How to Pick the Right Veil for Your Dress

Choosing the right veil for your wedding gown depends on the style and formality of your dress, the planned hairstyle and your overall bridal style. The veil should complement the dress in style and wearability.

If you purchased your gown at a bridal store, ask a consultant which veil she recommends. You do not have to purchase the veil at the bridal store, but use the recommendation as your starting point

Determine your bridal style.

If you purchased your gown online, search for pictures of your gown and see which style of veil its designer matched to the dress.

Instructions

1. Select a veil in the same colour as your wedding gown. Most veils come in white, diamond white, which is slightly off-white, and ivory, which is darker than off-white and may be close to beige.

2. Decide on the veil's length. Veils are available in four lengths. A blusher veil simply covers the face and usually is combined with another veil length or used for religious purposes.

Blusher veil; Elbow-length; fingertip-length and the Cathedral-length veil

• A blusher is a good choice for a tea-length dress. Typically when a blusher is worn as the only veil, it usually is attached to a hat or hair ornament

• An elbow-length veil falls to the wearer's elbow. This waist-length veil works well to cover the bride's back. It is a nice, less formal length for a ballgown-style dress for which the waist is very defined.

• A fingertip-length veil falls to the end of the bride's middle finger. This is the second longest length of veil. It works well with A-line style dresses because it continues the line of the dress.

• A Cathedral-length veil reaches the floor. This is a very formal veil. In many cases, it is possible to make it shorter for the wedding reception.

3. Determine the veil's fullness. Veils of any length are available in multiple layers. Layering the veil controls how thick or full it looks.

4. Pick a plain, embellished or edged-style veil. A plain veil is simply tulle that is gathered at the top to form a slight triangular shape. Depending on the ornamentation of the gown, you may want to choose a veil that has crystals or lace, or in which the edges or ends have a lace or ribbon finish.

 

Tips & Warnings

• Today's bridal fashions are very wearer-friendly. Very few ways exist to go wrong.

• Have your hair stylist spray your veil with a light aerosol hairspray to keep it looking crisp on your wedding day.

• Enlist a bridesmaid with a veil repair kit containing clear nail polish to seal any tears, white chalk to cover up stains, and a needle and hairpins to secure the veil in place.

• Many brides forgo a traditional veil in place of a tiara, flower or hair ornament. Also, some brides wear the veil for the ceremony and remove it for the reception.

• Don't go overboard. The wedding veil should flatter the bride and wedding gown. Your future spouse and wedding audience should notice you, not the gigantic veil on your head. Less is always more.

 

How to Store a Bridal Dress

Once the wedding is over, one pressing question is what to do with the dress. Many people elect to save their dress as an heirloom.

Professional preservation can be costly and may be dangerous to delicate fabrics. Storing your gown at home is more cost-effective, but if it is done incorrectly it can ruin the fabric.

Storing a bridal dress correctly can make the difference between preserving your gown for future generations or destroying the material and fabric.

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Acid-free cardboard box

• Acid-free tissue paper

• Padded cloth hanger

• Unbleached linen or cotton wrapping

1. Take the dress to the cleaner. Sweat, stains, and residue from wearing the gown will cause problems for the fabric and may weaken or damage it as the fabric ages. Having the dress cleaned as soon as possible prevents damage from accumulating.

2. Choose how the dress will be stored. Boxed or hanger storage are popular options, depending upon what type of storage space you have available. These options will allow the fabric to breathe and prevent moisture from accumulating in the storage area, which can destroy fabric over time.

3. Pack the dress in an acid-free cardboard box and line the interior with acid-free tissue or storage paper if you choose box storage. Fold the dress carefully into the lined box, making sure creases are soft and any embellishments or coloured areas have tissue paper layered between them.

When closing the box, do not use an airtight seal or wrap as this can cause moisture to accumulate.

4. Select a wide hanger with soft padding for closet storage. Hang the dress on the hanger, taking care the folds of the skirt are not wrinkled or obstructed. Wrap the gown in a cloth cover made of unbleached cotton or muslin to keep dust out.

Plastic covers will collect moisture and cause your gown to rot.

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Ibadan Politician and Tonto Dike in N5million debt disgreement

Alleged moneybag and ibadan politician Rotimi Ajanaku (who is rumoured to be eyeing the presidential elections come 2015) is at the centre of a messy debt scandal involving him and actress Tonto Dike.

According to insider report

"Tonto was introduced to Rotimi by Yoruba actress Eniola Badmus. And both became friendly to the extent that when Rotimi ran into debt in january this year, he called Tonto and begged her for a loan explaining that he needed to settle the bills of the lady who had delivered a baby for him amongst other bills. He asked for a loan of N5million which she gave him and he promised to pay her back after five days when the cheque he was expecting cleared but he didn't redeem his promise and instead began to dodge the actress even to the extent of deleting her from his blackberry friendslist and refusing to take her calls".

Squealer continues"the actress gave the 'oni-igbese' an ultimatum to pay the borrowed sum or she would involve other friends but Mr Ajanaku did not respond. The actress finally told their mutual friends about it, the mutual friends now informed the actress to step back and join the list of ladies waiting to collect back their monies from the suave talking politician who becomes incommunicado the minute he collects any loan." 

From the look of this story the borrowed money has probably gone down the drain but I urge Tonto to donate money to charity next time instead of allowing herself become a victim of local scam!....Tonto shine those your eyes biko!

As for the alleged 'oni-igbese' please stop borrowing money from ladies and doing the vanishing act, the law of karma will soon catch up with you!............selah

Pam Shaw: 70-Year-Old British Virgin Ready To Give Up Virginity To A Millionaire

A 70-year-old virgin, after a lifetime of celibacy, says she is now ready to lose her virginity. But her standards are still as high as ever. She is still waiting for a tall, dark and handsome millionaire to sweep her off her feet.

Pam Shaw was a cabaret singer in her youth and because she put her career first, she let many opportunities for love pass her by. Though she lived the freewheeling life of a cabaret singer, performing under the raunchy stage name "The Sextational Pam," she says she did not believe in sex before marriage.

But after guarding her virginity for more than five decades, Pam, of Wigan, Greater Manchester, says she is now ready for sex with the right man. She told The Sun that though she is ready for it, the man who would take her virginity would have to marry her first: “I may be 70 years old, but I'm very young at heart. People can't believe it when I tell them my age. I think I look great - maybe because I've never been married or had kids. But now's the time - I'm ready to take the plunge for the right bloke. My standards are still very high. I'm hoping to bag a millionaire with tall, dark and handsome good looks. I feel I am ready to give marriage a go and maybe go to bed with a man. You are never too old for anything. Just look at Joan Collins.”

 

Pam, who lived with her mother Lilian until she died in 1995 at the age of 97, assures her prospective suitors she is still a "real catch." She says: "I'm loads of fun and bundles of energy. I go to salsa and Zumba classes every week and have loads of friends. I like to think I'd be a real catch."

Mirror reports that during her career, she performed with sex symbols in the entertainment industry such as Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck and Roger Moore but never went to bed with any man.

The Sun reports she said: "I was never short of offers in my heyday - men saw the outfits I wore on stage and thought I would be easy. But I've never really been intimate with a man - just a bit of kissing. I had a sexy stage name and dressed sexy, but that was all for my career. There has never really been any time for me to get a man - I worked so much that sometimes I'd only have one hour's sleep each night."

Pam won a TV talent show in the 1960s and she opened shows for Ken Dodd and Engelbert Humperdinck, and performed onstage in Las Vegas. She said she even shared a dressing room with the The Voice judge Tom Jones, now 71, when he performed in Bolton Casino for a week. She said: "Tom was very good looking and we used to chat occasionally before I went on stage as the opening act. In the late 60s we performed together. There was only a curtain separating our dressing areas."

According to The Sun, it was Humperdinck, now 75, who made the biggest impression on her. She said: "Engelbert and I stayed in the same lodging house in Leeds in the late 60s. He always had an eye for the ladies and he was eventually banned from bringing back girls to the guesthouse. Although he was very flirtatious with me, my mum was my chaperone and wouldn't allow any funny business. One morning I found a note on a toilet roll hanging from the door handle from Engelbert. It said: 'Please do not disturb; Pamela and her mum snoring.' I remember watching TV with him when Please Release Me was reviewed on a kids TV show. We were all so pleased when it was considered a hit."

Pam said what kept her going in celibacy was her strong work ethic. She said: "Just like now, in those day women were throwing themselves at stars. But I've always had a very strong work ethic and finding romance always came below getting ahead in my career. I wouldn't have entertained the idea of sex outside of marriage, and marriage meant giving up on my dreams. Even over the last few years my career is still going strong. I worked with Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle on a feature film called Strumpet in 2002."

Pam said she once almost got married, to an oil rig worker but she broke it up when she realized she did not really fancy him. She said: "In 1976 I was proposed to by an oil rig worker in Blackpool. I said yes but later broke it off when I realized I didn’t fancy him."

The Inquisitr comments generously that Pam still stands a good chance of fulfilling her dream. Statistics show "the average person loses his or her virginity at 17.3-years old," but she is only just "slightly older."

Anyone with good advise for "Sextational" Pam?