Wedding Hairstyles for 2011 : 10 Super-Pretty Looks

More and more modern brides are leaving behind the old-school traditional formal vibe, and opting for a friendlier, more laid back wedding day experience. It doesn't make it any less special, but can be more personal and suited to your style and that of your bridal party and guests. From the venue and the dress, all the way down to your hair and your shoes, take a look at some different styles to get you thinking about what you really want!

Pakistani Groom 2010

Everyone dreads the wedding day. The person getting married is a nervous wreck as well as the designer who is supposed to make them look the most beautiful bride or the most dashing groom ever!

Sami Yusuf, a standup comedian from Karachi, who visited Lahore last month aptly pointed out; everyone’s a designer in Lahore. This may be true but when it comes to female adornments, but when it comes to dressing up Pakistani men, many fail. It’s difficult to look chic as well traditional for any men in daily routine let alone on their d-day.

Are you sick of hearing about your bride’s mishaps with her clothes and cannot believe that your mom is more interested in how her daughter in law will look than you, even though it is ‘the most important day of your life! Don’t panic, don’t scream at your domestic help and please don’t kick your dog. Just breathe and read on about how we inform you about the latest cuts and colors for Pakistani men that will make them *pause for dramatic effect* the most dashing groom ever!

Fashion Central has delved into the overwhelming fashion industry and handpicked those who do it these best for grooms to be.

Bold colors, experimental bottoms and dull work are in for the boys this year. We begin with the new blood; Emraan Rajput. Rajput showcased his collection at Karachi Fashion Week 2010. His fusion of modern colors and cuts with maintaining the ethnic tone is a breath of fresh air. This new entry into the saturated market has won much appreciation. Groom’s to be should definitely explore his creations as he caters to all. He uses bold colors on the sherwanis mixing them with interesting lowers such has a dhoti shalwar, straight pants and a pleated shalwar.

Deepak Perwani this year has straight banarasi sherwani’s with dull dabka work in contrasting colours and shawls matching with the bride’s outfit. This is a trend which must go. You should compliment your wives but don’t do it through wardrobe.

Amir Adan this year has more of a Mughal theme going. He has added curves and slight fitting to the sherwani’s in his collection this year. Adnan also has an interesting way of adding work in the corners of the sherwani. His collection is definitely something you need to look at.

Moving on from the traditional looking bridegroom many men like to wear a dandy look. 2010 is the year to wear your three piece suits. Boss this year showcased an interesting combination by matching the collar and tie with the suit. Slight fitting is definitely what you want your suits to be but don’t make them dull. Make sure you add a splash of color. For instance you could have a beige suit with a auburn shirt and a champing brown tie and handkerchief tucked in the breast pocket. The eternal classic tux is very much seen everywhere in 2010, but not everyone is Rahul Khanna and pull them off.

Pakistani grooms, this is your guide to looking the best on your wedding day. Make sure you are comfortable in whatever you wear and stick to your roots.

Tips for Healthy Groom

Wedding is just around the corner and you don’t have time to look after yourself, but with a little care you can achieve a lot in few days. These simple health care tips for groom promise to make your marital life healthy and wealthy.

This health care tip for men suggests that use sun screen and block before the big day. This helps to protect your skin from cancer. Every groom should use sunscreen with a sun protective factor of at least 15 whenever going in the sun. Apply it half an hour before going outside.

Grooms should wear a hat especially when have to stay too long under the sun. There are many tropic wear outback hats for men, which has an ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) of 50 + which are useful for such occasions.

Instead of eating too much high calorie food, grooms should eat more fruits and vegetables to stay fit and healthy. This health care tip believes that men should eat at least have five to nine services of fruits and vegetables a day.

According to this health care tip, grooms must avoid eating fast food at all cost limit, it to once or twice a week. Men should be open about more options in your meal plan. Take salads, fruit juices and shakes rather that separating salad leaves from chicken or fries.

This wise health care tip for groom suggests that men should avoid going to the doctor before the big day. A regular check up can identify health risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes early when they can most effectively be treated.

A healthy, groom should take exercise daily, 30 minutes of heart-healthy aerobic exercise four or five days week can make you shine on your wedding day. Yoga is another stress reducer as well and adds healthy glow to your life.

This health care tip suggests that if you are 50 plus, get a colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is the gold standard for identifying colon cancer early when it can be treated easily. Before your wedding day begins, groom should take a lot of sleep as it helps in covering your health problems. The lack of sleep among men leads to obesity, diabetes and heart attack and flue.

The health care tip states that men should always wear their seat belt when riding in a car and don't talk on your cell phone or text message while driving.

High levels of stress, especially if it is chronic over an extended period, can have significant negative effects on groom’s health. Don’t worry about wedding preparations, move with the flow. While stress can't be avoided, try to identify strategies to avoid it when you can and take steps, like exercising or meditating to stay healthy and calm.

The Last Detail to the Bridal Beauty Plan- The Nails

Finger nails and toe nails are a very important part of increasing your beauty. But sometimes making arrangements of everything, your nails may get over looked. So bride must take out time to take care of their nails and pamper them as they deserve the love and care.

On the wedding day bridal hands are the centre of attention of everybody as they are eager to see the jewellery, mehndi on the hands and also signing the document at the time of Nikah. This is why brides must take extra attention to their nails for the big day.

To make sure everything go as desired professional help is recommended however if proper care and attention is provided at home the nails can be stronger and healthier.

In Pakistan, we always follow a very elegant and traditional style for our wedding day where Farshi Lehngas, Shararas and Gharars are really in vogue these days. For wedding day hot red color is the first preference of every girl as their bridal dress with intricate detail on it. So nail color must be according to that. On mehndi function, brides go simpler; therefore clean manicured hands looks really beautiful.

Following are some of the types which will help you indentify yours and you can take care of your nails according to that and keep them in a great shape for their wedding.

• Normal Nails: This is the best nail type as they are easy to handle, they are pink, healthy and grows easily. However with much care and protection like applying hand cream and avoiding chemicals and harmful detergents will help you retain them.
• Soft Nails: These nails grow slowly, health wise weak and tend to bend easily without much effort. Health can be improved by applying nail hardeners and by putting on gloves while doing household chores that directly the contact with water like dishwashing and laundry.
• Hard Nails: Such nails are easily identifiable by pressing your thumb on them and they will feel moisture less. The health of these nails can be improved by applying moisturizers and vitamin-E lotions. Nails normally get dry after excessive use of nail polish which hinders the oxygen to get to your nails and while wiping off the nail polish it also evaporates the natural moisture. Permanent use of nail polish must be avoided and to conceal the paleness the transparent coat of nail polish will not just help your nails from chipping off but also hide the flaws.
• Damaged Nails: Nobody wants flaky and broken nails so to avoid all this; you must keep your nails moisturized and well-hydrated.

To keep your nails in a shape you must have two tools to keep those in perfect shape i.e. nail clipper, the nail file. However there a lot of kits available in the market which have numerous tools from nail file to nail buffer and different kind of clippers. Bride can buy those kits to take with them on their wedding and it'll be their best friends at honeymoon days. There are four main types of shapes, round, square, oval and pointed which works best with your nail anatomy.

Maintaining healthy nails is very much admirable for you as they make your hands and feet presentable for the wedding day for the bride and also the honey moon period as pretty nails are not just polished with nail color but also the natural, filed and pink healthy nails have their own beauty.