How To Get Polished?

[texasoddity]

I'm a little rough around the edges and very inexperienced with beauty maintenance.  I have good hygiene and I know how to paint my nails...  :P   But I want to be polished and shiny and glowing for my wedding.  As it stands I still have  almost a year and a half, but knowing myself, I need to start taking action now.

So.....   Has anyone met with a

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[schexyschteve]

No one says you have to be some overly tanned, heavily made up, model-esque bride on your wedding day. If it feels unnatural, don't do it. You should like like a better version of yourself on your wedding day, not some strange new person.

A little polish for your wedding days sounds good. I wouldn't worry about being tanned. Stick to a natural, neutral manicure. in regards to eyebrows, they make eyebrow pencils, and a good makeup artist should be able to fill yours in so they match. As for heels, if you can't walk in them, you don't have to. Heck, your shoes don't even have to be white anymore. Go for colorful flats, if that feels more comfortable.

It sounds like a lot of this is out of your comfort zone, which is probably natural, but they way it sounds is like you want to become a brand new person, and that can only stress you out.

[miss58vintage]

This times a million!

I'm Portuguese so I naturally have a bit of color and my family keeps asking if I'm going to go tanning for my November wedding. I never go tanning, I'll go to the beach during the summer but that is about it. I told them how silly it'd look because it isn't me but they then said "BUT it is your wedding, you need to be tan!" I was like "uhh..." and walked away!

[nacho_cheese]

Thank you, this!!

I'm a very, erm, "unpolished" girl, too. I bite my nails, throw my curly hair into a ponytail, am tan only because I'm too lazy to put on sunscreen. So to make up for it, I have No Bite on my nails (no manicure or acrylics), my hair is going to be a nice curly up-do by the stylist (as natural as possible), and I made sure to get a dress that hid my tan lines (srsly).

Stay in your comfort zone, and don't be something that the wedding magazines say you "have" to be. The only person you have to be is yourself. :)

[amymeenieminymo]

This! I definitely advocate looking more polished on your wedding day than any other blah day, but if you go around with what you call "pale freckled skin" on a daily basis, why make such drastic changes for one day? You're FH must think you're beautiful now, and often too many changes will make you not look like yourself, and I think every bride should look like herself, just a notch or two higher than most days

[nacho_cheese]

I am trying like heck to stop picking the skin around my nails. It's a nervous habit that I've done since I was a kid and it makes my fingers look chewed up.

I do this, too, and since we're only a couple weeks out, I lacquered my nails and put No Bite on them yesterday. They look pretty, so hopefully they'll stay pretty so I can get a manicure when we go down south. XD

[amymeenieminymo]

I tried putting on new skin, that liquid bandage, but that only made them more enticing to pick at, lol.

What does No Bite do? I'm assuming it tastes bad, but since I pick with my nails and not my teeth, not sure it would help me.

[oh_cake]

This!