We’ve shown you how to achieve a flawless natural look and how to make sure your brows are on point. Now, amp up your bridal look with a sophisticated flick of liner. Red Dot Cosmetics South Africa’s National Education Manager and National Brow Artist puts together a swoon-worthy look that’s perfect for your walk down the aisle.
US filmmaker Lee Loechler is the man of many a Disney-lover’s dreams. He had a few tricks up his sleeve when he took his unsuspecting girlfriend, Sthuthi David, on a date to watch her favourite movie, Sleeping Beauty.
A partner in crime filmed the two watching the movie, when suddenly the well-known scene of the prince about to kiss the princess changes into something quite unusual. First, the characters’ faces change to resemble Lee and Sthuthi, and then things take a different turn. Sthuthi looks confused, then the on-screen prince takes a ring box out of his pocket and throws it out of the screen for Lee to catch!
“I love you with my whole heart, including all of its ventricles, atriums, valves… She’s a cardiologist,” he tells the crowd. “Sthuthi David, M.D., will you live happily ever after with me?” he asks.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Watch how the fairy tale unfolds:
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Former Miss South Africa and Miss Universe, Demi-Leigh Nel Peters just gave us an intimate look into her engagement to Tim Tebow. Taking to Instagram, Demi-Leigh shared a beautiful IGTV video documenting the day the couple got engaged.
Tim proposed to Demi-Leigh in January 2019. Tebow had flown family members from across America and South Africa to Jacksonville, Florida to be a part of the proposal. Demi was told they were attending a late Tebow family Christmas dinner at their family farm and was surprised when it ended in a proposal.
In the video, Tebow can be seen leading Demi outside and professing his love for her.
“Ever since I first saw you, you gave me so much hope. When I first heard your voice, you gave me so much belief. When I first met you, I knew you were the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. And I will spend the rest of my life fighting for you and fighting for us,” said Tebow before going down on one knee to propose.
Tebow also flew Demi’s favourite South African performer Matthew Mole to Florida to serenade them post-proposal.
Both Tebow and Nel-Peters shared the video to their personal Instagram pages.
“Yes to forever ❤️One year ago today I said yes to forever with you @timtebow. It was the most magical day. The most thoughtful thing anyone has ever done for me. Certainly the biggest surprise. I knew it was you since date one. I can’t wait to be your wife… soon ? #TyingTheTebow”, Nel-Peters captioned the video.
Watch the sweet video below:
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Feature image: Instagram / Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
Victoria’s Secret model Martha Hunt will soon be swopping the catwalk for the wedding aisle. She recently announced her engagement to photographer Jason McDonald with an adorable Instagram post.
Hunt made the announcement on Instagram, posting a series of pictures with the caption “i have a secret…”.
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The proposal went down on January 5 and involved a bear-y adorable ring bearer. In an image posted to McDonald’s Instagram page, Hunt’s dog Bear can be seen wearing a dog collar with his parent’s initials and the engagement date, as well as the engagement ring dangling from it.
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Congratulations to the happy couple!
Feature image: Instagram / Martha Hunt
Many industries are slowly making the move to become more eco-friendly and the wedding industry will not be left behind. More often, couples are opting for digital wedding invitations (or wedding e-vites). Not only are digital invitations greener, they also come with other benefits such as being cost-effective and less time consuming. However, some might feel that a certain sentiment is lost by using a digital invitation.
To help you weigh up the options, here are some pros and cons of both digital and paper wedding invitations.
Digital
Pros:
– Saves Money
Digital wedding invitations will save you money in a variety of ways. You’ll pay for the design once, and you’ll be able to use it as many times as you like. There will be no postage costs and no paper or envelope costs. If your budget is tight, or if you’re not too fussy about wedding invitations, digital is the way to go.
– Eco-friendly
No paper invites means that you’re saving trees! On top of that, the delivery of paper invitations, to your guests, requires fuel. With digital invites, you’re ensuring that your wedding has a smaller carbon footprint.
– Easy to do
You could find a professional graphic designer to create your invitation for you. All you need to do is give them some specifications and your wedding invitation will be ready in no time.
With the rise of online tools like Canva to make your life as easy as possible, it is even possible to find a website that has invitation templates for free. You could create an invitation completely on your own in a single sitting. Quick and easy!
– Saves time
Not only does it save time on the designing front, but it also gets delivered within seconds. This means you’ll receive your RSVPs quicker too.
Cons:
– Some guests may not be tech savvy
For the older guests, a digital invite may cause some issues. Some grandparents or aunts and uncles may not be sure how to RSVP or how to access the invitation at all. You wouldn’t want to risk them missing the special day! However, there are ways around this problem. You could opt to send only certain people paper invites.
– Invites may get lost in a spam folder
While it is mostly unlikely, there is a chance that your invite may be detected as spam. Most people don’t check their spam folders, and this could mean that they miss your invitation completely.
– Designing it yourself can be risky
Some of us are simply not artistically inclined. And that’s okay! But, if you’re designing your own wedding invitations you may want to be cautious. The internet is full of ideas, and most websites provide you with templates, but you could still end up with a design that is sub-par if you’re not careful.
It may sound as if digital invites are less distinctive, significant or memorable, but there are ways you can make it special!
Paper
Pros:
– May be easier to access
There are several stores that carry printed wedding invitations. Finding these may be easier than finding a graphic designer.
– Comes with extra excitement
Holding the invites in your hand, packaging them and sending them off can be an exciting activity to do with your partner or your family. It can feel like the real beginning of the wedding festivities.
– Makes for a great keepsake
You can keep the wedding invitation forever. Perhaps you want to frame it or put it in your wedding album. These are things you can’t do with a digital invite.
Cons:
– Can be quite costly
Printing, paper, envelopes, decorations such as ribbons or glitter, and posting. If you add all of these up, it could add a large sum to your budget.
– Very time-consuming
Creating the invites and packaging them already take a lot of time. Thereafter, you’ll have to wait for them to be delivered. This can take a long time, especially if your guests live far away. Additionally, it’ll increase the waiting period you’ll have for receiving responses.
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The precious couple that got adopted by the nation, Nonhlanhla Soldaat and Hector Mkansi, finally had their dream wedding on December 31, 2019. After Hector was filmed presenting Nonhlanhla with a ring in a Gauteng KFC, the two went viral and their story became a homegrown legend.
The much-anticipated wedding took place on New Year’s eve as any celebration should. Laced with fairy lights, the venue was absolutely breathtaking and the white, champagne and rose gold colour scheme was magical.
Nonhlanhla’s pearl white dress was elegant, with a portrait neckline and no sleeves, which accentuated her figure perfectly. A small, understated bow on her waist tied the look together. She opted for a veil embroidered with lace and a stylish up-do with small white roses in her bun.
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— Diego _Chuene (@Diegochuene) December 31, 2019
Her bouquet, like the flowers used in the ceremony and reception were all light peach and white roses, adding to the fresh-meet-glamorous feel of the day.
Hector was not to be overlooked either, wearing a very modern champagne coloured blazer and black bow-tie.
The two beamed and looked more in love than ever. You would never even guess that they’ve been married all along, and this was their second wedding! We wish them happiness and love.
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Jasmine and Aladdin will have their happy ending, not only on stage, but in real life as well. Matthew Pomeroy, who plays Aladdin in the production at De Montfort Hall in Leicester in the UK, asked Natasha Lamb, who plays Jasmine, to be his wife during the curtain call.
“The last four years you’ve changed my life. You are the kindest, most caring person,” he said on stage. “Tash, I love you with all my heart. You’re my best friend and if you’ll let me… I want to share my life with you.”
Matthew, who is 30 years old, admitted that while he does not usually have stage fright, he was very nervous before this particular performance. He also made sure that both his and Natasha’s parents would be in the audience.
He told the BBC: “It was scary. I hadn’t worked out where to put the ring after my costume change for the finale as it didn’t have pockets – so when I bowed I thought it would fall out the belt.”
“I spend my life on stage – it’s my happy place. Proposing on there fits me perfectly,” he added.
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Now this proposal is definitely a winner. One man decided to put his girlfriend to the test in a game of ‘Family Feud’ and ended up victorious in more ways than one.
In the popular Family Feud show, two families are pitted against each other and asked a number of questions and have to give what they think would be the most popular answer.
Joshua Powell from Fayetteville put his own personal touch to the game and proposed to his now-fiancée Kiana Myrick in a ‘Family Feud’ style game with family during a Christmas party.
During their round, Powell asked Myrick wedding-themed questions like “”Name a day a woman always dreams of?” and “Name something a woman wears all-white to.” Finally he asks her, “How would you finish this: Will you marry me?”
After a pause, Myrick laughingly says “Yes, I will”, then turns around to see Powell down on one knee.
Watch the video below:
Since being posted to Facebook, the video has gone viral and currently has over 2.5-million views, 12k shares and 3.3k comments.
Speaking to WNCN, Powell says that him and Myrick have been together since high school and plan to wed in 2021 once they have both graduated from college.
Congrats to the happy couple!
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Following in his tradition of ultimate grandeur, Egyptian designer Hany el-Behairy closed his 2019 fashion year with an expensive bang by showcasing his breathtaking, one-of-a-kind wedding dress valued at a mega R212,317,515,00 ($15-million).
El-Behairy enlisted the help of Egyptian actress Mai Omar, who you might recognise from movies like ‘Speed does’ and’ Last rooster in Egypt’, to elegantly adorn his latest masterpiece to the world, in the city of Cairo.
The world record-setting, high-low styled dress is decorated with a plethora of diamonds and small precious stones. It has a long train at the back, with a matching star-decorated diamond encrusted veil to complete the look.
The garment joins a prestigious list of other famous and costly wedding gowns such as Victoria Swarovski’s custom-made R14, 100,500,00 gown and Kim Kardashian West’s R7,000,000 dress.
This is not el-Behairy first attempt at creating the most expensive wedding dress. During his 2017 annual fashion show, Egyptian actress Yousra El-Lozy walked the runway in a diamond-embellished dress that was worth a then world record-setting R56,616,910.00 ($4 million).
We eagerly await his next creation, and can’t begin to imagine what it will cost.
Feature image: Twitter/@hanyalbehairy
Two best friends from the US, David Dobrik and Jason Nash are self-proclaimed pranksters and are always out to get one another. So, when Nash teased social media influencer Dobrik saying no one will ever marry him, Dobrik set out to prove him wrong. By marrying Nash’s mother!
Dobrik (22) filmed the whole episode and explained to Lorraine Nash (74) that it was all a joke. She didn’t hesitate to jump in and play along.
Dobrik took to Twitter saying “My friend told me I would never find love and get married. So I flew to his moms house and married her on the spot. Now that same friend is my stepson. True love always wins”
After leaving Jason and the rest of his family thoroughly stunned with the Las Vegas wedding and Hawaii honeymoon, the pair called it off a month later and filed for divorce.
Dobrik seems to have hit two birds with one stone, as he not only pranked his friend but also already got 10 million views on Youtube.
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