Whew. I finally bought my dresses. I ordered a bunch and tried them on with the post-surgical bra from my last surgery to check for exposure of all kinds. My daughter, a newly-minted OTA, reminded me that she had tricks for helping people get dressed. That said, I’m going with dresses that are easy to get on. Not the MOB dresses of my dreams (haha) , but they’re fine for the marriage on the Thursday prior and the party/reception on the Saturday.
The surgeons assured me that the drains should be out around 2 weeks post surgery, so that’s a load off.
I have some nice heels for the lavender dress, but will be doing the online thing again to search for nice flats or very low wedges to go with the flowered dress.
@zeebamom — what lovely dresses! They look very comfortable and elegant. Those both definitely look like outfits you can wear in the future as well and smile at the happy memories!
MOB here, October 2022. I’m pretty sure I will shed a tear or two. I rarely wear mascara, but I do wear eyeliner. Is there such a thing as truly waterproof eyeliner or mascara? Can someone recommend?
My D just asked me and MOG and SMOG if we would like corsages. She got some polite “if everyone else does” responses. I back channeled and said “I don’t care for one. How about y’all?” They responded in kind, just didn’t want to hurt D’s feelings.
I told D they weren’t necessary. She was fine with it, thank goodness!
We weren’t asked whether or not we wanted corsages for son’s wedding earlier this year. They just appeared, wrist corsages , for me, bride’s stepmom, and my sister. I actually liked them. We had fun helping each other putting them on(with the bride’s help too- nice pictures of that). Kind of old fashioned but I thought it was a nice, sentimental touch. YMMV.
I told D1 when we were at the wedding bazaar over the weekend that I didn’t think corsages were necessary. I told her for sure that I don’t want one. She is perfectly alright with that.
Well! I didn’t get one! (humph!). Wrist corsage might be nice. They usually are matched with boutineers on the groomsmen but these days that’s been replaced by matching pockerchiefs.
What might be nice is a flower placed at the table plate or placed on chair at ceremony–tie it in ribbon with a tiny thank you note and it’s gold.
can’t say I’ve ever found a truly waterproof eyeliner or mascara - but, I have started wearing eyeliner along the top of lash line of my upper eyelid. It really makes the eyes open up and no under-eye smudges. Takes a bit to get the hang of it and the eyeliner should be one of those soft, Khol-like ones…
Found this on a beauty YouTube channel when preparing for photos … never would have done it othewise.
Not a mascara type here, but I found that Chanel makes a good product. Are you going to do your own makeup or have a makeup artist do it? They will have some products they use that are wedding-proof.
Our bridesmaids left the box with boutonnières at the hotel where everyone was getting ready. It was too late to go back to fetch them by the time they all
were gathered for photos. The dudes did a little happy dance - no flowers to pin. Lol. Oh well.
I wasn’t planning on it because from what I’ve observed, people often end up with so much makeup that they don’t even resemble themselves, but I am kind of re-thinking it. My D really likes her makeup lady, and she (D) usually wears such fresh, subtle makeup. If she likes her work, I guess I could live with it.
@Nrdsb4 I don’t wear makeup at all but did do the hair and makeup that daughter in law arranged . I was assured they would do a natural look, and they did. I explained to the makeup person that I had not worn makeup in decades , just wanted enough done to cover any imperfections, and look better for the pictures. She misted my face, put a light touch on my brows , and very light mascara on my upper lashes. She put a little mascara on my bottom lashes initially as well, but was happy to remove that when I asked her to ( she had me look in the mirror when she was done and I hesitated about the lower lash mascara and asked for a minute to check the opinion of my daughter in law. ) DIL and one of her bridesmaids that I showed it to agreed that the bottom mascara should go, and the makeup person was happy to remove it.
I have never dyed my hair, wanted a simple look there too. Asked for a classic chignon bun, and the hair person did exactly what I asked for. Both the hair and makeup people were lovely young women and really listened to what I was looking for. I was very hesitant to do formal hair and makeup but am glad I did. And I appreciated my DIL including me (as well as my sister) in all that pre wedding fun.
Tubing mascaras are the least likely to give me raccoon eyes. They’re available at various price points - Boots no7, Clinique, and Estée Lauder all make ones I’ve liked.
I have very sensitive eyes, and although the wonderful makeup artist for D’s wedding recommended false eyelashes, I felt the need to pass. Even if I had a trial run that went well, there was no guarantee that my body wouldn’t decide to revolt on the wedding day. It’s a gamble to try new things when you are a sensitive person!
