getting healthy and even skin before your shoot

When preparing for your shoot, its important to think about your skin and how it will look on camera.  The better and healthier it looks, the less retouching is needed and you get more natural looking photos.  So here are a few tips for getting great healthy skin:

• Getting enough sleep is the best remedy for tired looking skin.  It helps it to rejunivate and get a healthy and even glow.  So make sure the night before your shoot you get at least 8 hours rest.
• Drinking 8 glasses of water a day is good for your body, flushing out toxins so helps to prevent blemishes.  It also helps to plump and firm up your skin.
  
• Avoid alcohol the night before as this leads to dark rings under your eyes.
  
• Have a facial a week before the shoot, this will remove impurities and make your skin beautiful.  Avoid chemical peels.
• Exfoliate your skin a day or two beforehand.  This stimulates blood flow and removes impurites.
• Moisturise with good moisturisers at least twice a day, especially during winter.
• Apply sunscreen when going outside to prevent sunburn and tan lines that will show in the finished product.
• Avoid cracked and dry lips by using lip balm, as lipstick tends to dry the skin out.
• Any waxing should be done a few days before the shoot, so the redness and irritation that occurs is gone by the shoot. If you shave, you can do this the night before or morning of the shoot.
  
• Avoid spray tanning and self tan.  These tend to look blotchy and uneven.
  

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