My friend Connie once said to me

 “I used to be able to throw my clothes on, run a comb thru my hair, smear a little lipstick on and I was good to go.  

Now that I am older, I am afraid I will scare someone if I don’t do more to fix myself up before I leave the house.”

 

Do you ever feel this way?

 

One of my favorite anonymous sayings is “Young people are works of God and older people are works of art.”

Think of yourself as an unfinished work of art.

 Your frame is your clothes, hair and accessories like glasses, earrings, and  jewelry.

 

 For you to look visually pleasing, your frame should look like it’s a natural extension of you.

 

Start by repeating your eye color, skin color, and shades of your natural hair color.  

Our eyes automatically search for repetition of colors, shapes, and proportions.  

When you create this repetition, preferably in odd, not even numbers, (the eye keeps moving,)  you create visual balance and harmony.  

This visual harmony translates as “real beauty.”  

In addition to your body colors, most people can wear 40 to 90 other complimentary shades of color.

The colors you wear should not overpower you (be brighter than your natural body colors) and they should not be duller than your natural body colors.

Here is an exercise you can do to determine if a complimentary shade of color works for you.

Stand about 5 feet from a full-length mirror in natural light (sunlight or full spectrum light).

Close your eyes and Blink.

When you open your eyes, if you see your face and the color you are wearing at the same time and the color makes your eyes sparkle and your skin looks radiant, then it’s a flattering shade for you.

If you see the color first the color is probably too bright.

If the colors you are wearing drain the color out of your skin it may not be bright enough.  

Don’t worry if you have trouble doing this exercise, it takes practice.

 

Before I became a Professional Image Consultant and knew the best colors to choose for makeup and clothing, I would look in the mirror and see this pale, tired-looking face staring back at me.

I can remember thinking even when I was a teenager that I looked tired all of the time.

 

What I did not know was what a difference the right color clothing, lipstick and blush could make in my appearance.

 

You can be transformed by your “true colors,”

and clothing styles.

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To find out if her services are right for you, The Wardrobe Wizard offers a “no obligation, 20-minute telephone conversation.

 

Contact “The Wardrobe Wizard,”   Nancy@wardrobewiz.com

 

The Wardrobe Wizard is available to do “Color Analysis,” online as well as in person.  You get a wallet of 40-50 of your best shades and detailed information on how to shop your closet, as well as how to choose makeup and jewelry colors.

 

You also get line drawings of your best styles, a lesson in how to use these to “shop your closet,” and more…

Nancy Goldblatt, “the Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore, is a professionally trained Personal Image Consultant.  She is a Color 1 Associate, with over 20 years of experience helping women whose size and shape has changed to shop their closets.  

She is now offering online consulting to long distance customers as well as in person image help for women in Baltimore, Maryland and surrounding areas.

Reach her at: Nancy@wardrobewiz.com or 410-513-9496

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