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Getting the Glow for Your Wedding Day
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by Jacki Norrie & Jennifer Neumeister,
Wedding Tresses
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Your dress is altered, the band is booked and invitations are
engraved. Looking ahead, the day of your wedding is the one day
in your life when all eyes are on you. This is the day to look
glowing and luminous, and this all begins with your skin.
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Your wedding day makeup is going to look only as
good as the skin underneath. For this reason you must
begin to prepare your complexion months before. Follow
this schedule as a “Countdown to Glow”.
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3-6 Months prior to your wedding
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Begin a skin care regiment that is tailored to your specific skin type.
One of your steps must be exfoliation of the skin; this is key to achieving
the aforementioned “glow”! For a twice-weekly, gentle exfoliating facial
scrub, see the recipe below. This does not have to be a major investment in
either time or money, but you need to be consistent. Product lines we
recommend are:
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- Neutrogena
- Clinique - especially their new liquid face cleanser and the old standby
Clarifying Lotion
- Mario Badescu- this line has a solution for every skin type
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1-3 Months Prior to your wedding
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Schedule your trial run with your Wedding Day Makeup
Artist to solidify the Beauty look you envision for your
day!
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Bring pictures of Bridal Makeup looks obtained
from magazines - bring both looks you love and ones
you don’t ever want to see on your face; this allows
you and your Artist to really have conversation
flushing out your idea of what your envision and
putting it to words.
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Bring your own personal makeup, brushes, false
eyelashes that are “must use” item. Some people even
feel more comfortable having their own makeup
applied by a professional makeup artist.
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3-4 weeks to go
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Schedule any facial appointments now if you opt to. Allow at
least 3 weeks prior as skin eruptions might occur after any facial
treatment.
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1 week left
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Get any facial waxing done no sooner than 2 days before to allow for any
redness to subside.
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Also remember to HYDRATE! Drink plenty of water this week. Nothing you
can put on your skin can make your complexion look fabulous like hydrating
from the inside out.
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If you have any blemishes during this time, please do not pick at them.
Instead, apply a spot healing product containing salicylic acid directly to
the blemish. This type of product hastens the healing process of the blemish
by exfoliation, bringing it to the surface quicker without squeezing.
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The Big Day!
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Right before you sit
down with your makeup
artist, wash and exfoliate
your face. Follow with
moisturizer.
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Remember WATER, WATER,
WATER!
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If you wake up with
puffy eyes, place brewed,
wet tea bags that have been
chilled in the refrigerator
on each eye for 10-15
minutes.
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If you wake up with a
pimple, please-please-please
do not pick it! It is much
easier to conceal a tiny
bump than broken skin as
makeup will not adhere to
it.
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Believe it or not,
Preparation H is truly your
friend on this day - it
reduces swelling and redness
that occurs with an
eruption. For a redness only
blemish, Visine eye drops
will zap away redness in a
flash. After that, leave it
to your Artist to work her
magic!
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Sugar scrub recipe:
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For a fantastic and organic way to begin to
create that magical glow as you prepare for your
wedding day, use this recipe to make an exfoliating
facial scrub whose ingredients are right in your own
kitchen!
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In a plastic sealable container, mix 3 tablespoons granulated sugar with
1 teaspoon honey and enough grape seed oil (found at any health food store)
to form a paste consistency. Apply about 1 teaspoon to damp skin in a gentle
circular motion working from the center of your face outward. Rinse off and
cleanse your skin using your regular cleanser. Repeat 1 or 2 times weekly.
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Keeping your stress level down by not worrying over every little flake or
bump that appears in the almighty mirror as you get closer to the Big Day
will help you to maintain that wide awake youthful glow you desire.
Remember, you hired the professionals to take care of the ups and downs,
relax in the knowledge that what ever snafu is thrown your way - it will be
alright.
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About the Authors
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Jacki Norrie is a Newport, RI and Boston, MA Based professional hair
designer and makeup artist, and founder of Wdding Tresses. Her business
is focused on providing hair and makeup services with highly trained
Artists for weddings on-location throughout New England and beyond. For
more information, visit Jacki Norrie‘s web-site @
weddingtresses.com or call 781-585.0600 MA or 401.848.0060 RI
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