The African traditional wedding attires are magnificent outfits that makes a traditional wedding ceremony stand out. They are very distinctive, with a rich blend of colours; containing every traditional African elements that makes them vibrant and elegant.
Phionah Adekanmbi’s opted for a purple outfit make up was done by beats by monts and their traditional wedding took place at the luxurious Ole Sereni Hotel.
Elegant orchid cake designs will always hold up a special allure for couples who yearn to have exotic floral designs on their wedding cake. This seductive flower usually has an unusual geometric shape that makes them so captivating even to your guests. This exotic flower can also be called orchidaceous, as it radiates luxury and class in your nuptial.
Try out this elegant white orchid stacked cake done by Panari Caked LTD
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An essential aspect of your day is the health of your skin. It’s no lie that you want to look good as you walk down the aisle and for the photo session. I mean, it’s the one day you are getting married and part of it is in looking good and feeling great!
Here are handy tips on how you can ready your skin with natural products to get that radiant look.
(P.s. This is not dermatological advice, if you have certain skin challenges consult your dermatologist before trying this.)
For all these steps, do some light steaming before proceeding to the next step. Quite a D-I-Y, place some hot water in a mid-sized bucket and cover your face over it with a towel for about a minute or two.
Do this once or twice a week depending on the type of your skin or choice of ingredients. If you have oily and sensitive skin, reduce the duration. If you pick a product that is coarse, limit the exfoliation to once a week.
Products that you can use: oatmeal or rice flour or gram flour or sugar with fine granules.
The mix of oatmeal with sugar works quite well.
Once you’ve exfoliated, it’s time to mask.
Products: Blended Pawpaw or Blended Tomato or Egg White + Lemon or Bicarbonate of Soda + Rose Water or Mashed Ripe Banana + Natural Yoghurt.
Leave the mask on for 15 to 20 minutes and rinse.
Don’t forget to steam!
Now it’s time to get the final dirt out and even the complexion.
Products: Cucumber juice or Green Apple juice or Lemon + some honey.
This depends on your skin type – dry, sensitive, oily, combination et al.
By this point, you should have found the product that works for you.
Preferably, choose something with few ingredients and without parabens or sulphates. The more organic it is the better.
Otherwise, if you’re going natural, you could try light olive oil, jojoba oil (perfect for night time), rosehip oil (a combination of this and jojoba is great for day time), castor oil and hemp seed oil. Most of these natural oils don’t clog the pores but penetrate and regenerate skin cells.
And one last thing brides, please use sunscreen! Every single day! Protect yourself from those UV rays.
Final tip, extend the process to your neck to achieve an even look.
Happy wedding day miss glamorous, you look amazing!
The Samantha’s bridal partnered with the Nairobi County government in its bid to take the vision to another level. In this Expo, Samantha’s bridal founder and director Dr Catherine Masitsa together with Anna Othoro, the Nairobi County Executive Committee Member of Trade, Industrialization, Co-Operative Development, Tourism & Wildlife flagged off the bridal bus tours.
Gilad millo, who was this July’s Samantha’s Bridal Expo ambassador brought the house down with his outstanding performance.
Samantha’s Bridal prides itself as the place where dream weddings are made and it is on this note that we congratulate Gitau Robert Bob and Stellamaris Charagu , our VVIP Platinum ticket holders for taking their relationship to the next level.
“The Make Me a Bride “ activation is a session where lucky brides-to-be are transformed into beautiful brides, resplendent with dazzling hair,make-up and get to wear a magnificent wedding gown by the glam squad, Lorna Mutegi, director ChenAlly Make up and Mobile Spa and Uturi CEO Corrine Nyumoo. This July, our lucky bride-to-be was Kamaureen Ka Semo was our lucky winner and we would like to congratulate her for the win!
It was all roads to Samantha’s bridal Expo on Saturday as The AP Band, the National Kenyan Police Administration band gave an outstanding performance.
The kanjo choir bringing the house down with their excellent performance.
The Samantha’s bridal prides itself in nurturing talent and we were honored in this July’s expo to to work with Mr. and Miss universities from Kenyatta University, JKUAT, Technical University of Kenya, USIU, Daystar, Mount Kenya University as well as St. Paul University.
Guests were treated to a sensational line-up of breath-taking fashion shows, which enabled our brides to be, make an informed choice on what gowns to wear.
Lucky visitors also won amazing prizes on that day!!
Last but not least, Sisismsha entertainment brought life in the building with the flash mob..
Photo Credits: Digital Eye
Calling all Brides to be and all wedding junkies, SAMANTHA’S BRIDAL FAIR is opening its doors to offer you a day filled with tips, trends and shopping!
Bring your checklist and take away the stress of planning for your big day’s destinations and venues. Florists to photographers and of course ‘the’ dress are all waiting this SAMANTHA’S BRIDAL FAIR to make sure that your wedding is all that you could ever dream of.
Plus, buy your INDULGE ME VVIP ticket now and get the following goodies!
Some brides have already bought their tickets, click here and find out more:
Hurry before it’s too late, remember it’s first come first win!!!
Remember Regular tickets go for Ksh.650
VVIP Platinum ticket goes for Ksh. 2,500
Call 0724246805 for the ticket!
The Samantha’s bridal congratulates the 2016 Mr. world Kenya, Kevin Oduor, for emerging the fourth in the Mr. World competition. Kevin, a former Mr. Catholic University, was contracted as one of the Samantha’s bridal fair models during the 2015 catwalk in his campus years. The Samantha’s bridal prides itself in nurturing talent and is honored to work with Mr. and Miss universities during it’s bi-annual fairs where sensational line-up of breath-taking fashion shows are showcased. For this July’s expo, the Samantha’s bridal is happy to be working with beauty queens and kings from Kenyatta University, JKUAT, Technical University of Kenya, USIU, Daystar, Mount Kenya University as well as St. Paul University.
The Samantha’s bridal is humbled to be part of the success story and ecstatic to have given him a platform to bloom. So come out strongly and support your catwalk royalties if you are in one of these universities.
We all want to support those closest to us and to be there when they need us. What are friends for! To be by your friend throughout the highs and lows of the wedding planning process, to see her jitters on The Big Day, to see the sweet but nervous smiles throughout the ceremony, and to cry along with her as she exchanges vows with her soon-to-be husband is something every friend wants to do. And, if you’re a lady there’s a very high likelihood that you’ve had a friend ask you to be in her wedding.
But what do you do if you’re broke, in debt, have no money, and you get asked to be in a wedding? We get a lot of emails requesting for tips on how to handle the high cost of being a bridesmaid.
The emails usually go a little something like this:
When my best friend whom I have known since campus asked me to be her bridesmaid, I was super excited. Not only because she’s a great friend, but also because I’ve never been a bridesmaid. As the planning started though I realized that being a bridesmaid is going to be really expensive and I really don’t know if I can manage it. I don’t want to ruin my friend’s plans, but how do I not go broke? Help!
Those who have been bridesmaids before know that being a part of a wedding party can definitely get pricey. With the bridesmaid dress, hair, make up, the bridal shower, the wedding gift, the traditional party visits, etc the total can accumulate to a tidy sum running into thousands of shillings. For many girls this can be quite a shocker especially if it is your first time of being a bridesmaid. But, reaching out for help is good and we won’t lead you astray. Don’t miss the opportunity to speak to Dr. Catherine Masitsa wedding expert and CEO of Samantha’s bridal from July 29th to July 31st at the Samantha’s bridal expo.
Now in its 13th year, SAMANTHA’S Bridal, Kenya’s Premiere Bridal event, is happy to announce it has partnered with Kenya’s own ‘King Wa Mapenzi’, Musician Gilad Millo, with the aim of taking SAMANTHA’S vision to a new level. The Israeli-Kenyan pop sensation’s hit song ‘Sema Milele’, which has been dubbed ‘Kenya’s Wedding Song’, as Kenyan couples continue to march down the aisle to the popular tune, has been chosen as the theme song for this year’s Fair.
Gilad, together with SAMANTHA’S Bridal, Founder & CEO, Catherine Masitsa, have already been surprising brides throughout Nairobi as part of the pre-Fair campaign, which kicked off this week. The duo are promising more surprises in the run-up to the three day experience at the end of July and an eventful, action packed weekend full of love and music.
SAMANTHA’S Bridal Wedding Fair will officially open on Friday 29th July with a celebratory performance of ‘Sema Milele’ followed by a full live ‘Gilad & Super band’ concert on Saturday 30th July. In addition to experiencing everything Wedding’s in a hands-on, interactive atmosphere, ticket holders will also automatically enter a competition with this year’s first prize – Gilad singing ‘Sema Milele‘ at the winner’s wedding of choice!
“We are excited to have Gilad with us this year” says Catherine Masitsa, Founder & CEO of SAMANTHA’S Bridal adding, “SAMANTHA’S is a well established Brand representing an institution known for its high standards. In addition to his popular love songs Gilad is a family man, whose positive energy resonates well with Kenyans. We look forward to an amazing Bridal Fair”.
“When Catherine approached me with the idea I was flattered to be associated with a brand, which is so well respected in Kenya” says Gilad, who is very excited to be part of this year’s Bridal Fair. “Off course I look forward to singing ‘Sema Milele’ at the Fair and to putting on a full concert with Super band, but what I am also about spending time with young couples and families at the Fair and sharing in this experience together with the thousands of Kenyans, who will come through this iconic Wedding Fair during these 3 days” says Gilad.
So in love!
You have found it all in one person, now find it all under one roof at the Samantha’s bridal expo at the Sarit Centre from 29-31st July
Prepare to be dazzled, wowed and entertained
East Africa’s leading wedding expo once again ignites the 2016 wedding market with a line-up of cutting edge surprises and performers designed to amaze, inspire, educate, and delight all that attend. The Samantha’s wedding expo is an event that will not only allow you, the bride, to source and see the hippest, hottest trends in the wedding industry, but it will allow you to experience them in action too.
This is an expo of approximately 120+ bridal suppliers showcasing the best of the best ideas in the wedding industry.
A stroll through the expo Hall will allow you to gain valuable ideas and vendor details allowing you to create the perfect wedding AND THEN …
IF THAT’S NOT ENOUGH … make an appointment to Sing along “Sema Milele” with our special celebrity artist and friend, Gilad Milo aka King wa mapenzi, Gilad Milo is also the brand ambassador for this July’s wedding expo
BOOK NOW for the wedding event experience of the year … the music, the clothes, the floral design, the dazzling décor – we will provide a specialized experience, showcasing event professionals who are passionate about setting the standards of producing only the best in weddings.
We will have asked all our exhibitors not to report on the trends, but rather set them and allow for our attendees to experience them in action, enticing the imagination of all who attend with an epicurean treat.
You will enjoy a wedding fashion experience that is sure to amaze and delight the senses, walking away with inspiration that will last a lifetime.
The hippiest, hottest expo in the wedding industry …
Not only will The Samantha’s bridal expo be bringing the best of exhibitors to the 2016 expo, but also this year we are excited to be partnering with the COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NAIROBI.
SEE YOU THERE
