Even the most modern weddings still have traditions attached—and assembling a bridal trousseau to start married life off is one of our favourite ones. However, remembering all the things a bride-to-be needs for the wedding, the honeymoon and a new home can get a little nutty. These might not fit into one suitcase, but in the interest of service, we put together an ultimate inventory that ranges from statement-making jewellery for the big day to makeup brushes to display on the new top shelf.
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This full-service slew of masks has a solution to every kind of skin emergency. Dry, irritated skin? Slather on the Cucumber Gel Mask from the Peter Thomas Roth Mask Frenzy collection. If a sudden zit hits prior to the wedding, the Irish Moor Mud Purifying mask will sort it out overnight.
Peter Thomas Roth Mask Frenzy
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Jewellery shopping doesn’t have to be exclusive to the usual selection of earrings and necklaces. Your hairdos could also do with a little touch of shine. And 14/Quatorze has the daintiest pair of hair pins to add the perfect finishing touch to your look.
For a bride that might be stuck in a beauty rut, this wedding kit from Nykaa has everything one needs for a whole new makeup routine. With products for the base, eyes and lips, every possible new look is spoken for.
Nykaa Wedding Box
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When you’re done snapping hundreds of pictures in your best Indian ethnic looks, take a break for one of the events and step out in a glamorous gown. This stunning gold number from Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla will ensure that all stay eyes on you.
Gown, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla
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A pair of knockout emeralds are just what you need to add contrast to a rani pink sari or a white chikankari kurta. Invest in earrings that marry diamonds and gemstones, which you can wear for years to come in your happily ever after.
Earrings, Zoya
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A bride-to-be needs a mascara that won’t flake, clump or run on her big day, and this one stays through anything you can be faced with at a wedding—dancing, crying, sweating, laughing, the works!
Lakmé x Kareena Kapoor Khan Absolute Lash Definer
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Just because you are marrying each other doesn’t mean all your assets need to be merged into one. Share a bed, but keep your thoughts separate. These adorable diaries from Smythson will retain that newly-married feeling, but also offer that much needed private mental space.
What’s indulgence without diamonds? Along with the statement-making jewellery of your dreams, get your hands on the daintiest floral necklace to give your trousseau that much-deserved dose of shine.
Necklace, Tanishq
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A bride without a lehenga is Cinderella without her pumpkin carriage. You can’t get married without that boomerang of yourself twirling at a sangeet. Falguni Shane Peacock bring you a stunning blush look, complete with feathers, which is exactly what you need for that Bollywood-worthy performance.
Lehenga, Falguni Shane Peacock
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For a bride that likes to play by her strengths and stick to the classics, this will fit right into the trousseau. The 21-piece collection has makeup products that cater to every possible wedding ensemble.
L’Oréal x Sabyasachi Collection
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Need a bag that makes your martial status clear? Kayu has the right one to take along to your honeymoon. Whether you choose to make the salutation official or not, go with the quirky handbag for fun.
A brand new vanity calls for a spanking new set of brushes, and this Charlotte Tilbury brush set has all the essential tools you need for the face, eyes and lips. Housed in a metallic gold kit, the brushes are mini-sized iterations of the much-lauded original brushes, making them portable and easy to travel with.
Charlotte Tilbury Magical Mini Brush Set
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Is there such a thing as too many statement pieces in one’s trousseau? Never. If stacking is not your game, pick one pièce de résistance for your arm that will dress up the most boring of looks. Our vote goes to this bangle from Rose.
Bangle, Rose
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Any bride can appreciate the gift of a perpetual good hair day. This three-piece set includes a spray, shampoo, and conditioners that ensure that coloured hair is protected from the elements, and banish any signs of fading or streaking.
Moroccanoil Colour Complete Collection
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No bride is fully wedding-ready until her tips are polished to perfection. This kit of elegant blush pinks and nudes will carry a bride straight through the wedding to the honeymoon.
Deborah Lippman Bed Of Roses
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Shoes are an aspect of your bridal look that won’t really make it to the wedding album, but that doesn’t mean you don’t invest in a killer pair of heels. Heels, despite the discomfort factor can really work wonders to the way you carry yourself at an event. Shop for a pair of gold pumps that can Jewelry with multiple looks during the wedding.
This quartet of luxurious bath products includes a body cleanser and scrub, as well as a hand wash and cream that will not only take care of your limbs, but will also look perfect in a new bathroom.
Aesop Contours of Discovery Kit
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Any bride can appreciate a tool to help roll out fine lines, inflammation and stress before the big day. This one is made of cool rose quartz—the stone of love—and feels calming while nixing any signs of puffiness.
Angela Caglia Rose Quartz Face Roller
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Wedding planning can be a hassle by itself, but add packing for the honeymoon to the mix, and it has the potential to be too overwhelming. Take the confusion out of putting together the travel skincare with this handy box, which contains a cleanser, mask, cream, eye cream and repairing mist that are made specifically for Indian skin.
Dr Sheth’s Festive Skin Rescue Pack
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If there’s one thing you can’t have too much of its jewellery. Aside from the knockout cluster of jadau you will wear to your pheras, invest in an assortment of necklaces and earrings for smaller events leading up to the wedding. This traditional piece by Ganjam is just what you need to accessorise a silk sari for that puja.
Necklace, Ganjam
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This hair hero will blow all the other gifts on the registry out of the water. The multi-tasking tool has six attachments that use air instead of heat to curl, wave, straighten and mould strands into any style desired.
Dyson AirWrap
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The face is always given its due in bridal beauty prep, which sometimes leaves the body wanting for more. This handy set of masks use sodium hyaluronate and marine collagen to plump the booty and bust skin, leaving the area smooth, happy and honeymoon-ready.
