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realbeauty BEAUTY BRIEFS Healthy hair, manicured nails, a golden glow, a relaxed composure and a special fragrance are among every bride's best assets BY KATE MACLENNAN, BEAUTY EDITOR Best Tressed Getting great wedding-day hair starts months in advance of your big day. The team at Workshop Salon (workshop-salon.com) in Vancouver's Crosstown, led by Franco Federico, share tips on achieving gorgeous locks. 1 For flawless nail looks for fall and winter weddings, we consulted Jan Arnold, co-founder and style director of CND, on which CND Shellac polishes will make your nails memorable. Fashion-forward Bride: For a modern twist on your French mani, make it metallic. Try a colour like Silver Chrome to add mirror shine and contrast to a neutral base, such as Negligée or Romantique. Romantic Bride: Rich jewel-toned nails were all over fall/winter 2012 runways. For a soft velvet ruby colour that adds dimension to your manicure, try Red Baroness or Decadence. For a regal plum shade, choose Rock Royalty. Bling Bride: Make your diamond ring sparkle even brighter by accessorizing with chic glitter fades and accents. Apply a coat of a pearly shade or neutral, like Studio White. Then add a glittery shade, like Zillionaire. For real drama, encrust crystals around the base of your nails. Deep Flow With It Fact: Olivia Munn 2 See your stylist for a cut or trim every four months in the year before your wedding. It will keep your ends clean and allow hair to grow faster while maintaining optimum health. 3 Take care of colour in a timely fashion. Blondes should go for a softer, consistent look with multi-tones; brunettes and redheads should treat hair a week before the wedding to allow for any staining to fade out and colour to settle. Planning a wedding can be stressful. Therefore, as part of her prep, every bride should prioritize getting into a serene headspace 48 hours before her big day. What better way to bliss out than a massage that interweaves bodywork, yoga and meditation? Vida Spa's calming Deep Flow massage was developed out of yogi Mylène Bergeron's bodywork practice (developed in Vancouver, it's spreading in popularity around the world), and is a relaxing and rejuvenating experience that focuses on structural, emotional and spiritual alignment — just the kind of balance every woman needs before she steps onto centre stage. $125 for 60 minutes at Vida Spa locations in Vancouver and Whistler (vidaspas.com) IMAGES CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT COURTESY: CND (2); BIGSTOCKPHOTO; VIDA SPA; CARGO COSMETICS (2) Fine Fingers The Black 15in1 product line hydrates and repairs hair the more you use it. Its smoothing benefits work in any climate, winter or tropical, and add serious longevity to your style. Precious Cargo Oil-free cream Cargo ColorSticks work double-duty for adding pretty hues to your eyes and lips, but where they really shine is on your cheeks. The sticks are available in five colours that, after application, set into a velvety, airbrushed finish that's vivid but natural. To brighten pallid winter complexions, try Champagne as a warm highlighter for key areas of the face (like just beneath your eyebrows, your temples and above the cheekbones), and St. Tropez to define cheekbones and create a sheer, bronze glow. $28 each at BeautyMark or Kiss & Makeup (shown from left: Champagne, St. Tropez, Santorini, Maui and Key West) 82 R E A L WEDDINGS pg80-89_RealBeauty_TimeTravel.indd 82 12-09-24 1:19 PM