How to Make Your Skin Look Better Before a Photo Shoot
- 1). Stay away from oil-producing foods and foods that cause your face to swell. According to Mary Erickson of Michael Andrus Photography, these foods include red meat, alcohol, caffeine and spicy foods.
- 2). Hide your face from the sun. It would be unfortunate to get a sunburn before a photo shoot. Not only does a sunburn tint your face, it can start to peel just in time for you to stand in front of the camera. If you are treating a sunburn, use aloe vera to speed the healing.
- 3). Get your waxing, tweezing or other hair removal procedures done a week in advance. If you wax your brows or upper lip days before your shoot, you may still have redness, swelling or little bumps from the impact of the waxing.
- 4). Apply cold cucumber slices to your face every night. Cover your cheeks, temples, forehead, chin, nose and eyes with the cucumber to reduce redness, swelling or puffiness. This is also an effective way to rehydrate your skin. Leave the cucumbers on for 20 minutes.
- 5). Get plenty of rest for a week straight before your shoot. Darkened skin around your eyes will be a dead giveaway that you are sleep-deprived or stressed.
- 6). Exfoliate your skin gently for a week before your shoot. Exfoliating removes dead cells in the top layer of your skin and revives your skin to give it a healthy glow. Don't scrub your face too hard, however, or you can cause scarring.
- 7). Wash your face with cool water multiple times throughout the day, on the days leading up to your photo shoot.
