The search for the perfect business school roommate brought Elizabeth Goodrich and Kurt Sheline together. “We were both attending UC Berkeley and had been looking for other people to sign a lease with in August of 2013. We found two other roommates and the four of us signed the same lease without meeting,” Elizabeth says. “Kurt and I met when his dad drove up from San Diego to move him into our house. We lived down the hall from each other and were housemates first, but pretty quickly after school started we began dating.” Two years later, the duo headed to Patagonia for their winter break. After a horseback ride throughout a ranch in Mendoza (and a few glasses of wine!), Kurt proposed. And with a romantic backdrop like that, is it any surprise Elizabeth accepted?

With a venue already locked in (Elizabeth and Kurt knew they wanted to tie the knot at the bride’s childhood home in Mercer Island, Washington), the couple was able to fast track the planning and exchange vows just seven months later on July 18, 2015. “This is the house I grew up in for most of my life,” the bride says. “It’s right on Lake Washington and has a beautiful view of Mt. Rainier. It also has a beautiful large tree and my dad takes great care of the gardens that are filled with flowers.” With the help of Married with Michelle, the bride and groom pulled together a backyard celebration with a romantic twist. Read on to see every detail from this beautiful Pacific Northwest wedding, as photographed by Matthew Land Studios.

Although the couple initially wanted to invite around 120 friends and family to their celebration, Elizabeth’s family’s home couldn’t accommodate such a large guest list. In the end, the bride and groom hosted 66 loved ones on the day of — the perfect number for an intimate outdoor gathering. Watercolor invitations from Carolyn Kach informed everyone about the party, including the pre-and-post-wedding celebrations.

The bride and her ‘maids got ready in adorable monogrammed pajama shorts, before trading the comfy attire for formalwear.

“I knew I wanted a lace wedding dress and loved the idea of wearing something that was striking from the back,” Elizabeth says. Her Rue de Seine gown was exactly what she had envisioned — the delicate slip was topped with a romantic lace overlay that featured just the type of dramatic back the bride was looking for.

Her blush and white bouquet of garden roses, peonies, ranunculus, dahlias, roses, and foliage looked as if it could have been handpicked from the pristine property.

Kurt charmed in his blue suit from Bonobos, which he paired with a chambray bow tie and a succulent boutonniere.

This couple decided to expand their little family before the wedding — with an adorable four-legged friend! Their brand new puppy looked dapper in his blue bow tie, which he wore for portraits and on his walk down the aisle.

Elizabeth kept things easy for her bridesmaids, asking each to wear any floor-length light pink dress they loved. Kurt’s groomsmen wore dark blue suits and bowties. “I wanted something simple and classic that wouldn’t look silly in 20 years,” the bride says.

The women all carried smaller version on the bride’s bouquet, although each was slightly different in composition. The mixes of garden roses, geraniums, scabiosa, and stock looked great against their pale-hued gowns.

The ceremony was held on the edge of the family property, where guests were treated to an up-close view of Lake Washington. Wrought iron lanterns and bushels of baby’s breath lined the aisle.

The bride walked down the aisle with her father while a string trio performed a classic rendition of Pachelbel’s Canon in D. Elizabeth’s brother and Kurt’s sister performed the ceremony, and the duo exchanged vows they wrote themselves.

“Because the wedding was hosted at my parent’s house, it felt very much like having friends over for dinner, which made the whole day very personal,” says Elizabeth. “We signed our marriage license on my parent’s balcony with our siblings as witnesses.”

Cocktail hour was all about great food and drinks. Guests enjoy the couple’s two signature drinks and creative appetizers as they found their seats on a watercolor seating chart.

Long tables were set in the family’s yard for Elizabeth and Kurt’s reception. “We chose rustic farm tables without tablecloths,” the bride says. A mix of different centerpieces were arranged down the length of each table, including footed bowls filled with pink roses and wooden planters packed with dahlias, succulents, and blackberries. Tall candelabras were lit at sunset, casting a romantic glow across dinner tables.

At each place setting, guests found a mini potted succulent that served as both a place card and favor.

“We designed our dinner menu because we’re both big foodies,” Elizabeth says. “We had a salad course, a choice of three different types of pasta, and then a main course.” At the end of the meal, the couple treated their loved ones to a special Port wine from Portugal, where they had vacationed just before the wedding.

Instead of one large cake, the newlyweds offered several one-tiered options in a variety of different flavors, including chocolate, carrot cake, and peanut butter chocolate pie.

Elizabeth and Kurt waited until dusk to share their first dance, and then the party really got started. Guests closed out the night with glow sticks and sparklers.

Although the official party ended on Saturday night, the newlyweds invited their friends and family back for another celebration the following morning. Everyone spent the day in the lake before seeing the bride and groom off for their honeymoon to Portugal and Norway.

Venue: Private Residence || Wedding Planner: Married with Michelle || Bride’s Wedding Dress: Rue de Seine, purchased at The Dress Theory || Engagement Ring, Wedding Bands & Bride’s Jewelry: Zwikker & Zacher || Bridesmaids’ Dresses: Joanna August; Monique Lhuillier; Amsale || Groom’s & Groomsmen’s Attire: Bonobos || Florist: Melanie Benson Floral Design || Invitations: Carolyn Kach || Music: Puget Sound Strings; Kris McCoskery || Catering & Cakes: Lisa Dupar Catering || Photographer: Matthew Land Studios

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Congratulations! You’ve been invited to officiate at a friend’s wedding. It’s a big honor, but it also comes with lots of responsibility. In addition to helping write the wedding ceremony (or writing most of it yourself), there are legal details you’ll need to keep track of. So if you’re brand new to officiating, what must you do when performing a wedding ceremony? Here are four things our experts want to make sure you don’t forget.

Make Sure it’s Legal
As soon as you’re invited to officiate at a wedding, look into the laws of the county and state where the couple will be tying the knot and familiarize yourself with any requirements you’ll need to meet to perform the marriage. Can you get ordained online? How long will your ordination need to be valid for? Do you need specific documentation to include with their marriage license? Or are they saying “I do” in one of the few parts of the country where the couple can self-solemnize their own marriage (Colorado, Wisconsin, the District of Columbia, and parts of Pennsylvania), allowing you to serve a symbolic role without any legal requirements? Figure out exactly what you need to do, any deadlines you should be aware of, documentation you have to have, and fees that need to be paid, and make sure everything is taken care of well in advance.

Write it Down
Officiating a wedding is not the time to wing it. Instead, sit down with the couple to talk about what they’d like from their ceremony, and whether they’d like to help you write it or would prefer to give ideas and let you go from there. Even if they want most of the content to be a surprise (particularly your introduction and any statements you might make about the meaning of marriage and their relationship), you’ll want to work with them to choose readings and select readers. You should also make sure the couple has a chance to read over the vows, so they can practice their lines in advance.

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Practice Makes Perfect
Having a script written isn’t enough. Before the ceremony rehearsal arrives, take time to practice reading through your script. Make notes about where to pause for effect (or even consider re-formatting the document with line breaks to encourage yourself to slow down) and practice saying words that might get stuck on your tongue. This is a great way to get used to what you’ll be saying to minimize how emotional you may be on the wedding day — you’ll be more familiar with the lines, so hopefully you won’t get too choked up! Read through the script in front of a mirror to practice making eye contact with the couple and the audience.

Sign on the Dotted Line
On the wedding day, after your duties are complete, make sure you remember to sign the marriage license! In a state where an officiant is required, the document isn’t binding without your signature. You may also need to mail the license back to the recorder’s office, or the couple can do that themselves.

UnREAL‘s Johanna Braddy and Freddie Stroma may have been keeping quiet on details about their upcoming wedding, but we are now happy to report that Braddy let some real juicy tidbits about their nuptials slip yesterday!

PEOPLE caught up with Braddy at Good Housekeeping‘s 2016 Awesome Women Awards Thursday night and talked all things wedding, and it seems like the couple has done a lot of planning since getting engaged in May of this year.

Besides revealing that the wedding will take place around the holidays this year (talk about running down the aisle!) Braddy revealed that guests from around the world will be coming to take part in their special day. Though the wedding’s location remains a mystery to be solved.

“Freddie’ family is coming from Europe and Asia and we’re all gonna be together. So that’s gonna be different,” Braddy told PEOPLE. “Super southern family. Super European family.”

The international guest list at this wedding will be pretty spectacular, but of course we’re most excited to learn a few details about the wedding dress — including the designer! Braddy admitted not only that the dress is already picked out and being designed, but it could look a lot like the wedding dress she wore on UnREAL.

“I have a dress. Anne Barge is designing a dress for me. She reached out to me and is custom making it, it’s crazy,” Braddy said. “I can’t say too much because I don’t want him [Stroma] to find out but basically we had a conversation about it and I asked him, ‘what do you picture when you think of a wedding and a bride?’ And he was like, ‘Disney cartoons.'”

So how does Braddy feel about Stroma’s wedding dress expectations?

“I was like, ‘OK, all right. Super bridal.’ So, I’m just doing it up in every bridal way I can,” she said. “Very feminine very classic. Nothing too trendy.”

Braddy and Stroma met on the set of UnREAL, and announced their engagement in May, which resulted in Braddy becoming the proud owner of a gorgeous blue sapphire and diamond engagement ring.

Now, if only their real-life wedding could be aired on TV…

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When Naya Rivera secretly wed actor Ryan Dorsey back in 2014, we were totally gleeful (Get it?) about the former Glee star tying the knot. But just hours after the happy news broke, the media started questioning the newlyweds about their possibly recycled big day. You see, Rivera called off her previous engagement to Big Sean just three months before making it official with Dorsey. And what’s even more strange, is that the two tied the knot on the same day that Rivera initially chose for her wedding to the rapper. Reportedly, the actress selected the date and the Cabo San Lucas wedding locale back when she was still engaged to Big Sean. Juicy, right? Well, Rivera is finally setting the record straight on that secret (and scandalous!) wedding.

“The media eschewed it into this whole thing,” Rivera told People magazine, referring to the groom switch-a-roo rumors. In fact, she continued, most people still don’t know that her and her hubby shared a romantic relationship before their short engagement.

The real story? According to People, Rivera and her now-husband dated for a bit in 2010. A few weeks after Rivera broke up with Dorsey to focus on her career, she discovered she was pregnant and ultimately decided to terminate the pregnancy. A few years later, Rivera was planning her wedding to another man. But when that engagement was called off, Dorsey re-entered the actress’ life when he contacted her — for the first time in years — with condolences about her recent breakup.

And you know how the rest of this story goes: Sparks flew, the two fell back in love, and Rivera jumped right back into wedding planning, but with an entirely different groom.

“It was good to tell our story and put the truth out there,” said Rivera. “We’ve been married now two years and have a gorgeous son, and it feels good to let everyone know what really happened.”

And there you have it! But no matter how they got to the altar, we’re just happy these two managed to get their well-deserved happily-ever-after.

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There are a lot of things that can give your wedding guests the “wow” factor when it comes to wedding planning, and wedding venues are no exception. These brides had incredible imaginations and adventurous spirits when wedding planning. The result: A riveting wedding story to tell for the rest of their lives. Here, real brides share the crazy places they decided to tie the knot.

“My father is a chaplain. I wanted an unusual wedding and our town’s July 4th festivities provided the perfect backdrop. The staging area in the hot Texas afternoon where the fireworks were going to be held was full of fire engines, ambulances and cop cars – lots of noise. I had my dad marry my fiancé and me amid the ‘excitement.'” — Beth

“We exchanged vows on a glacier! Our wedding party arrived in Juneau on a cruise ship, where we boarded a helicopter for a flight to the top of the glacier. Its cold up there so we wore long, flowing capes and white fur jackets. Of course one can’t walk on a glacier like you do on terra firma. So, to keep from slipping everyone had on big, clunky boots with spikes on the bottom called crampons. To top things off that night we saw the Northern Lights streak across the sky.” — Ann

“This will really wound weird but here goes. I really, really liked the stain glass windows of an asylum chapel so chose that as the venue for the ceremony. We were assured during the rehearsal that the doors leading to the wards would be locked to prevent patients from wandering in without warning. Yikes! Luckily the vows took place interruption-free, but I was later informed that a few people on my husband’s side were uncomfortable with the locale as it brought back sad memories. It seems an elderly relative had been admitted there near the end of his life.” — Ellen

“I met my husband Rolf doing theater at the Burbank Little Theater. Our lives were so wrapped up in theater we wound up marrying on-stage at the Golden Playhouse. That was 43 happy years ago!” — Patrika

“As a wedding planner I had put together dozens of other people’s nuptials, and wanted to do something truly unique when it came to my own. So my groom and I rented water powered jet backs to fly to our beach-side wedding.” — Amanda

“People usually think I’m fooling when I tell them my husband and I got married in a tree house, but that’s the truth. Actually it was a cottage on stilts in the middle of the forest. The view was stunning. Yes, we climbed down for the reception!” — Lee

“My husband and I are certified scuba divers so it seemed appropriate to get married during Shark Week on a chartered boat in the Bahamas. Our ceremony took place underwater!” — Lisa

“I like gourmet food as much as anyone, but Tom and I met at Denny’s in Las Vegas and that’s where we got married. Being Vegas, the Denny’s had its own wedding chapel. After we tied the knot we had our own special booth where we dined on wedding cake pops and toasted one another with ice cream sodas.” — Ruth

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The secret to marriage is anyone’s guess.

With each passing 21st century hour, every married couple is standing on thin-ass ice. People claim to have it together, but I’m jaded, I’m skeptical. Marriage, by its own morphing definition, doesn’t mean forever anymore. No one is saying this out loud, but I will.

Marriage these days means seven to eight years of trying. And then like two to four of suffering in medium-grade dark silence before the divorce comes down. I’m sorry, dreamers, but there you go.

Chances are: your marriage is sh*tting the bed (or separate beds!) as we speak. But why? Have people changed all that much since say, I don’t know, the 1950s? Back when human beings were still marrying each other and sticking to it until they died?

It seems hard to believe that we could have either evolved or devolved so much (depending on your own slant) over such a short period of time. We’re rarely that onto our own laid-out path. Yet here we are. Being single, remaining unmarried — that used to get you cross-eyed looks from your mom and your aunts. Now it’s a sign that you’re a free-spirited child of true liberation. And that you’re brave. And that you won’t be tied down by anyone.

Look, if you do get married these days, you’re still toasted and gifted and wished well, but c’mon. On the way home from the reception there’s a million private conversations going on between your friends and relatives. They talk. They sigh. They know where you two are headed.

It’s just a matter of freakin’ time.

Then again, love is love, and marriage lives.

People get swept up in the initial phase and feelings of enchantment, attraction, magnetic smiles and brains, and what’s wrong with that? Nothing at all, that’s what. The idea behind marriage is still as strong and true as ever before. It’s the wearing down that has gotten harder. It’s the giving up that has taken us out.

Now, for me to sit here at the bar in my summer kitchen, tapping away at my laptop, a couple extra tabs opened up at that top and pretend that I’m somehow someone who you should listen to when I talk about love, that’s laughable and I need you to know that. I’ve got nothing, man.

I’m divorced, a father of three little ones, rollin’ solo through my days. My heart is so banged up that I have to lie to it to wake it up in the morning. I’ve been hurt in my time. And I have stung with the sting of a trillion Satans.

I’m no expert on love. I hold no degrees. I hold no hands. I am — and I own it — a failure at this juncture.

But the funny thing is: falling on your face makes you start looking where you’re going. So is it with me and love. I’ve learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t. And one thing I believe now is that wives (and girlfriends) don’t tell you the thing that they really want.

Women are insanely insane at times and men are often so wildly blind to the cause of that. But I may be onto at least a partial reason why that is.

See, your wife wants you to put her first. How is that so hard to see? I don’t know. But I’m pretty sure I never knew that when I was in a relationship. I thought, “Hey, we’re equals, so I’ll just treat her like my equal and that’s a solid tip of my hat to our magnificent equality.”

But I suspect that might’ve been wrong. Women don’t NEED us to baby them or fawn all over them or tamper with their self-madeness. But deep down I’m thinking they WANT us to bang up against that stuff anyway. To show them we not only acknowledge them as “equals,” but also to show them that we are madly in love with them and that we would gladly take a bullet in the unibrow right this second for them if it came down to Superhero sh*t.

When was the last time that was your regular pattern of treating your lady? When was it the last time it was mine? I’m ashamed to answer that.

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Guess what? I have a 7-year-old daughter now. Violet. She’s my world. And whenever I think about whoever it is she’s going fall in love with in this world at some point, these are the things I end up pondering.

I want her to end up with someone who adores her and who never stops proving that in all the little ways. Then they would last, I figure. Or at least have a better shot at lasting. Then they could both know True Love in this Kingdom of Divorce.

I never hope that whatever guy or girl she ends up with is rich or well-educated; I think about how he’ll treat my baby girl. That’s it. That’s how I came up with my whole scheme here.

It ain’t rocket science. We’re mostly losing at love. I’d give anything for Violet to not lose at love.

It seems so easy to hear this stuff I’m saying, to nod in agreement. Lots of men everywhere will look you straight in the Charles Bronson eyeball and tell you, “Yup. That’s true. You wanna be a good man, a good husband, you gotta put the little lady first.” It sounds so f*cking sexist in a way, but I can’t truly buy that complaint either. I’m a smart idiot.

Marriage isn’t a thing about who works for a living or who cooks dinner or watches the kids or whatever antiquated bird sh*t you want smear all over every modern marriage collapse that happens.

Marriage is about sacrifice and mercy. And it’s almost too difficult to wrap our heads around.

Women, wives, girlfriends — they want a thing so badly but they have no idea what it is. So it ultimately causes trouble, gets misperceived as restlessness or discontent within a relationship. And then it gets grossly mishandled.

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Men, especially men who have yet to marry, listen the f*ck to me close:

The woman you love, or will someday love, wants you to be everything. She wants you to be a man. She wants you to work hard. She wants you to provide as much as you can no matter what your role in the household might be. She wants you to watch your skeevy roaming eyeball, but she wants you to remain sexual and sexy, so you’d better not get all stale by not looking around you.

A woman wants her man to be brave, too, and not be a damn p*ssy so much. It’s OK to cry, it’s OK to feel and to be sensitive and to hurt for the poor seals getting clubbed to death, or for the starving people or the downtrodden masses, but enough is enough after a while.

You also need to be kind of a dick sometimes, too, don’t you think? If a mechanic is ripping you off or some dad is yelling at your kid on the playground someday, you think your wife is seriously wanting you to just walk away and cower without speaking your mind? I doubt that very much. I just do.

Mostly, though, I think about Violet, my daughter, and the person who might love her someday, and I think that what she’ll really want the most from him/her, without even knowing it probably, will be that beautiful, steady feeling that comes with being treated like you’re loved.

Little things, really. Car doors open for her, maybe not every single time, but enough. Store doors opened for her. “Can I get you a glass of wine?” in the evening, coming from the kitchen. Making sure she’s not too sad. Making sure she’s smiling at least once a day. Or dying trying. That’s the person I dream of for her. For my daughter.

Oh god, I could die so peacefully then. I really could, I know I could. I know I’m right here. I mean, I hope I’m right. It’s been so unclear up ’til now.

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This article originally appeared on YourTango.

No need for a rendition of Adele’s “Send My Love” because the superstar songstress will be there to deliver it — and a wedding gift! — herself. Adele just checked ‘yes!’ on the RSVP card of some incredibly lucky fans and we couldn’t be more jealous of this to-be-wedded couple! After spotting the pair slaying the dance floor at one of her recent concerts, the singer was so impressed with the dynamic duo, she’s actually going to their wedding. Who knew that killer dance moves could earn you a famous face on your wedding guest list?

On the Los Angeles leg of her Live 2016 tour, Adele couldn’t help but notice two concert-goers dancing the night way, obviously having the time of their lives. Of course the singer had to meet these enthusiastic fans, so she pulled the pair onstage in the middle of the show. The over-joyed couple, Vince and Ryan, immediately climbed up alongside the “Hello” singer to say, well, hello. Oh, and invite her to their upcoming wedding, NBD…

While onstage, Vince and Ryan mentioned that they were getting married in Montana in September before inviting Adele to come to the nuptials. We’re pretty sure we would’ve been in too much shock while face-to-face with Adele to even remember where the wedding was, but the Grammy winner accepted the invitation right then and there! Of course, a moment before she asked the couple where Montana was, but we’re sure she could buy a map before the big day, right?

“I would love to come!” said Adele. “My tour should be over by then, so I’ll come.” And then Ryan asked what everyone was probably silently wondering: “What’s your rate?” But Adele promised to cut the couple quite the deal. “Don’t worry, I’ll do it for free,” she said. “I’ll do it for you for free.” So let’s just reflect on this for a moment… This couple just scored Adele as a wedding guest, her impressive pipes for their first dance, and free reception entertainment. Wanna trade lives, you guys?

In a video Ryan and Vince later posted to Youtube of the epic moment, they thanked the singer, writing at the end of the video “Thank you, Adele. We will forever cherish this memory. Hope you can make it to the wedding.”

Want to send us an invite, too?

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Jessica Alba really knows how to glow, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is #glamourgoals and Lily James makes her look seem effortless.

Jessica Alba at the premiere of Mechanic: Resurrection: Any bride would love to have skin as radiant as Jessica Alba’s, but even if you don’t have it naturally, here’s how you can fake it with your makeup. First, prep the skin with a radiant finish primer, before buffing a full coverage foundation into place. Give your cheeks a flush with a rosy cream blush and use plenty of highlighter in that ‘c’ shape around your eyes. Brush your brows up and out to give them a full, natural look before filling in any sparse places and locking them into place with a wax. Add some depth to the look with a deep purple eyeshadow and amp up the glam with faux lashes. A glossy burgundy lip is the perfect finish.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at the premiere of Mechanic: Resurrection: If you’re looking for classic glamour, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley always serves up perfect inspiration. To recreate her look, use a full coverage foundation and any concealer you need to make sure your complexion looks flawless. Use some classic contouring to warm up the face, and bring out that gorgeous glow. Use a rose gold colored eyeshadow on the upper lids and under the lower lashes and apply a strip of faux lashes. Shape and define your brows, and then complete the look with an attention-grabbing bright pink lip. And by using a gloss, you can still get that bright pop of color on your lip without looking too fussy.

Lily James at the “My Burberry Black” launch event: If you want effortless beauty, Lily James is your girl. To channel her look, think shades of nude and brown. Start with a matte-finish foundation and accentuate your cheekbones with a matte-finish bronzer. Create a low-key smoky eye by blending shades of brown around the eyes, and make sure you use the darkest shade underneath the lower lashes at the outer corner and out into a slight cateye shape on the top. Layer on several coats of mascara. To create natural-looking thickness to your brows (unless yours are already as full as Lily’s!), create hair-like strokes with a brow pencil. Pop on a nude lipstick and add a bit of radiance back into the complexion with a powder highlighter down the center of the face, and you’re ready for your close-up.

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Whether it’s a night out before your bachelorette with the squad or a laid-back morning with mom before the bridal shower, these D.C. area businesses will leave brides “blown” away with their impeccable service (pun intended). For brides who prefer romantic comedies on in the background or bright fuchsia everywhere, these blow dry bars in the nation’s capital are the perfect pick.

Drybar
The Drybar is taking the D.C. area by storm. The business with the popular “no cuts, no color, just blowouts” slogan that has influenced the blowout business world is the ideal place to bring a crew of bridesmaids pre-bachelorette party. Think bright sunny yellow everywhere, romantic comedies playing, and bubbly for all. Drybar offers a few distinct styles on their menu, including their classic straight up, loose curls Cosmo, big haired Southern Comfort, beachy Mai Tai, and straight and sleek Manhattan. With locations in Bethesda, Georgetown, Dupont Circle, Penn Quarter and Tyson’s Corner, VA, there is a Drybar in all corners of D.C. Read real brides’ reviews here!

Blowout Bar
Get an ultimate blowout at this West End salon — which includes a shampoo, scalp massage, and style. Brides can choose from any of the bar’s five blowout looks, whose namesakes are easy-to-remember girls’ names. Blowout Bar is painted in lavender — making for relaxed, anxiety-free time for over-scheduled brides. For bridal parties who want at-home services so they can look their very best for a night on the town, bridal shower, or the wedding itself, a house call blowout costs $75 and updos are $140.

Blo
Dupont Circle’s Blo has an international following, with locations across the U.S. and the Philippines. Unapologetically girly, Blo is decorated in its signature bright fuchsia. Its variety of blowdry styles will suit any bride, from Bohemian fishtail braids to red carpet ready tresses. Blo’s signature blowout is $40 so brides are ready for everything from their showers to their bachelorette. Blo has an extensive “Blo Bridal” offer, with in-bar rates running around $65 for a consultation and $95 for day-of hair (varies by state). Maids, mother-of-the-bride and flower girls are $40 and for brides who opt for hair to be done elsewhere, Blo charges $150 for the bride and $100 for each additional bridal party member.

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Flow
Flow Blow Dry Bar is NoVa’s first blow dry and beauty bar. Not only does Flow offer traditional blowouts, but brides can get hairstyling, treatments, makeup, waxing, and facials. Flow also has “Glam Squads” who work with each individual bride on her big day to create her ideal look. If you’re wanting to hire them for your big day, Flow charges between $75 and $110 for each bridal party member. For brides wanting to walk down the aisle with a bit of retro flair or perhaps something more edgy, Flow’s stylists are highly trained for many looks and styles, whatever your bridal preference may be. Read real brides’ reviews here!

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This is it… The final countdown to your big day. And along with settling those last few details — figuring out where to seat your eccentric Uncle Carl, firming up the flowers — you’re likely also making one last push to make sure the body that will be wearing that gorgeous white gown looks as good as it possibly can. You and nearly every other woman with an engagement ring on her finger. In fact, research shows that an overwhelming 91 percent of brides-to-be are anxious about their weight. But from here on out, you won’t have to be!

Whether you want to drop those last few pounds or look more toned — or both — we’ve got a month’s worth of daily tips (none of which require starving yourself or working out nonstop!) that will help you feel stunning and confident when you walk down that aisle. You know where to send the thank-you card. Let’s get started!

Day 26: Add Some Fun (And Effective!) Toning Moves To Your Routine

If your strength workout is beginning to feel a little ho-hum, make it interesting again by subbing in these three moves: Bear Crawls, Lateral Crawls, and Crab Walks (how-to’s follow).

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“The combination of these exercises gives you a metabolic boost and hits just about every muscle in your body,” says exercise physiologist Neal Pire, a spokesperson for the American College of Sports Medicine. Get to it, girl.

Bear Crawls: Get down on all fours, hover knees just above the floor and crawl forward on your hands and feet, keeping your body as low to the ground as possible. Try two sets of 20.

Lateral Crawls: Get down on all fours, hover knees just above the floor and walk right hand and foot out to the side, followed by your left hand and foot. Do 10 lateral walks to the right, then switch directions and do 10 reps to the left. Do two sets.

Crab Walks: Sit on the floor with your knees bent and feet flat; place your hands behind you, fingertips facing your butt. Lift hips off the floor and walk your hands and feet, moving backward for 10 reps (keep hips up high as you “walk”), then do 10 moving forward. Do two sets.

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