When your best friend owns a bridal boutique you know the dress choice is going to be a showstopper! After meeting in 2013 through groom Sam’s sister, beautician Beverley and Sam were married in a sumptuous and warming winter wedding at Lough Erne Resort in Enniskillen. “Just over two years after we met Sam planned…
Around the world, modern women crave high-performing, multifunction beauty products that deliver several beauty benefits in one single formula. With little time for touch-ups, they need long-lasting makeup to take their look from day to night and beyond. As a global innovator in colour cosmetics, the Artistry™ brand, exclusively sold by Amway, has developed a…
Your special day deserves special surroundings and the Seagoe Hotel in Portadown offers wedding couples and guests alike the most precious of wedding days. Attractively situated in generous grounds, the luxuriously appointed hotel is the Orchard County of Armagh’s best kept secret, situated minutes from the M1 and within easy reach of the International Airport.…
A chance meeting in Café Vaudeville in Belfast brought together Andrea and Jonathan, and the couple celebrated their wedding day in February 2017. Just eighteen months earlier Jonathan planned for the perfect proposal on the London Eye but it didn’t work out that way when his nerves got the better of him. Andrea said, “We…
It’s a known fact, people are attracted by aromas both good and bad. From the smell of bread baking to the fragrance of freshly cut flowers, bouquets will bring comfort and can positively change your spirits. What could be better than your favourite candle fragrance transferred into your hand wash, hand cream or body lotion?…
Both 30 and together for a decade after meeting at university, Sarah and Stephen tied the knot at the stunning Drenagh Country House in June. But it all started with a magical proposal in New York at Christmas in 2014. Sarah explained, “We got engaged on Christmas Eve outside Tiffany’s in New York. Unbeknownst to…
After meeting through Shane’s cousin, Catherine and Shane McKillion were together for seven years before they finally tied the knot in March. Eighteen months before the wedding day Shane proposed at the top of the Mourne mountains in County Down on the 12th September 2015. Catherine remembers, “It was raining that morning and I was…
With an inspired ‘enchanted forest fairytale’ theme Tomasina and Noel’s wedding was a dream from start to finish – and they ‘wouldn’t change a thing’ about their magical day saying ‘I do’. Both from Derry, the couple met at the gym where Noel worked as a personal trainer. But love didn’t blossom until a year…
We’ve invited award -winning make-up artist and owner of Ashburn Image Make-up, Hair & Skin Clinic, Rosemary Wright, to answer your bridal beauty prep and make-up questions. Samantha asked: As soon as autumn arrives my lips be come dry and flakey, not a look I want on my wedding day! Have you any advice or…
As Wedding Fair Season approaches at Hastings Hotels we often get asked by anxious brides how best to use of their time at one of our fairs – who should they talk to, what should their plan of attack for the day be, should they focus on the dress, music, floral arrangements. So our team…
