Jewelry is of great importance in Indian wedding. Wedding jewelry and Bridal jewelry is an important aspect in any Indian women's life. Be it a necklace set, or a pendant set, bangles, rings, bracelets or earrings, jewelry is a very important part of Indian wedding. Jewelry can be of gold, silver, diamond or platinum depending on your budget and taste. If your budget is high than you can go for designer jewelry and customized jewelry. Jewelry can be of different style depending on the occasion. For pre wedding functions like sangeet, mehendi and engagement you can opt for simple and light jewelry.

Go for a gold chain with pendants and earrings in gold, silver and white gold studded with diamonds, precious stones and semi-precious stones. Mainly heavy jewelry is worn on the main wedding day. The bride is adorned with jewelry from head to toe. Nowadays people are opting for fashion jewelry matching with their outfit. People are also customizing their wedding jewelry. For example if you are wearing a red color saree or lehenga than you can wear a gold set with red semi precious on it.

Keeping in mind your budget you can choose your jewelries. People from different community prefer different style and kind of jewelry. For example a conventional Punjabi family might prefer chunky or heavy jewelry with colored stones, Marwari's and Sindhi's usually prefers diamonds. Nowadays designer jewelry are available in different textures, different settings, three dimensional designs with geometric shapes, different kinds of metal and finish with diamonds and precious stones and has also experimented with different types of designer glass. Wide varieties of stones are available, which comes in different colors, quality, price and shapes like baguettes, rubies, emeralds, aquamarines, garnet, amethyst, citrine, and sapphires. Today's woman prefers contemporary designs and traditional designs presented in a sleek manner. They go for something trendy and wearable in all occasions and not too heavy and detailed. So next time when you go for jewelry shopping keep in mind the kind of jewelry you want and your budget than accordingly you can make your decision.

Light Party Make up for the Bride- Before the main wedding day there are various pre wedding ceremonies like mehendi, engagement, sangeet and many more where heavy make up is not so suitable in that cases the bride has to go for some light party make up. Your wedding day is not the time to try out new looks. Continue to use familiar products and colors. So for those pre wedding functions you can opt for light party makeup. These make up are mainly simple and sober. They are not heavy make up that will make the bride uncomfortable. These make up gives a simple and sober look to the bride. Many brides choose to have a professional do their and the wedding party's make-up and hair.
Few Points to Remember for Light Party makeup are as follows:
  • Go for matte finished products to give that simple look because matte shades absorb light rather than reflect it. Therefore they minimize shine as well as faint lines and imperfections.
  • Apply powder, evenly throughout the face to give a shinny affect
  • Define your eyebrows and eyelashes properly. Use eye shadow that matches your hair because shadows create a more natural look than eyebrow pencils.
  • Use mascara, to highlight your eyelashes
  • Use water-resistant and smudge proof mascara. Apply powder and blush on neck and neckline area for consistent skin tone.
  • Use lipsticks that go well with your skin tone.
  • Make sure the area under your brow is clean and stray hairs have been removed.
  • Don't match eye shadow with eye color.
  • Try to avoid dark color lipsticks go for light shades but avoid colors like pink and fuchsia.
  • Use lotion with vitamin C as it revives the smoothness of the skin and bring back the glow.
  • So these are some of the tips for light party make up, which you can try out for the various pre wedding functions.