While you’ll be dedicated to finding the perfect wedding dress shape and style, spending some of your precious time and budget refining your beauty routine is a must in the run-up to your special day.
Feeling your most beautiful and confident is, after all, something every bride should experience, but, where do you even start when crafting a beauty regime that works for you, your skin and your budget? Here we share the top beauty tips every bride should know as their summer wedding day approaches.
DON’T leave things too late
When it comes to the wedding beauty timeline, starting as early as you can is certainly recommended. Most bridal beauty regimes should begin at least six months before the wedding date to ensure great results. However, you can still improve your complexion and boost your confidence if you have a little less time to spare with the right beauty products and practices.
Beauty tasks like hair removal, microdermabrasion, teeth whitening and hair colouring should be introduced sooner rather than later for the best results. By starting early, you’ll also find preparing your skin, hair and wider body for the big event far less stressful and much more satisfying.
DO work from the inside out
With enough time and focus, you can set the course for not just healthy skin for your wedding day but a great complexion for the long haul. While there are plenty of self-professed miracle cures on the skincare market, working from the inside out is the key to long-term, sustainable beauty results.
Changing your lifestyle by incorporating more movement and adopting a healthier diet can help to take care of your skin, hair and nails long into the future.
DON’T do everything at once
Defining a beauty routine is one thing but implementing it is a whole different ball game! Again, time is an important factor when switching out the products and practices you’ve relied on for something new. Most dermatologists suggest following the ‘two-week rule’ to ease yourself and your skin in gently as Well+Good explains:
“…according to this recent video by board-certified dermatologist Dhaval G. Bhanusali, MD FAAD, it’s important to give your skin a two-week adjustment period to a certain product before adding yet another new one into your skin-care routine. The reason? This 14-day stretch gives your skin just enough time to adapt and react to whatever new ingredients you’re putting on your face.”
DO seek out the right support
You don’t have to take on bridal beauty alone. You can recruit help from specialists – including dermatologists, beauticians, nail technicians, hairstylists and makeup artists – to get the advice and support you need to set you and your beauty routine on the right path as your wedding approaches.
DON’T forget seasonal challenges
The summer season in particular offers its fair share of challenges. In fact, it’s probably one of the reasons you’ll be thinking of ways to keep your guests cool right about now!
Summer heat can also take its toll on your wedding look, which makes preparing your beauty regime with the season in mind crucial. From learning all the best sweat-proof makeup tricks to keeping on-the-day touch-ups to a minimum, there’s a lot that can be done to ensure a fresh, polished finish for the duration of your wedding celebration.
