Friends, one of the very great aspects about planning wedding events is that you get to see a lot of amazing creative ideas come to life. The most exciting and perhaps the craziest part of the whole thing though is how a team of individuals ( friends but majority strangers) will do anything in their power to make a bride's grand ideas become reality. Basically, if you can dream, come up with awesome ...

  Every season we request a beauty expert to share with us some of their favorite products they would recommend for a specific season and maybe even year round. For winter we checked in with the very popular, one of the most beloved and sought after makeup artist in Detroit, Michigan, Amanie Mokdad to share with us some of her makeup must-haves for this season. Our personal tip after having makeup done ...

  Have you ever noticed how challenging it is for hijabi brides when they have to incorporate both a hijab (head scarf) and a traditional long veil (depending on the ethnicity) into their bridal outfit? From being around and having the pleasure of helping or just staring at these brides in a worry, we have observed two things. One, either the bride will take off the head scarf and just focus on the lon ...

  Every season calls for a different set of makeup essentials and just like Summer we decided to bring you some more professional makeup must-haves.  For Fall, the makeup must-have recommendations comes from one of the most sought after and beloved Chicago makeup artist, Saleha Abbasi.  Fall Makeup Must Haves By Saleha Abbasi  1. Moisturizer Recommendations: •Shiseido's 'The Skincare' Find it at Shisei ...

  A few months ago, we came across this wonderful exhibition (virtually) that took place at the Museum of Islamic Arts in Doha, Qatar. We had so many great pondering moments that we thought why not let you all join in the fun as well? So the topic of the exhibition was 'The Arts of Giving: Visual stories of Islamic generosity from the seventh century to today.' One particular section that caught our ey ...

  We are so excited to share with you the beautiful wedding events of Reema and Asir that took place in Houston, Texas. In this first post, the bride Reema shares with us some words and detail shots of her henna and decor from her Mayoun event. A traditional South Asian cultural wedding event that takes place before the Nikah and main wedding reception. The event traditionally marks the official beginn ...

  Fall is literally around the corner and with that we wrap up our summer makeup must-have series. Our final recommendation list of favorite makeup products that a professional would  use on their brides or non-brides and consider them as great investments comes from Mehwish Khan, a professional makeup artist and hair stylist based in Chicago.  Summer Makeup Must-Haves By Mehwish Khan Right off the bat ...

  We are back with a new list of makeup must-haves by a pro! These are basically some of their favorite makeup products  that they usually use on their brides or non-brides and consider them as great investments. For our next makeup pro must-have recommendations, we travel to Southern California.  If you want to be in trend this Summer, talented celebrity makeup artist and MAC pro Nida Gazi recommends ...

One popular request from our Muslim Bride sisters has been to share with them the latest bridal hijab styles and ideas on how to wear hijab on the wedding day. Well since this art is a rarity in our nation at the moment and we do not like sad sisters,  we traveled virtually all the way to Male' the capital of Maldives to find you some help and inspiration. Bridal hijab stylist, Shamma of  Shumsie's Bridal H ...

Lately we have been wondering about the makeup must-have products a bride or anyone getting ready for Summer wedding events should have. To help us out with our question, some of our favorite makeup pros have put together a list of recommendations of products that they usually use on their brides and consider as great investments. So ladies! For the next few weeks, watch out for a series of posts on summer ...