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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.

Wedding Preparation: Eyebrows

At the Beauty Bar we want you to look your absolute best when the day of your wedding arrives so we offer some helpful tips for bridal hair and makeup that will make a big difference. This week we focus on the eyebrows and provide some tips for eyebrow shaping that will create luxuriously groomed arches any bride will die for. Some women have naturally full eyebrows that can be easily shaped by a trained makeup artist but there are many women who lack thickness and for them we offer some tips on shaping that will add depth and fill in any gaps.

When shaping eyebrows it is important to take a long, realistic look at your face. Longing for something that isn’t there won’t help you any so it’s best to accept the face you have and then work on shaping your brows to fit your particular angles and curves. Aligning the front of your brow with the upper bridge of your nose is the first step. Before plucking your eyebrows fill each in with a slanted pencil and use a spoolie brush to get lift and volume. Now that you have full eyebrows to work with you can remove unwanted follicles with a tweezers. Step back from the mirror periodically to get a big picture look at your shaping.

When using a pencil to fill in brows try to avoid sticks that are too waxy since this can lead to dark and heavy brows that may stick and clump. Also be careful about trimming since the more you trim the harsher new brows will grow in and if you notice any hairs that are obviously longer than any others snip those carefully. Aim to have the tops of the brow arches to be at the same point and always comb brows at an upward angle, in the direction of the brow. For outstanding eyebrow shaping prior to your Connecticut wedding, contact the expert stylists at the Beauty Bar in Southington, CT.

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