Unique Wedding Tips

This is the time of year when Brides and grooms are making their wedding plans. There are wedding planners every where to help them ensure their “Big Day” is planned perfectly.

But, between selecting flowers and sampling cake, don’t over look the details of preparing your skin to look it’s best for your wedding. Special dedication to skin care must begin now to ensure your skin is looking it’s best when the “Big Day” arrives.

Here are some wedding tips to help brides and grooms look their best on their wedding day.

• Make an appointment with a Board Certified Dermatologist well in advance of your wedding. They can discuss any concerns you have with acne, scars, or other skin care problems. Your Dermatologist will create a skin care plan that will help ensure you look beautiful for your wedding.

• Start your skincare plan six months to one year before your wedding day. This provides enough time to ensure your skin is properly cared for and looking its best. You don’t want to wait until the month of your wedding to start a new skin-care regimen. You could develop an adverse reaction to some products which could take 30 to 60 days to clear up.

• Your skin care plan should include washing your face at least twice daily with a cleanser that is gentle on your skin.

• Sunscreen is an important part to any bride’s and groom’s daily skin care routine. Apply an effective sunscreen daily to ensure you don’t get that “cooked look” the day of your wedding.

• Here’s a commitment you can’t refuse – a monthly or bimonthly facial series to care for your skin and help you relax between planning details. Your skin will be pretty and pampered and your wedding budget will stretch further with the discount that comes with pre-purchased packages.

• A lot of wedding dresses expose the bride’s back. Ensure your back looks as great as the skin on your face with “Back Facials”. “Back Facials” are just like regular facials except the esthetician treats your back and not your face.

• Considering having cosmetic injections like Botox for frown lines, crows feet or even excessive sweating? Or are you thinking about Restylane or Juvederm for deep lines and creases on your face? Plan these procedures well in advance of your wedding.

• Have a “test tan” a month before your wedding if you are having a spray tan for your wedding. This will allow you to see how the tan will look on you. It will also provide a great opportunity to see if the tanning solution will rub off on your dress.

Planning ahead and beginning a skin care regimen well before your wedding, are the key to having that beautiful, flawless skin you dream about for your wedding day.

Be Yourself

A common mistake often made by many brides-to-be is going overboard with their make-up on their wedding day. Trying to look too different from your usual self should be avoided, aim for your natural look with just a touch of extra glamour and make-up that’s been applied to last all through the evening.

Color Matters

Achieving just the right amount of color from your wedding day make-up can be tricky. Avoid garish colors or the dramatic approach, save that for the honeymoon if you must. Remember, photos of this day will be displayed and seen by many for years to come, the last thing you want is to look back at your choice of make-up and wonder what you were thinking.

Plan Ahead

The majority of brides are going to cry at least once during some point of their wedding day. Sooner or later, even the most prepared and stoic of brides will be shedding tears as the sentimentality of the day sets in. Waterproof make-up is the most sensible approach, and about the only way to avoid looking like a raccoon halfway through the ceremony. To prevent make-up from running, it’s a good idea to keep the eye liner and mascara to a minimum on the lower lashes.

Tricks of the Trade

A simple way for keeping your foundation on as long as possible is to first apply concealer and foundation as normal, wait a few seconds, and then blot gently with a tissue. The tissue should absorb excess oils and leave behind the pigment. If you tend to remove too much foundation with this method, apply a bit more than you normally would before blotting.

Loose powder should be lightly applied with a large brush to set foundation. Applying powder onto the skin with a puff as opposed to a brush may actually cause too much of the powder to collect on the skin, ultimately causing it to sweat more than usual and appear shiny in photos.

For a perfect application of blush, choose a brush that’s approximately the size of the apples of your cheeks. Pick up some color, just enough to be visible on the tip of the brush, and tap onto the cheeks, blending toward the temples. After applying, gently blending with a clean sponge will ensure the blush doesn’t appear to be resting on top of the skin, but rather as a natural enhancement of the skin’s color.

The tried and true trick of applying powder to the lips before lipstick, blotting and then repeating is the best way to ensure lasting coverage. First coat the lips with powder, fill in the entire lip area with lip liner, and then apply the lip color. Blot the lips then add another layer of powder before the final coat of color.

To brighten the eyes, try a soft white color on the brow bone, the inner corners of the eyes, and just above and below the lash line. To make eyes look larger, a light taupe color or sandy shade on the crease of the eyelid will do the job. A soft cotton swab is useful for blending eyeliner, and eyelash curlers should always be used prior to applying mascara.

No matter how much you try to scrub, wash and moisturize your face and body prior to your wedding day, without professional knowledge and products you can’t possibly make much difference. It can be so disappointing to see flaws in your skin when you receive your wedding photos, and the best way to avoid it happening to you is to have a skin plan for preparing for your big day.

Starting right now, the first and most important thing to do is increase your water intake. Keep bottled water everywhere: in the fridge, in the car, on your desk, by the bed and in the bathroom. Every time you see the water, have a drink, and the benefits will be seen after only one week. Continue drinking around two liters of water per day, and avoid alcohol and sugary foods or drinks. Exercise is also fantastic for the way your skin looks, and nothing will achieve the healthy glow like regular visits to the gym and good food.

There are some natural things you can do at home to help skin problems, and these can be done regularly every night. For open pores, blackheads and problem skin a great solution is to rub half a tomato over your face, chest and neck, leaving it on for fifteen minutes. The acid in the tomato along with antioxidants are great for balancing and cleaning clogged pores. For tough, thick skin you can use ground rock salt and avocado for a facial scrub, but if your skin is fragile this is not recommended. For a gentler scrub soak some oats in a bowl of warm water for a minute or two, using them before they become completely soft. Rub the oats in a circular motion for five minutes over your whole face, neck and chest, softly removing dead skin cells and soothing any irritations. If you have very bad blackheads you can use colorless, odorless iodine mixed with rock salt to scrub. Only scrub it on the areas that are toughened with a lot of blocked pores, and do it for the moths coming up to the wedding. Stop one month before, or when your beautician recommends.

You should definitely include in your wedding budget some visits to a beautician, and this is where the planning comes in to it. Any good beauty therapist will offer a free skin analysis to potential customers, and the sooner you have that the better. Through evaluation and discussions about what you would like to achieve with your skin, you can work out a schedule for ensuring you achieve your goal by the wedding day. It could possibly involve some micro-dermbrasion, chemical peels or simply regular visits for facials. The added bonus is you get to talk in length about how you want your makeup and hair to be for the day, as well as any waxing or manicure plans.

Never compromise on your beauty requirements for the wedding: no matter how many times your man tells you that you are fine the way you are and he doesn’t want anything fancy, every man appreciates the fantasy when he sees you looking more beautiful than ever. It is a day you have always dreamed of, so make it a dream come true! Wedding photos where the bride has gone to little or no effort with make-up look horribly drab and boring. If you can’t look beautiful on the most important day for your future life, when can you? Splurge and hire a professional beauty therapist to do your face, and go through a basic practice run with them prior to the day to make sure you like what they have in mind for you.

If you look after your skin at home and follow a plan for improvement with the beauty therapist, you should have the result of looking your best on your special day. Don’t look at your photos with pangs of regret because you didn’t do anything about it at the time, and include it in part of your overall plans, like ordering caterers and booking the church. You will have a much better time when you are feeling confident and beautiful, so go on and treat yourself, and if you are lucky your husband will love it so much he will be happy for you to go regularly.