My possible wedding shoes by Oscar de la Renta

I received an email from Ever After www.everafter.com a Couture wedding dress boutique in Miami announcing their annual designer wedding dress sample sale.  WOW!! What perfect timing, I cleared my schedule for the morning and rushed down for my early appointment, as you know first come first serve with sample sales.  When I walked in to Ever After it was very chi chi with Louboutian, Carolina Herrera and Grace Ormonde coffee table books out for perusal.  I flipped through a couple books for inspiration and looked around at all the Couture gowns from Monique Lhuillier, Vera Wang, Ines Di Santo (one of my favorite designers) and Oscar de la Renta to name just a few.  I was offered a glass of bubbly while I picked out dresses which always make everything seem that much more glamorous.  I wasn’t thrilled thinking about buying a sample dress that had been tried on by 500 brides, soiled, torn etc. my main motivation to visit Ever After was to go to a bridal boutique that had all the main Couture designers.  I picked out about 8 dresses and started trying on which is somewhat of a workout.  I was delighted to find in my dressing room 5 different heels (in my size believe it or not) by Oscar de la Renta to Mononlo waiting to be worn.  I slipped on a little number by Oscar as you can see in the picture above and fell in love. Dress number 4 was the ultimate classic wedding dress by Oscar de la Renta which we all agreed fit my body and style perfectly.  The wedding dress had exquisite hand embroidery, the matching veil was French toile with a scaloped edge that matched the slimming mermaid style dress. 

Oscar de la Renta

I am finding that the more dresses you try on the more confused you get.  I had one of my dear friends Jennifer from www.interviewher.com meet me to help give advice, thoughts and share a glass of celebratory bubbly.  I don’t suggest trying on dresses by yourself, you need the support from your family and or friends to help guild you.  Jennifer took pictures of me in each dress because when I was on number 8 I was like “What did number 3 look like on?” “Did I like it?”.  Make sure you take pictures and review them after you are finished.  I was surprised that I liked some dresses better on then in the picture, something you don’t want to say when you are editing your wedding pictures.

I am getting closer to finding the perfect wedding dress, I have my eye on a beautiful Oscar de la Renta gown right now so I am hoping by my next wedding dress blog update I will confirm that I placed my order.

I have had the honor of working with over 150 Brides in my short career over the last 5 years. I am so excited to start 2012 with beautiful hair and makeup created by myself and my talented team of artists for all of our upcoming weddings both in South Florida and nationally. We look forward to meeting with you whether you are getting married in 2012, have a black tie, birthday party, anniversary or just because. Fresh Beauty Studio is ready to create red carpet magazine quality hair and makeup for you.

I am doing a little redecorating in the studio for a another big announcement in the next couple of months. I have had this plan in mind for over a year and a half.  I am so excited to share this with you beauties! I stumbled across this picture today and thought that  these chairs would look perfect in the studio.

Sexy Pink Chairs

I will be posting pictures of the before and after so keep checking back.

I was so excited to see one of our brides from this past spring in Martha Stewart magazine online today. Candice looked beautiful, her wedding at the Fort Lauderdale Yacht Club was exquisite. Candice opted for a fresh super clean makeup look and a simple bun. You can read about her wedding details by going to http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/candice-and-scott 

“Four Weddings” is a hit show on TLC, but it’s NOT like a “Bridezillas” type of show or anything that is snarky or negative.  It is the exact opposite!   We’re looking to share the good vibes and energy that weddings should bring!  We’re doing a show that actually wants to see their wedding day turn out exactly as they’ve envisioned it.  TLC is giving brides the opportunity to feature their wedding on the show and a chance to win an all expense paid, 5-star vacation that they can use for their Honeymoon, 1st anniversary trip or….whenever they want!   It’s also fun because they get the opportunity to exchange ideas and vent their frustrations with other brides and attend each others weddings. We want to show the viewers that there’s not just one way to do a wedding!  For season 3, we are looking for weddings taking place from October 2010-March 2011.

For Miami Brides:

4WeddingsMiami@gmail.com 

For New York/New Jersey Brides:

TLCBrides@gmail.com

Samantha and her Mother Lauren were such a delight to work with, they were so cute each time they came into the studio all excited to create beautiful hair and makeup. Here is a sneak peak at Samantha’s wedding pictures by Jeff Kolodny Photography www.jeffkolodnyphotography.com I love the Barbie doll holding the rings, so unique!

Our beautiful Bride Samantha

I am finally now just posting our beautiful bride Erin from New York City. Her wedding was June 13th, 2009 at The Breakers, her colors were yellow and white with a touch of black. She looked so radiant and fresh. I created a very simple side up do that was textured with lots of loose curls, for her makeup I kept it very bronzy and sexy, our vision was Charlize Theron. I will be posting pictures of her whole bridal party shortly.