Why I Scheduled a January Wedding…

Why I Scheduled a January Wedding…

October 14th, 2009 @ 3:42 pm by Miss Lamb

… it’s long after softball season!

Check out my shiner:

This is after 5 days too. There’s nothing more to the story than I foul-tipped into my own face. Awesome. Last at bat, last game of the season. Can I repeat, awesome?

This pic was the one I took the day after it happened. It didn’t really seem to be showing up very well though - for whatever reason it looked much worse under the fluorescent lighting at work.

After I took the pic and began to crop it in Photoshop, I figured I’d give you the unedited version so that you can see just how far I have to go in my wedding day beauty regimen.

After tangoing with nearly every skin care system in the world (including a few rounds of Accutane back in college), I’ve found the best upkeep system to be Proactiv. I’m conflicted about buying more though.

My Pros:

I know it works for me.
It makes my skin look healthy.
I love how smooth and soft my skin feels.

My Cons:

It’s expensive.
It’s time consuming.

Are my cons just the price I have to pay for decent skin?

Also, do you think I should wax the brow bushes about 1 week before the wedding? My math was based on that I want the red definitely to be gone and then still have some pluck free wiggle room for the honeymoon. The only problem is that I may not be in Norfolk the week before the wedding which would leave my brows up to chance as I seek a new person in the DC area during Christmas week. Hmmmmmm…

Are you planning your wedding around any physical sport seasons? Have you had to sport a shiner to a wedding or special event?

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28 Responses to “Why I Scheduled a January Wedding…”

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EmilyM2010 (message) 35 posts, Newbee

I feel your pain! I play rugby and am constantly dealing with bruises, scrapes, cuts, etc. Thank goodness wedding dresses are long, as my legs constantly look like a 12-year old’s I’ll probably have to take off the second half of my spring season, just to be sure I’m not sporting any black eyes (or on crutches!) for my May wedding.

I DID get lucky enough to have a pair of black eyes for the first meeting of my parents and my FI’s parents a couple of Thanksgivings ago. Luckily, I’d already met his parents, so I guess it COULD have been worse..

10/14/09 @ 3:49 pm (reply)

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Laylabelle (message) 1,847 posts, Buzzing bee

Oh, you’re adorable! You can barely see that shiner!

Definitely stay with the Proactiv. The cost and hassle are worth the results, and the impending agony and expense of trying to find something else that works, IMO.

Definitely wax one to two weeks before, and pluck strays. Redness and bumps should be rectified by then.

10/14/09 @ 3:51 pm (reply)

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fiftyfootbride (message) 3,683 posts, Sugar bee

You’re so precious. Your eyes are gorg, btw. I’d say stay with the Proactiv if it works for you. You only have to be consistent with it until after wedding-land is over. :p

I’m not in sports anymore (insert crying here. stupid injuries), but my current problem is with my hands! I have hands that always covered in paint, partially dyed, have tar on them that won’t come off for days, etc. I have artist’s hands, as snotty as that sounds. That does not make for some very pretty hand-shots, and our engagement shoot is a week away! Meep. Maybe I’ll just embrace my rainbow-handed-ness and go for it. I also have ridonk scars on my knees and shins from the 13 years of basketball. I need to find a way to hide those guys. :-/

10/14/09 @ 3:59 pm (reply)

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Katie

I waxed a week before our wedding (my first time!), and my redness was gone, but my brows looked great through the honeymoon. Luckily the lady stayed conservative - no surprised face!

10/14/09 @ 4:07 pm (reply)

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Sage (message) 398 posts, Helper bee

I’m planning our wedding so that it doesn’t compete with college football. Not because we know anyone who plays… but because my dear FI is THAT obsessed with it. How can I expect him to be fully present for our ceremony if Penn State is playing?!?

10/14/09 @ 4:19 pm (reply)

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Miss Lamb (message) 461 posts, Helper bee

@Sage: WE ARE

PENN STATE!

10/14/09 @ 4:24 pm (reply)

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julesann (message) 79 posts, Worker bee

Oh my gosh. Do NOT do your eyebrows the week before….Wait at LEAST 2 weeks…..

I JUST had mine done, and had some skin ripped off!!! Completely healed now, 2 weeks later. That was 6 weeks before my wedding, and I will NOT get them done again before the day. Too scared now!!! Lots of tweezin to do!

10/14/09 @ 4:30 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Perfume (message) 1,632 posts, Bumble bee

I agree with fiftyfootbride, your eyes ARE gorg! Even with a shiner!

10/14/09 @ 4:46 pm (reply)

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KMSull (message) 2,437 posts, Buzzing bee

Two weeks before and plucking the strays will totally be fine!

10/14/09 @ 5:13 pm (reply)

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LatteLove (message) 4,094 posts, Honey bee

I had a bridesmaid with some brutal volleyball bruises on her legs!

you do have pretty eyes!

I wouldn’t get eyebrows waxed more than two days before the wedding

10/14/09 @ 5:44 pm (reply)

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pmerr (message) 1,184 posts, Bumble bee

I LOVE proactive! that’s what I’ve been using since I’ve started getting acne & have used it ever since!

I actually kind of did pick the date around sports-We wanted Valentine’s Day-parents pretty much said no, so I wanted 6 months later but FI wasn’t sure b/c it was the playoff time period for softball-it should work out-cutting it close though.

10/14/09 @ 5:47 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Mouse (message) 3,295 posts, Sugar bee

I got mine waxed two days before the wedding, and they weren’t red at all by photo-op time. Maybe do a trial run and see how long it takes your skin to calm down after a wax?

10/14/09 @ 5:49 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Yorkie (message) 1,013 posts, Bumble bee

You’re awesome, Lamb! We didn’t plan our wedding around anything other than the academic year (family full of teachers) and hurricane season. I was already in training mode for a marathon when we got engaged. So to avoid hideous racerback tan lines, I promptly gave up the cute singlets for sleeved full-coverage tech shirts. Sacrifices! ;o)

10/14/09 @ 5:54 pm (reply)

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Miss Moonbeam (message) 1,328 posts, Bumble bee

Ha! I love that this was a consideration for your timing. I’m running a half marathon the week before and I’m just hoping I don’t fall and scrape my knees.

10/14/09 @ 5:55 pm (reply)

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ColorCoated (message) 951 posts, Busy bee

I have bad skin and it’s such a pain! If it’s good, then maybe you should stick with what works!

10/14/09 @ 6:30 pm (reply)

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Mrs. French Bulldog (message) 6,063 posts, Bee Keeper

@Mrs. Perfume & @fiftyfootbride: DITTO!

10/14/09 @ 7:02 pm (reply)

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Miss Ramen (message) 256 posts, Helper bee

UGH yes. isn’t it ridiculous how much time and money you have to spend to look nice? i’ve always been a wash and go kind of girl until my skin freaked out within the past 2 years - grad school? so i just have recently been dropping too much for skincare so i look like a normal person. argh. btw, you look fantastic anyways, shiner, pjs and all!

10/14/09 @ 7:31 pm (reply)

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11.11.11Bride (message) 84 posts, Worker bee

@fiftyfootbride, I love reading your comments!

10/14/09 @ 7:32 pm (reply)

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fiftyfootbride (message) 3,683 posts, Sugar bee

@11.11.11Bride: Thanks.

10/14/09 @ 7:41 pm (reply)

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Jessie516 (message) 3,976 posts, Honey bee

I was a BM for a college friend one summer, while I was playing IM softball. During a practice, I was talking with a teammate when (believe it or not) my now-husband– who was just a friend at the time–threw the ball to me. I wasn’t looking and instead of catching it, it hit me in the forearm. I had a humongous bruise, which you can see in all of my friend’s wedding photos. I figured at least I was a bridesmaid and not the bride.

10/14/09 @ 8:19 pm (reply)

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RecessionistaBride (message) 3,135 posts, Sugar bee

I love proactiv! It’s essential to my beauty regime. Without it I look like a teenage boy… eek. It is time consuming & costly, but it’s definitely worth it. If it helps, in Canada its over $80 so I stock up whenever I’m in the US lol.

10/15/09 @ 1:45 am (reply)

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Mrs. Espresso (message) 1,064 posts, Bumble bee

Seriously! I didn’t even notice the shiner because of how gorgeous your eyes are!

10/15/09 @ 2:18 am (reply)

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septbride26 (message) 46 posts, Newbee

Haha. You remind me of myself. I had a huge, very visible bruise on my arm for my wedding day. I actually got it the week before at my bachelorette party, but it was fitting because there is hardly a time I don’t have at least one bruise from one sport or another…

10/15/09 @ 10:26 am (reply)

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Miss Lamb (message) 461 posts, Helper bee

Aww shucks! Thanks guys! I think Lamma-Ramma like my blue peepers too

10/15/09 @ 12:14 pm (reply)

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pvaulter718 (message) 1,593 posts, Bumble bee

I tried to be super careful before the wedding, but on Rehearsal Day my klutzy self fell over and I had a wonderful bruise on my shoulder. Oh well, we’ll photoshop it outa the important ones and it’ll make me laugh in the rest

10/15/09 @ 12:59 pm (reply)

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alishaneva (message) 1,524 posts, Bumble bee

As mentioned before - gorgeous eyes! I’m planning to not play rugby the season before - seriously - it’s bad news bears and I do NOT want anything broken, a nice cleat bruise anywhere, or anything else. As far as the proactiv goes - if it works for you, keep up with it for your wedding. I’m betting you’ll be happy you did! And I’m clueless on the eyebrow factor - I really should do something to them but I’m scared scared scared!

10/15/09 @ 1:33 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 2,616 posts, Sugar bee

i could barely tell you had a shiner! i’m kind of klutzy so all i can do is hope i don’t bruise anything that’s visable!

10/15/09 @ 5:24 pm (reply)

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mvp_bride (message) 118 posts, Blushing bee

Have you tried AcneFree? I quit Proactiv and switched it it a couple of years ago, and I’m very happy. It’s cheaper, it’s available in stores, and it works better for my skin. (And I swear they don’t pay me. They should for how much I rave about them!)

10/15/09 @ 8:52 pm (reply)