Knowing what’s in vogue, what suits your personality as well as the season holds the key to helping you put together a chic and classy look, upping your glam quotient for your chosen wedding outfit.

Check out the five hot winter wedding ideas and styling guidelines given below and adapt these tips according to your personality and skin type to increase the wow factor in wedding celebrations by looking your beautiful best!

Embellish your wedding wardrobe with unique accessories.

Whether you choose to wear a heavily embroidered sari, a lehenga, evening dress, salwar kameez or Ghaghra choli remember to pick the right accessories to complement your outfit and highlight its best features.

For example, a clutch bag or cocktail purse in a matching shade or even a contrasting colour but similar texture, can change the complete look of your outfit. Similarly, a design accent, such as glitter body art in a paisley design and brooches or buttons with the same motif can effectively accentuate your purse, spaghetti top, scarf – or even wedding footwear – tying in the entire look!

Pick a hairstyle to complement your face cut and the neckline of your outfit

The cardinal rule for selecting a great winter wedding hairstyle is to pick a style that frames your face best and draws attention to your outfit’s neckline, especially if it is an off-shoulder creation. The best part about winter weddings is that you can let down your hair literally and make a fashion statement while you are about it! The simple and stylish way to do it is with diamante hair accessories or natural fresh flowers/ buds interlaced into poker straight hair or wavy one. Hair extensions at your favourite salon can help you get a whole new look if a complete makeover is what you want.

Or you can opt for a tiara, hair glitter or soft loopy curls done a retro style, interwoven with pearly bun pins for the very popular half up, half-down hairstyle rumored to be favored internationally for winter weddings that are casual chic!

Ensure enchanting eyes with long-wear eye make-up

Savvy ladies will appreciate that weddings and sentimentality go hand in hand, so ensure your eyes enchant at all times during the celebrations – even when emotional moments arise and you are likely to shed a tear – by wearing waterproof mascara and eyeliner!

Additionally, since darker shades like brown, burgundy and dull metallic tones of gold, bronze and platinum are increasingly being pitched by Bollywood stylists and ramp makeup artists alike for winter movie releases and shows, stick with the season’s trend and get the diva look for yourself too.

Remember to blend these rich shades well. Opt for blue-black or green-black eyeliner for the insides of the eye or simply line these with fine kohl for a more intense look. You can add on half lashes for a natural, fringed look to add a mysterious allure, if full-blown false eyelashes look overdone to you, successfully adding a bit of lift to small or droopy eyes simultaneously!

Match luscious lips with a dazzling smile

Most women focus on their facial make-up so much that they overlook discolored teeth altogether, which can really set you back in the looks department considering your choice of lip colour and make-up can draw more attention to your dentures than you’d have thought. To avoid embarrassment over wedding photographs that reveal unsightly yellow teeth for all to see, it is advisable to go in for an over-the-counter teeth-whitening treatment prior to the wedding, so that you can confidently wear the lip colour that best complements your complexion and outfit.

This winter, those with paler complexions can try blending soft peach with orange lip colour for a dewy fresh and youthful look while ladies with a darker skin tone should combine beige and brown, with a hint of gloss for added lusciousness to their lips.

Be a blushing beauty from top to toe

Coming to blush, a mistake many women make with their wedding make-up is to apply blusher to the cheeks. However, with softer shades of daylight during winters, it is advisable to stick in your cheeks, hold the pose and use copper-toned blush mixed with a little bronzer, duster lightly over cheekbones, chin and the top of your bosom (if wearing a deep neckline) and arms. This application will ensure the perfect hint of shimmer and shading required to contour the face, neck and upper body for a fake designer tan look that is fetching and fashionable.

Get a French manicure if your wedding outfit is overly dark and glamorous (or if your facial makeup is), to offset the richness of the shade.

Consult your salon stylist about a fake winter tan you can achieve in minutes with an instant tanning spray or gold dust body powder to get the bronzed beauty look for a winter wedding!

If not, you can experiment with stick-on nail art, like gold, peach and maroon highlights of fairy dust over dots, delicate floral motifs or starry accents glued on the nail tips for a sheen and freshness that gives you a subtle iridescence with absolute style.