The mother of the bride has the longest day of anyone. This plan respects that.
Every wedding plan in India is written for the bride. Meanwhile the mother is on her feet from five in the morning, feeding people, receiving people, and appearing in around half the photographs.
Hair colour, three weeks before. Root touch-ups look freshest at about ten days. Three weeks gives room to correct the shade if it comes out too flat or too warm. A makeup trial of your own. Fifteen minutes. Most mothers skip this and then get a look on the day that was designed for a twenty-five-year-old.
A lighter base, not heavier. Heavy foundation settles into lines and makes them more visible. Cream products over powder ones. They sit better on drier skin. Say no to heavy contouring if you do not want it. It is your face. Ask for a touch-up plan for the evening. You will not have time to sit again, so ask for a small kit you can carry.
Comfortable footwear for the first half of the day. Change later. Eat something at breakfast. You will not eat again until late. Book your own hair and makeup slot in writing, with a time. Otherwise it gets given away to a cousin.
Hair colour three weeks before. Your own fifteen-minute trial. Your own slot, in writing, with a time.
About three weeks before, so there is time to correct the shade if needed, with a small root touch-up around ten days before if required.
A lighter base and cream products rather than heavy powder. Heavy foundation settles into fine lines and makes them more visible under photographs and stage lights.