How to Start Your Bridal Beauty Routine

You want to look like the most beautiful version of yourself on your wedding day, of course. And what better way to do that than planning out a beauty routine in the months leading up to your wedding day? Here are some pro tips below to look and feel beautiful from the inside out.

1. Schedule Frequent Manicures
   Get ready: As soon as you get engaged, everyone is going to ask to see your ring. Keep those nails and hands primed and pretty with regular mains. This is also your chance to experiment with colors and get to know your manicurist. Pro tip: Let your nail beds dictate the shape of your nails. Matching the two will give your hands and nails a balanced, elegant look.
2.  Eat Healthier
   If you can bear it, try staying away from sugar, lots of sodium and processed foods. These all lead to belly fat and bloating. Instead, focus on green vegetables, fruit and lots of water—all great for fueling your body, boosting your energy and clearing up your skin.
3. Get Active
   “Working out will help tighten and firm your body while also detoxing your skin. A good workout also boosts energy and makes you feel happier. Join a gym. This way, you won’t be able to use the weather as an excuse, and you’ll have all the equipment you need for any kind of workout all in one place. Plus, exercising with others is always a huge motivation.
4. Prep Your Face
   At least three months out from your wedding, start planning monthly facials with a professional. Facials boost your skin’s health, helping it to look clearer and brighter Weekly exfoliation, either physical or chemical, can provide you with a smooth surface for makeup application. Adding a hydrating serum with hyaluronic acid can also help to plump up fine lines around your face. Apply it daily before your makeup for softer and smoother skin.
5. Do a Makeup Test Run
   Besides your hair trial, you should also schedule a makeup trial at least three months before the wedding. This is where you’ll fine-tune your look with your makeup artist so there is no questions day of.
6. Take Care of Your Brows
   If you do your own tweezing, take this opportunity to splurge on brow shaping. The pros at salons will follow your advice, as well as offer suggestions for the best brow shape & design according to your face. Once you have your desired brow shape, you can continue the maintenance on your own.
   See a brow specialist every three to four weeks starting about 3 months before your wedding. The regular visits may add up, but it’s your surest way to flawless brows.
7. Try Eyelash Extensions
   Go for full attractive lash extensions or more romantic look by applying half lashes in the outer corners of your eyes. Longer lashes will enhance the shape of your eyes and focus all attention on your face.
   Get lash extensions at a beauty center. Applications stay on until they fall out naturally (you’ll have to get touch-ups every two to three weeks if you want to maintain them.
8. Have a Hair Plan
   Work with your hairstylist to map out your hair care plan of attack. You may also want to start doing weekly treatments a few months before your wedding, (For healthy, smoother, shiny texture finish. Go to your beauty center and have your stylist give you a customized conditioning treatment for your hair type; add some highlights and attractive cuts and Trendy colors and style.
9. Get Smooth Skin
   Have a tough-to-treat spot like dry elbows? Or remove the dark spots and areas from your body? Head to the spa every week starting about 3 to 6 months before your wedding for Hammam services with a full-body scrubs and wraps that will keep your skin smooth and soft all over. Making hammam and body scrub regularly in the spa will get rid of dead skin. Then, moisturize your body and lighten your skin.
10. Plan Hair Removal
    That little peach fuzz just above your upper lip may not seem like a big deal in your everyday life, but you don’t want it showing up in wedding photos. Start getting monthly waxes for best results. Not into the pain? Beauty centers now offer special waxes using ingredients like chocolate wax and sugar, which are great if you’re looking to walk out of the salon without too much redness.