Wedding tips: What are the beauty hacks I shouldn’t forget? Tips and tricks on how to be the most beautiful bride.

Prepare your skin...

… so you look absolutely radiant in the photos! Book in an appointment at your beauty salon a few weeks before the wedding – depending on your skin’s needs, you can then arrange for any additional treatments. 

But you’ll need a little extra something to make sure your skin is nicely awakened on the morning of your wedding before the makeup goes on. 

That’s why you should pack the Lancôme Génifique Advanced face mask in your wedding makeup bag. It’s really hydrating, so in ten minutes your skin will look as rested and radiant as it would after ten years of sleep.

TIP: Don't squeeze any spots or picking at anything else on your face just before your wedding day! It’s tempting, but spotty areas will only end up even redder and you don’t want to be looking for a veil at the last minute. 

Wedding makeup 

Even if you’ve got your makeup skills perfected, my advice is to ditch them and entrust yourself to the care of a skilled makeup artist, whose hands won’t be shaking from nerves and who will know how to make your makeup work for the photos and the all-day party. The result will look just as good as your wedding inspiration from Instagram. 

If you have your favourite makeup products that you’re convinced will look good, you can still talk to your makeup artist. They won’t mind matching your makeup with your tried-and-tested products. 

Perfect skin 

Wedding makeup has to withstand all the emotions (from morning to evening) and still look great in your photos – so it’s no easy task. For this reason, I recommend the Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base. It doesn’t just keep everything in place, it also brightens up your skin and gives it a healthy and luscious appearance. 

If you want to look absolutely perfect in photos (and who doesn’t?), contouring your face is the key step. It mutes and highlights what it needs to on your face and visually smooths your skin. A makeup artist will definitely help you with precise contouring, but so will the Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Radiant Touch liquid highlighter. You can choose from several shades – and it even contains hyaluronic acid, so you get extra skin care included in the price!

Don’t like liquid highlighters? Then try the Makeup Revolution Strobe Lighting highlighter palette, which sits on your skin fantastically and lets you combine several shades if it suits your overall look. 

All in the detail 

So that you don’t have to worry all evening about whether your false eyelashes are staying put, it’s better to choose a mascara that will take care of the volume whilst keeping that wow effect. And in this case, the winner is the Gosh Just Click It! long-lasting mascara.

On your wedding day, don’t leave the perfect lip shape to lipstick alone; make sure that you get extra help from the Smashbox Be Legendary Line & Prime Pencil. It has a pleasant, creamy texture and, most importantly, prevents your lipstick from smudging. For me, it’s one of the TOP tips for a wedding that I try to share. 

TIP: Once your makeup is complete, make sure it lasts with the Makeup Revolution Hyaluronic Fix setting spray. 

Wedding hair

Just like with makeup, the same is true for your hair – trust a professional. It’ll get done faster, they’ll know all the tricks, and you can be sure your hairstyle is going to last right until the next day. Especially if you fix it with the L’Oréal Professionnel Infinium Strong extra-strong-hold hairspray. 

Want the ultimate natural hairstyle? For straight hair, just run a hair straightener over it; for curly hair just wash and scrunch with the Moroccanoil Curl mousse for curly hair. Basically, it’s ideal if you want to bring casual elegance to perfection. 

TIP: Are you worried that your colour has grown out since your last visit to the hairdresser? I have a solution for that, too! It comes in the form of a coloured spray designed directly for your root regrowth, Redken Root Fusion. Keep it with you just in case, and even if you don’t end up using it, at least you’ll have peace of mind.