Your Skin Timeline for the Big Day

What to start, when to start it, and what to leave well alone in the final week.

Twelve weeks out is the window for anything that needs time to work: retinoids, professional treatments, a genuine barrier rebuild if your skin needs one. Four weeks out, stop introducing anything new. One week out, the only goal is calm, hydrated skin, nothing exfoliating, nothing that could react. The best skin on the day usually comes from a routine that was left alone to work, not from a last-minute change.