A radiant wedding day glow starts well before the big day. In the month prior, consider these key steps in your daily skincare for healthy, fresh and radiant wedding-day skin. All featured products tried and tested by Real Weddings Editors.

1. Eye Makeup Remover: Almay’s Oil Free Eye Makeup Remover Pads gently remove eye makeup and mascara. Hold the pad to your eye for a few seconds then wipe gently outward.

2. Cleanser: Cleanse your face with a gentle, water-soluble face wash, preferably one that contains ingredients that clarify and even the skin. Aveeno’s Positively Radiant Cleanser is gentle and contains soy which purportedly promotes even skin tone.

3. Toner: After cleansing, saturate a cotton ball with a moisturizing, alcohol-free toner such as Biotherm Biosource Softening Lotion. Gently wipe away from the centre of your face outward to close pores and remove last traces of dirt.

4. Serum: A face serum aids in smooting out the skin and prepares it to better absorb moisturizer. Smooth PRE’s Revive Facial Serum over your face, neck and decolletage once a day; plant polypeptides and bearberry extract help osften lines and discolouration.

5. Moisturizer: No matter your skin type, a moisturizer that has an SPF 15 or greater and blocks out both UVA and UVB rays is essential. Suitable for most skin types, Neostrata’s Oil Free Daytime Smoothing Lotion contains the requisite SPF plus 8% Glycolic Acid (AHA) to exfoliate the skin.

6. Eye Cream: Gently pat a small amount of eye cream around your eyes in the morning and evening. A hydrating formulation such as Reversa Anti-Wrinkle Eye Contour Cream has an SPF of 15 and  contains 4% Glycolic Acid to encourage cell turnover.

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7. Exfoliate: Biore’s Pore Minimizing Refining Exfoliator contains microbeads to gently exfoliate and extracts of strawberry and willowherb to calm and refine. Apply lightly in circular motions on your face and neck, avoiding the eye area.

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8. MASQUE: Smooth on a facial masque such as Kiehl’s Rare-Earth Facial Cleansing Masque to lift away dead skins cells and absorb excess oil.