The Countdown to ‘I Do’

Jamie’s Therapeutic Touch Day Spa offers an exclusive six-month “Countdown to ‘I Do’:

• Six Months Before — Begin your search for a hairstylist and/or makeup artist you like and trust (Jamie’s has five). Have all your haircut and color experiments done now. Begin weekly deep conditioning treatments. Consult a Skin care therapist for skin problems. Research and invest in a skin-care regimen.  Work out to improve overall energy level and confidence. If possible, indulge in a monthly facial. If you have light or bleached hair, limit or avoid contact with heavily chlorinated water.
• Five Months Before — If your nails are short, begin growing them out or consider acrylic tips and silk wraps. ( We have 4 nail techs). If possible, start monthly manicures and pedicures.
•Four Months Before  — With your wedding dress in mind, work out target areas: décolletage, arms, and waist.
• Three Months Before — Have your hair trimmed every four to six weeks. Make an appointment to preview your wedding hairdo. Make an appointment to have your teeth cleaned the week before your wedding. Begin a facial treatment program (every four to six weeks)
• Two Months to Six Weeks Before — If you are planning to wear acrylic nails, experiment with lengths now. Schedule teeth bleaching. Enhance your nails with a manicure every other week. Make bridal-day appointments for you and your bridesmaids and relatives. Schedule trial makeup sessions with your makeup artist. Schedule trial hair session, complete with veil and headpiece, with your hairstylist.
• One Month Before — Have a trial makeup session with your makeup artist. Have a trial hair session, complete with veil and headpiece, with your hairstylist. Start drinking plenty of water -- eight glasses a day, at least! If you are coloring or perming your hair for the wedding, do so now. Purchase and test your wedding day skin, hair, and makeup products.
• Two Weeks Before — Have a facial (only if you've had them regularly). Have your hair cut or trimmed. Touch up your hair color or highlights. Keep drinking plenty of water. Go to bed an hour earlier than usual every night.
• Seven to 10 Days Before — Have your eyebrows shaped. ( By a licensed Aesthetician. Jamie’s has three.) full set of nails (acrylic etc.); facial; waxing (underarm, lip, legs, bikini, arms); haircuts for men in wedding party. Have your teeth professionally cleaned by your dentist
“Call your hairstylist and find out when you should wash or deep condition your hair. If you do so just before your wedding, your hair may be ‘too clean’ to style, particularly if you are wearing an updo,” Pettiette-Rhone said.
• One Day Before — Have a manicure and pedicure. Have a massage. ( We have 4 LMT ) Gently exfoliate or polish your skin, especially your décolletage and arms. Apply extra moisturizer -- everywhere! Take a nap. Drink two extra glasses of water.
Prepare a beauty emergency kit containing: lip gloss, cotton swabs,  cotton balls, makeup remover,  moisturizer,  bobby pins, hair spray, translucent powder, brush and comb,  eye drops and nail polish.
• Wedding Day —Makeup application, bridal up-do, bridal party hair styling and makeup application; Give yourself plenty of time to get ready. Eat nourishing, healthy meals. Have light, healthy, and non-staining snacks on hand for you and your bridesmaids while you get ready. Take plenty of deep breaths. Relax. Smile — you're getting married!