Even if you’re living under a rock, you know that it’s raining weddings in Tinseltown this year. As #Virushka dropped pictures of their nuptials on Instagram kickstarting the wedding season, #SonamKiShaadi, #DeepVeer and #Nickyanka set new standards for the big-fat-Indian-wedding. Wedding goals aside, the icing on the cake has also been the star-studded guestlist. Everyone from Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to Alia Bhatt deserted their high-fashion, red-carpet avatars for traditional Indian attire. As they strut in the season’s au courant, take cues on the nine times A-listers walked the bridesmaid talk without upstaging the bride.
Read on to know the best bridesmaids makeup looks and ideas to flaunt:
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JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ
At: Sonam Kapoor - Anand Ahuja WeddingIn: Anita DongreDecoded: The typical Punjabi choti and parranda was a refreshing take on the traditional and intricate pink lehenga, especially when spotted on a celebrity. Jacqueline retains that similar demure appeal with a blush pink lipstick and eyeshadow statement. Alike BFF Sonam Kapoor, she too knows better than to mess with classics. Although, she did sneak in a mint bindi and sunglasses to break the monotony. Well played! -
ALIA BHATT
At: Sonam Kapoor - Anand Ahuja WeddingIn: SabyasachiDecoded: Trust this bona fide actor to champion the most difficult shade in the green spectrum. She balanced her gold embroidered, chartreuse-hued lehenga with delicate accents, like metallic brown smokey eye, nude lippie, a simple middle-parted half pony and arm-candy Ranbir Kapoor in hand for the first time ever. Of course that made headlines but she did it with oodles of style.Add To Cart: Maybelline New York All Nudes Kit 1
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KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN
At: Sonam Kapoor - Anand Ahuja WeddingIn: Anita DongreDecoded: She ditched her mainstay designer friends for this baby pink floor-length anarkali. What she didn’t ditch was her go-to makeup tricks – thickly kohled tight lines, juicy au natural pout and her peaches-and-cream complexion. The slick middle-parting seems to be the call of the wedding season – but she did it with mogra laced tight bun. Argh, isn’t she effortless to a fault? -
PRIYANKA CHOPRA
At: Virat Kohli - Anushka Sharma WeddingIn: Golden Kanjeevaram sareeDecoded: If her Indian wedding was anything to go by, you’d know that PeeCee dotes on classical statements. And for her Dil Dhadakne Do co-star’s wedding, she’s seems to have taken a page out of Rekha’s books with this silk saree. So much so that she even teamed it typically – with bold swipes of red and green. Exactly why her bright red pout, green bindi and easy-breezy waves were obvious choices.
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KANGANA RANAUT
At: Virat Kohli - Anushka Sharma WeddingIn: SabyasachiDecoded: No matter what the occasion, she always throws a curve with her eclectic sense of style. Kangana managed to that with a simple conventional look like this too – by recreating one of her looks from a bridal photoshoot. The only stark difference was that she tamed her curly-wurlies in a neatly tied bun and fresh white roses. And replaced her metallic makeup for a muted au natural matte sheen. A trend in the making? You never know. -
KATRINA KAIF
At: Virat Kohli - Anushka Sharma WeddingIn: Manish MalhotraDecoded: Manish sure did bring in a fresh appeal to Ms. Kaif’s otherwise predictable style quotient. Although she went back to her old ways with her hair and makeup staples. But her straight but just-about wavy locks, glossy lips, and black eyeline turned the spotlight on her pastel ensemble. It goes to prove for comfortable she is in her own skin. And that you can’t overlook the power of simplicity.
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ANUSHKA SHARMA
At: Deepika Padukone - Ranveer Singh WeddingIn: Falguni & Shane PeacockDecoded: This designer duo seem to be her current favorites and we’re not complaining. She frosted this gorgeous custom-made lilac gown with embellishments, feathers and diamonds. Living up to that spirit were her sparkly eyelids with a silvery-lilac eyeline and gunmetal nail polish. While her lips and hairdo took a backseat with a matte nude pout and middle-parted ponytail. -
NIMRAT KAUR
At: Deepika Padukone - Ranveer Singh WeddingIn: Tarun TahilianiDecoded: This actress pulled out all the stops with this floral corset, contrast drape and mix-and-match prints. This couture masterpiece needs no more. And Nimrat was quick to comprehend that. She struts in nothing but a magenta pout, loosely tied bun and a chunky choker. The next time your hair and makeup entourage bail on you at the nth hour, you know what to do.
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AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN
At: Deepika Padukone - Ranveer Singh WeddingIn: Falguni & Shane PeacockDecoded: Like her, we too can’t get enough of her Fanney Khan red-hot wavy strands. It enlivens this ethereal cutwork all-white lehenga and gives her the leeway to tone things down her beauty. For once we’re glad she didn’t match it with a bright red lippie and went for a somber metallic smokey eye and bronzed pink lip tint.
