Your Wedding Day Beauty Countdown

To really look your best on your big day, start improving your diet well in advance because this will make an huge impact on your skin, hair, nails and eyes. So eat more fruit and veg and drink plenty of water. You could always take this opportunity to get healthier generally, so you’ll look better then ever for those wedding photos.

Maybe you don’t have enough time before your wedding to lose the weight and develop these sexy toned arms or the ironing board flat stomach but don’t let that put you off exercising – it’s great for the skin so you’ll have a nice healthy glow. Don’t make the excuse that you will need new clothes, have to go to spinning class or pay a monthly fee. Add exercise to your normal day, do short bursts of exercise such as wall press ups while you’re waiting for the kettle to boil or jog on the spot while you’re waiting for your bath to fill. Actually go walking with your partner, you’ll find that you’ll talk more then you would if you were at home. Long walks are great for producing those memorable conversations.

If you have a particular area of your body you want to work on for example you stomach, bum, arms, or thighs, get yourself a gym ball, they are widely available and are around £5. Gym balls are excellent for toning up your stomach muscles as they engage your core muscles. Grab your exercise ball while you’re watching your favorite TV programs.

Hair and Nails 

Since you will want to look your best on your wedding day, this is the times to start paying attention to any problem areas. If you’ve already got long strong nails and shiny soft hair, just carry on with what ever you’ve done to cause this. If you’ve not got perfect nails and hair, don’t worry the majority of us don’t.

Tips for Healthy Hair And Nails

  • Get your hair trimmed regularly
  • Use an intensive conditioner treatment specifically formulated for your hair type.
  • Protect your hair by using heat protecting spray when styling your hair with heat
  • Use shampoos that don’t strip your hair of it’s natural oils.
  • Massage your scalp when shampooing to ensure healthy hair growth
  • Carry hand cream in your handbag and use it often
  • Try to keep your hand out of water from prolonged periods of time, wear gloves
  • Use nail products which specifically target the problem you have with your nails such as splitting, peeling and general breakage
  • To give your hands and nails a special treat, smother them in hand cream then cover in cotton gloves and sleep in them.
  • Use a face scrub once a fortnight to help blemishes by removing dead skin and promoting a health glow.
  • Use a body scrub created from brown sugar and a small amount of olive oil once a week to improve the condition of your skin

4 months before your wedding day

If your wedding dress was bought from a bridal store then it should have been made and they should be calling you in for dress fittings. You want to feel wonderful in your wedding dress on the day so use this as an opportunity to assess any body issues you may have as there is still enough time to work on them. Continue to exercise and amend your regime if you need to. Any hair and nail products that you have been using regularly should be showing signs of working by now. If not try, another product while there is still time. If you want ot try out a bit of pampering such as facials, start now because they will bring impurities to the surface and cause you to break out the first few times.

4 Weeks Before Your Wedding

Since there’s only a month to go it’s time to really step up your fitness and beauty regime. Make getting 8 hours sleep a night a priority, it will really make a difference to your skin. Carry on drinking plenty of water. Test out new make up for the wedding to check for suitability and reactions. Start paying attention to your back, it will be what your guest will be looking at during the ceremony and you don’t want it to be full of blemishes, use a bath brush to scrub the hard to reach places or alternatively get your husband-to-be to do it for you.


Follow this advice and you’ll feel and look great on your wedding day.

Planning a Fairy Tale Wedding Day

Some brides have dreamed about their wedding day since they were little girls and all they want is a perfect fairy tale wedding – they want to feel like a princess and have a magical day. These types of weddings are very feminine and the bride plays the most important role.

Castle and stately homes make excellent venues for this wedding theme as they add to the grandeur of the event.

This theme of wedding has a wedding dress style, which is a fitted bodice and layers, upon layers or tulle.  This tulle is usually decorated with crystals to make it sparkle.  The men in the bridal party also also more formal usually in tuxedos, a step up from a morning suit.

Simple delicate bridal accessories just aren’t going to cut it for a fairy tale wedding, this bride isn’t about keeping things low key and everything including their accessories show this.   Both the wedding jewellery and tiara should stand out, be full of sparkle and big.

Because you’re looking for a particular type of bridal accessory, you might struggle to find it in a small bridal shop, so look online for crowns and large tiaras.  When it comes to finishing off your princess look, a tiara will make more of an impact than your jewelry so choose it first, then looking for matching wedding jewelry.

A part of the fairy tale wedding theme which can easily be achieved is your arrival to the wedding venue, should should definitely have a horse driven carriage or a fairytale carriage like Cinderella. If you’re getting married in winter this might not be a good idea as the weather could be bad.

Since the wedding venue should feel magical decorate it with fairy lights and tea light candles.  You could decorate your tables with more candles and table crystals to give a brilliant atmosphere.  Instead of giving your tables number you could name your tables in old English adding to the uniqueness of the day.

Your food should be high quality and not your normal stodgy food.  Think of food fit for royalty, this should give you a good idea of the food you should be serving.  Very formal dinners tend to have a lot of courses so you could also incorporate this, instead of having 3 courses, have 5 or 6 smaller courses. Classical music will help set the tone of your reception initially.  If you want to relax into the evening once all the formalities are over, you should consider hiring a DJ, band or both.