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4 Simple Tips to Help You Feel Confident on Your Wedding Day


Jessica Jex, Marketing Assistant at Guides for Brides
Jessica Jex Updated:
2nd of January 2024

Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life, so it makes sense to want to look your absolute best and feel confident and radiant. But the stress of the day, and the pressure to look perfect, can often make it difficult to feel your best. Fortunately, there are some simple things you can do to help you feel confident and radiant on your big day. Here are 4 tips to help you look and feel your best, so you can enjoy your wedding day to the fullest.

Get plenty of rest

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Getting enough sleep is crucial to feeling your best on your big day. When you're sleep-deprived, you're much more likely to feel stressed, anxious, and moody. And unfortunately, those emotions don't exactly make for the most radiant look! To help you get enough rest, aim to go to bed at least a few hours earlier than normal, and try to relax before bed by meditating, reading, or practicing some gentle relaxation techniques.

Practice self-care

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On the day of your wedding, you're likely to feel a lot of pressure to look and act a certain way. But in order to feel confident and beautiful, you have to make time to practice self-care. So, don't worry about trying to reach some unattainable level of perfection. It is however still important that you feel confident.

To achieve confidence, you need to feel like you look good and you smell good. It is not necessary to spend a fortune for your ideal perfume, you can simply choose something like Kilian Love Don't Be Shy dupe the Floral Marshmellow by Dossier. With this option you can enjoy a vegan cruelty-free, high quality option which is not unnecessarily expensive. With this choice instead of being overlooked, you will enjoy the day that is rightfully yours. Your conscious and smart choice will allow you to spend the money you saved on a honeymoon that you will never forget.

Take time to relax

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Even if you manage to get a lot of sleep and practice a ton of self-care, you may still find that the stress of the day makes it difficult to feel your best. In that case, you may want to take some time to relax before your big day, such as taking a bath, getting a massage, or having an aromatherapy session.

Eat a healthy diet

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Eating a healthy diet is crucial to looking your best on your wedding day. During this highly stressful time, it can be easy to turn to unhealthy foods to cope with the emotions you're feeling. But unhealthy foods can add to your stress, make you feel bloated and puffy, and make it difficult to have a positive outlook on your big day. A healthy diet can help you ease your stress, control any cravings you may be experiencing, and help you look your best on your big day.

Jessica Jex, Marketing Assistant at Guides for Brides

About the author


Jessica Jex

Jess is a lover of all things wedding and dreams about being a wedding and event planner once she graduates from her BSc in Management at Loughborough University! She loves seeing how couples personalise their wedding days and what traditions they choose to follow. So, you can often find her figuring out all the latest trends from celebrity weddings and Say Yes To The Dress! Plus, as our office's resident Northerner, Jess is the best person to speak to if you need help planning your wedding in the North of England.

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