Tag Archives: style advice

4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying a New Outfit

How do you feel about shopping? Do you love it or hate it? Whether you love it or hate it, you have to do it on a fairly regular basis. Shopping for food, clothes, items for your home – it’s a necessary evil, so you may as well be good at it, right? What I’m about to…

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Should You Change Your Style To Fit In?

Why is it that we get so attached to an identity that no longer serves us? Think about it. You’ll wear some less-than-fabulous attire, know you can do better, but get defensive when your appearance holds you back. You shout things like, “They should like me for me!” and “Being judged by your appearance isn’t fair!” Well,…

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How To Avoid Toxic Style Advice

How does the saying go? Opinions are like assholes; everyone has one. These days everyone and their mother is an expert, a stylist, or some sort of guru. Heck, even people who don’t have those titles are ready to hand out advice about on life and what you’re wearing. Before you start getting hurt feelings…

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5 Steps to Style

Style. You either have it or you don’t, right? Wrong! Looking good can be learned. Think about some of the most beautiful people in the world and their “before they were famous” photos. Yikes. Am I right? They were all put through the “Hollywood carwash” aka fancy stylists, hairdressers, makeup artists, media training, etc. by…

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Decoding the Dress Code: Dining Out

Remember when you used to just go to a restaurant and that was that? You can’t just “go” to a restaurant anymore. You have to look it up on Yelp, make sure it has 4.5 stars or 5 stars, you’ve gotta look at the food pics, and check out all the details like self-park vs….

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Goal Setting and Style: Why Looking Good Gets You What You Want

There are two phrases that make me CRINGE! 1.) Girl Boss. It was cute for 5 minutes (when the book came out), but now it’s downright insulting. Can’t we just be bosses? Slapping “girl” in front of it is childish and weird. 2.) Goal Digger. This one never amused me. It’s too close to a…

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3 Horrible Style Habits That Are Holding You Back

Welcome! This month every Friday at 1pm PST I will be hosting a free live style session. Additionally, this month I am hosting a 30-Day Outfit Challenge and you are welcome to join anytime – it’s not too late. Why now? Why August? August was always a fun time for me growing up because it…

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Is Your Style Sabotaging Every Area Of Your Life?

Is it possible that the way you dress is sabotaging every area of your life? Yes, it’s very possible and I bet it’s happening to you right now. Sounds dramatic doesn’t it, but indulge me and let’s explore this for a moment … A few days ago I was talking to one of my Personal…

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7 Ways To Style Black Skinny Jeans

Black jeans are a style staple! Some like ’em flared, some like ’em straight, but most people love them skinny. Black skinny jeans add instant edge and sex appeal to your look. In fact, they are the fastest way to upgrade your outfit. Take an outfit you’d typically wear with blue jeans and style it…

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The 7 Style Mistakes You Can’t Afford To Make (and how to fix them)

Style appears to come easily to so many people, yet you find yourself standing in front of your closet each morning like you’re going to war. Do any of these phrases sound familiar? “What should I wear?” “OMG, I am too fat for this!” “Ugh, I totally need to go to the dry cleaner.” “Can…

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