Month to Month

4 months before

• Start shopping for your prom dress.
• Order your limousine making sure to record who you talked to.
• Start working out to tone your muscles.
• Start your prom skin care regime (stop breakouts before they happen).

3 months before

• Make restaurant reservations making sure to record who you talked to in your prom planner..
• Order your dream prom dress (shop on-line).

2 months before

• Make a prom dress alteration appointment (at a loss? Look in the yellow pages under custom tailor).
• Shop for prom undergarments.
• Order prom shoes (shop shoes on-line).
• Make two prom hair appointments (one for a trial run, one for prom day). Record this in your prom planner.
• Make prom manicure appointment.
• Pick out matching corsages and boutonniere. Prom Flowers.
• Purchase accessories to match your prom dress (accessory checklist page).
• Purchase a handbag to match your prom dress.

1 month before

• Order prom make-up that matches your prom dress.
• Purchase clear deodorant and start to wear it around to make sure you are not allergic to it.
• Purchase dance tickets.
• Break in your prom shoes by wearing them around the house all day.
• Start drinking lots of water as opposed to juices to alleviate bloating.

3 weeks before

• Have your prom dress tailored.
• Have a trial prom hairdo completed (hot hair tips).
• Stop shaving so you can get a bikini and underarm wax.
• Verify restaurant arrangements.
• Verify prom limousine arrangements.
• Try out sunless tanning lotion.

2 weeks before

• Try on tailored prom dress and make any necessary changes. Prom Tip: make sure the seamstress is present when you try on your dress and wear the proper prom undergarments.
• Get a bikini and underarm wax.
• Experiment with your prom make-up (make-up artist tips).

1 week before

• Take your prom dress home and keep it in a safe dry place. Prom tip: Prom Dresses should be stored in a dry room (not the basement). If possible hang prom dresses over a chair instead of handing them. If you must hang your prom dresses, hand it like pants folded over the hanger.
• Purchase a prom dress steamer if needed.

1 day before

• Another prom tip, get a manicure. A person always feels better with a prom mannicure.
• Pluck your eyebrows (make-up artist tips).