Nails First up, nails.
Wedding season is basically hand-content season.
Between holding bouquets, Champagne glasses, tiny handbags and posing for endless photos, your nails are suddenly the main character.
I’m personally loving soft, glossy, expensive-looking shades right now – milky pinks, sheer nudes, soft peach tones and barely-there manicures that go with absolutely everything.
Think quiet luxury rather than chaotic nail art energy.
I’m a big fan of 14 Day Mani, developed by nail health educator Suzanne Cummins, and the new 14 Day Mani Nail Gloss Nail Polish (€15, 14daymanicure.com) is a collection of long-wear, high-shine polishes designed to deliver up to 14 days of glossy colour, with no lamp required.
Created for simple application and easy removal, there are five shades with more shades due to be launched over the summer.
Hair Hair is equally important because no outfit survives a bad hair day.
The trick is making hair look healthy, glossy and effortless rather than overdone.
I always think good wedding hair should move, bounce and still look good by the time you’re ordering chips or pizza at 2am.
Scalp care, overnight treatments, shine sprays and proper prep products are where the magic really happens now.
If your hair frizzes the moment you step outside, Color Wow Dream Coat (€31, phare.store) is still the GOAT when it comes to achieving frizz-free hair, regardless of the weather.
The beloved anti-frizz spray creates a humidity-proof, glossy finish for smooth, glass-like hair.
As we head into the summer, we need to protect our hair from the sun.
R+Co Sun Catcher Power C Nourish + Refresh Styling Spray (€29, bridgetharen.com) is a vitamin C-infused mist that preps or refreshes while protecting hair from UV damage, pollution, frizz and heat up to 450F.
It will leave your hair soft and shiny, and it contains delicious ingredients like hyaluronic acid for nourishment and hydration; goji berry, to smooth frizz and tame ends; and elderberry, rosehip and sea buckthorn oils for silky, dimensional shine.
Semi di Lino is Alfaparf Milano Professional’s care range designed to embrace different hair needs.
Its Smooth range aims to tame rebellious and frizzy hair, and it has been expanded with two new leave-in products for silky straight hair.
The Semi DI Lino Smoothing Cream (€15.60, millies.ie) is a fab straightening cream for medium to thick hair, designed to make brushing easier and protect hair from heat and humidity.
Teeth And then there’s teeth.
Not scary TV-presenter white, but fresh, healthy-looking and bright.
A good smile honestly lifts your whole face in photos, and there are now brilliant whitening products and glosses that give that polished look without looking fake.
And, of course, you need a good toothbrush.
I’m loving the new Spotlight Oral Care Sonic One Electric Toothbrush (€44.99, eu.spotlightoralcare.com, left), which delivers dentist-backed sonic technology, reaching up to 40,000 brush strokes per minute for a deep clean that supports improved gum health and oral hygiene.
It comes in four colours – white, black, pink and blue – and has two cleaning modes, a two-minute timer, 30-day battery life and three replacement heads.
Everyone is talking about skin biohacking these days, where science, technology and lifestyle adjustments are used to optimise your skin rather than just the surface.
Dermalogica Futurecode Booster (€99, lirpharmacy.com) works to help skin’s longevity to reduce damage, support the skin’s natural repair processes for firmer, more even-toned skin.
At the same time, it strengthens the barrier that shields against daily environmental stressors, helping skin stay luminous.
One treatment I keep hearing people talk about ahead of wedding season is Structura by Profhilo (€1,700, drmulrooney.com), especially among those who’ve been on GLP-1 journeys and feel they’ve lost a little volume in the face.
It’s a two-step prodecure over the course of a month and lasts for eight months.
Designed to give that lifted, snatched, fresher look without looking overdone, it’s suitable whether you’re the bride, groom or simply a guest wanting to look a little more rested in the photographs.
Best of all, because it’s injected with a cannula there’s no bruising or downtime.
We all love a white outfit, but dread getting it stained.
If you’re wearing white – whether it’s a wedding dress, a satin slip, linen trousers or just a crisp white shirt – there’s an old Hollywood trick stylists swear by: dust a tiny bit of talcum powder on the inside of the fabric.
It creates a soft barrier between your skin and the clothing, which helps stop tan transfering, body oils oozing and make-up marks from ruining the look.
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