BRIDAL COACHING

Planning your big day can seem easy compared to being the fabulous bride!

Help is at hand with our Bridal Coaching Sessions by former model turned life coach, Michele Paradise. Focusing on both the inside and out, Michele will be holding 3 different workshops a day helping with all the wedding emotions that go on whilst planning your day as well as offering practical advice for issues like how to walk in your fabulous wedding shoes, working on posture and posing for photographs. Michele’s advice will ensure you look and feel fabulous on your big day.

Michele will be hosting 3 drop in workshops each day. Each session will cover different areas of Bridal Coaching so you can pick and choose which sessions to attend based on your needs.

Every bride should have a bridal survival kit on her big day.  Michele has created one for you and you now have the chance to win it at one of her 4 daily sessions.  It has heel stoppers to prevent your beautiful wedding heels from sinking in the mud, it has sandpaper hearts to stick on the bottom of your shoes to prevent you from slipping, it has gel inserts to keep your feet feeling fab, pre-cut strips of double sided tape that will hold anything up on the day and Michele’s double CD with tips and relaxation techniques to prepare you for your big day all in a beautiful organza bag with enough room for you to add your own personal items.  The value of the kit is £40 so come along and give yourself a chance to win one!

Be sure to arrive early to bag a seat as Michele’s sessions are sure to be popular!

SESSION ONE - Essential tips for buying and wearing your wedding shoes painlessly.

Walking down the aisle elegantly and confidently requires the bride to be able to walk well. This is easier to do if

your shoes fit! Learn out how to find the perfect shoe, the perfect fit and then how to walk in them like a supermodel. Posture is the basis of looking good and brides spend thousands of pounds on the dress, veil, shoes, hair and makeup but forget about their posture. We will show you how to have great posture permanently ensuring you look fabulous in your dream dress!

SESSION TWO - How to stay calm and confident on your big day

Getting married will be one of the best days of your life. But the build up to the big day can be incredibly stressful, with all those decisions you have to make, money spent and expectations of making everything ‘perfect’. That combined with the fact you are going to be the centre of attention, surrounded by all of your friends and family. Of course you are going to feel stressed, anxious and even overwhelmed – who wouldn’t! Help is at hand…Michele will give you practical tips so you can exude confidence, have control over your emotions and stay calm, even in stressful situations which are out of your control.

SESSION THREE - How to work the camera to get fabulous wedding photos

So there you are looking great and feeling relaxed and the photographer points his camera at you and you freeze. What to do? What is your best angle? How do you pose without looking like a meringue? We can show you how to work with the camera, look slimmer and take some control of how you will look in the photos. They cost a lot of money and they last forever, so make sure the photos are fabulous!

SESSION FOUR - Speech making made easy 

Michele’s top bridal tips to help you look and feel great on your big day

• Always get your feet measured before buying your wedding shoes. Your feet have changed since the age of 6!
• Always buy new shoes in the afternoon or early evening when your feet are at their largest. Feet swell during the day.
• Cover new shoes with cut off tights, wear them everyday for 15/30 mins to break them in at least a month before the wedding.
• Before the photo shake out your hands, gently place them on your hip or bouquet so that they look beautiful, not like a claw!
• In photos, stand at an angle with one foot slightly in front of the other. If feet are together you will look flat and wide.
• Perfection doesn’t exist so stop striving for the perfect wedding. Celebrate, have fun, eat, laugh and enjoy the ride!.
• Wearing a veil makes you feel different and requires a bit of practice. So put one on and practice now. It will pay off!
• Clean, shaped eyebrows open the eyes and create a wider eye they look better in the photos and you look rested and relaxed.
• Choose a creamy white dress so that it doesn’t create glare when photographed and it’s kinder to the skin tone.
• Don’t follow make up trends for your bridal make up. Stick to a classic look and your photos will be timeless.
• In photos don’t keep both arms entirely straight, bend one or both to create space between the arm and body.
• In photos rest most of your weight on one foot or the other. This looks less posey and gives a slight slimming effect.
• Focus on what you want to happen on your wedding day, not what you don’t want to happen. You get what you wish for.
• When walking up the aisle please, please, please look up at your guests and your fiancé. Smile and they will smile back at you.

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