Bride To Be Magazine Beauty Survey

Bride To Be magazine is currently running a Beauty Survey on their website. They want to find out all about your beauty routine leading up to your big day!

Take part in the survey and you will be entered in the draw to win a SK-II product pack worth $348! Be quick as the survey closes this Friday [Sept 16].

Click here to take the survey.

[image by Lina Tesch]

Lady Day and It's Beautiful Here Collaboration Photoshoot

We are excited to share a photo shoot with you today which was a collaboration between two wonderful wedding suppliers who are associated with Portobello Bride. The photography is by It's Beautiful Here, a Boutique Wedding Guide Member and the hair and make up is by Lady Day, who exhibited at the Boutique Wedding Market in Melbourne in March.

Here's what Scout of It's Beautiful Here had to say about the experience:

We kinda got our 80's on, our model eerily channeling icons she had never heard of, from Isabella Rossellini to Kate Bush!

It was a lot of fun and interesting to see the results of a shoot using available light and a homely location. bridal portraits will never be the same!

It was such a great realisation that whilst we shoot weddings in a documentary style, and we love that, its also truly possible to achieve really beautiful portraiture as well. All in the home, all with available light.

We chose the location for this shoot to be in my bedroom as the ceilings are high and the light is amazing. We ended up shooting in almost every room of the apartment and also in the lift and on the rooftop. I loved that our model was able to transform from look to look and that we were overwhelmed with ideas and options as the day progressed. The whole team were so pleased with the unexpected results of our spontaneous experiments. There are so many great, modern ways to shoot bridal and draw inspiration from sources outside the box. - Dana from Lady Day

Goddess!

Ethereal and gorgeous!

80s glam!

Dresses: Vintage and borrowed or owned by Lady Day / It's Beautiful Here.
Hair Accessories: Elysian Creations
Makeup: Dana Leviston at Lady Day
Hair: Poppy Liu at Lady Day
Photography: Scout and Cat from It's Beautiful Here

Francesca's Wish List - Princess Cherry Pie Skincare Collection

Life has been very hectic of late, so top of my Wish List  is a range of products that has got me through the past month of meetings, deadlines and emails.
A Favourite of our Boutique Wedding Guide, the delightful Princess Cherry Pie has produced a skincare collection for guys and dolls by Margarita Bloom which are good enough to eat and smell absolutely amazing.


My personal favourites from the Princess Cherry Pie range are 'Prom Queen Olive & Tea Facial Cream Cleanser', scented with lemon Vanilla Curd. Yummy! Then 'Mist Be Beautiful Moisturizing Facial Toner', scented with Lemonade Verbena. Can it get any sweeter! Well it does with 'Lola's Late Night Rendezvous Night Time Creme Moisturizer' and small dabs of 'Oh What a Delightful Eyeful Nourishing Eye Creme'.  My Guy is loving every thing from the Johnny B range, I am loving him with 'Big Kahuna calming aftershave' scented in the south pacific surf.

The enitre skincare range from Princess Cherry Pie and Johnny B can be purchaed online at www.princesscherrypie.com.au.

This beautiful collection filled with organic ingredients are made fresh upon ordering, freeing them of the large quantities of preservatives needed by general skincare products that are shelved until purchased. It just doesn't get any yummier than that.

The Boutique Wedding Guide Introduces...Fleurage

We feel really lucky to have Fleurage as a member of The Boutique Wedding Guide. This beautiful perfumery was one of the reasons I began Portobello Bride. I came across their previous boutique, which was housed in the most quaint art deco building nestled amongst beautiful apartments in the heart of South Yarra, and I knew I had to find a way to connect brides and fellow industry members with special and unique businesses like Fleurage .

Emma Leah is the stylish perfumer behind Fleurage, with her unique style and her passion for producing natural perfumes using only botanical ingredients; Emma ensures every client a luxurious and indulgent experience when choosing or creating a perfume for them.

I met Emma and her partner Robert in October at their fabulous new premises off Chapel Street Prahran. They blew me away with their passion and experience in perfume and scent.

The philosophy behind Fleurage is the "creation of a beautiful life", which they provide through every one of their natural perfumes, lotions, creams and pampering bathing range, which are the foundation of your scent layering ritual.

The Fleurage packaging is reminiscent of the Art Deco era. Every product is packaged to communicate the values of quality and beauty a hollywood actress would have expected in the glamorous 1940's.

Fleurage are famous the world over for their specialised perfume making, which you can experience yourself by visiting their online store, the perfumery, or even better, one of their workshops. The perfect event for your bridal party, your girlfriends can create the perfume you wear on your wedding day, or like a couple are doing at the moment, you and your fiancee could create your own scent for each other. I couldn't think of anything more special than having a couture scent made for your wedding day.