"Complete-Your-Look" Guide For A Nervous Bride!

A Bridal Guide to Glory on the D-Day

Undoubtedly, dressing up for your D-Day is the most crucial, most anxious part of your wedding! Followed by the walk in the aisle and meeting the eyes of the man of your dreams! So, are you really ready to flaunt your charisma in the air? or are you still struggling to pick that one item left in your wedding look-book-imagination? And if you wish to dress up like stunning graceful South Indian bride, things can be really pretty and pricey! The bewitching Kanjeevaram Saree, striking jewellery and the right footwear can be hard to find! Well, are you getting nervous, impatient and cranky already?

Not to worry and no more stress! Here's a complete look guide to ease away your worries and bring back your beautiful smile... :) 

(Tip: Don't worry about the price ;) You don't need real gold to make you look beautiful!)

#1. Go Overboard with Necklaces!

Ruby Kundan Matka Designer Set

 

A great masterpiece for a heavy, traditional look! The intricate kundan work on the necklace would add more timeless appeal to your entire look.. and the best part is, you won't have to look for earrings separately! *wink wink*

You can even team this up with your gold border sarees at your post marriage events and reception parties.

Price: Less Than 3500 

Category: Affordable

#2. Didn't I Say... Go Overboard?

Lakshmi Pearl Cluster Necklace with Jhumka

Carry your goddess on your heart with this beautifully crafted Lakshmi necklace which would not only bring more goodness to your coming life but will also help to keep your looks uplifted. The pearl-clutter complements and matches the earrings which come with this set.

Now that your necklace woes are sorted, let's move on to the next level!

Price: Less Than 3500 

Category: Affordable

#3. Bole Chudiyan, Bole Kangana!

Your bangles must tell a story of who you are and they must impress your man :p ! Didn't you see the grand K3G song? So, before the song plays at your wedding and your girlfriends pull you in the crowd to dance, make sure you choose the right pair for yourself.. 

Here are two beautiful sets for you! The first one is highly attractive and modish...

Bangles Set

Price: Less Than 2000 

Category: Affordable

Andddd the second one is alluring and crafty.......

Gold Plated Bangles

These royal pair of bangles add more distinction to your wedding look! These match perfectly with almost all wedding sarees and traditional attires and can even be adjusted for a better fit. 

(Tip: You can buy this one Kraftly easily without walking out of your home! ;))

Price: Less Than 1700

Category: Affordable

#4. Let Everyone Know You've Arrived

South Indian weddings are known for their heavy bejeweled look and fine details. The brides are donned and adorned with the most expensive attires and jewellery from head to toe. One such important piece of embellishment is a Paayal or anklets. These are worn in the feet decorated with henna a day before the wedding. This is considered to be an important part of a wedding celebration.

I'd always wanted these..a classic beauty!

Anklets for Wedding

Price: Less Than 2500 

Category: Affordable

#5. Maang Teeka 

Want to look like a regal, resplendent empress? Look no further! Uhm..that was rhetoric ;p Look down and go for the enchanting 3 line maang teeka. You can also experiment with 5 line maang teeka which would highlight your crown area and add a superior feel of being a bride!

Like the anklets, the maang teeka is also an important bridal jewellery. These are worn over the head, sometimes covered with a veil.

3 Line Maang Tikka

Price: Less Than 1200 

Category: Affordable

#6. Nathni or Nose Ring

Nose rings are a part of a bridal's attire in almost every part of India and in every religion. These are a customary majestic addition to transforms you into a queen in an instant.

Even if you are not a fan of nose rings, you'd fall in love with this one!

Multi-Coloured Nathni

Price: Less Than 1000 

Category: Dirt Cheap

(Tip: Go for a multi-coloured nose ring if you are confused on the colour. This would ensure that there are no goof ups on your grand evening!)

#7. Walk The Aisle in Style!

No compromise here girls...you need to have a great pair of shoes for yourself! 

Something that can walk the talk! ;)

Walk with Style!

(Tip: Once you own the right pair of footwear, all your nervousness will vanish away! :P)

I'm still on the lookout for the best shoes online!! :D

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Can you guys help me out please??? ;)

Do comment in the comment box below and let me know where ca I find the best shoes in town ;)

& share your wedding looks with me!!! I'll be really delighted to see & publish them!

See you at the Wedding!!!

Diary Dear! 

What's Cooking by Neha Dhiman

It's been a long year, isn't it? Well, I am back! So let's roll the dice again. Shall we?

You might wanna know what I've been cooking all these days. Really I've been Cooking! 😂 From mouthwatering desserts to traditional finger-licking Indian recipes. Also, it took me a while to realise what all goes into making dishes when you really don't have enough ingredients. 😂 Some of the marvels from kitchen came out really well...while some disappointed me to the core. But I tried again...and again...and again...and finally bought a pizza and enjoyed the evening😉.

After all, I deserved some cheese for my efforts. Thanks to which, I have finally gained some fat on my bones.

With a lot of time gamble and job shifts cooking became a necessity and then a pleasure. My latest favourites are Sambhar and Gulab Jamun! I never knew they were so easy to cook. With that, I would love to add this will not become a food blog soon. 😂 It will still be my heart's window. Just that I'll be eating something while watching outside it. So brace yourself, coz the heat is on and the sugar syrup is burning 😉.

A secret? I met an adorable women and she's teaching me how to make Vada ;)

With wet flour on my hands,
Lots of love
From Diary Dear

How It Feels When An Adult Learns To Ride A Bicycle

Someday when somebody, just as needy as me, will land up on this page to know how it feels when an adult learns to ride a bicycle; my mission will be accomplished. Somehow 'learn to ride a bike in 5 minutes' doesn't work and so does 'how to ride a bike when you are old'. Neither will the words of the person, who is teaching you to 'hold the handle straight' or 'push the brakes slowly' or 'look on the road' shall help! Sadly and ironically, they will be right in anything they say! And it'll take you a couple of falls to understand that. That kid round the block who bullies you and laughs at you when you are on your bike, deserves his share of fun. Doesn't he? Of course not! Learn to bicycle and effing make him lose! Kiddo biatch!!

Thanks to Windows 10 and that new wallpaper on the screen of my bae's laptop, which gave a kick to my confidence to learn to tame those two wheels and ride with him every Sunday morning. I was pumped with enthusiasm like you usually are in a James Bond movie. He tied my helmet, I pulled my jeans up, I jumped past half of the bicycle and it felt like I am now ready for a life-threatening stunt. Remember the scene when 007 was hanging by the running aircraft in MI? Think of it again and again until you feel you are the one holding that door. Won't take long. I was there! Right there with my wobbly hands and sweating head.



On my first session, I couldn't even move those tyres way past an inch. I was tired and hopeless at the end of that hour. I managed to fall twice, had a bruise on my leg, even got ulcers in my hands, but after all my pain came a time when I was ready to do it again. And that feeling my friend was "pacifying". You'll be surprized but I wanted to have more of it. Strangely, I started counting all the good moments and there were plenty of them! I recalled how my beloved ran along the bike, how happy he was when he clicked my pictures, how passionate he was about the ride and how much he loved it. It was like magic. It is true when they say, if you are looking for happiness, look at a person who is happy. And he was so happy for me and my efforts that I was motivated more than ever.

The second time I tried I could drive the bicycle to a couple of meters on my own and I felt so proud of myself that I tried and tried again. I tried managing the peddles at sometimes, and sometimes I focused on the handle. All things were good.

What I learnt after my two hourly sessions:

a) The man with you is your coach. Don't hit him with your bicycle :P

b) Never scratch or hit someone else's car, things can go wrong if their domestic helper catches you.

c) Try not to slap the kids who made fun of you right then. Wait for the appropriate time!

Let's see how my third session goes this time ;p

(Love You loads Aashu;)
See you soon Diary Dear!

Why I Want To Travel The World And You Should Too!

When I first saw the huge mountains on the way to Manali, a sudden realization hit my mind, heart and soul. This is it! This is where I belong! These mountains, this river, these waves of cold is all what I want around me. It was a moment of magic. A moment that changed my life forever! Being born and brought up in Delhi makes you so prone to the traffic and the crowd that you sometimes..actually..all the times...forget there's a quaint world away from this metropolis waiting to be touched.



Even though it's been more than 9 months that I last visited the hills, yet each time I think of my journey, those memories are reborn in my mind like they happened a minute ago. When the sound of the gushing Beas entered our rooms the moment the balcony door was opened, all our worries vanished. We sat and talked every evening like never before falling for each other bit by bit, second by second; accompanied by the winds caressing our faces. The Himalayas shined like a pearl in the ocean far away from us every morning, yet seemed so close. None of us realized when the walks turned into a hand in hand stroll. I can't seem to forget the spell tht was chanted on us on our journey. Indeed you will fall in love again whenever you will come to this part of the world. And it will be much more stronger from thereafter, just like these mountains standing tall, bearing all the chills of the fiery winds from up north.



And so I thought, if one destination on this Earth can be so enchanting, why not travel the world with the man I love? Isn't it a great opportunity to add more life to your breaths? I guess, it is. I want to explore all the nooks and corners of this country for starters, touch the farthest points and come back to these hills at the end with plenty of experiences and bundles of stories to echo to these hills.



Think of your mundane lives, think of how you struggle to survive everyday. Think of how difficult some days are. Don't you want to put everything on the back-seat and rush far ahead for a while? Don't you want to shrug off the burden and break the monotony of this workaholic life? Don't you want to run away sometimes? Don't you want to truly talk and get heard? If yes, here are three most important reasons why you should travel the world starting today!

To Fall In Love!
Love is like a river, when it's flowing, when it's moving (inside you); it is alive! Stagnant things in life always lead us to sins and diseases. So, it is important to keep falling in love again and again, with the same person as much as possible in one lifetime. Always in a different manner of course. And that's what travelling does. It keeps you moving! It keeps the love alive and kicking :)

To Find Solutions
Travelling opens the doors of our conscience. It widens our horizons and makes us look at things from so many different angles. We learn so much when we are on the go that even before realizing, we have solutions to our problems. I remember at the begining of my journey I was greatly unhappy with some family issues, but when I came back I had solutions to my problems. I knew what I had to do. It just happened, just like that. And no matter you get the answers or not, but you will have the courage to face things at least.

To Be Happy
The most important reason so as to why you should travel is to be Happy! Leave the 'how?' to the journey and explore it for yourself. Because I am sure, you won't come back without a smile and a long list of memories!
So, Just Go!!! :) :)


Also Read: In Love with Manali
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P.S. All Images Are Copyrighted +Neha Dhiman

See you again,
Diary Dear!

I Am A Woman And This Is Serious!

I am a woman and...

I don't want to fight back if face-book or Instagram pulls down my photographs of stained bed sheets or shaved vaginas. I might, in the first place, never put it there. This doesn't make me submissive, but lets me have my part of privacy.

I am a woman and I will not walk naked on the streets only because men can do it too. Since the day I was born, I was fed and educated by people who were dressed, so I am like them now.

 
I am a woman and I was told not to remove my clothes and reveal my assets anywhere except the locked bathroom. I followed the directions all my life, what's so wrong in that? My brother was told the same.

I am a woman and I will never enter polygamy. Not because I feel I don't have the rights, but because I know I don't want them. Will it create history if a woman decides to stay with one man for all her life? 



 
I am a woman and I will not come out on the streets to say I'm on my periods. Not because I am 'down in enthusiasm or confidence', but because it is not as same as telling men about Brock Lesnar, Fast and Furious or Mathew McConaughey that'll appeal to them. Of course every man on Earth knows or will know about it. Why feel shame in not pinning a board on your terrace to tell people you are bleeding.

 
I am a woman and I have seen elders impose cultural and traditional 'not to do's' on me as well. But I choose not to slam them back with my conditional replies. Not because I don't want to be heard, but because it will never satisfy my ego on the whole or make me a day older than them.

 
I am a woman and I can work at home while my man is out working for us and our family. Not because I don't crave to work, but because his home needs me to be there. It has nothing to do with 'passion-killings'.

 
I am a woman and I do hate sometimes when there is no equal pay or opportunities like our male counterparts, but I am also sure there are things in which we are way up and I would never like to part ways with that, or come down to the level of men. And I am not sorry. I am a woman and I don't hate men.

How To Spend Your Entire Day When You Are Not With Your Special Someone!

No, it isn't a motivational article, so I beware you to behold your expectations and chuck them later. This goes to all the lovers on the Earth who are not with their loved ones right now. May be they are at work, or with their families, or at their friend's place, maybe at a meeting, worst of all- sleeping! But, don't be sad. I have a few tips for you. Tried and Tested methods to make your days amazingly interesting while your bae is out somewhere!

BTW, if you ask me about it, days like these are really tough sometimes. But here is what you should do!

Feel Sad, Get Depressed As You Are Not With Them

But, Try & Begin Your Day By Working Hard

And Then..Lose All Interest!

Write Long Mails and Whatsapps Full Of Feelings

Call Them Like 80 Times in 20 Minutes

Tell Them You Miss Them...

Pray For The Day To End _/\_

Skip Food! Practically Starve For Them! :D

Talk About Him/Her Whole Day And Bore The Hell Out Of Someone!

Get Your Make Up Right When The Evening Comes..

And As You Proceed To Meet Him/Her

Sing a Song That Boosts Up Your Excitement!

Buy Some Flowers On The Way

And...Finally...Here You Are!

That's how it is like! Right?? Uhm..I guess so ... ;p
P.S. The Best Couple Ever if you love GIFs!

See you later,
Diary Dear!

What New Clothes Do To You! :D

Last Sunday I went on a shopping spree and ended up buying 6 different attires to wear. Oh, how much fun it was. I lack a bit of fashion in my genes, but gladly, I had my partner with me, who by the way, is the smartest advisor I've ever known! Since then, everyday I put on a new piece of cloth and trust me it cheers me up whenever I cross a mirror of any form :D #GirlsTalk

Don't you agree that clothes which fit perfectly, always act like boosters to the positive ions in your head? Have you ever felt happy when someone notices your new shirts, jackets, tops et al? And isn't is amazing to buy them in the first place? Of course! Who on this planet would not want new clothes?



Remember when you bought that tuxedo? And when you wanted to look your best at your farewell? Think of those Prom Nights and Birthdays which would have been so useless without you heading to the malls to buy yourself a set of them! And I will not miss the fact that when it comes to Indian weddings, people become extravagant and exuberant in buying their perfect cottons, linens and nets. Take into account that beautiful girl and that handsome guy who dressed up so well that evening! Rememeber how your eyes were glued to them? Well, that is the magic of clothes.

Now if I remind of that shabby driver or that clumsy colleague, you would surely part ways from me. I, at one time, was somehow like both of them :D. Don't judge me. Everybody grows with time, you know! At least I did. :D (Wint at you Aashu ;)

In short,

Happiness is proportional to the number of clothes you buy at one single time. More clothes, more happiness!!!

So in case, you are not doing much good and really wish to stay happy for the next few days, please do some shopping! :D

Much Love
Diary Dear!