WEDDING SKINCARE: WHEN TO START & WHAT TO USE

Preparing for the big day requires more than just choosing the perfect dress and venue. Your skin deserves some tender loving care too! Establishing a pre-wedding skincare routine and timeline is essential for achieving that radiant bridal glow. By starting early, you can address any specific concerns, whether it's fine lines, dullness, dark spots, or otherwise and allow ample time for your skin to transform.

Nutrition plays the long game. The sooner you start, the better results you will see. Nourish your body for your health and wellbeing first and foremost, but enjoy the benefits you’ll see on your skin. Your skin on the outside directly reflects how healthy you are on the inside. So for radiant skin, start eating nutrient rich food as early as possible, limit sugar, alcohol, and caffeine, and spoil your skin with superfoods it loves like fish, nuts, avocadoes, sweet potatoes, and more.

Suncare also plays the long game like nutrition. While it’s never too late to start before your vows, starting a year before will help prevent photo-aging like sun spots and loss of elasticity. Before you say I do, commit to a sunscreen with haute protection. Our UV Expert Supra Screen SPF 50+ combines our highest level of hydrophilic filters in an invisible UV serum formula for very high protection against UVA, XL UVA, UVB, and pollution to reduce dark spots, dullness, fine lines and more.

Your cleansing routine can impact your skin quality for months to come. So take the time to account for proper cleansing in your routine. The dead skin cells, dirt, and other impurities you start washing away now will mean less skin problems in the months leading up to your wedding date. So get a great cleanser for your skin type and say bye bye blackheads and breakouts! You’re not invited to the nuptials.

Now is also a great time to begin considering skin from head-to-toe and introduce some serious bodycare into your self care routine. The Absolue Soft Body Balm uses Exclusive Perpetual Rose Molecular fractions™ and Pro-Xylane™ for instant skin repair and lasting skin correction. Much more than just a typical body moisturizer, it actually improves your skin quality so it will and feel beautiful on your big day.

Now is the time to give your skin the ultimate pre-wedding boost! To see the full results of toners, serums, moisturizers and more, it usually takes about a month. So at least one month before your big day before your skincare arsenal is complete. Don’t introduce any new products more than one month before your wedding in case you have an adverse reaction.

For dramatic skincare improvement in the month before your wedding these are three key ingredients you might want to focus on: Vitamin C, Niacinamide, and Hyaluronic Acid. One Lancôme product has them all: Rénergie H.C.F. Triple Serum. By combining these highly effective ingredients it improves skin volumetry and quality, corrects wrinkles, fades dark spots, and even skin tone. The result is more smooth, plump, even, and youthful skin for your wedding day.

Hydration is going to be your best friend in the week before your wedding! Don’t forget, it works from the inside out. Start by avoiding diuretics like caffeine and alcohol. Drink lots of water, daily too and even set small reminders and objectives for your water intake. Then, be sure to be diligent with your trusted moisturizer. For extra hydration, you can add in a night cream or masks if you’re not already using them.

Also, the lead up to your wedding can be very stressful. This doesn’t do great things for our skin. So try to get everything in order ahead of time with the best laid plans. Then take this week before your wedding to avoid stress that can lead to breakouts and skin irritation. Instead focus on spoiling your skin with products you already know and trust by now savor the remaining moments of pre-wedding bliss and you dream about the big day!