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Making your life greener - one bite at a time.

It's a well known fact that every couple looks radiant on their wedding day, and the best way to ensure an all natural radiance is to take care of your health and well being in the run up to the wedding.

Eat a balanced diet with plenty of fresh organic seasonal fruit and vegetables, drink lots of water and reduce your intake of alcohol and caffiene. Take plenty of exercise like walking or swimming, preferably in the fresh air, and get lots of sleep. This will help keep your body, skin and hair in tip top condition.

Keep to your regular beauty regime, don't change anything if it already works for you.

Beauty products can be labelled organic with just one organic ingredient, read the label,and get to know your products.
With the choices you make You can look your best, naturally, with truly organic and biodynamic products and treatments which are healthy for you.

Choose a make-up artist who uses organic products. Start a skin care regime free from chemicals, and for all make-up, start using new products a couple of months before the wedding to ensure the make-up won’t retaliate with your skin. Also, book in a trial make-up session several weeks before the event. Choose organic hair products and have any organic colouring done a few weeks before the wedding, don't do any major changes. There are some hairdressers who offer a more natural approach using organic hair products and hair colouring without all the nasties.
  

Yoga is perfect for toning the body and achieving inner peace. It's fast becoming every bride's stress-buster of choice. It'll help keep you in mental shape, calms nerves and gives you strength of body and mind plus stamina for your wedding day. A good yoga centre will advise you on which style of yoga would best suit your personality. Allow yourself at least 10 sessions or so before the wedding to get any benefit from it.

A few weeks before the wedding, take a break. Go somewhere peaceful and relaxing. Spend a few precious days in each other's company, eat good food, take long walks and ban all wedding talk. You'll get back refreshed, energised and ready for the final whirl.

A day or two before the wedding you might like to chill out at a spa. Enjoy an aromatherapy facial, have a massage and give your hands, nails and feet a pamper session.

Use only organic beauty, hair amd makeup for your special day.

Plan bachelor and bachelorette parties that will keep the green theme going...

Aromatherapy for bridal showers, the ceremony and reception are ideal. Food can entail chocolate truffles made with neroli and rose oils. Use natural incense and soy-based candles with pure essential oils to fill the air.

Have a party and make your favours - add lavender to heart shape biscuit mix.

Have a cleaning party and make home-made cleaning products, visit our Holistic Beauty / Green Tips news items for helpful tips.

 Have a pamper party and pamper your hands and feet!

Go organic - every one brings an organic food item for the pantry.

With a small group of close friends, have a night out at an organic restaurant, or take organic cooking classes, learn to make organic chocolates and use as your wedding favours.

Stay local (and spend more time with your friends, and less dealing with travel stress).

Offset your trip if you choose a "destination" party.

Indulge in organic wine (or beer) tasting or an organic spa treatment.

Take a class and learn to make your own wedding flowers or jewellery.

Do something low-impact and outdoorsy like a camping, surfing, sailing, kayaking, or whale watching trip.