The New Zealand wedding of the daughter of the husband in the English traditions and my transformation for this event

Several months ago we received Erica and Scott's wedding invitation. And a week ago wanted to make slowly shopping to dress up and prionutsya. But as it often happens, the last days twirled us in a whirlpool of small events and had no time for shopping.



As on hunting, so to feed dogs is about us! In a day before a wedding I pulled out everything that corresponds to a dress code of an action from a case and we began to try on. For the husband there was everything, except shoes. A fine new suit, the favourite stylish shirt bought in Russia last year and even the tie too bought in Russia for our own wedding, but not nadevany (as bought two). A set of other ties hopelessly became outdated.

It is known that at any normal woman the clothes case is full, and there is nothing to put on. We rejected one behind another all my dresses because they were or are bought for other events and were associated with deeply personal experiences, or the husband politely let know that "No".

Shopping

Nou so to no, means we will buy new. It is better for me! On the eve of the wedding (!!!) we cancelled all affairs since morning and at last that arranged small shopping on which I reported in this post:
As I selected a dress for (not) the) wedding...
Girls, we with the husband should be as guests at a wedding of one of his daughters. To use old dresses not comme il faut. They either too bright, or short, or too long, or are not pleasant to the husband, or not fashionably look. Well, you know a problem "a full case, and there is nothing to put on" Shopping it turned out sincere. I like to go with the husband, he likes to see me in different images... Read more:

Our ordeals were limited to four boutiques where we chose to me a dress and to the husband fine qualitative and stylish shoes. Finished shopping in shop where I bought underwear under the chosen dress. In the same place unexpectedly found marked down from 150 to 15 (!!!) New Zealand dollars black varnish shoes. These shoes fitted into our general image, under a dress. For defect on a heel (which from outside hardly anyone noticed) to us threw off 5 more dollars. And as a result for 500 rubles I have quite to myself smart shoes. The dress by 10 times was more expensive, too was on sale at a discount from the original price. So would cost 220 NZ dollars, but it cost us one hundred. It was lucky.

It is possible to be the efficient person and to think of beauty of nails

The day before I slapped manicure and a pedicure in such color scale also together:
Cliches of Vinylist which just a lifesaver in the conditions of a temporary time trouble were useful.

Criteria for selection of personal style on a wedding

In my situation all was simply and difficult at the same time. Children of the husband are adults, the special contact with them was not, rare meetings. I for them - not a really clear being from the Third World country who inexplicably was the wife of their father. And though the younger 20-year-old son of the husband lives with us, in general I feel a big distance among themselves and the husband's children. Especially with daughters who live in the world and strangers do not let in it. For some reasons in places there long-term ice which even I cannot kindle. That is you understand that in such situation I have to be just faultless and externally and internally. Thus I formulated criteria of the image:

1) To look elegant, stylish and expensive.
2) To feel most comfortably in clothes and footwear.
3) My appearance has to look harmoniously how the husband looks.
4) I should not be allocated especially against the background of the bride, her sisters beauties (marriageable maidens) and the bride's mother.
5) It has to be convenient to me to dance in in what I will be, even the most vigorous dances because the dance floor is my favourite place at a wedding.

These five above-mentioned criteria also defined as a result the choice of a dress, footwear and hairstyle.

Make-up and quick spontaneous hairstyle

Taking into account that at us was in the afternoon for collecting in the wedding day (we had to arrive by the beginning of a ceremony till 16:00 in Wellington, and the ceremony had to begin at 16:30), I even managed to do the daily exercises and we popleskatsya in Kiwi Tub (in some posts I wrote about this figurative a miracle the mini-pool with autonomous heating).

Then the husband found out that he does not remember at all where his hairpins for a tie are stored, did not find, and went to buy new. And I was accepted to the head in which the catarrhal headache was rolled by waves.

As I had no thoughts and experience of a construction of marvelous hairstyles, I decided to be given to a creative rush: intuitively and spontaneously built a real miracle from the hair. Even did not expect from herself that will turn out so nicely and stylish.

I humidified with mousse for laying and divided hair into six locks. Made a tail of the most volume lock, and instead of an elastic band fixed it by the second long lock, strong twisted and pinned hairpins. On each side faces tightened up two long volume locks hot curling tongs a little and having bent on each side, fixed tips of these locks around the tail basis.

Twisted two curls along the person and released along the person. Laid a bang on one side. Tightened up tail hair on locks hot nippers a little. Gave them it is sensitive waviness. Then set by varnish all this beauty, but so that everything looked naturally, not rigidly.

Made a make-up very quickly. It is a little tonalka, emphasized with shooters an upper eyelid, added the century and under eyebrows is sensitive shadows on corners, put tone on cheekbones and painted lips my favourite color which is in harmony with color of varnish. Emphasized with a brown pencil eyebrows and gave them volume, having used brown eye shadow.

On the photo made already in the car it is visible what as a result turned out from my head.

BEFORE AND AFTER plus jewelry and bag

On a photo where I prove to be prostovolosy and without make-up during shopping, and after some tuning in the wedding day, you can see how the hairstyle changes perception of a dress and all image.

I needed to look expensively, elegantly, and it is harmonious near the husband.
In my opinion, as a result everything turned out and we looked addition to each other.

I carefully selected jewelry. Swept aside cheap jewelry. Put on one more ring (except wedding), a thin bracelet, small gold earrings and a brooch with izumrudiky (instead of a favourite pendant with rose quartz which wanted to put on originally).

Made a photo, it was convinced that not too, calmed down. I do not love when women turn themselves into New Year trees, showing all the jewelry or jewelry.


With bags at me a trouble. Practically there is nothing to choose. But Prada of silvery color with a volume sufficient was suitable for this prikid to put there an envelope for newlyweds, our purses, a powder box and iPad.

Precisely before we got into the car, the rain rushed! It was necessary to take umbrellas, the hairstyle began to grow damp promptly. But the headache warmed up the head from within, and as a result I took a hairstyle to Wellington. In Wellington it was dry, and the sky divinely shone.

I did not keep and made couple of photos, and then it turned out that on the second photo with the Catholic temple on the hill the house of the grandmother and grandfather of my husband was imprinted. Such miracles. He did not even know about it, but his relatives on Facebook saw my publications and chorus wrote to me about it!!

Wedding ceremony

The action took place in restaurant in the ocean. Literally this word. That is that part of the building where there was a ceremony, was given to the ocean and under a floor waters of the Pacific Ocean lapped. All main celebration took place against the background of an okenichesky peyzzh. To my huge regret newlyweds forbade to take the picture during the wedding ceremony. They used services of the professional photographer and did not want that guests with cameras and lenses aimed at them got into the shot.

Everything was very in English reserved and quiet. Without a rollicking Slavic game with repayment of the bride and competitions for newlyweds and guests.

The father (my husband) brought the bride and "handed" her to the groom. It was the most sentimental moment of a wedding. Emotions gushed, tears a hail swept on my cheeks as though I married the daughter. After that a tseremonimeyster read the relying speeches, young people swore fidelity each other and exchanged rings, then fastened with a kiss the union. The bride's representatives (native elder sister of Erica) and the groom (Scott's friend) read the congratulations.

After that the loved Erica and Scott's dog loudly gave a vote, than relieved the tension.

At this moment (when Louis loudly and joyfully began a bark) all laughed, and in me paparazzi woke up, and I, having violated regulations, made several pictures. On a photo Erica's brother signs the Marriage Certificate as the Witness from the bride.


Earlier in Russia at official ceremonies of a wedding witnesses on both sides too were required.

Buffet reception and companionship

After the ceremony the people furshetitsya. Bright waiters carried drinks, a canape and other tasty food. Especially I liked the baked seafood on sticks. From drinks there were a lot of beer in convenient small small bottles, a champagne, wines, whisky, juice and cocktail. As I planned to be driving on the way back, for all evening drank only two small glasses of wine.

I very much liked the idea to take snapshots by guests, pictures were right there printed from the camera, were pasted by special stickers in an album for newlyweds and on the page with the photos guests wrote wishes and congratulations to young people. Cool idea. It was possible to choose a crown, a cylinder, moustaches or lips for these photos and to be photographed with them.
Also many took the picture with newlyweds against the background of the shining Love
When newlyweds took seat at the table, those who did not manage to give them the congratulatory envelopes gifts had an opportunity to make it prior to the beginning of a dinner.

The invited singer penetrating and sincerely sang beautiful songs about love, and I even danced a little so far nobody looked in my party.



Music was, generally in style blues or a romantic popular English and American pop-music of times of youth of our parents. Later during dances there will be also modern melodies...

From time to time behind glass it was possible to see athletes on kayaks or to sit down on a banquette to meditate on the ocean...

Festive dinner

After the buffet reception, photography and companionship with acquaintances and strangers, we were invited to tables for a festive dinner. Before food pledged the word to the main guests: to the groom's parents, bride's parents, grandmother of the bride and the closest friends of newlyweds. All speeches were with humour and often were interrupted by laughter of guests. Newlyweds with two sisters of the bride and brothers of the groom sat at the main table a back to the ocean and facing guests. Guests sat at narrow long tables on in advance made list facing the friend that it was convenient to communicate.

For dinner it was possible to choose meat of young lamas (meat of a lamb) or chicken in very tasty sauce. In separate dishes brought the healed potato and boiled vegetables as a garnish: delicious carrots, haricot, broccoli, asparagus and something else. Later, already during dances, gave a tasty dessert. Two views: lemon tartlets with gentle cream and still something unimaginably cream and air. Drinks were the same, as on a buffet reception.

In comparison with an ordinary Russian wedding it is possible to tell that we starved. Though on my taste the menu was ideal. It was impossible to eat too much or it is even simple to overeat. It is exactly so much to satisfy hunger and to feel comfortable.

The first dance of newlyweds and dance floor

The first dance of newlyweds continued a wedding party, at the end of dance on a dance floor guests stretched. And quickly and imperceptibly guests began to dance. Some young people danced with a beer small bottle in a hand. Relaxed. Generally friends of young people are the successful managers who were already in time to promote the same as Erica and Scott. Children are all nice, open, simple, with humour, lungs in communication.

Music was the most different, but generally from the favourite repertoire of newlyweds. We with the husband naplyasatsya and danced to the heart's content with all the heart. When the headache wore out me, I found the secluded town behind a column overlooking the ocean and long meditated to the sound of music while the husband conducted small talk with guests. So it developed that all children of the husband practically do not contact to members of huge family and numerous family in the area of the husband, I already very well know many of which. At this wedding all guests were only from mother of the bride and friends of newlyweds. So we felt like special guests a little. But it did not prevent me to communicate with the first wife of the husband and her parents friendly. I was fascinated by Erica's grandmother on the mother's line, and we quickly found a common language with this cheerful and cheerful woman.

In the tenth o'clock in the evening some guests began to disperse and as we wanted to come back home, soon after said goodbye and went home too.

A half of a way I drove the car, remembering this light, a little cool, but such refined and stylish wedding. The second half of a way was driven by the husband, and I dozed.

In February of last year we were at an international wedding of the brother of the husband. It was another story altogether. And our own wedding was unlike these two. Perhaps, sometime I will want to tell about them. Ours which we played in Russia was the most cheerful, with adventures, the fountain of emotions, of course.
Living in New Zealand now, I dream to visit a wedding of Maori - indigenous people of this small country. Here where exotic and energy bursts forth.

I will be glad to read your comments and to learn whether there was interesting my story for you?

And at parting I wish all mutual love, the world and happiness in family, and executions of your desires. - to find that who did not find the half yet! And that who already has a spouse - to keep love and harmony!