Good hair starts with proper daily maintenance. Great wedding-day hair starts with TLC at home and at the salon. This means investing in shampoos and conditioners to treat your specific hair problems and taking the time to deep condition regularly, to keep tresses happy and healthy. When it comes to primping your hair for your wedding day, if you don’t already have a trusted stylist, find one now! You want someone who knows you and your hair—this is the key to wedding-day hair success.
9 Months Before
• Make a master hair schedule. Have your tresses trimmed every six weeks: this keeps ends healthy and your style in shape.
• Skip the blow-dryer. If you’re addicted to blow-drying, give it a rest and let your locks air-dry at least once a week.
• Create a “look book.” Start compiling photos from magazines of styles you might like for your wedding.
• Perfect your colour. If you want to add highlights, change your base colour or tinker with your hair in any chemical way, do it now. You don’t want to be doing this just a few months before—you need time to perfect it!
6 Months Before
• Wash your hair once a week with a clarifying shampoo, which helps remove excess product and any residue from your locks.
• Get conditioning. Have your stylist recommend a deep-conditioning treatment for you to use at home once every two weeks.
• Seek expert advice. Start intensive consultations with your stylist about your hair options for your big day. Share your magazine clippings and details about your dress and headpiece. From there, you can brainstorm about your look.
• Book a trial appointment. Plan to bring along your tiara and veil so your stylist can create a perfect style.
3 Months Before
• Settle on a hairstyle. Have one last trial with your stylist to ensure
you are completely happy with the look you’ve chosen for your wedding.
• Get special treatments. Every time you have a cut or colour, ask your stylist to throw in a special treatment for your hair. A special shine treatment or a deep-conditioning system will leave your hair (and scalp) feeling rejuvenated.
• Book your wedding-day appointment. You can never book too early—you want to make sure you get a prime-time slot that day.
1 Month Before
• Keep up your maintenance. Continue with your regular trim and
colour touch-ups.
• Get glossed. To add extra shine to your hair, ask your stylist to apply a clear colour gloss. This treatment does not alter the colour of your hair, but infuses it with a glass-like sheen.
1 Week Before
• Touch up your colour. Plan to do it three to four days before the
big day so your hair looks picture-perfect.
• Confirm your wedding day hair appointment. While you’re at it, schedule a scalp massage as part of your package—this will leave you feeling relaxed and stress-free.
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