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Category: Weddings

How to Get Glowing Skin for your Wedding

Here are a few tips on how every bride can have glowing skin on their wedding day.

Every bride wants her skin to look glowing on her wedding day. Most people aren’t blessed with naturally perfect skin, so you have to prepare for the big day by taking care of your skin beforehand. There are several things you can do to make sure that your skin will look amazing as you walk down the aisle to marry your prince!

Tip #1 – As expected, most brides suffer from extreme amounts of stress leading up to their wedding day. Stress is detrimental to your skin, leading to breakouts and hypersensitivity. Brides should take some time to de-stress before the big day. Participate in some yoga classes or have a spa day to bring down your stress levels.

Tip #2 – Keeping your skin hydrated is extremely important. Look for skin products that contain hyaluronic acid, because this ingredient helps lock moisture into the skin and keep it looking young and healthy.

Tip #3 – Exfoliate!!! You should be exfoliating at least 2-3 times a week with a gentle exfoliator. This will help boost the skin’s natural cell renewal process, keeping the pores open and the skin glowing.

Tip #4 – Eat a diet that is rich in antioxidants and vitamins, particularly vitamin A, C, and E. Also be sure to drink LOTS of water, which is the most effective internal hydrator. Your diet affects your skin much more than you might think.

Tip #5 – Frankincense essential oil is great for helping detoxify the body. Place a few drops in some coconut or almond oil and mix it into bath water, then soak yourself in it for around 20 minutes.

Follow these skin care tips and your skin will look amazing on your wedding day 🙂

Pre-Wedding Day Beauty Tips for the Bride

Brides to be should be preparing themselves with these pre-wedding beauty tips six months before the big day.

Every girl wants to look amazing on her wedding day. From the dress to their hair and makeup, the bride should look perfect. Experts say that brides should be preparing themselves to look picture perfect on their wedding day six months in advance. Here are all the pre-wedding beauty regiments every bride should be doing.

Lips

You’ll definitely want to get soft, kissable lips for when you smooch your husband for the first time. Brush away flakes of dry skin with an infant toothbrush soaked in baking soda and water. Apply some healing ointment and in no time your lips will be ready for your first kiss as a married couple.

Teeth

A picture perfect smile doesn’t come naturally for many people. A cosmetic dentist can typically correct teeth with veneers. If you don’t want to endure the painful hours in the dentist’s chair, there is an alternative. Lumineers are now being used by thousands of dentists and can be applied in just two short, painless appointments.

Makeup

A bride’s makeup should bring out her natural beauty. If you are a woman with warm skin tones, you will look best in pink, coral, peach, amber, brown, and red colored makeup with yellow undertones. Girls with a cool skin tone should choose pink, berry, lilac, mauve, or red colored makeup with blue undertones.

Skin

A cleansing program will help get your skin looking amazing before the big day. Use a cleanser that is appropriate for your skin type in the morning, a daily moisturizer, and makeup remover and cleanser at night. You should also use a gentle facial scrub once a week.

Hair

If you are planning on changing your hair color before your wedding day, experiment several months before. This way if you don’t like the way it looks you will have plenty of time to correct it.

Nails

Weekly manicures will help keep your nails healthy. You should have a manicure a few days before your wedding day. A pale pink color or French manicure will look great and chips won’t show much on them. Your nails will look great during the rehearsal dinner and the big day.

Bridal Services from The Beauty Bar

The Beauty Bar offers many bridal services that will make sure the bride and her bridesmaids look gorgeous on the big day.

If you are planning for your wedding, congratulations on your engagement! The Beauty Bar offers many services that every bride should take advantage of. You and your bridesmaids will get the Hollywood treatment with The Beauty Bar’s bridal services. From hair, makeup, and tanning to a full service beauty maid, The Beauty Bar does it all.

Beauty Maid

One of the best services we offer for brides is our beauty maid service. A bride should be pampered on her wedding day. A beauty maid will be at your side to keep your makeup and hair just right all day. Our beauty maid will come on-location and work as your personal beauty assistant. So if you are using the bridal suite at Seasons at Oak Lane, our beauty maid will meet you there and do the whole bridal party’s hair and makeup. Our beauty maids are trained professionals in hair and makeup and can be counted on to make sure you and your bridesmaids look beautiful throughout the whole ceremony.

Trial

When using our bridal services, you get to come down to our studio for a trial. On this day we will test out different hair and makeup styles to get it just right before your wedding. Many brides schedule their trial the same day as their dress fitting so they can get a clear picture of how they will look on their wedding day. Brides should bring any tear sheets of styles they like and accessories they plan on wearing down the aisle. Once our beauty experts create the look you want, we will duplicate it on your wedding day.

Spray Tanning

At The Beauty Bar we also offer spray tanning services. We use Xen-Tan sunless tanning products to give you that natural tan look you want. Many brides don’t have time before their wedding to get a natural tan from laying outside, especially if their wedding is in the off season. With our spray tanning services you will look dark and beautiful after just one session. You don’t have to worry about the unhealthy side effects of tanning beds or getting burned or looking orange. Our spray tan experts will give you a gorgeous looking, even tan. You will look amazing in your pictures and at the alter on your wedding day after getting a spray tan from The Beauty Bar.

Xen-Tan Spray Tanning

Get a safe and natural looking tan by using Xen-Tan sunless tanning products.

With spring here, many people are going to start working on their tan. Men and women have become more concerned in the past decade with getting that perfect tan. Even when it is cold out people want to stay tan and many use dangerous tanning beds that can cause cancer. Spray tanning using Xen-Tan sunless tanning products can safely give you that natural looking tan you want for vacation, prom, wedding, or pictures.

Many people think that spray tanning will leave their skin bright orange and give them an unnatural look. Xen-Tan sunless tanning products will give you only the most natural looking tan that is the right shade and tone for your complexion. Many light skinned people are easily burned and more likely to get skin cancer even from natural sunlight. Xen-Tan spray tan allows light skinned people to get that sun kissed skin they want at no risk.

Many times weddings and proms happen during months where natural tans just aren’t an option. It can also take several trips to an unsafe tanning bed to achieve a tan. One session of spray tan will give you a great tan complexion so you can look amazing for wedding or prom pictures. If you get your friends together, many companies who use Xen-Tan products will come on-location for a spray tanning party. This is the perfect way for a bride and her bridesmaids or group of friends to get the perfect tan.

So next time you think about going outside to tan or lay in a tanning bed, think about the health risk you are taking. Whether you need a tan for a special event, want one for vacation, or just want to look great, you should get a spray tan. You can feel confident that you are getting a safe tan with Xen-Tan products.

Summer Wedding Preparation Starts Now

It’s hard to think about a summer wedding when the air is cold and snow still covers the ground. However, if you have planned your wedding for June, July or August now is the time to prepare for your hair and makeup styling. Summer is one of the busiest times of year for professional hair stylists and make-up artists and if you want to get the quality beauty styling you deserve for your summer wedding in Connecticut make your reservations now.

If you wait until the week before your wedding to look for a stylist don’t count on getting the best. In demand make-up artists and hair stylists in Connecticut book way in advance and if you want your wedding hair and make-up to be top-notch, start contacting stylists now. In two short months the summer wedding season will kick into gear and finding a stylist you can trust should be on top of your priority list.

Another good reason to start looking for stylists now is that you will want to consult with them about ideas you have. With more time between the styling and the day of the wedding you can see different looks and make decisions on coloring, length and styles without feeling rushed. Finding the right stylist isn’t easy so get started now to find the person who will make you look your best on your wedding day.

Airbrush Makeup is great for girls to use when getting Senior Portraits done. No more retouching makeup in-between outfit changes!