Turning back time for a beautiful wedding day
Aug 28 2010 by Liz Lamb, The Journal
BRIDES always want to look beautiful on their wedding day but how far would you go to look your best? LIZ LAMB speaks to one bride-to-be who underwent botox, skin peels and fillers for her special day.
IT’S the one day when you are the star of the show, so it’s no wonder brides spend thousands of pounds to look their best.
But while most brides might embark on a diet, have a manicure and invest in bridal make-up and a new hairstyle to ensure they look stunning on their special day, there are those who go to greater lengths to look beautiful.
Ladies with impending nuptials are now opting for Botox and fillers and undergoing cosmetic procedures to transform their look.
A survey for You and Your Wedding magazine revealed that the average bride planned to spend £1,063 on her appearance alone. Of the 900 engaged women surveyed, seven per cent were considering rhinoplasty before their big day, eight per cent wanted breast enlargements and five per cent a breast reduction.
One such bride-to-be, who wanted to invest in her looks before her wedding next year, is Amanda Wood. The 43-year-old, from Hawthorn, County Durham, is marrying a man 15 years her junior.
Amanda, who works at The Sage Gateshead, felt self-conscious about her looks and wanted to look rejuvenated for her wedding to Mark Stephenson, 28, a policy advisor.
The mum-of-one has undergone a £1,000 beauty transformation involving Botox, skin peels and fillers.
She says: “I got the work done because of the wedding.
“I am marrying a much younger man, 15 years younger . He is not bothered but I feel conscious of the age difference sometimes. I have been rubbish, have never had a proper skin routine, I have never bothered.
“I used to work in a ski resort in Austria, so six to seven months of the year I was exposed to the cold, wind and the high altitude sunshine, so my skin took a total battering because of that.”
Amanda felt that no amount of expensive beauty creams could repair the damage to her face and felt that cosmetic treatment was the only option.
“There are all these super expensive beauty creams on the market but if you have been as neglectful as I have there is no way to claw it back,” she explains.
“A cream just wouldn’t make a difference.”
Amanda decided to have her beauty treatments with Face, a mobile service run by Jill Graham and Harriet Rusby, who also work as community matrons. Face carries out medical cosmetic treatments in the comfort of your own home.
They have been giving Botox and other cometic treatments to hundreds of women in Tyneside and Northumberland since launching Face last year.
