I chose a dress that was very close to a fishtail style because I wanted something that would 'hug' my body, nothing puffy or big. I finally found THE dress in Wedding Dress Factory Outlet in London store in Bromley. My wedding was definitely on a tight budget so not spending a huge amount of money on a wedding dress was important. My dress is called Clover and it's from their Viva Bride collection.

I was definitely happy with my dress but because of the high temperature that day I sometimes wished for something even simpler. But I did love all the lace details and sash and lace train, it's a beautiful dress. I bought my veil in the Wedding Dress Factory Outlet as well. It was a bit of an impulse buy and I regretted it for a bit. It cost £60 and later I did some research and found out I could get it online for about half the price (lesson learned!).

We took photos at 4 different locations so there's quite a variety. My favourite are the ones from local hunting chateau/palace (the ones indoors) but I also like the last two which we took at sunset on top of a viewing tower on a hill. I have tonnes of photos so it was super hard to choose just a few!

You're probably interested in my nails, right? I don't have my normal hand poses but photographer took few pictures where my nails show:

In my previous post I revealed that I wore KIKO Power PRO - 02 Camellia*. But I couldn't leave my nails plain. I stamped them with mehndi designs from Dashica Big SdP-U plate and with Hit The Bottle Snowed In white stamping polish. I put a Swarovski crystal on each thumb. I planned to put them on each nail but after I did one hand I didn't like it at all so I took it all off and did the hand again with just stamping. I was quite happy with the final result, the manicure looked soft and romantic and it matched my bouquet nicely.

Here are few pictures from the celebration after the ceremony: the reception venue - hunting lodge, our first dance, cake cutting, decorations - mostly handmade and probably the only picture of my second dress and handmade flower sash.

As I've mentioned previously, most of our decorations were handmade and I think it was a good choice because fresh flowers would 'die' very fast in the heat. I have been creating the decorations for about 6 month and they included crepe paper peonies (I followed this tutorial), different shapes and sizes of bottles and jars that I sprayed with white and gold paint and then tied them up with white lace ribbon and pink and white bunting. I wanted to bring a bit of an English element to it and bunting is such a classic! It was kindly made by my sister-in-law who is great at crafts.

We also had a lovely guest book and pen set provided by Light In The Box* e-tailer. These are such a great value for money and then you'll have nice memories in the form of messages and wishes from guests. Definitely a must-have for a bargain price!

The cake didn't came out as I envisioned or ask but guests still liked it and it was delicious! We had three tiers - one chocolate, one nutty sponge and vanilla buttercream and last one was alternating between chocolate and vanilla. Even the sugar paste flowers were yummy!

Last, but not least is my second dress I changed into later. I felt really good in it and the sash I made made it unique I think. I bought it on Asos for a bargain price of £40 and my lace pumps were just £5 from Primark. I know, hardly posh wedding clothing but I liked them :)

Overall, it was a nice but hot day and I'm glad I got to share it with all the family and guests and now with you, my lovely readers :) Hope you've enjoyed the post and let me know your thoughts in the comments :) I'll be resuming nail posts very soon!

If you've missed the previous post taking closer look at all the accessories I wore, read it here.

Have a lovely day! Lucie x

*PR samples

Hello lovelies,

How are you all? Sorry I've been so quiet lately, the wedding preparations combined with my lack of motivation lately caused me to slack with posting. I feel bad about it but I guess after 5 years of full on, almost every day blogging finally took its toll. Maybe that's why today's nail art isn't exactly amazing but it's still good enough to show it to you :)

For today I have prepared a review of five Bundle Monster Polynesia Stamping Plates and I've done a stamped nail art of course! So let's start with the nail art...

I have started with a coat of Dance Legend As You Wish (reviewed here). Then I've used the dry brush technique to apply Dance Legend aquarelle polishes Levitan, Tiziano, Picasso, Rafael, Dali, Sisley. This wasn't enough for me so I stamped over the colourful background with white Essence stamping polish and a floral design from Bundle Monster Polynesia plate BM-XL108.

The stamping plate comes from the new Bundle Monster Polynesia series that has 4 sets with 5 plates each (so 20 new plates). I have the Land Of Aloha set. So far I have tried few designs from different plates and all stamped without a hitch. Each plate also has hard plastic backing which I always like to see because it reduces chances of sharp edges. Some of the designs don't have the thinnest lines that I don't know if that was intent or not. Either way, the quality is good and for the price of just under $4 per plate it's a great value.

How I wish I could just snap my fingers and be in Hawaii! These Polynesian plates certainly entice me :) I also really enjoyed testing the Dance Legend polishes from the Aquarelle collection - tinted polishes great for leadlighting technique. They are less pigmented that the new Formula X and OPI polishes so they layer better.

What do you think of this colourful design and fun Polynesian plates?

Have a lovely day! Lucie x

*Post includes PR samples