Weddings · MorpethBridal & Occasion Preparation in Morpeth, Northumberland

The rule that matters

Nothing new in the four weeks before the wedding. Every treatment on your plan should have been done at least once, far enough out that you know how your skin reacts to it. Brides who book a first-ever facial the week before are the ones who end up with a reaction on the day, and it is entirely avoidable.

A working timeline

Six to twelve months out

Consultation and skin analysis. This is when a course of anything — microneedling, peels, laser hair removal, acne or pigmentation work — has time to run properly. Laser in particular needs six to eight sessions spaced weeks apart, so it cannot be started late.

Three to six months out

Run the courses. Trial your hair and settle the colour so there is time for a correction if you do not love it. Start regular Hydrafacials. If you are having injectables, this is the window — not later.

Six to eight weeks out

Final injectable appointment, if any, so there is time for it to settle and for a review. Hair colour appointment. Any last course sessions.

Two weeks out

Final Hydrafacial. Final colour or toner. Nothing invasive from here.

The last week

• Three to five days before — dermaplaning, brows shaped, lash lift or extensions
• Two days before — spray tan if you are having one
• The day before — nails, and a final blow dry
• The morning — hair and makeup

Bridal parties

We can take a party through the morning together at 16 Oldgate, with hair and nails running alongside each other. Book early — Saturdays in summer go a long way in advance — and tell us the number when you enquire so we can allocate the staff and the space.

Mother of the bride, guests and occasions

The same applies at a smaller scale for guests, proms, christenings and anniversaries. A Hydrafacial ten days before and brows three days before will do more than anything you can buy.

From the journal

• Wedding skin: a timeline that works backwards

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