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Top 5 reasons why wedding beauty is rough for a tomboy:

5. Years of neglect has left her face resembling the surface of the moon.

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4. Her coarse and mistreated hair does not comprehend the meaning of the word ‘bridal’.
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I wasn’t asking for much, really. I brought her oodles of pictures…

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I am a crier. When I see a sad movie I cry, when Mr. Cookie does something special for me I cry, when I get stressed I cry. I know that on our wedding day, the tears are going to be pouring. To avoid the Britney Spear’s “Lucky” cryface, I need make-up that will withstand a flood of tears! Read more…

It seems like kind of a random thing, but people get really excited about their deodorant. There have been quite a few posts on Weddingbee as we worry about how to stay dry on our wedding day. We brides will be running around, smiling for the camera, hugging aunts and uncles, trying to sneak in private moments with our new hubby, all while trying to look and smell fresh.

My favorite? Kiehl’s Superbly Efficient Anti-Perspirant and Deodorant.

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I just stumbled on a little miracle product, and given the current 90-degree temperatures here in Maryland, I thought I would share! The weather has been killing us, as Mr. T and I are moving this week - YAY for our first place together! We’ve been living for the past year in a house together, but we have a roommate- and while I’m going to miss Roommate Tiramisu (ha Brandon, I promised you’d get a little Weddingbee mention!), it’s going to be nice to be living just the two of us in our own place.

Anyway, I was at The Body Shop a few weeks ago buying my favorite body butter, and found this Seaweed Mattifying Day Cream in my bag as a free sample. I have what I consider to be pretty normal skin- a little dry in the winter, and a little oily in the summer. I’ve tried other makeup primers before, but none could seem to stop that sort of oily T-zone look that creeps up on a hot day. I was pleasantly surprised to see that this one works! The key ingredient is “bladderwack seaweed” (mmm, that sounds like something you’d love to slather on your face, right?), and I swear it keeps my face from getting shiny all day long. I used to rely on blotting paper, but I haven’t needed to use any at all since I purchased this stuff.

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If I could only have one beauty product on my wedding day, it would be Bumble and Bumble’s Sumo Tech, hands down. I ran out of it shortly after moving to Vancouver, but decided that I should get a hold of some with the wedding quickly approaching. I grabbed some up just in time for our engagement photo shoot. Phew! Man, I forgot how much I love this product. It’s a must have for a short haired bride who wants good hold that is light weight and gives plenty of texture and shine.

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If you could only have one beauty product on your wedding day, what would be your must-have item?

Much love to one of sweetest people I know, the girl in the photo above. She made a special trip to come visit us since she’s spent the last couple years in Ottawa and won’t be able to make it to our wedding, and made my day by gladly accepting my offer to do her wedding photography when her big day came. So she gets a pretty photo on Weddingbee because I like posting lots of photos and it’s really hard to snap a picture of myself with a 7 pound camera.
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Well, the actual title of this post should be “How Not to be a Sweaty Beast on Your Wedding Day.” But that might have been too frightening! Here is where I divulge my big embarrassing confession: My name is Miss Canary and I am a sweat-er.

I think it runs in the family. Papa Canary starts eating a bowl of noodles… and pow… he starts to drip like he’s been hanging out in the Amazon! Come summer and NYC humidity, I start sweating big time. And of course, smarty Miss Canary decides to get married in sweltering July… one of the hottest and most humid months in the city.

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I love coffee.

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Like… I love love LOVE coffee. But I gave it up - for the sake of the wedding. Completely for aesthetic reasons (I want white teeth!), I have put myself through pain and suffering, and have not consumed a single drop of coffee. I know instead of giving up coffee, I probably could have just started drinking it out of a straw, but to me, that sounded like a throat burn waiting to happen… so I just gave it up (and it wasn’t easy). If only I could get my caffeine intake via IV:
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I don’t normally do product reviews because I feel like mine always sound like cheesy advertising. I have, however, been bragging about Crest Multicare Whitestrips to anyone who would listen so I thought I would share the love with you all.

I have really sensitive teeth. I had my teeth professionally whitened in college and I was so unhappy. My mouth hurt for months and I had to make weekly trips to my dentist so that he could rate the whiteness of my teeth and send me home with a stronger (ouch) bleach. I’ve tried several at-home whitening strips for upkeep since then and they all left me in pain. A cold wind would blow and my teeth would tingle. Until recently, I had blamed the treatments rather than my teeth and just laid off. Now I am on a solid sensitive toothpaste regime and I am no longer scared of cold water. But, I had still been afraid of the bleach.
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