Tax Free Weekend this year? We’re still celebrating at Bel Fiore Bridal! Celebrate this July 29-31, 2010 for our Sales Tax Holiday! You’ve paid enough tax, let us pay your sales tax!6% off all in-store purchases.
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Check out this interview of helpful tips from the Martha Stewart Bride’s Guide interview with Beverly Siri-Borelli! Find Siri dresses for Mother’s, Bridesmaids, and all social occations, here at Bel Fiore Bridal! SCB: What is the most popular MOB style dress or shape of dress? Why do you think women are loving this shape? BSB: Knee-length dresses are selling best for MOBs. As for shape, our most popular style was the Zeta-Jones dress (on the rack at Bel Fiore!), a straight, A-line, or pleated skirted dress with a three-quarter sleeve. The name speaks for itself: it’s chic, sophisticated, and classic — a universal wish for most women. Plus, she can wear it again for another event. (Even moms are practical these days.)
SCB: Should an MOB’s dress color match that of the bridesmaids? BSB: They should have their own special look separate from the bridesmaids at the wedding, but opt for something that complements the bridal party’s colors. A darker or lighter shade of the bridesmaids’ dresses (a deeper lavender with lilac maids or teal for the mother of the bride to go with ocean blue bridesmaids), or the second accent color in the wedding could possibly work nicely in the pictures (ocean with sand accent for the maids and a sand tone for the mother). It’s important that the tones all blend well together. SCB: What new trends are you seeing in both bridesmaids dresses and MOB ensembles? BSB: Short is in. Bridesmaids want hems to fall above the knee, and mothers like them just at or below the knee. And fitted, straight skirt strapless dresses with clean waists are popular for the maids now — with or without a detachable sash. As for colors, I’ve been seeing lots of jewel tones, such as iris, emerald, and sapphire. For the MOBs, suit separates are loosing popularity and fitted dresses, topped with a shrug or jacket, are gaining it. Mothers in most parts of the country don’t want to scream color, though, so they prefer deeper muted colors (pine, teal, plum, and bordeaux) or neutrals such as pewter, champagne, and oyster. From Bride’s Guide reader, Jessica: My wedding is planned for next July at a country club in NJ. I am considering a wine color for my bridesmaids to wear. Should they wear tea length dresses? BSB: It’s the time of day, not the venue, that dictates the attire. What time of day is your wedding? If it’s in the afternoon, tea length is most appropriate. If the wedding is in the evening, then either tea length or gown length is appropriate; however, if you choose tea length but want a formal affair, the style and fabric should be dressier, like organza or moiré, not just a sundress. A one-shoulder dress or off-the-shoulder retro-glamour style is a nice cocktail look. As for flowers, black roses are stunning, but if they want more color, then a combination of reds, oranges, and a touch of yellow will make a beautiful bouquet.
From Bride’s Guide reader, Michelle: My wedding is next year in September. Where does a junior bridesmaid walk during the processional? Can she walk down the aisle by herself? BSB: If she doesn’t have a partner she should walk after the bridesmaids and before the flower girls. If she does, they can walk down before the bridesmaids. Happy Planning!
Bel Fiore Bridal is now WeddingWire Rated for 2010  Atlanta, GA – July 8, 2010 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading site for wedding reviews, just announced that Bel Fiore Bridal} is WeddingWire Rated 2010 for Bridal Attire. WeddingWire Rated is an annual award program for wedding professionals based on hundreds of thousands of recent wedding reviews. WeddingWire Rated, the industry’s first formalized review program, is the most recognized and trusted brand among engaged couples looking to locate wedding businesses. The award program recognizes wedding professionals across the country, like Bel Fiore Bridal, that have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to service. Bel Fiore Bridal has 12 reviews on WeddingWire. These reviews have been written by past clients of Bel Fiore Bridal, and include detailed ratings and insightful descriptions of the newlyweds’ experience. From quality of service to overall level of professionalism, these reviews showcase the high level of service newly engaged couples can expect from Bel Fiore Bridal. “We are excited to unveil WeddingWire Rated, now in its fourth year, as a way to recognize wedding professionals for their commitment to service,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s CEO. “WeddingWire Rated allows wedding businesses to clearly differentiate themselves in their market, while providing engaged couples an easy way to find the best services for their wedding.” Bel Fiore Bridal would like to thank their past clients for sharing reviews of their weddings on WeddingWire. Reviews for Bel Fiore Bridal can be found across the entire WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. For more information, please visit Bel Fiore Bridal on WeddingWire at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/bel-fiore-bridal/d93a73de1850f197.html. About WeddingWire, Inc. WeddingWire, the nation’s leading technology company serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 100,000 local wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives local businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. Businesses that join the WeddingWire Network appear on WeddingWire.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com, ProjectWedding.com and Weddingbee.com (both part of eHarmony), and Celebrations.com (part of the 1-800-Flowers family of brands).
Bel Fiore Bride: Courtney DeWitt-Flohr May 29th, 2010 Bridal Gown – Lili Isaac Couture Custom Veil and Headpiece – J&K Designs Congratulations to Courtney and your new husband Samuel! You looked beautiful in your dress and veil! Best Wishes!!! Thanks to Facebook and Bryan Scott Photography for the photos!
Hello, Atlanta Brides! Every bride-to-be wants to be sure their makeup stays in one place on her wedding day. Between heat, tears, rain, and lots of hugging, it’s easy for your makeup to smear and smudge and be gone before you even say “I DO”. To help prepare you for the big day we have asked Alexa, of The Glam Fairy, to provide her top 10 tips for making sure your makeup lasts, and is photo-ready.
(Guest Blogger: The Glam Fairy) My Top Ten Makeup Tricks for your wedding day are as follows: 1. You want a great primer with a silicone base. Silicone fills in fine lines, wrinkles, pock marks, and blocks the sebaceous glands from producing oil so using that as an anchor underneath all the makeup makes sure it stays put all day. 2. Foundation: The biggest mistake that brides make on their special day is using a foundation that is not light responsive, meaning it is not absorbing and deflecting light in a way that makes you look great for photos. You need a foundation that mimics the way light bounces on your regular skin so you always want to make sure your makeup artist or you do a test shot to make sure your foundation doesn’t drop any lighter than your normal skin shade. 3. Neutral shades for eyeshadow. No bright colors because you want your look to be timeless and elegant… so no matter how natural or dramatic you go keep it neutral! 4. Use water resistant mascara paired with fake lashes. Lashes come in all different cuts and styles so don’t think its automatic drag-queen if you wear lashes! 5. Use a little bit more bronzer and blush than you would normally think, because it wears off throughout the day! 6. Make sure your eyeliner is waterproof. I like M·A·C’s Powerpoint Pencil, it’s amazing! You have about 60 seconds of playtime until it sets and then it’s virtually waterproof and budgeproof. 7. Radiant glow… the skin should always have a nice fresh glow. Products like M·A·C Strobe Fluid and M·A·C Mineralize Skin Finish, placed directly on the cheekbone give off a great cheek highlight 8. Prep the skin with a great moisturizer. I like La Mer. Keeping the skin in tip top condition is key. 9. De-puff and cover dark circles. Fast Response Eye Cream from M·A·C is a great product to use the entire morning of your wedding. It is pure caffeine so it immediately de-puffs and has a pigment that deflects light from dark circles so its my personal favorite. 10. Seal it. Get a sealing spray to set everything and make it stay all day long. I love Motives 10 Years Younger Spray, Model in a Bottle, Makeup Forever Mist and Fix, and M·A·C Fix Plus spray. It basically sets all your work and keeps everything from moving. Alexa Prisco is the owner of “The Glam Fairy”, an on location bridal glamour service specializing in makeup and hair for brides. Her business and personality have been nationally recognized with her new hit show “Jerseylicious” on the Style Network. Thank you to www.WeddingWire.com for this blog
Good day, Atlanta Brides! We recently had a veil and headpiece trunk show with one of our favorite vendors, J&K Designs. We put together a short video showcasing some of their beautiful headpieces, brooches, tiaras and combs! Call us at 770.509.7185 or visit us online to schedule an appointment for our next Veil & Headpiece Trunk Show!
Introducing Bel Fiore Bridal’s exclusively recommended, spray tan vendor, Tan Envy!
Bel Fiore Bridal sat down with Lisa of Tan Envy, and asked her a few questions about tanning in Atlanta and what brides should know about choosing between a spray tan and tanning bed. A little about Lisa… Your Tan is in Good Hands…Why I’m Your Spray Tanning Expert Our Solution We use SunSpray Sunless Solution. It is the ultimate sunless tanning solution offering gorgeous color and unique skin enhancing ingredients. How is it made? SunSpray solution was fastidiously developed so that its ph, viscosity, and color all cohesively work together… resulting in the perfect tan. Our solution is manufactured by a team of experts that solely produce outstanding sunless tanning products and have the freshest, most pure ingredients at their finger tips. SunSpray is blended in a climate controlled environment here in the United States where they adhere to the strictest of FDA guidelines. Our solution experts require and maintain Certificates of Analysis on every raw material they purchase. This certificate is a quality assurance document that guarantees that the ingredients purchased have been tested and are equal to or exceed FDA guidelines for use in drugs or cosmetics. Our solution is paraben free and uses only the safest of ingredients. What is in it? Only the finest ingredients are blended to make SunSpray Solution. SunSpray solution derives from the purest form of water due to the recent implementation of a water treatment and purification system at our manufacturing location. Our solution is enriched with key botanicals to beautify your skin; including the Brazilian açai berry which was chosen because of its unparalleled antioxidant levels and nutrient rich content, skin nourishing vitamins E & C, and the anti-aging botanical rosemary. Dihydroxyacetone is the FDA approved ingredient used in most all sunless products and solutions. DHA is a simple carbohydrate compound that is derived from plant sources such as beet sugar and causes a natural tanning of the skin when applied at the right concentration. The DHA used in SunSpray Solutions is of only the purest and freshest form. Our Spray Tanning Equipment Tan Envy is proud to spray with a system that has been expertly crafted from top to bottom for the optimal application of SunSpray Tanning Solutions. Our expertly engineered products use the latest techniques and sophisticated HVLP technology. Tan Envy Spray Tanning units are also made to be extremely safe for you the client. They meet the toughest environmental codes worldwide and are significant for their rugged construction, cool comfortable operation, full ventilation, and multiple filtrations. We love the fact that our machines are simply designed allowing for easy operation and that they produce cleaner, cooler air to distribute our solution which results in an absolutely impeccable finish. Our Customer Service We strive to offer the best client service available. Working with your schedule, we’ll find a time that is convenient to you. You can come to us or in most cases…we can come to you. We are highly skilled with state of the art equipment and extraordinary solution… Check out a spray tan from Tan Envy, by Lisa and let us know what you think! Have you had a spray tan? Did you get one for your wedding? What did you think?
Amy Gantt-Westmoreland, August 8th, 2009 Bridal Gown – Essense of Australia “Thank you so much for you patience and help. The day and dress were perfect.” Congratulations, Amy! You looked beautiful!
While thinking about our guests and how much alcohol we’ll need, I got completely lost. How would we ever be sure that we have enough, but not go overboard and have too much? I decided to Google it, like a lot of wedding planning questions I have, and I found this “Wedding Wine and Liquor Calculator” from RealSimple.com. Here is the link to their calculator. Another rule is to have enough alcohol for each guest to have one drink per hour. Knowing our family and friends that will be attending, we may grab a little extra, just incase!
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