make the most of your skin

[Harmony in Beauty]

Hello Nice to meet you all

Here are some of my tips to help you look your best on your wedding day.

You really should be drinking aprox 2 litres of water a day
Make sure you are not using soap on your skin!!! This strips your skin of moisture and is very drying. Soap is on an alkaline level to high for the skin and just what bacteria love to breed in ewwwww. So stick to a good cleanser and toner or facial wipes which are from a good range preferably a professional skin care range. Professional skin care ranges can be very good for your skin as they use more concentrated ingredients and therefore you actually use less so it lasts longer!!

You should cleanse and tone twice a day and get a good moisturiser.
Any skin care regime you do must be started well in advance at least 2 months prior to the big day as it takes aprox this time for the new skin cells to reach the surface of your skin and you want to look glowing!

I have spoken to brides before who have considered doing there own make up and changed their minds once they have had a make up trial. I think many brides are nervous of having their make up done but also want to look their best on the day and dont always know how to apply their own make up to look their best.
Have a trial and get to know your make up artist make sure your happy with the look etc and you should get a chance to thoroughly discuss what style you want and try out make up shades.
If you do decide to do your own make up on the day use a good quality foundation that will last for the day and evening. Always apply some blusher as the flash from the photographers camera can lighten and soften what ever make up you have worn. You can have a very natural look but just apply a slightly warmer blusher to the cheek bones to you dont look pale and washed out in the photo's.

If your make up is done correctly on the day you can look glowing, healthy and vibrant and all eyes will be on you so you want to look your best.
Its a good idea to flick through magazines and pick out pictures of the type of hair style or makeup style you want and save them in a little scrap book. Take these along with you when you go to have your trial this will really help your beauty therapist/make up artist or hair stylist to understand what you want to achieve.

The night before the wedding!!!!
Try to get some sleep if you are having problems sleeping from nerves and excitement try dabbing some lavender essential oil on to your pillow!!
Cucumber slices on your eyes will cool and refresh them and help you relax.

Hope that my wedding tips will help you if you have any beauty or make up questions fire away!!!

Love Lucy xxxx