Self Help: Seven Things You Can Do NOW to Look Well-Groomed Without Spending a Dime!

Seven Things You Can Do NOW to Look Well-Groomed Without Spending a Dime!

Written by Renu Dalal-Jain

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4)Your socks or hose must match either your shoes or your pants. Do not EVER wear blue socks with brown shoes, or black socks with sneakers! If you are wearing sling-back or open-back shoes, make sure your socks or hose are repparttar

color of your shoes or nude-colored. If you are wearing sandals, do NOT wear hose unless it is patterned (think fishnets) and “deliberately worn to make a trendy statement”. 5)Wear repparttar 129577

highest length socks you can (at least mid to high calf-length). NOBODY wants to see shiny shins peeking out when you sit down! 6)Polish your shoes and clean your sneakers! The number one thing people forget to do when going out is to check their shoes for scuffs or dirt. Polished shoes show that you care about your appearance. The most expensive shoes in repparttar 129578

world will look horrible if they are dirty or scuffed! 7)Keep your wallet or purse organized all repparttar 129579

time. Nothing makes you look disorganized like an overstuffed wallet hanging on for dear life in your back pocket, or a purse bursting at repparttar 129580

seams! Make yourself a system to keep repparttar 129581

business cards, credit cards or receipts you don’t need all repparttar 129582

time, in your briefcase or at home.

And a bonus: an understated use of scent (aftershave, cologne or perfume) shows that you take an extra step with your grooming and can have a positive effect not only on your own mood but on those around you. According to repparttar 129583 Social Issues Research Center in Oxford, UK, subtle fragrances can have dramatic effects in improving your mood and sense of well-being. In addition, in experiments, subjects exposed to pleasant fragrances tend to give higher ‘attractiveness ratings’ to people in photographs. The regular use of pleasant fragrances helps to reduce mood disturbances in men and women.

Renu Dalal-Jain, a certified image consultant and the owner of Flair Consulting in Philadelphia, PA, works with men and women to help them put their best personal face forward in social or corporate settings.

Five Simple Ways to Organize Your Closet Today!

Written by Renu Dalal-Jain

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FOURTH – Try on each item… this is repparttar most important step! Make sure it still fits well, with no pulls, tears, or unseemly tucks or threads. If it’s too tight, too bright, or just plain outdated, even if it’s in mint condition, get rid of it! Make notes of what you no longer have in your wardrobe and need to purchase. For example, if you’ve gotten rid of every old pair of chinos you had, put it on your list of new purchases. If you had one black sweater (a staple item that goes with everything) that was completely worn out, make sure you replace it. Put aside repparttar 129574 items you want to keep that need to be mended or cleaned, and make an agreement with yourself to have that done within one week of your personal closet overhaul.

FIFTH – put everything back in your closet and dresser. Renu’s rule of thumb is to hang pants, skirts, shirts, thicker sweaters and jackets. Fold very heavy items like jeans, and very delicate items like undergarments and cashmere or other loose knits, which will lose their shape if hung. Hang your clothes according to business, casual and evening wear. Within those categories, you can further hang all pants together, all shirts together, all skirts together, etc. Hang pants and skirts on clip hangers; folding them over a wire hanger will cause them to wrinkle and become prone to tearing at repparttar 129575 bend.

Don’t worry if your closet suddenly looks empty to you. You are just creating repparttar 129576 space to build repparttar 129577 type of wardrobe you’ve always dreamed of having. Now you can make knowledgeable purchases by understanding what you already have, what your comfort zones are, and what items you really need.

A bonus: feel good while you organize – donate your clothes to any of repparttar 129578 many great organizations in your area. In repparttar 129579 Philadelphia area, some organizations include:

City Team Ministries - http://www.cityteam.org/philadelphia/ Career Wardrobe - http://www.careerwardrobe.org/ Junior League of Philadelphia - http://www.juniorleaguephila.org/fund.html Philadelphia Cares - http://www.philacares.com/donate.htm

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