Bridal Skincare Guide

Discover my bridal skincare guide to unlock skincare secrets for wedding skin preparation, including rituals for the months prior and a magical bridal skincare routine for your wedding day.

Darlings, I always say, you can’t have a beautiful painting without a beautiful canvas. On a day like your wedding day, using the right bridal skincare is the key to unlocking ultimate skin confidence for the dreamiest bridal look! 

On your special day, you want to look and feel like the most beautiful, radiant version of yourself. By following a supercharged pre bridal skin care routine throughout your engagement and performing a magical bridal skin care routine on the morning of your wedding, you can have the glowing skin you’ve always dreamt of as you walk down the aisle.

My bridal skincare guide includes beauty secrets for wonderful wedding skin preparation. Discover my top bridal skincare tips and the best bridal skincare kits to add to your routine as a beautiful bride-to-be!

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Pre Bridal Skin Care Routine: 6 Months to Wedding Skin Preparation

Darlings, the countdown is on! You’ve set your wedding date and it’s getting closer and closer… Among the excitement, now is a good time to start taking exceptional care of your skin with a pre bridal skincare routine so that it looks and feels its best when your wedding day arrives!

Around six months before your wedding day is the perfect time to get serious about wedding skin preparation, as this will give your skin time to reap the benefits of my supercharged masks, serums and creams.

This pre bridal skin care routine is expertly curated to help improve the look of skin over time, and following it consistently is the best way to achieve a gorgeous, glowing complexion on your wedding day. Discover the supercharged steps I recommend below and perform them every day and night (or as recommended) to unlock your ultimate bridal glow.

  1. Charlotte's Magic Hydration Revival Cleanser 3-in-1 foaming cleanser

    STEP 1: HYDRATING CLEANSE

    The best way to begin your pre bridal skin care routine is with a refreshing cleanse using Charlotte's Magic Hydration Revival Cleanser. Designed to melt away makeup at the end of the day and cleanse your canvas to rejuvenate morning skin, this hydrating face cleanser cleanses, hydrates, revives and primes your complexion, helps to strengthen your skin barrier with biomimetic barrier shield technology and gives skin a healthy-looking, spa-like glow.

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  2. An open clay mask in white and rose gold tube with a rose-gold metallic lid.

    STEP 2: APPLY A CLAY MASK

    Using a clay mask is a great way to help skin look smoother, and they can help to reduce the appearance of pores over time. Once you’ve cleansed your face, apply Goddess Cleansing Clay Mask using my Wonder Workout application technique and leave on for 10 minutes. Formulated with rich ingredients like Spanish clay and sweet almond oil, this Mediterranean-inspired clay mask helps to smooth, brighten and tighten the look of skin to reveal a goddess-like complexion. 

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  3. A closed, exfoliating, wash-off, chemical mask in a white-coloured tube with gold-coloured text on it.

    STEP 3: EXFOLIATE YOUR SKIN

    It’s important to exfoliate your skin to help keep it feeling smooth and supple. Using a gentle, acid-free toner like my Glow Toner is a fabulous way to maintain baby-soft skin. Applying Glow Toner every morning and evening is the key to glowing, ultra-smooth skin. The daily radiant solution is formulated to tone and refine the appearance of pores with kind-to-skin, acid-free alternatives, offering gentle exfoliation while giving the complexion a gorgeous, lit-from-within glow.

    Tilbury Tip: Once or twice a week in the build up to your wedding, exfoliate using AHAs, BHAs and PHAs for more intense exfoliation. Apply Super Radiance Resurfacing Facial as a 2-in-1 hydrating and resurfacing facial that leaves skin looking smoother and more radiant.

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  4. A luminous, ivory-coloured facial serum in a glass bottle with a white and gold-coloured dropper lid,

    STEP 4: SUPERCHARGED SERUM

    Follow your exfoliator with a supercharged serum like Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir to flood the skin with hydration. This research-powered formula is a hydrating, high-performance elixir that helps skin to look more youthful. The magic recipe includes polyglutamic acid that’s 4x as hydrating as hyaluronic acid, golden vitamin C that brightens the look of skin, and REPLEXIUM™ for its youth-boosting properties.

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  5. Champagne-coloured eye cream in a glass jar and its refill in a white-coloured pot with an easy-to-peel-off cover.

    STEP 5: HYDRATE YOUR EYE AREA

    Planning a wedding may result in some sleepless nights, so using an eye cream like Magic Eye Rescue is perfect for addressing the look of dark circles and tired eyes. My smoothing-effect eye cream is infused with time-released retinol and botanical eye contour complex, helping to smooth and brighten the look of the eye area while reducing the look of puffiness and leaving skin feeling hydrated and nourished.

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  6. Thick and luscious pearly-white moisturiser in an open glass jar with its gold-coloured lid placed behind it.

    STEP 6: MOISTURISE DAY & NIGHT

    Charlotte’s Magic Cream is my instant-turnaround moisturiser that’s globally loved by experts, celebrities and stars! I created my iconic formula to instantly revive the look of tired, exhausted skin, selecting powerhouse ingredients like hyaluronic acid and vitamins C and E to form a Magic 8 Matrix that helps skin to look smoother, plumper and more luminous. You’ll see results in 28 seconds and 28 days, with wrinkles looking visibly reduced in just 4 weeks!*

    Tilbury Tip: In your nightly pre bridal skincare routine, swap Charlotte’s Magic Cream for Magic Night Cream, a lavish night cream with time-released retinol to unlock smooth and supple-feeling skin while you get your beauty sleep.

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    Tilbury Tip: If you prefer an ultra-lightweight gel moisturiser, discover Charlotte's Magic Water Cream - my fragrance-free, skin-drenching water cream that floods skin with 100-hour hydration!

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  7. Charlotte's Magic Body Cream hydrates, lifts, smooths, firms and tones the look and feel of skin

    STEP 7: MOISTURISE YOUR BODY

    After you’ve completed your pre bridal skin care routine, remember to follow up with body cream to stay hydrated and nourished from head to toe! Charlotte’s Magic Body Cream is my immediate skin revival body cream that smooths and firms the look of skin while leaving it feeling blissfully hydrated. It’s inspired by my iconic face cream, giving the body the same magic revival while introducing body-targeted ingredients like Algaktiv™️ Uplift Technology and caffeine complex that help to lift, firm and tone the look of the skin on your body.

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Bridal Skin Care Routine: Wedding Day Skincare at Home

Darlings, on the morning of your wedding day, you can perform a gorgeous bridal skin care routine at home! Before your wedding, it’s important to take some time to pamper your skin with soothing products that leave it looking radiant and nourished.

Pre wedding skincare is all about enhancing the natural lustre of your complexion by using rich, sensorial products that amplify your natural beauty! My bridal skin care routine includes iconic skincare products like my award-winning, globally loved Charlotte’s Magic Cream and is perfectly designed to give skin an immediate skin revival on your wedding day!

  1. Charlotte's Magic Hydration Revival Cleanser 3-in-1 foaming cleanser

    STEP 1: A GENTLE CLEANSE

    On the morning of your wedding day, start your bridal skin care routine with a gentle cleanse. Like you used in the months leading up to your big day, begin your bridal skincare routine with Charlotte's Magic Hydration Revival Cleanser for a rejuvenating cleanse. Lightly massage cleanser into your skin to refresh and revitalise your complexion and melt away leftover makeup, then rinse to reveal gorgeous, fresh-faced skin.

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  2. A dry sheet mask in textured fabric along with its golden-coloured foil packaging behind it.

    STEP 2: APPLY A MAGICAL MASK

    Masking is the most indulgent step in every bridal skin care routine! While the Goddess Skin Clay Mask was a perfect option to use a couple of times a week in the months leading up to your wedding, on the morning of your big day you want something quick, easy and mess free which provides an immediate skin boost!

    Nothing makes you feel perfectly pampered like a 10-minute reset wearing my Instant Magic Facial Dry Sheet Mask! Inspired by Korean skincare, this magical sheet mask is a fuss-free way to give the face an instant boost of moisture to make your wedding day complexion glow. Cut some cucumber, light some candles, and take a moment to enjoy your pre-wedding pamper while unlocking MAGIC skin!

    Tilbury Tip: Instant Magic Facial Dry Sheet Mask can be used up to 3 times, so you can enjoy an at-home facial the night before your wedding and the morning after, too!

    Tilbury Tip: Darling, if you often experience dull, tired and puffy-looking skin in the morning, my Cryo-Recovery Face Mask is perfect for lifting, sculpting, depuffing and waking up the look of tired skin!

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  3. A glowy toner in a large, white-coloured bottle with a silver-coloured lid.

    STEP 3: TONE & GLOW

    For glowing, baby-soft skin on your wedding day, apply Glow Toner as a daily radiant solution. Infused with hydrating and pore-refining ingredients such as sodium hyaluronate, niacinamide and Poretight, this radiance-boosting toner helps to reduce the appearance of pores while smoothing and illuminating the look of skin for the perfect bridal glow.

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  4. A luminous, ivory-coloured facial serum in a glass bottle with a white and gold-coloured dropper lid,

    STEP 4: APPLY A HYDRATING SERUM

    To look youthful and radiant on your wedding day, apply Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir! This award-winning, research-powered serum is enriched with youth-boosting REPLEXIUM™, brightening golden vitamin C and deeply hydrating polyglutamic acid, giving the complexion a rush of superpowered skincare ingredients that play a part in making sure you have a glowing skin day on your big day.

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  5. Immediate Eye Revival Patches hydrating hydrogel eye masks 30 pairs

    STEP 5: Wear Under Eye Patches

    All eyes are on you on your wedding day, darlings, so you want your eye area to look smoother, brighter, and captivating! To get eyes that mesmerise, wear a pair of skincare-powered under eye patches to soothe and hydrate your eye area before applying your bridal makeup. I created my Immediate Eye Revival Patches to deliver bridal-quality results in just 10 minutes! They are like a sleep dupe, helping the eye area to look well rested and beautiful before makeup. Taking an extra 10 minutes to revive the look of your eyes will help your eye makeup to look more seamless.

    Tilbury Tip: Wear my under eye patches once a day for 30 days before your wedding and eye bags and dark circles will appear reduced!

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  6. An open, white-coloured eye serum tube with silver-colour geometric patterns on the front and text written on it that reads, 'eye appear depuffed and brighter with Iceawake, caffeine complex'

    STEP 6: ENERGISE YOUR EYE AREA

    For brighter-looking eyes, glide Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum across your eye area to depuff and illuminate the look of the delicate skin around your eyes. Infused with energising caffeine and inspired by cooling cryotherapy bridal skin treatments, this eye serum is like an alarm clock for the eyes! It smooths, lifts and brightens the look of the eye area, helping you to look your most bright-eyed on your wedding day, even before your beautifying eye makeup is applied!

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  7. Charlotte's Magic Water Cream ultra-lightweight, skin-drenching gel moisturiser

    STEP 7: MOISTURISE

    Darlings, before you transform into a beautiful bride with a magical makeup look, moisturise with Charlotte’s Magic Cream or Charlotte's Magic Water Cream to create the perfect, glowing canvas – I never do makeup without it and use it on all my celebrity clients from brides to red-carpet sirens! 

    I dreamt up my award-winning face creams as immediate skin revival moisturisers for tired-looking skin. Charlotte's Magic Cream was born backstage at runway shows and photoshoots and celebrities flock to this iconic formula for instant magic skin. The formula is globally loved for its plumping peptides, hydrating hyaluronic acid, and cushioning Cushion + Lift Mesh Tech. Magic Cream is Magic Skin, darlings, and its instant-turnaround effects are perfect for prepping the skin on your magical wedding day to get the bridal glow of the stars!

    Next, I created Charlotte's Magic Water Cream as a lightweight, fragrance-free gel moisturiser that feels deeply hydrating and gives every complexion a fresh water glow. The formula is powered by Waterlocking Fusion Technology with niacinamide and beta glucan and makes skin feel bouncier and intensely hydrated.

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  8. Light-gold-coloured facial oil in an open glass bottle with a gold and white-coloured dropper lid.

    STEP 8: INDULGE IN RELAXING ESSENTIAL OILS

    Massaging a few drops of Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil into your complexion is an indulgent step to add into your bridal skin care routine. I formulated my first ever facial oil to act as a spa-in-a-jar, giving everyone, everywhere access to that spa-fresh feeling from home. Infused with a potent collagen matrix and soothing essential oils such as avocado, olive, raspberry seed and evening primrose, the hydrating formula is perfect for giving your complexion a radiant finish that looks fresh from the spa!

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  9. Charlotte's Magic Hydrator Mist radiant skin rescue essence with lid off

    STEP 9: FRESHEN UP WITH FACE MIST

    Face mist is a versatile product in your bridal skincare routine as it can be used before and after skincare as well as in-between steps. A spritz of a hydrating face mist like Charlotte's Magic Hydrator Mist onto cleansed skin helps to boost skin moisture and feels beautifully refreshing, while also helping to aid absorption of skincare products to follow such as toners and serums. My face mist is designed to mesh gracefully with skin and layer effortlessly with other skincare to optimise and oxygenate your skin before bridal makeup. I love to apply a face mist before beginning bridal makeup application to make skin appear dewy and glowing!

    Tilbury Tip: Keep Charlotte's Magic Hydrator Mist in your bridal bag - it's a magical makeup refresher that helps to revive the look of makeup later in the day.

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  10. Body care duo including Charlotte's Magic Body Cream and Supermodel Body body shimmer

    STEP 10: GET A HEAD-TO-TOE BODY GLOW

    Before you slip into your gorgeous wedding garms, moisturise your body with Charlotte’s Magic Body Cream to hydrate the skin and create an instant body glow! Thanks to my hydrating, instant-turnaround body cream, any skin that’s on show will look nourished, healthy and hydrated, giving you an all-over bridal glow while deeply moisturising and lifting the look of your skin.

    Tilbury Tip: For a runway-ready glow, apply Supermodel Body as a luxurious body highlighter, rolling the silky formula onto the arms, legs and décolletage to illuminate the look of your skin with supermodel shimmer before you step onto the aisle.

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Bridal Skin Treatments Before Wedding

Darlings, if you’d like to give your skin some extra Tilbury Loving Care before the wedding, visit your nearest Charlotte Tilbury Beauty store or counter for a professional bridal skin treatment from a member of Team Tilbury!

My Glow Services provide spa-quality facials from trained-by-me experts using my world-famous, supercharged skincare products! Each facial is tailored to your personal skin type and glow goals, so you can select the perfect bridal skin treatment for you.

Discover Glow + Go, a 15-minute high-performance, instant-turnaround facial that leaves the skin glowing, and Charlotte’s Signature Glow Facial, an indulgent, 1-hour treatment that deeply hydrates and nourishes the skin while giving it spa-like radiance.

Darlings, don’t wait! Book your appointment now and get a fresh-from-the-facialist glow just in time to say, ‘I do!’.

Tilbury Tip: Too busy to make it to store, darling? Discover my magical virtual consultations - 1 on 1 virtual meetings with a trained-by-me skincare specialist! Discover the perfect products for your skin type as well as tips and tricks for building the perfect bridal skincare routine for you!  

The Bridal Skincare Kits You Need

  1. Charlotte's Wedding Prep, Target and Glow Skincare Kit for pre wedding skin care

    Wedding Prep, Target & Glow Skincare Routine

    Includes: Charlotte’s Magic Body Cream, Goddess Skin Clay Mask, Glow Toner, Travel-Sized Charlotte’s Magic Cream Crystal Elixir, Travel-Sized Charlotte’s Magic Cream

    I curated the Wedding Prep, Target & Glow Skincare Routine Kit for brides and grooms-to-be that are looking to step up their skincare routine in the lead up to their wedding day. It includes supercharged skincare icons that work together to help skin look smoother, plumper and more hydrated over time.

    In this bridal skincare kit, discover my pore-refining Goddess Skin Clay Mask and my gently exfoliating radiance solution, Glow Toner, along with Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir for a burst of youth-boosting hydration. Of course, it also features a travel-sized Charlotte’s Magic Cream, my award-winning, instant-turnaround moisturiser for an immediate skin revival, and Charlotte’s Magic Body Cream for smoother, firmer -looking skin with a radiant, well-nourished body glow.

    Following this 5-step bridal skincare routine in the months prior to your wedding will help to prepare your skin for your wedding day. Commit to your bridal skin care routine darlings, and you’ll glow with skin confidence!

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  2. Charlotte's Wedding Day Immediate Skin Revival Kit for wedding day skin prep

    Wedding Day Immediate Skin Revival Kit

    Includes: Instant Magic Facial Dry Sheet Mask, Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum, Charlotte’s Magic Cream 50ml, Travel-Sized Wonderglow, Travel-Sized Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir

    Especially for your wedding day, I’ve curated the Wedding Day Immediate Skin Revival Kit to give skin an instant bridal glow. The weeks and months of consistency you’ve put into your pre bridal skincare routine will help you to have your best skin day on your wedding day, darlings; this bridal skincare kit is simply designed to dial up your natural radiance and leave you feeling perfectly pampered before the ceremony.

    The Wedding Day Immediate Skin Revival Kit features my Instant Magic Facial Dry Sheet Mask for the most magical, moisture-boosting facial, and Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum to help depuff and brighten the look of the eye area for wide awake-looking eyes. It also includes my supercharged skincare duo; Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir for hydrated, healthy-looking skin and a travel-sized Charlotte’s Magic Cream to give skin an instant magic glow. Finally, I selected Wonderglow as the perfect luminous face primer to add into your bridal skincare routine – it makes the skin look candlelit and perfectly preps your canvas for bridal makeup.

    If you’re performing your bridal skincare routine at home on your big day, the supercharged products in this bridal skincare kit are gorgeous choices for creating radiant-looking skin on your wedding day!

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