DAYTIME

Cleanser | Select a cleanser suited to your skin type (oily, dry, combination, or sensitive). Using the right formula will ensure your skin is clean without being stripped of its natural moisture.

Cleanse Every Morning: While it might be tempting to skip this step, it’s essential to wash your face in the morning. This removes any leftover skincare products or oils from the night before, creating a fresh canvas for the rest of your skincare routine.

Toner | Choose the Right Toner for Your Skin. Identify Your Skin Concerns: Consider your primary skin concerns, such as dryness, acne, redness, or excess oil. Different toners target different issues, so it’s important to choose one that addresses your specific needs. Be sure to select a toner for Your Skin Type (dry, oily, acne prone, sensitive, etc.)

Serum | What is a Serum and How Does It Benefit Your Skin? A serum is a lightweight, highly concentrated treatment that contains a higher dose of active ingredients than traditional moisturizers. These potent formulas are designed to penetrate deeply into the skin, delivering targeted benefits to the layers where they are most effective.

To maximize the benefits of your serum, choose one formulated to address specific skin concerns. For example, look for serums that provide protection against environmental stressors, such as pollution and UV rays. Ingredients like antioxidants, vitamin C, and niacinamide can help shield your skin from damage caused by free radicals, while also boosting hydration and promoting a healthy, radiant complexion.

Gua Sha & Lymphatic Drainage | Incorporatoin a gua sha stone into the skincare routine helps promote lymphatic drainage. Which can reduce puffiness, improve circulation, and give your skin a more toned and glowing appearance. Click here for a video on how to properly use a gua sha stone. 

Eye Cream | What is Eye Cream and Why Do You Need It? Eye cream is a specialized moisturizer designed to address the unique needs of the delicate skin around your eyes. The skin in this area is thinner and more sensitive than the rest of your face, making it more susceptible to issues like fine lines, dark circles, and puffiness. Incorporating a targeted eye cream into your routine can help keep the skin around your eyes looking refreshed, youthful, and well-hydrated.

Moisturizer | Moisturizer is a crucial step in any skincare routine, as it helps maintain skin hydration and protects against environmental stressors. It works by attracting moisture to the skin, smoothing its texture, and forming a barrier to prevent water loss. 

Using the right moisturizer for your skin type is essential for optimal results. For dry skin, look for richer formulas that provide intense hydration, while oily skin benefits from lightweight, oil-free options. Sensitive skin requires fragrance-free, soothing ingredients, and combination skin thrives with balanced, non-comedogenic formulas. Regular moisturizing not only prevents dryness and irritation but also helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and keeps skin healthy and resilient.

Lip Balm | Lip balm is a key part of your skincare routine, helping to restore moisture and protect the delicate skin on your lips from dryness and cracking. Packed with antioxidants like vitamin E and green tea extract, it helps fight free radicals and supports the healing process, keeping your lips soft, smooth, and healthy. Regular use creates a protective barrier against environmental damage, UV rays, and harsh weather.

NIGHTTIME

Remove Makeup | Removing your makeup at the end of the day is essential for maintaining healthy skin. It helps to cleanse away dirt, oil, and environmental pollutants that accumulate throughout the day, preventing clogged pores, breakouts, and irritation. Additionally, removing makeup allows your skin to breathe and better absorb nighttime skincare treatments, promoting a clearer, more refreshed complexion.

Cleanser | Washing your face after removing makeup is important to ensure that all traces of makeup, dirt, oil, and environmental pollutants are completely cleansed from your skin. Makeup removers and wipes may not fully eliminate all residues, especially around the eyes and hairline. A second cleanse ensures your skin is thoroughly clean, preventing clogged pores, breakouts, and irritation. It also prepares your skin to better absorb the nourishing ingredients in your skincare products, allowing them to work more effectively overnight.

Toner

Serum

Eye Cream

PM Treatment and PM Moisturizer/Night Cream | Night or PM treatments are a crucial step in a skincare routine because your skin undergoes its natural repair and regeneration process while you sleep. During this time, your skin is more receptive to active ingredients, making it the ideal opportunity to target specific concerns like hydration, aging, or acne.

Night treatments often include more potent formulas, such as retinol, peptides, or hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid, which help stimulate collagen production, repair skin damage, and restore moisture. Additionally, your skin is free from environmental stressors like pollution and UV rays overnight, allowing these treatments to work more effectively. Incorporating a nighttime routine ensures your skin wakes up looking refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to face the day.

Lip Balm

Face Masks | A highly concentrated dose of vitamins and nutrients to the skin to improve its overall health. Face masks are occlusive – they create a physical barrier that locks in beneficial ingredients, allowing them to absorb more efficiently.  

Lip Masks | Lip masks provides nourishment and elasticity to our lips that it needs often.

Exfoliation | Exfoliating helps to keep your skin soft and smooth by buffing away and removing dead skin cells. This can be done physically or chemically about 2-3 times a week.

Facials | An Esthetician, will implement a set of skin care treatments for your face with the goal of exfoliating your skin, removing impurities, and dead skin. *If you’re trying this for the first time, go at least 3 months before your wedding/event in the case of any irritation/redness, etc.

Dermaplaning | a skin procedure which uses a sharp dermaplaning tool to gently remove the small, fine hairs on your entire face.

Hair Removal/Waxing | Help maintain the shape of your brows and remove any dark/unwanted hair on the face.

Set up an appointment with a Dermatologist if you haven’t already. They can assess your current skin condition and help devise a strategy for achieving your skin goals.

Drink lots of Water! Did you know that by drinking water you are helping to prevent sagging skin, maintain a healthy pH, flush toxins, reduce wrinkles, prevent breakouts, encourage natural moisture and elasticity

Eliminate breakout prone foods such as
1. Refined Sugars and Grains
2. Dairy Products
3. Fast Food
4. Alcohol
5. Chocolate

Silk Pillowcase | Silk Pillowcases are not only super comfortable to sleep on, but they are naturally hypoallergenic, they help prevent wrinkles and help keep skin more hydrated as they do not absorb the same way cotton does.

Use a Cool-mist Humidifier at night to add moisture to the air and keep your skin happy and healthy.

Manage Stress | this one is easier said than done, but do your best to remember what you love in life and focus on the good things. You can’t be in control of it all, you’re doing your best and pray about the rest!

1. Shampoo
2. Condition, preferably little to none
3. Apply a light hold mousse or styling product
4. Dry 100% from root to ends with blowdryer. *Do not use any heat tools (straightener, curling iron, etc.)

Wash your Hair the Night Before
1. Shampoo twice
2. Condition
3. Apply a light hold mousse or styling product
4. Dry 100% from root to ends with blowdryer. *Do not use any heat tools (straightener, curling iron, etc.)

Wash your Hair the Morning of 
1. Shampoo
2. Condition
3. Apply a light hold mousse or styling product
4. Dry 100% from root to ends with blowdryer. *Do not use any heat tools (straightener, curling iron, etc.)

Hair Color Come up with a game plan and aim to have the color touched up between 7-10 days before the wedding. 

Shampoo less often to avoid excess oil production on the scalp and it also helps keeps your color from fading out and becoming dull. Try this Dry Shampoo

Deep condition either weekly or bi-weekly to keep your hair growing, healthy and shiny!

Extensions are your best friend if your hair is lacking in the volume department (or if the hairstyle you want needs additional length.)