SHOPPING DOS AND DON'TS

SHOPPING DOS AND DON'TS:  FROM "THE WORLD'S BEST-KEPT BEAUTY SECRETS" BY DIANE IRONS

"Buy for the body you have.  'It would look great if I just lost five pounds.'  How many of those 'promises' do you have sitting in your closet.  By the time you've lost the weight, that adorable outfit will be unadorably out of style."

~Diane Irons~

 

 

DOS...

 

~  Start shopping trip in your own closet.

~  Wear color near your face.

~  Raid your man's closet.

~  Be careful what you wear under your clothing.

~  Wear white in winter.  It's called winter white.

 

 

~  Add a trendy touch to each season's wardrobe.

~  Shop in resale shops.

~  Keep a core of five or six basics in your wardrobe.

~  Pick out two or three colors, and plan your wardrobe around them.

~  Develop a theme to your wardrobe.

~  Purchase items that can be worn in any season.

 

 

 

DON'TS...

 

~  Be afraid to split up outfits.

~  Overaccessorize.

~  Try to hide figure flaws in oversized clothing.

~  Wear tops that display your favorite beer, cause, pet, availability, etc.

~  Wear a full jacket with a full skirt.

 

 



 

~  Use  more than two colors in an outfit.

~  Wear linen in winter.

~  Fix any part of your body in public.

~  Overspend on an item that you don't just love.

~  Send the wrong message with your clothing.

 

 

 

 

~  Keep your clothes so simple that you fade into the woodwork.

~  Purchase clothing that requires constant maintenance.

 

 





















REASONS TO EAT BREAKFAST

REASONS TO EAT BREAKFAST:  ADVICE FROM 'THE WORLD'S BEST-KEPT BEAUTY SECRETS' BY DIANE IRONS

 

 

 

1.  You'll have a better day at work.  Women who eat breakfast work faster and more accurately than those who don't.  Breakfast eaters are also more creative in the morning.

 



 

2.  It keeps you in shape.  Breakfast eaters are slimmer than those who skip breakfast.  They don't reach for doughnuts or croissants at the first coffee break.

 

 





3.  You'll have lots of health benefits.  Cereal with skimmed milk and fruit boost your vitamin intake for under 200 calories.

 





MOISTURIZERS

MOISTURIZERS: ADVISE BY DIANE IRONS FROM HER BOOK, 'THE WORLD'S BEST-KEPT BEAUTY SECRETS

 

~  Purchase an inexpensive moisturizer at the drugstore.  Don't spend a penny extra for any enrichments.  Alternate between adding a vitamin A capsule in the morning and a vitamin E capsule at night.



~  This is what you're hearing all the hype about.  It's pretty much the same formula that they expect you to spend $40 or $50 for.  Add your own vitamins, and get a more powerful effect. 

 

 

 

~  Don't spend too much more for sunscreen protection.  You can always add your own base of sunscreen before moisturizing.





HOW TO SPOT A FASHION VICTIM

HOW TO SPOT A FASHION VICTIM:  ADVICE OF DIANE IRONS FROM 'THE WORLD'S BEST-KEPT SECRETS'

 

1.  They buy clothes that they have no intention of wearing.

 

 

2.  They purchase things without first trying them on.

 

3.  They buy more than one of the same outfit in the same color.

 

 

4.  They find things in the back of their closet, with the tickets still attached.

 

5.  They purchase items that have nothing to do with their lifestyle, just because it's the latest rage.

 

 



LIFE WORTH LIVING

LIFE WORTH LIVING:  WISDOM OF GORDON B. HINCKLEY

"You can be excellent in every way.  You can be first class.  There is no need for you to be a scrub.  Respect yourself.  Do not feel sorry for yourself.
 

 

Do not dwell on unkind things others may say about you.  Polish and refine whatever talents the Lord has given you. 

 

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile in your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart.  Love life and look for its opportunities."

 



BEAUTY ADVICE

BEAUTY ADVICE:  FROM AUDREY HEPBURN



~  For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

~  For lovely eyes, seek out the good in the people.





~  For slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

~  For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.

 ~  For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.



~  People more than things have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed.

~  Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.  As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one helping yourself and the other for helping others.

BLUSH BASICS

BLUSH BASICS:  ADVICE BY BOBBI BROWN FROM 'BOBBI BROWN TEENAGE BEAUTY: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO LOOK PRETTY, NATURAL, SEXY & AWESOME'.

"The perfect color blush is the shade of your cheeks when you exercise!"   ~ Bobbi Brown

~  If you have very pale skin, stick to soft pastels with no brown in them.

~  If you have light skin, use pale pinks.  If you have medium skin, use sandy pinks.

~  If you have dark or black skin, choose deep rich colors like soft plum or deep bronze.

~  If you have yellow or olive skin, look for shades like pink, tawny, or rose, and stay away from peach and bronze.

~  The wrong blush will me you look dirty, bruised, or pasty.





BIGGEST EYE MISTAKE

BIGGEST EYE MISTAKE:  ADVICE BY BOBBI BROWN FROM 'BOBBI BROWN TEENAGE BEAUTY: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO LOOK PRETTY, NATURAL, SEXY & AWESOME'.

~  Trying to change the shape of your eyes with  dark shadow is all you'll end up doing is making your eyes look smaller.  Contouring is a really advanced technique that some professional makeup artists haven't figured out.  You don't need to change the shape of your eyes.  Your eyes are pretty wonderful the way they are.

~  Too much eye liner will make you look like you tried too hard.



EYEBROW LESSON

EYEBROW LESSON:  Advice By Bobbi Brown From "Bobbi Brown Teenage Beauty: Everything You Need To Look Pretty, Natural, Sexy & Awesome".

~  Getting the right shape is everything when it comes to your eyebrows.  When in doubt, leave yours alone - taking away too much is the worst thing you can do.  Thick, natural, untouched brows are much more beautiful than overplucked, overmanicured brows.

~  To make sure your shape is natural-looking, you need to keep the natural shape of your brow.  Just use your tweezers to clean up stray hairs.

~  Don't glue yourself to a magnifying mirror without coming up for breath.  Stepping back and taking a look may save you from taking off too much.  Overplucking is most girl's biggest regret.



LIP TRICKS

LIP TRICKS:  Advice by Bobbi Brown from "Bobbi Brown Teenage Beauty: Everything You Need To Look Pretty, Natural, Sexy & Awesome".

1.  Use lip pencil and lip balm to create your own color.

2.  Use eye shadow and lip balm to create a matte lipstick.  Watch out, though, when choosing your shadow color--most are too gray or brown.

3.  Make a great stain by applying a bright or dark shade, then blotting most of it off.

4.  To make lip color last longer, use lip pencil on top of lipstick.

5.  Most modern mouth:  Sheer colors are the most modern and mistake-proof.  Try either pots or tubes.





BRONZING POWDER

BRONZING POWDER:  ADVICE FROM DIANE IRONS FROM 'THE WORLD'S BEST-KEPT BEAUTY SECRETS

~  "Never leave home without the youthful look of a tan.  Now you can do it safely.  There is nothing short of plastic surgery that looks more rested.  There's not one factor that will age you faster than the natural way of getting one.  Use bronzing powder liberally over the face, decollage, and neck.  It will take the years off quickly and effiiently."



HANDBAGS

BAGS:  Advice From 'In Style - Secrets Of Style:  The Complete Guide To Dressing Your Best Every Day'

~  A handbag is the most trusted accessory.  Women take one with them virtually every place they go and rely on it to both pulling together an outfit and stashing their essentials.  But a bag can go one step further:  it can make women's life easier.  A bag with perfectly placed pockets can organize stuff and eliminate any number of daily annoyances - from finding keys in the rain to getting to the cell phone before it stops ringing.

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SHOES AND BAGS

"I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty."
IMELDA MARCOS

SHOES AND BAGS:  ADVISE FROM 'INSTYLE - SECRETS OF STYLE:  THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO DRESSING YOUR BEST EVERY DAY'

~  Buying shoes and bags satisfies on a deep level because the payoff is so great.  A pair of perfectly cut black pants may quietly do its part to make you look gorgeous, but a great pair of shoes or an exquisite purse positively hollers for attention and admiration.  And on a practical level, many women seem to prefer shoe and bag shopping because it's  just plain easier.  There are fewer fit issues and almost no stripping down, which means less time in the dressing room and more showing off your new finds.

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GLAMOUR AT WORK

GLAMOUR AT WORK:  ADVICE OF SANDRA DEEBLE FROM 'A GIRL'S GUIDE TO GLAMOUR'

"Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade."
Marlene Dietrich

~  Forget power dressing.  We're talking style, femininity, playing to your strengths, and oozing authority and charm.  People will start to look to you when they want an opinion.  Look and feel glamorous when you're at your day job and you'll never worry about work/life balance issues again.

~  It is not an old-school secretarial eyelash fluttering, if you feel fabulous when you're at work, everything you want will flows towards you:  money, interesting projects, opportunities, the works!



 

SHOPPING WITH GLAMOUR

Shopping with Glamour:  Advice of Sandra Deeble From "A Girl's Guide to Glamour"



~  Weekends can be tricky.  For every 1,000 badly dressed, unglamorous, unkempt girls out shopping at the weekend there will be one clever girl who has thought about her splurge and dressed to please --- herself.

~  Success breeds success.  Glamour breeds glamour.  If you make an effort --- especially if you're going out  to buy clothes, shoes, or make-up --- you will make better and more glamorous choices.

DRESS TO SEDUCE

 

DRESS TO SEDUCE:  ADVICE OF SANDRA DEE FROM 'A GIRL'S GUIDE TO GLAMOUR'.







~  Dressing to seduce is a wondrous art.  Carrying it off the seduction necessitates a warm blend of glamour, style, sex appeal and panache.  Moreover, you'll have to adapt this following advice:
*  Plan:   Plan it within an inch of your life and enjoy every minute of the getting-ready process.
*  Pamper yourself:  Ideally, take the whole day to gear up to the bathing and dressing stage, but make it slow, rolling boil.  Exfoliation, deep hair treatments, body wraps, face masks, afternoon nap, hydrate your system with herbal tea and water.
*  Seductive thoughts:  While you're getting ready --- from bathtime to the final slick of lip gloss --- think affirming thoughts about your sexuality and expertise in the art of erotic striptease. 
*  Set the scene:   Set the scene at home --- even if you're going out.  Choose your music and go for anything that makes you feel irresistible.  Then leave your home in a gorgeous welcoming state.
*  Alluring eyes:  Think about smoky eyes like Marlene Dietrich and wear fabrics that make your skin feel gloriously at one with its sensuality.