Every wedding day is a momentous occasion for the couple involved but, for mums, this special day is a time to shine too – ideally with great hair and radiant skin worthy of the revered a mother of the bride or groom status.
A lot of planning goes into every detail, from your outfit, headpiece and hairstyle to makeup and accessories, so don’t let dull skin dim your glow for this special family occasion. Using a hero product, you can boost your radiance in minutes and get the wedding-day look every mum wants for those all-important pictures with the happy couple, family and friends.
Step 1: Prep With Hydration
Radiant skin doesn’t happen without hydration. Properly hydrated skin is plump-looking and dewy, and reflects light better as the surface is more even. How you treat your skin in the weeks before (and the day of) the wedding will deliver skin that feels comfortable and ready for makeup.
Shop for a moisturiser that is big on these ingredients: glycerin, hyaluronic acid, aloe vera, ceramides or squalane. These will ramp up hydration in the upper layers of your skin. Choose a formula that works with your skin type – a lightweight gel or lotions for oilier skin, rich creams for dry skin – and start using immediately for best results, so that your skin is balanced well before the big day.
We Rate:
- Summer Fridays Cloud Dew Moisturizer Cream for its oil-free formula that has three types of hydrating Hyaluronic Acid and pineapple extracts to gently remove dullness for radiant skin on combination or oiler types, €49/50ml.
- Laneige Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Intensive Moisturizer has a richer formulation that best suits dry, very dry or sensitive skin. Enriched with squalane, deep-sea algae, peptides and hyaluronic acid that repairs the skin’s natural barrier and deeply hydrates, its buttery texture works brilliantly on parched skin, €38/50ml.
Step 2: The Radiance Secret Weapon
Once you have your skin as hydrated as can be, it’s time to apply your secret weapon – an illuminating lotion. This product will instantly lift what can be an otherwise flat makeup look. It not only add more hydration but the formula will bounce light from the face, making the skin look more radiant, especially in photographs.
The effect you’re looking for is subtle and dewy rather than shimmering or sparkling, and if you’re not used to wearing an illunimating lotion, ask a makeup expert at your local beauty department store to apply it, so that you can find the right texture and shade, which is essential, especially if you are doing your own makeup on the wedding day.
There are a few ways to wear it:
- For oilier skin types, keep the luminous liquid for the higher parts of the face (the cheekbones, above the brows, if desired) and use it on top of your foundation.
- For drier skin types, it can be used as a base before foundation, or mixed into your foundation, or again on the higher points of the face mentioned above.
We Rate:
- Chanel’s Iridescent Illuminating Fluid in Halo is a gorgeous and subtle highlighter with a mix of soft pink and green illuminating pigments in a gold base that lifts dullness on every skin tone, €52/30ml.
- Charlotte Tilbury’s Hollywood Flawless Filter is an iconic illuminating liquid. It comes in 12 shades and combines a primer, highlighter and skin tint and delivers radiant skin instantly, €52/10ml.
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