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Get A Glowing Wedding Day Complexion With Skin Fitness
Most wedding checklists, wedding planners, and wedding reminders don't mention your physical well-being, especially your skin fitness. Depending on your needs you may not need more than an extra layer of rouge, but for the rest of us everything from a spray tan to waxing could be beneficial.
Most wedding checklists, wedding planners, and wedding reminders don’t mention your physical well-being, especially your skin fitness. Depending on your needs you may not need more than an extra layer of rouge, but for the rest of us everything from a spray tan to waxing could be beneficial.
If you do need more than rouge, then this is your wedding day skin fitness checklist.
Direct sunlight: Avoid it, starting today Obviously, skin cancer and wrinkles are serious downsides to sun exposure, however, protecting yourself from sunlight is important for the big day too. Freshly tanned skin will shine in pictures and weathered skin is hard to disguise with make-up. Freckles and a sunburn will be obvious.
Facial: Four months out A facial a few days before your wedding will-under most circumstances- cause you to break out. You should schedule your first facial four months out, and then have one each month leading up to the wedding. The last facial should take place about a week before your wedding day guaranteeing a hydrated, glowing, and healthy complexion with no surprise break outs.
Six weeks out: Waxing Most of us need a good wax every six weeks. Like a facial, don’t try it for the first time the week before the wedding. You could have a reaction to the products or you could be unhappy with the shape of your eyebrows.
Four weeks out: Makeup trials There are many salons and aestheticians that do make-up for brides and bridesmaids. If you choose this route, be sure to do a trial run and photograph yourself to be sure the colors and style work for you.
Three weeks out: The spray tan If you choose to tan do it with a spray, not the real thing (see avoiding direct sunlight above). Trying the spray tan a few weeks in advance is good so that you can see what you will look like in photos. Not everyone looks good with a spray tan so you’ll need to give yourself plenty of time for the color to fade. If you do like it, then schedule your next session four to five days before your rehearsal dinner, but no closer than that to the big day. The color can and will come off on your clothes in the first 48 hours.
Know your products: Two weeks out Stick with your tried and true skin products and cosmetics. This is not the time to experiment with something new that could cause you to breakout or have an allergic reaction.
One week out: Get plenty of sleep The most obvious item on the checklist, but also the most critical step in skin fitness is getting plenty of sleep. Your fatigue will be obvious by the bags under your eyes and the lack of color on your cheeks so plan to get seven to eight hours of sleep each night before your wedding.