Where to End Your Tops and Jackets
I’m often asked where to end your tops and jackets. In this video I give you some pointers to help you find your sweet spot that flatters your figure.
My Everyday Makeup Essentials You Might Want to Try
What makeup do you regularly apply and use? For some women the answer is none! For others, it spans the gamut of available makeup products. I was asked to share my makeup essentials. I wear makeup every day, a foundation (either a liquid or a mineral powder, depending on how “made up” I want to…
C is for Colour
We live in a coloured world, and studies have shown that we remember a ‘coloured experience’ vs a neutral or black and white one 70% more. So how can you bring a little more colour into your world (get out of all that black) and communicate more effectively? In fact, if you want more joy…
Sportswear that Isn’t Black and is Stylish, Mission Impossible?
SPORTSWEAR/ HIKING WEAR etc: how to assemble small capsules of technical clothing for sporting activities, when shapes and colours are often very limited. What are the few things to do to adapt such clothes to ones own personality and needs? Long gone are the days when you wore a baggy old men’s (or promotional) tee…
Saturday Spent at an AICI Image Consultants Meeting
What I wore Saturday was an Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) education day in Melbourne. I love going to them as it’s always great to catch up with other image consultants who I don’t see too often. As we all work independently it can sometimes feel lonely, and it’s a great place to share…
Stylish Thoughts β Fabulous After 40
Today’s Stylish Thoughts comes from Toronto Canada based Deborah Boland and Wilmington Delaware US based JoJami Tyler who are otherwise known as The Glam Girls and write the blog www.fabulousafter40.com What is the secret to great style? The secret to great style is to knowing who you are and communicating your that through the styles…
Makeup For Glasses: Tips, Tricks and a Tutorial
My question is about make-up, if I wear glasses, do I need to wear more make-up? Makeup and Glasses? Do You Need More or Less? This is an interesting question and there is no one right answer! It may depend on your prescription and what you can see, such as if you are long or…
How to Use the Golden Mean Proportions When Dressing
Following on from last weeks video on how to measure your body proportions. Here is a short video that shows you a couple of ways to use the Golden Mean (golden ratio, Fibonacci series) to dress in a proportioned manner that is flattering. The golden mean is a ratio that appears in nature and we…
Expressing Your Personal Values Through Your Style Masterclass
As part of being a contributing author to the bestselling Innovations Secrets book, I was invited to present a masterclass and I’m now able to share with you the recording of the masterclass all about how to express your personal values through your style. How to Express Your Values Through Your Style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcysJdGSh5w…
How to Choose Prints and Patterns that Go With Your Colour Palette
What is the easiest and best way to choose prints and patterns? Match them to your colour palette! If you’ve had a personal colour analysis you should have a colour palette, a fabulous tool that will assist you in finding the colours in both solid fabrics as well as patterned ones. When you think about…
What’s Your Contrast?
Contrast is one of those subjects that has been coming up lots in my Evolve Your Style and 7 Steps to Style programs in the past week or so. I thought I’d make this video to talk about understanding your contrast and how to figure it out. Here is a handy contrast tool for you…
How to Dress To Look More Approachable?
Reader Question: I struggle with the intimidation and non-approachable effect created by being tall, high contrast, and a fairly classic dramatic personality. I dress in medium to low contrast and more muted colours to be approachable and less intimidating but it feels less me. What do you suggest to dress to look more approachable? How…
How to Rebuild Your Wardrobe When You Have to Start Again
Reader Question: Iβm am at a weird place in life where I get to ‘start over’ with my wardrobe after kids and losing almost everything due to black mold exposure. I am trying to have a plan for how to start on a wardrobe that better reflects the real ‘me’ to the world. I am…
Shoe Play – How to Change the Colour of Your Shoes
By Ms MakeItOver Bernadette Lis We all love shoes! If you’d like to have some fun with, a pair that doesn’t thrill you anymore or need a colour which is difficult to find, then grab some leather paint and let me show you how I changed mine. Tools You will need: shoes Ammonia cleaner…
Blogging: Some Tips I Picked up at Nuffnang Blogpolis
Panel at Blogpolis: Candice (Super Kawaii Mama), Eden (Edenland) Helen Yee (Grab Your Fork) Darren Rowse (Problogger) Yesterday was the inaugural Nuffnang Blogpolis conference in Melbourne. Around 300 bloggers from all over Australia came to pick the brains of some of Australia’s leading bloggers and connect with other Australian bloggers. Included on the list of…
How to Make the Best Clothes and Style Purchasing Decisions
Reader Question – I often choose great outfits which don’t look good on me. How can I make better decisions? We can love an outfit on the mannequin. We can love it on the salesperson. We can love it on one of our friends. You are not the mannequin. You are not the salesperson. You…
Fashioned from Nature Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
One of the delights of London is the Victoria and Albert Museum (also known as the V & A) which always has a fashion exhibition to enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PaCzbe_gsU Currently (and running until 27 January 2019) is the Fashioned from Nature exhibition, a fascinating look into the influence of the natural world on fashion through history…
Do You Have a Process for Deciding What to Wear?
Jill Chivers of 16 Style Types and I discuss our processes for deciding what to wear and how we dress each day in this video. Do you have a dressing process for deciding what to wear each day? I’d love to know about it!
What are Universal Colours?
I’m often asked if there is such a thing as Universal Colours – the colours that suit everyone. People ask me if black is one – sadly it is not as it’s colour properties are – cool, deep and bright – so if you are warm, light or muted in your colouring, black is really…
How to Choose and Style Garments for Curvy Hips
Today we are diving into a question that resonates with many woman: how to style outfits that make you feel confident, especially when you have specific areas youβd like to camouflage, like a set of curvy hips. One of my readers wrote to me looking for ways to feel confident and stylish while navigating the…
How to Declutter Your Wardrobe
Want to challenge yourself get out of your rut, help you create new outfits from your wardrobe, and clear out what isn’t working from your wardrobe. Then why not spend the next few weeks going through your wardrobe and no repeatedly wearing the same outfits, instead, why not try to create 30 unique outfits (same…