Getting married should be one of the happiest days of your life. And having great skin can be a great contributing factor. That translates into a hydrated, glowing and even toned canvas. Smooth enough to forfeit makeup if you dare or enhance its effects if you don’t.
Wedding Beauty Prep
Though with so much to prepare for prior to the due day, many women tend to neglect their skin until just the very end. Here at the Embassy of Beauty, our team of highly qualified professionals will help you get your best skin for the perfect day, so you can focus on other things on your wedding itinerary. Like where to go for your honeymoon.
Skin Consultation
If you haven’t already, booking a skin analysis should be your first step. A skin analysis will help to determine your skin type and unique skin needs, ultimately allowing your therapists to pick the best treatments and home care products for your skin. Understanding your skins needs is essential not just for your wedding day, but for long term skin health as well. Honeymoon glow included.
We recommend coming in for a skin analysis ideally six months prior to your wedding. Our expert therapists will prescribe you with the appropriate routine to ensure your skin is at its best come the day of. Allowing such a large gap not only gives your skin ample time to become accustomed to new treatments or products, but also allows it to reap the maximum benefits of their usage.
Minimise Skin Preparation
As eager as you may be to throw a ton of active ingredients at your skin, the key is to minimise the use of anything that may cause irritation. This is especially true for at home product use. While a chemical peel at the beginning of your bridal beauty journey can definitely help, try and avoid those kinds of treatments as the day draws closer.
The focus should be on the basics of skin health, which include hydration, balance, exfoliation, nourishment and protection. And when we say exfoliation, we mean GENTLE. No abrasive scrubs or burning tinctures please.
Irene Forte Apricot Penta-Acid Polish is an aloe juice gelée that promises to leave your face smoother after each use. Its dual-action formula provides gentle chemical and physical exfoliation, revealing visibly brighter and smoother-looking skin over time. The chemical exfoliation comes from a combination of Gluconolactone, a next-generation acid that hydrates, brightens, and gently resurfaces, alongside a Quadruple-AHA Complex that enhances these benefits and boosts the skin renewal process to improve signs of skin ageing. The physical exfoliation is provided by crushed Apricot Seeds, which swiftly buff away any dry or flaky skin, leaving the skin soft to the touch. To ensure balanced skin during exfoliation, the formula contains Aloe Leaf Juice and Algae, which hydrate and protect the skin. This potent formula will give you soft, supple, and even skin, laying the foundation for the rest of your routine to perform its best, ensuring your foundation can achieve its best on your wedding day.
Bodycare
Not to forget skin below the neck, Aman’s Nourishing Jade Scrub & Soak targets rough texture on the body. Rich in Himalayan salt and jade crystals, these two ingredients unite to soften bumpy skin. Its blend of moisturising oils, such as calendula, argan and magnolia, intensely nourish and seal in the mineral benefits of the scrub.
Prolong your velvety skin results by layering a moisturiser such as the Aman Grounding Smoked Body Butter on top. Murumuru butter provides a source of extreme hydration, deeply infusing skin with vitamins and essential fatty acids. Healing beeswax and honey soothe inflammation, calming skin and offering natural anti-bacterial protection. After application, gently swipe skin with the Biologique Recherche Gant de Massage Corps. This hypoallergenic silicone glove boosts lymphatic drainage, helping to rid skin of cellulite, while increasing penetration of topical products. Perfect for weekly use leading up to your walk down the aisle, it will leave skin firm, toned and snatched in that beautiful wedding gown.
Pollution
If you happen to live in London, or any other bustling city, skin pollution should be a concern of yours. It’s been reported that environmental pollutants can significantly speed up the skin ageing process. This usually occurs via particulate matter (microscopic particles) embedding themselves into skin and triggering inflammatory responses.
Unless you are lucky enough to be on a country retreat for the months before your wedding, avoiding pollution might not be very realistic. However, basic skincare practices such as cleansing your skin daily, are a sure-fire way to mitigate the negative effects that pollution has on the skin. Lait VIP O2 from Biologique Recherche, is a hydrating cleanser formulated with oxygenating and anti-pollution complex that works around the clock to protect skin from environmental pollution and keep skin glowy. Added yeast helps to boost skin’s radiance, while Vitamins E and Rice Bran Oil leave skin soft, hydrated and comfortable.
A spray of Irene Forte Helichrysum Toner after your cleanse can enhance Lait Vip O2’s brightening and protective benefits, whilst balancing skin. Sicilian white wine drenches skin in antioxidant proanthocyanidins, instantly providing a burst of hydration. The toners’ blend of humectants includes prebiotics saccharide isomerate, which keeps skin plump for up to 72 hours post application. This refreshing and radiance enhancing toner, can be used on the morning of your wedding day to keep skin supple with a healthy glow
Irene Forte Skincare
Other great choices for your special day are also Irene Forte offerings. The Triple Level Hyaluronic Acid Serum contains a trifecta of hyaluronic acid molecular sizes. This allows the serum to instantly plump and minimise fine lines and wrinkles. Infused with rose extract which provides astringent and soothing benefits, helping to keep skin firm and calm throughout celebrations. Smooth on the Pistachio Lip Balm afterwards for a pout that may leave you lip-locked at the altar. The included Omega-Rich Pistachio Oil and Wild Mango Butter deeply nourishes dry lips, while Olive Oil Fractions prevent moisture loss and restore suppleness, your groom will be sure to give you a very eager “I do”.
A Few Weeks Before
In the weeks leading up to the big day, Sapelo’s Spring Tide Serum is sure to usher in healthier skin. A skin replenishing treatment, its innovative formula utilises Arctic Salmon Caviar to boost collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid production, while decreasing the look of redness and pigmentation. Pair it with Irene Forte Hibiscus Night Cream in the evenings to further enhance the anti-aging benefits. This nourishing moisturiser contains a natural injectables alternative known as Myoxinol™. Clinically proven to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, including deep forehead lines, it works alongside green pea polypeptides to further support the skin’s natural product of collagen for results that become more prominent overtime.
The Night Before
If your skin is looking great for the big day, it should be a big weight off your mind, but we appreciate that there will be other stressors at play.
That’s why, the night before your wedding day, we can’t emphasise the importance of relaxing and de-stressing as much as possible. To help you set the mood, light the luxurious Trudon Tuileries Candle. Crafted as a homage to Marie Antoinette, it features rose at its heart, the favourite flower of the queen. Cocooned by pink berry at its head and vanilla at the base, this decadent fragrance will soothe your senses to no end.
Mini Spa Night
As the musk laced smoke wafts through your home, step into a warm tub infused with the Aman Nourishing Coconut Milk Bath. A creamy confection of coconut milk blends with jasmine, ylang ylang and magnolia flower oils to cleanse, nourish and energise your system. While you indulge in your baths’ replenishing benefits, unfold the Biologique Recherche Mask Biologique Feeriee on to your face. Rich in marine collagen, this curative mask deeply hydrates, smoothes and soothes the skin, ensuring you wake up with a taut complexion.
To round off your mini spa night, apply a pair of Patch Defatigants, also from Biologique Recherche, around your eyes. Their iconic pincher design allows for complete eye contour rejuvenation. Caffeine and peptides alleviate puffiness and dark circles, while Hyaluronic acid and Cassava extract smooth out the appearance of crow's feet and tighten skin around the eyes. With long term effects for the overall eye area, there’s no doubt your guests won’t be able to take their eyes off you.
Thank you for reading, and we’ll see you under the veil.
