Bridal hair: how to care for your hair in preparation for your big day

Like most brides, looking and feeling your best on your wedding day is of high importance! In order to feel your best, you need to feel healthy, glowing from the inside out. This will definitely affect how you feel on your wedding day.

Did you know that how you care for your hair in the months prior to your wedding, through treatments and your diet can have a big impact on the way your hair looks and feels on your actual wedding day?

In this article, we will look at 5 effective ways to care for your hair leading up to your wedding day. You can implement these 5 steps with simple, small changes in your day to day routine, to ensure that on your wedding day, you and your hair look stunning and they’ll also leave you feeling a lot healthier with that inner glow that you dream of.

5 steps to healthy, beautiful hair on your wedding day

Healthy insides lead to healthy hair and skin

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! The power of enough water in your daily routine cannot be underestimated. When you have adequate levels of hydration in your body, your body will be more effective at getting rid of waste products, your cells will be able to do what they need to do more efficiently and you’ll find that your skin, hair and nails will be clearer, stronger and more youthful.

Another way to nourish your hair and body to give you shiny, healthy hair is to increase your intake of vitamin C, biotin and collagen. If you are pregnant whilst preparing for your wedding day, please consult your medical practitioner for supplement advice before making any changes.

Vitamin C is a wonderful antioxidant that will help to combat the effects of stress that ages your hair and skin, instead this powerful antioxidating vitamin can reduce the development on grey hair.

Biotin is an essential vitamin that helps to strengthen hair, skin and nails by regulating cellular function.

Collagen promotes healthy hair by helping your amino acids to build hair proteins and strengthen your hair at the roots, this may help with reducing hair loss and follicle damage. You can find supplements for collagen in pill form as well as in a powder form.

These supplements, along with many others such as Vitamin E and A and Iron have been found to have positive, lasting impacts of the health of hair and skin. However, the best diet that you can incorporate into your life is to eat healthy foods with lots of fruit and vegetables, especially leafy greens. Good, real food with plenty of hydration is a recipe for feeling and looking stunning.

With months before your wedding day, why not implement a clean, healthy diet to help you look and feel stunning for your wedding day and beyond? 

Regular haircuts lead to healthy hair

The best hair tip for healthy, shiny hair is to have regular haircuts. By regularly cutting or trimming your hair, you cut off dead, broken ends whilst keeping your hair healthy as it grows.

Having regular haircuts can be tricky to find time for. Consider that you don’t have to go to a salon for a haircut, a hairdresser can also come to you, which means you save a lot of time on a regular basis. A mobile hairdresser is able to cut, colour, style and even do hair treatments in the comfort of your own home.

Decide on your wedding hairstyle early

Who doesn’t love a dramatic change every now and again? With the commitment to regular haircuts, you may be tempted to have a radical cut. This is why deciding on your wedding hairstyle early is important, this way you will know what hair length and colour you need for your desired look. This will reduce your spontaneous impulse to chop it all off, unless you are ready to change your wedding look, then by all means, go for it!

Hair grows back, but it grows back slowly. Therefore, carefully consider the impact on your wedding look that a big change will have, consult your hairdresser to get another opinion.

Choose your wedding stylist

The next step with getting your wedding look sorted is to choose your wedding hair and makeup artist. This step is important as having good rapport with the artist can positively impact your experience on the day of your wedding. You want to hire a bridal hairstylist that you can trust, and that you know understands your vision and your hair.

Consider that by hiring a mobile hairdresser, you may also be hiring someone who does wedding hairstyling! Many mobile hairdressers do events such as weddings. Shop around and have your regular haircuts with hairdressers who also do wedding hairstyling, this way you will be able to find a wedding hairdresser that you get along with and someone that ‘gets you’.

Gentle, healthy hair care routine

The best treatments are often the simplest. The same goes for caring for your hair: a simple routine with good quality products can do wonders for your scalp and hair. Invest in a gentle, high quality shampoo to gently cleanse your scalp.

A moisturising, nourishing conditioner will smooth and protect your hair, use this on the ends of your hair, avoiding the scalp.

Lastly, investing in a high grade, organic hair serum or hair mask will give your hair extra nourishment and protection from external factors such as styling tools like a hair straightener and hair dryer. Not only will a good serum give you a little extra shine, it will also make your hair much easier to manage.

Conclusion:

Following these simple steps to nourish and protect your hair in preparation for your wedding day will give you gorgeous healthy hair for your big day and beyond. Looking great on your wedding day is about feeling great, implement these simple ways to get you glowing from the inside out!