Weddingbee Blog

I have a confession to make: I don’t take very good care of my hair, skin, or nails.

I mean, I shower. I wash my face every day, and I wash my hair maybe three to four times a week. But that’s really it. Ironically, I’m a product whore, so I have dozens of tubes and bottles of serums, creams, lotions, potions, and other things that I should be applying to my hair and skin but hardly ever do. The products that I do use are just the bare minimum that I apply in order to not look like Medusa when I walk out the door.

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So, not surprisingly, my skin is a mess and my hair is the bane of my existence. Usually I don’t care too much. Mr. S loves me no matter what I look like, and I really don’t care what the people in my office think of my appearance. But on my wedding day, despite my hatred of being the center of attention, all eyes are going to be on me, and there will be more photos taken of me on that day than any other day of my life.

So I have to look pretty. And I might as well start now.

I’m growing out my hair from the in-between-y stage that it’s in now, so I bought some hair, skin, and nails vitamins.

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While having long, strong hair with no dead ends is my goal, I figured that the vitamins would also clear up my skin and make my nails stronger. And they very possibly might. If I could remember to take the damned things. (TMI alert—when I do remember to take them, my pee is scarily radioactive looking. Yikes.)

I figure that by not washing my hair every day, I’m not drying it every day, which will reduce some damage as well. But my lack of washing has nothing to do with healthy hair and has everything to do with me not wanting to spend 45 minutes drying my hair every. single. morning. Because, trust me, my hair air dried ain’t pretty.

Now. Let’s talk about my face.

I don’t get too many breakouts anymore, but I have nasty clogged pores and generally dull skin. So I made an investment the other day. I bought myself a Clarisonic!

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It was pricey, but this thing gets raves. It also seems like the lazy person’s ideal—a brush that scrubs your face for you? Sign me up!

Now I just have to apply the serums and creams on which I’ve spent all of my well-earned money. And maybe by the time the wedding rolls around, my craptastic skin will be somewhat glowy. Wish me luck.

Do you find yourself amping up your beauty and skincare routine in preparation for your wedding? What are you doing differently?