Manasota Metro Woman Directory September 2014

FREE PUBLICATION

September 2014 • Volume 5

SPECIAL EDITION

Wedding & Event Planning Guide

Look & Feel Good on Your Big Day.. and Every Day! Venues, Honeymoons, Photography & more

Can't Miss Events for Women!

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MODEL: A big thank you to Shannon Castro, cover model for our bridal issue. Shannon is the manager of Pets Life Naturally in Palmetto. She and her husband, German, were married three years ago and she was excited to wear her wedding gown for the cover.

PHOTOGRAPHER & STYLIST Cover photo and inside photos by Michele Slaughter of Shella Bella Studios, a full-service boutique photography and graphic design studio specializing in modern beauty and glamour portraiture for women of all ages. Michele has a deep passion for creating unique and artistic bridal, senior high and women’s portraits that reveal the beauty within every woman. She strives to ensure that your portrait session is tailored just for you. Michele is involved in every step of the way guiding you through the total experience from beginning to end! (SEE AD ON PAGE 7) VISIT US AT www.ManasotaMetroWoman.com • 2

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LOCATION: Heartwood Retreat Center strives to make your

vision for the perfect event possible with flexible options. A magical quarter-acre meditation garden, koi ponds, a rustic 2,600 square foot yoga center with media center, tea room, and a backyard zen firepit, as well as a romantic wedding arbor and bridal walk, a beautifully lit 40-foot event tent with adjacent dance floor, tables and chairs for 120, linens, centerpieces, and decorations make this an affordable, yet strikingly unique venue for special celebrations or corporate events. Heartwood strives to honor each guests’ individual style so every event is intimate and personal. Visit their new weddings website at www.heartwoodweddings.com. (SEE AD ON PAGE 7)

HAIR & MAKEUP: Thank you Tammy Lopez (left) and T’ea Parra

(right) of STUDIO 64 Salon in Bradenton for providing expert hair and makeup for our cover model. STUDIO 64 is a full-service salon for the entire family. Schedule a session for your entire bridal party or special occasion. Visit them online at www.mystudio64.com (SEE AD ON PAGE 5)

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www.manasotametrowoman.com Information and Resources for Active Women in Sarasota & Manatee Counties

Welcome to the Special Wedding & Event Planning edition of Manasota Metro Woman full of great tips and sources to help plan your big day or special occasion from start to finish.

You don’t have to be a bride to enjoy this issue! Inside you’ll find many new advertisers who can help you look and feel your best every day...not just on the big day! The kids are finally back to school, so it’s time for moms to take some well-deserved time for themselves ... get pampered, visit a spa or go shopping.

Have a night out on the town or enjoy some quality time with your girlfriends and check out some local events like The Gal Expo. Love networking? Manasota Metro Woman’s 1st “Smart, Sassy, Strong & Classy!”

Women’s Gala & Speed Networking Event is Sept. 24.

It’s perfect excuse to get out your heels and spend a fun-filled afternoon mingling with other local women in business. See pages 30-31 for details.

As always, I encourage your feedback and contributions to make this YOUR magazine and trusted guide!

Sincerely, Kristi Quigley Lovelace, Owner/Publisher

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Wedding Day Skin Care When picturing your wedding day, you always want to look your absolute best. Brides dream of every tiny detail that will make their day perfect. One detail that simply can never be overlooked is your skin. Everyone wants to have perfect glowing skin as they walk down the aisle.

It is never too early to develop your unique skin care plan for your perfect day. Dr. Katie Rodan and Dr. Kathy Fields have created a skin care regimen to help you do just that.

RODAN + FIELDS CAN GIVE YOU THE PERFECT SKIN YOU’RE DREAMING ABOUT. It’s always a great thing when you use and believe in a product. It’s always better when other people feel the same way.

Rodan + Fields was a feature in Modern Luxury Brides magazine, with a specific focus on our Macro Exfoliator. Stacey Roney, founder of Beauty on Call, elaborates on her experience with the Macro Exfoliator.

“The No. 1 request we get from brides is that they want their skin to glow. This athome tool delivers results unlike anything I have seen in my 25 years in the beauty industry. Busy brides appreciate that in five minutes once a week, it rids your skin of 5 million dull skin cells,” said Roney.

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Good Posture Key on Wedding Day The average Manasota bride invests over $2,500 on wedding photos. The way that the bride and groom are posed can change the mood and feel of the photographs, hopefully communicating the joyful emotions of the day. A good photographer can help create that during the photo-shoot, but what about during the wedding itself?

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Wedding participants should be aware of their posture during the ceremony and reception as these moments are often the ones that result in everyone’s favorite shots. Good posture will help the wedding party appear more confident, attractive, healthier, and thinner; all things that are difficult to correct after-thefact.

Local wedding photographer Sally Ullman says, “I try to coach my brides and educate them about how posture affects the end results. Photoshop can only do so much, and it can be quite costly to edit each photo.

There’s no substitute for great posture.”

Good posture will have another benefit for the bride during an exhausting day filled with overwhelming emotion: good posture can help increase energy levels and reduce stress.

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Setting up the home and office environments to encourage proper posture is essential. If the bride slouches all day at work and then sleeps in the wrong position, she will undo a lot of the work she’s done with her posture team.

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To get the most bang for your buck, focus on the aspects of your event that your guests will really notice.

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Nothing transforms a room quite like lighting.

Uplighting your event space is the most effective way to do this.

Typically, LED uplights are programmed to your specific wedding/event colors and remain set on these colors, static, for the duration of the event.

However, a trend we are seeing more and more of is an intelligent lighting package that actually transforms the mood of the party throughout the night simply by changing the colors gradually or a complete change of color at different points throughout your event. This kind of lighting can make you feel like you are at different parties all in the same night!

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SEPT. (multiple dates) S.W.A.T (Successful Women Aligning Together) Networking Meets monthly for luncheons in Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Manasota, Nokomis and Anna Maria Island. See website for dates/times/location details. Network and build relationships. Meet other women in business, learn marketing techniques, make contacts and build your business. Info: 941962-0884, swatnetworking.com.

SEPT. 13 4th Annual Locks of Love Fundraiser at Boutique Out East Salon & Spa 2559 Lakewood Ranch Blvd, Lakewood Ranch, FL, 3-5 p.m. A fun-filled event for Locks of Love, free blunt cut with donation, raffles, prizes, food & drinks. Info: boutiqueouteast.com, 941-746-1500.

SEPT. 14 Cut-A-Thon for Eric Buchanan @ Blue Door Spa & Salon 5234 E. State Road 64, Bradenton, FL, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mini-manis, chair massages, bouncy castle, face painting, music, food & drink. Event to raise money for a double lung transplant procedure for Eric Buchanan, a 32-year-old who was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Info: 941.747.0111.

SEPT. 24 “Smart, Sassy, Strong & Classy”Women’s Gala & Speed Networking Event The Devyn, 7113 Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 10 am - 2 pm Presented by Manasota Metro Woman. Vendor booths, sponsorships and tickets available now. See pages 30-31 for more details. Info: 941-773-5978, kristi@metrowomanmag.com, manasotawoman.com.

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The GAL Expo: Just GO HUGE! Kara Schlick is no stranger to big tasks or bigger marketing requests. As the co-founder of Physician Marketing and Management, when a client asks Kara for the impossible, she says, “how can I do it even better.”

Dr. Sean Castellucci of Urology Partners, suggested to Kara that he would like to see a MEN’s health fair done in this area. Her first response was, “It won’t work, men don’t get up on a Saturday and go to a health fair.”

As people in the community know, give Kara a challenge and she will make it happen. “Go huge or go home, Na JUST GO HUGE” Kara says with a smile.

The men’s health fair, quickly morphed into the GUY expo where fun meets health. At the event, Kara’s team brought in everything a GUY likes (Lamborghinis, Porsches, trucks, guns, sports, poker, Harleys) and paired them with medical practices. Bullseye Gun Range was paired with The Eye Associates offering free eye screenings. Harley Davidson was paired with The Hearing Centers of SWF, they shared the same client and it was a great match. Bradenton Skin Cancer Center was partnered with the fishing Charter company. Each fun vendor had a partner in the medical field, that way, a man could enjoy what he loved and oh by the way, get health screenings along the way.

The expectation was for 1,000 men to attend, but after 3,000 entered, they stopped counting. With the enormous success, requests for a woman’s event, that was just as fun and just as big started pouring in.

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