It’s a nice day for a white wedding — the ultimate wedding hair and beauty checklist

Per­fect wed­ding day hair and make­up don’t just hap­pen. It’s the result of months (and months) of hard work, prepa­ra­tion and ded­i­ca­tion — start­ing now. If you’re plan­ning a 2020 wed­ding, we’re here to help, with our ulti­mate wed­ding hair and beau­ty check­list for your big day. 

Starting now — get thinking

The good thing is that you are here, which means that you’ve already start­ed think­ing about your wed­ding hair and make­up (or at least the per­son send­ing you this link is). Car­ry that momen­tum for­ward by starting:

⬜ Research

While you don’t need to decide the exact hair­style you want right now, you do need a gen­er­al idea — espe­cial­ly if it involves grow­ing your hair out or prepar­ing for colour­ing. Pick up some bridal mag­a­zines, get pin­ning on Pin­ter­est and fol­low­ing our Insta­gram for inspiration. 

⬜ Haircare 

Long, short, up, down, straight or curly — it doesn’t mat­ter what wed­ding hair­style you pick, all that mat­ters is it’s healthy. Start car­ing for your hair with week­ly con­di­tion­ing treat­ments, reg­u­lar trims and styling protection. 

Six months before — get pampering

The count­down to your wed­ding and, more impor­tant­ly, your wed­ding hair and make­up is well and tru­ly on. This means:

⬜ Facials

Facials get rid of impu­ri­ties, reju­ve­nate your skin and give you a moment’s peace — if you love the sound of that then start imple­ment­ing them into your beau­ty regime now. We rec­om­mend a facial every one to two months, espe­cial­ly dur­ing wed­ding planning. 

Take a look at our beau­ty ser­vices page for pam­per­ing inspiration. 

⬜ Hairstylist and makeup artist

Six months may feel like ages away, but it’s noth­ing when you look at a hair styl­ist or make­up artists’ cal­en­dar. Book your pre-wed­ding hair and make­up tri­al and your wed­ding day hair and make­up ses­sions now — and don’t for­get your bridesmaids. 

Speak to us about our wed­ding day hair and beau­ty pack­age that includes con­sul­ta­tions, tri­als, wed­ding day hair and make­up and prosecco. 

Two months before — wedding hair decisions

The final wed­ding prepa­ra­tion bits and pieces are tak­ing place, and they should also include:

⬜ Hair accessories

Wed­ding plan­ning is full of deci­sion mak­ing, and unfor­tu­nate­ly, it’s not over yet. Wed­ding hair acces­sories come in all shapes and sizes — from stun­ning cathe­dral veils to sub­tle behind-the-ear flow­ers. Nar­row down your favourite ready for your wed­ding hair trial. 

⬜ Beauty habits

Good beau­ty habits are always on our to-do lists — but these last two months real­ly mat­ter. That means drink­ing more water, get­ting more sleep, deep con­di­tion­ing your hair and tak­ing your make­up off before bedtime. 

One month before — surviving the hen do

One month to go means one month to get every­thing sort­ed — eeek! Luck­i­ly you’ll have time to relax with:

⬜ Hair and makeup trials

Allow­ing you try dif­fer­ent styles and know what to expect on the big day, your hair and make­up tri­als should be relaxed, fun and use­ful. Come armed with a cou­ple of styles to try out, wear a top with a sim­i­lar neck­line to your dress and don’t for­get your hair accessories. 

⬜ Hen do

If your hen do looks set to involve sun­shine, sea and spir­its don’t for­get to pack the sun­block, inten­sive con­di­tion­er and aspirin — you’ll thank us later. 

Two weeks before — final wedding hair and makeup prep

Every­thing should final­ly be start­ing to fall in place, leav­ing you just enough time for:

⬜ Final cut and colour

You’ll have your per­son­al pref­er­ence on when your hair length and colour looks its best after a salon vis­it, but we’re putting it here to be extra safe. 

⬜ Don’t change a thing

It doesn’t mat­ter how much social media is rav­ing about it, or how much of a dis­count you have — do not try any new prod­ucts, treat­ments or regimes until after the wed­ding. You don’t know how your skin or hair will react, and the last thing you want on your wed­ding day is a red face or itchy scalp. 

One week before — not long to go

Your time is near­ly here, but not before you’ve booked in for:

⬜ Waxing, threading and plucking

Attend any hair removal appoint­ments in the week lead­ing up to your wed­ding, to avoid any red­ness or sen­si­tiv­i­ty on your wed­ding day. 

⬜ Massage

Wed­ding plan­ning has tak­en over your life for the past six months with seat­ing plans, menu choic­es and guestlists keep­ing you awake at night. Reward your­self with a relax­ing mas­sage — you have def­i­nite­ly earned it. 

The day before — it’s nearly here

Get­ting ner­vous? Relax — you’ve got it all cov­ered. Spend your last day of free­dom get­ting the fol­low­ing done:

⬜ Nails

You want your wed­ding day man­i­cure and pedi­cure to last well into your hon­ey­moon, so save it for last. Most brides opt for a light neu­tral colour, but it’s your day so pick what you want — just don’t for­get the glass of pros­ec­co with it. 

⬜ Me time

It’s a lot eas­i­er said than done, but if you can find just a cou­ple of min­utes to your­self before the big day, it will make a big dif­fer­ence. Relax with just a cof­fee and your thoughts about an excit­ing future that’s about to begin. 

The wedding hair and makeup big day

We have the con­fet­ti and tis­sues at the ready, your hair and beau­ty team have the tools and prod­ucts lined up — all you need to do is be pam­pered and say I do. 

Hap­py wed­ding day!

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