By the time your wedding day is here all of the major planning and arranging will be done. It’s now time to enjoy your family, friends and most importantly, each other as you’re about to share your love and start your lives together. It’s probably the most important day of your life and no doubt you want everything to run smoothly. This post will go over 13 things you should do the night before your wedding to make for a great wedding day.
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1. Stay Hydrated
Staying hydrated is super important. You’ll have a long day ahead of you. That also means refraining from too many drinks at your rehearsal dinner or welcome party. Trust me, you will not regret it. There’s nothing worse than feeling crappy on one of the most important days of your life. Drink plenty of water the day and night before. Try a hydration boost like Liquid IV the day before and morning of your wedding to prevent a hangover!
2. Eat a Healthy Meal
You’ll want to feel your best on your wedding day. Do your best to eat a decently balanced meal so you’re feeling your best. For me, eating anything greasy can give me terrible breakouts. Avoid anything you know won’t sit well with you like processed foods and food high in sugar.
3. Shower & Wash Hair
Your hair stylist will want your hair dry and clean for your wedding day. Shower the night before and dry your hair completely so that you’re ready to go when they show up to pamper you.
4. Keep Self Care Rituals The Same
Now is not the time to experiment with any new products the night before your wedding. If you’re going to do a face mask, lip mask, hair mask, or an eye mask, make sure you’re using something you’ve used before and trust. You don’t want to be having an allergic reaction or throwing your routine off for your wedding day.
5. Clean Your Engagement Ring
If you didn’t get your engagement ring professionally cleaned before your wedding, don’t worry, you still can. Soak your ring in warm soapy water and use a soft toothbrush to clean it. It works so well. You’ll want your ring super sparkly for pictures and for showing it off to guests.
6. Assign Duties
Trust me when I tell you that your wedding day can feel like a whirlwind. Getting yourself organized the day before is so important. There are so many things you won’t be thinking about on your wedding day. Assign people things to do the day before so there are no questions asked on your wedding day. Let your bridal party know when their hair and makeup times are. For me, I assigned my bridesmaids with remembering to bring their bouquets into the reception after the ceremony and assigned the best man with bringing the groom’s personal items to my room for the detail photos and the rings and vow books to the ceremony. Organize yourself and write it down the day before.
Get a printable wedding day checklist HERE.
7. Meditate Or Yoga
Planning a wedding can be stressful. Hoping your wedding day goes exactly as planned can also be pretty anxiety provoking. Don’t let this stress take away from your big day. Take some time to meditate or do yoga the night before or morning of your wedding to help ease stress and anxiety.
8. Set An Alarm
Don’t start your wedding day off rushing or stressed. Your hair and makeup vendors will likely be the first people you see on your wedding morning and sometimes they have to start pretty early. Set an alarm the night before and give yourself some time to enjoy the morning before the chaos begins.
9. Get a Good Night’s Sleep
I know that this seems obvious and that you have every intention of doing this, but sleep is super important in reducing stress and making you feel at your best. For me, I had to set myself an alarm to give myself a reminder to get in bed by a certain time and I had to kick everyone out of my hotel suite. We had so many out-of-town guests arriving at the hotel the night before and of course you’ll want to see them and spend time with them. Everyone’s so excited to celebrate, but don’t feel bad telling them you need your rest before your wedding day.
10. Write Thank You Notes
My bridesmaids thought I was crazy, but writing, reflecting, and showing gratitude are super therapeutic for me.
Thank Your Vendors
Your vendors worked so hard to make your day perfect, take the time to write them a thank you letter. It’s also a great place to put their vendor tips and will keep you organized.
Thank Your Parents
Take some time to write a thank you note to your parents. This digital download is interchangeable so you can get two cards for the price of one.
You can get a pack of envelopes from amazon HERE.
Love Note For Fiancé
Write your soon to be husband a love note the night before your wedding. Knowing that it was written the night before is so romantic and genuine. Have someone deliver it to his room and he can read it the morning of the wedding. It even makes for a great photo opportunity.
11. Spend Time Alone
Embrace your last night as single alone and take some time to reflect. Embrace the process and enjoy everything you’ve done so far to prepare for your big day. Don’t be afraid to go take a walk by yourself or take a bath the night before to give yourself a moment alone. Before I went to sleep, I sprawled out in my king size hotel bed thinking about how grateful I was for everything that was about to come.
12. Spend Time With Family
There will be no other time that all of your favorite people will be together in one place. It’s such a special time and they’ll all be there to celebrate you. Making time the night before your wedding may seem hard but try to take time to spend time with everyone that just traveled to see you. Having a welcome party the night before is a great way to mingle and get everyone in one place.
13. Spend Time With Your Fiancé
As you can tell from this list so far, the night before your wedding may seem chaotic. Don’t forget to spend some time with your fiancé. Sneak one last kiss in before you go to bed, especially if you aren’t spending the night together the night before your wedding. The one piece of advice my husband was given was to not leave my side on the day of the wedding so that our entire wedding day would be experienced together.