Get Nailed a 24/7 Beauty Salon

Get Nailed is a beauty salon that is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. I greatly appreciate this concept due to the fact that I am a huge night owl.  The salon is located across the street from Hard Rock Hotel and would be the perfect girls night out for a bachelorette party. It is also a great option for a quick fix manicure and pedicure. The price of their services is higher than your local salon due the fact that you can get your beauty regimen done at 3:00am! The salon is hip with black couches, flat screens, and the walls covered in wallpaper of the Las Vegas Strip.

What color will your wedding day nails be?

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Newlymaid for Bridesmaids: Exchange Your Dress for a New Dress

If you're anything like Angelica, you probably have a handful or more bridesmaids dresses collecting dust in the back of your closet. I love that there's now a way to donate your bridesmaids' dresses in exchange for a new ready-to-wear dress. Newlymaid is a new service that makes this possible. Other special occasion dresses are also accepted so you can also turn in your prom dresses as well as mother of the bride dresses!

For more details on the process, check out the Newlymaid website.

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Gilt Groupe Wedding Shop

For just a few more days until April 20th, Gilt is having their wedding sale. There's even a shop for "The Vegas Wedding"!

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Wedding Gown Preservation Specialists: Village East Cleaners

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Caring For Your Gown – Preserving the Memories

Tips - Before your Big Day

Always... hang your gown by loops located inside the gown that are connected to sturdy side seams, never by fragile shoulder seams that can stretch or sag.

Always... avoid storing your gown in plastic bags or vacuum-sealed, plastic-wrapped containers because plastic emits fumes that can yellow the gown and can trap moisture that can mildew the gown.

Village East Cleaners provides valuable services for brides-to-be.  If you’re a Destination Bride the worry of transporting and caring for your gown can be overwhelming.  Let Village East Cleaners professionally press and deliver your gown to the ceremony.  After the wedding we will pick up your gown, clean, preserve and ship it back to your hometown, many times before you arrive back from your honeymoon.

If you’re a local and getting married in Las Vegas why not have us press your gown, deliver it to the ceremony before the wedding, and after the vows, pick up the gown, clean, preserve and have ready for your inspection.

Tips - After your Big Day Always... clean your wedding gown before you store it. Stains from oil, beverages, make-up and other spills can discolor your gown and set permanently if not removed promptly. The sooner the gown is cleaned, the less likely the stain will set.

Always... choose a specialist who will personally process your gown on site.

Always... ask what precautions the specialist takes to protect delicate trims and decorations and how the cleaner guards against latent stains.

Always... ask to inspect your gown personally before it is put into the container, which should be a pH neutral or acid-free box lined with fabric or acid free tissue.

Always... avoid storing your gown in the attic or basement because of extreme changes in temperature or humidity.  Always store your gown in a cool dry location.

Accessories - Stored with your gown after being wrapped individually with acid free tissue include veils, headpieces, gloves, slips, garters and handkerchiefs. Accessories to be stored separately from your gown would include shoes, bouquet, anything with pins, perspiration shields and foam padding.

If you want your gown to last it’s essential you properly care and preserve it.  Preserve your memories after the wedding with wedding gown preservation.

About Village East Cleaners Bridal gown preservation and wedding gown restoration are our specialties.

Village East Cleaners is the ONLY dry cleaner in the state of Nevada that is recommended and licensed by the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists. We have Certified Wedding Gown Specialists who specialize in the cleaning, restoration and preservation of old and new wedding gowns.  We guarantee your wedding gowns will never yellow and no latent stains will develop into dark brown spots because each of us takes an extra step to ensure that all stains, both seen and unseen, are removed from your bridal gown.

Village East Cleaners is a member of the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists endorsed by the Association of Bridal Consultants and endorsed by designers like Gianni Versace, Armani, J.P. Couture and more.   We provide a written international guarantee that is honored by all of our members represented in more than 500 cities around the world.

Call (702) 897-0098 or (702) 933-2110 Visit Village East Cleaners online $40 SAVINGS NOW on Gown Preservation or Restoration!  Just mention “The Vegas Wedding Planner"

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The Grammy Awards Red Carpet

I completely enjoyed the music last night on the Grammy awards but I always love posting the red carpet fashion for inspiration for events. These are my personal top picks:

Nicole Kidman in Jean Paul Gaultier. I could see this on a table as a linen.

Lea Michele wore an Emilio Pucci dress with Lorraine Schwartz jewels, Christian Louboutin shoes , and a Fendi bag.

Julianne Hough in a chiffon Malandrino gown with ruffles. From the Spring 2011 Malandrino collection.

And my favorite: Kelly Osbourne wore a lavender crinkled silk chiffon hand cut floral one shoulder dress by Tadashi Shoji.

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White by Vera Wang at David's Bridal

Vera Wang's new line White launches today exclusively at David's Bridal. Looking at these dresses made me want to get married all over again! The collection will be featured in 150 David's Bridal stores with more stores being added by summer 2011. The collection will feature a variety of dresses size 0-14, sashes, and headpieces. Sizes up t0 26, shoes, and bridesmaids dresses will be introduced mid year. For more information on this beautiful line check out the David's Bridal website. Photo Credit: Brides.com

A wedding dress is more than just "a dress". It embodies a brides lifelong dream and her own sense of who she is.

-Vera Wang

Vera Wang Trunk Show at Couture Bride Las Vegas

The Vera Wang Spring 2011 Bridal Collection is here! The trunk show at Couture Bride is this weekend. Reserve your spot by calling 702-647-7778. You won't want to miss this event!

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Same Sky Bracelets For Your Wedding

These glass beaded bracelets from Same Sky are not only beautiful but they have a powerful meaning behind them.  The company's motto is "Empowering Women Under The Same Sky".  These bracelets are made by HIV positive women artisans in Rwanda who survived the 1994 genocide. The proceeds of these bracelets go to expanding the business in other regions of the world and helping employ many other women artisans. These bracelets come in a variety of colors and would make the perfect bridesmaid gift or a gift for the important women in your life. Same Sky bracelets create a fun pop of color against your wedding dress or your bridesmaid dresses. I love that you can dress them up or down so you can wear them to your bachelorette party or on your wedding day! For more information on Same Sky Bracelets please visit their website.

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Vendor Spotlight: LaVey Lauren Ortiz Makeup Artist

Name: LaVey Lauren Ortiz

Location: Las Vegas Nevada aka Wedding Capital of the World

Number of Years in Business: 8 and counting

Website: laveylauren.com (under construction)

Blog: Up and coming

Facebook: LAVEY ORTIZ Celebrity Make-up-Artist

What did you do prior to this? I worked at Disneyland for a short time right after high school then moved back to Vegas and started working at the salon inside the Venetian as a receptionist. One day our make-up artist called in sick and he was booked solid so I volunteered to do the job. It was either sink or swim and I guess I've been swimming ever since. :)

If you didn’t do makeup for weddings for a living what would you be doing instead? Honestly I've always known I wanted to do something creative. At first I thought I wanted to be a special effects make-up artist.

What are some of your hobbies? You mean besides making people beautiful? It's crazy how much my work has consumed my time and how lil spare time I get sometimes. But when I do get free time, I enjoy working out, hiking, spending time with family and loved ones.  Dinner with friends is one of my favorite things to do.

What is the craziest wedding experience you’ve ever had? I had a couple hire me out to do wedding makeup in Beverly Hills, California. The morning of the big day as I was packing my kit, the bride called me balling saying she just walked out on her fiance and was at the airport headed back to New York City. I didn't know what to say. I tried calming her down and said "hey do what you gotta do". I cant imagine how much money and time had completely just went to ruins but thankfully that was the first and hopefully last time I experience something like that.

What is the best wedding experience you’ve ever had? Wow I have had so many! I've been so blessed to have traveled all across the United States to participate in weddings. One of the best weddings I have ever been to was when a young couple flew me out to New York around the holidays and gave me an apartment to stay in and invited me to their wedding on Wall Street next door to the New York Stock Exchange. It was a beautiful wedding and not a detail was skipped and I am so lucky to make good friends with almost every bride that I have ever worked with. I know they will always remember me and I could only imagine how many wedding photo albums I have been apart in. But I'm sure my wedding day experience will top the charts.

What is your inspiration? Old school Glamour! I believe classic traditional glamour will never go out of style and you can never go wrong with any of the classic looks. Back then women were dressed to the nines and hair and make up was always done and I still believe to this day that women were most beautiful back then.

Name an exotic location you’d like to visit soon. I'm not much of an exotic location type of girl.  I just recently visited Hawaii to do a friends/co-workers wedding makeup and that was a blast! So i would have to say next on my list would be Napa or Sonoma County.  It may not be exotic but that's my idea of paradise.

Why do your clients choose you over some of your competitors? Besides having years of experience and working on some of the most famous faces of the world, I believe being personable makes a huge difference. I always take extra time on every bride and while I work on them, I think to myself that this could be me and how would I want to look and be treated on my wedding day. I am VERY honest and I will let u know if what you have in mind may not be the best look for you and trust me.....I KNOW what photographs good and I think brides appreciate the confidence. I also use the top of the line products and know of almost every product made and truly do know what works best for make-up and skin. I always do my research and try and suggest a good lipliner and gloss to every one of my brides and I assign a close friend lipstick duty

What is the best piece of advice you can offer a bride and groom on their wedding day? To actually enjoy the day and enjoy each other. Nothing else really matters and years from now no one will remember the napkins or center \pieces but they WILL remember how much in love you two looked and how much fun they had at the wedding. And to the brides......"I promise they will not start the show without you!"  and please......Drink tons of water the week of your wedding day, stay out of the sun and tanning beds and please don't have your bachelorette party the night before.  The pictures never lie! And research beauty magazines and have in mind a make up look and hair look so that both you and your artisan will be on the same page.

Anything else interesting you’d like to share? I work inside COLOR salon inside the real Caesars Palace, one of the most beautiful salons in the world.  I have worked on thousands of brides and deal with weddings every single day. It still amazes me how many weddings Vegas is a part of and of course that I am so lucky enough to be a part of

Check out the work we've done together at a recent photo shoot.

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