The importance of hair!

Well I am back after my little break and feeling once again inspired!

Over the years I have had numerous different hairstyles and anyone who knows me personally will vouch for that. I have had short hair with a fringe, short hair without a fringe, a bob with a fringe, a bob without a fringe and I have had shoulder length hair both permed and straight. I have also experimented with colours too, my favourite being a blackcurrant colour! These different looks have not only changed my physical appearance but have also had an impact on my wardrobe and without me knowing, the contents of such have changed accordingly.

Yesterday I went shopping in Oxford Street and as I was trying on various outfits I realised that certain things looked great on me now, which didn't when I had a bob, such as dangling earrings and ultra feminine dresses. On the other hand things which I previously thought looked good on me, such as a leather skirt, looked absolutely hideous. I know I had the right style skirt but somehow I looked like a real biker and not the fashionable biker everyone is trying to emulate!

I know the overall look I want and I know my style personality but obviously my hair plays a very important part in that overall look. Now I am not suggesting that every time we visit the hairdressers that we change our wardrobe, my husband would have a hissy fit, but I do think we should make sure our hairstyle, as well as our clothes, reflect who we are!

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Last week I had to have professional photographs taken, so that my website picture could be updated. Feedback from some of you out there is that I look better with shorter hair, so thank you!

Anyway if you have ever had professional photographs taken you will know what a dilemma this creates when choosing what to wear. I settled on two outfits, this being my favourite of the two, purely because I think it is more in keeping with my personality. The importance of staying true to yourself and your personality is incredibly important. It is hard to feel comfortable if you are not 100% sure of what you are wearing and this can affect your confidence too.

Whilst it is important to dress appropriately for the occasion and environment in which we find ourselves please remember that your personal style says a lot about you! So when you get dressed tomorrow let your clothes reflect you mood!!

Coats - to invest or not? That is the question!

I don't know about you but I am fairly fickle when it comes to clothes, and tend to prefer to buy myself a few cheap and cheerful coats each year, as I soon tire of my wardrobe. The only time I did splash out and buy an investment coat, I didn't feel as if I had my money's worth out of it!

I think the problem with coats is, because I know which colours and styles suit me best, I have tremendous difficulty finding the right coat and so do not want to spend huge sums of money. Here are two examples, the coat on the left is the perfect fit for my body shape, but is unfortunately too dark for my skin tone and thus drains me. The coat on the right is perfect with regard to colours but is shapeless and makes me look slightly larger than I am!!

You can see my predicament and why I don't spend money on coats. Believe me I will happily splash out when someone out there finds me a fitted grey animal print coat, so start looking!!

Actual age vs apparent age

I have decided to blog on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, this means you will know when to check out my new outfits and I will know which day to make a special effort!! Only joking, of course I try and look my best most days, with the odd exception.

Now I am not known for boasting, but this week has been a particularly good week in terms of compliments. On both occasions, I considered myself dressed down ie jeans, jumper and converse trainers and related to actual age vs apparent age! I think we can deduce from this that how we dress and what we wear plays a huge part in age determination. The moral of this story is do not dress like a middle aged woman or you will look exactly that!

Here is a photo of the outfit I wore to work last week. I love this dress which I bought at the start of the summer from Karen Millen. I have had my wear out of it during the holidays, and continue to get my 'value per wear' because it can be worn with opaque tights with a top underneath on the mild autumnal days. So before you start spending on winter clothes see what you can still get away with before the weather turns cold!