October has arrived and I love it! With it comes the cool weather and fashion you can step out in so I've created a TOP TEN List of things you can do to make certain you look trendy and in season.
Here you go:
1. Choose 2 neutrals to build around. Here's what I'd recommend for each DCC:
- Soft: Camel and Ivory
- Clear: Black and White
- Deep: Black and Charcoal
- Light: Ivory and Charcoal
- Warm: Chocolate and Camel
- Cool: Black and Gray
2. Choose 1 pop color to use for add on color in accessories, scarves, gloves, shoes, sweaters, bags, skinny jeans, blouses, whatever! Choose a color that blends nicely with the neutrals you've chosen.
3. Add texture with a chunky sweater, textured tights, wool pants, cape or poncho. Purchase these in your neutrals or your pop color. Perhaps the wool pants in your neutral and the chunky sweater in your pop? Sounds delicious.
3. Add texture with a chunky sweater, textured tights, wool pants, cape or poncho. Purchase these in your neutrals or your pop color. Perhaps the wool pants in your neutral and the chunky sweater in your pop? Sounds delicious.
4. Find something sparkly like a sequin tank or top with glittery embellishments like the one here from the new Jennifer Lopez collection at Kohl's. It will carry you right through the holiday season. Wear it with a flowy skirt for a holidy luncheon, a pair of fabulous jeans and boots for date night with your hubby or velvet skinny jeans, satin blazer and heels for New Year's Eve.
5. Have fun with fur trim. Whether you wear boots or socks adorned with the furry stuff or wear a faux fur vest, you gotta get some fur this season. I especially like the longer ones like the one I'm showing here because it flatters most body types. You can get this one at HM for $19.95. It might just be the deal of the season!
Wear it with or without the belt.
Speaking of HM, never before have you been able to get their things online so this is new for them. I'm glad, cause they have always had very affordable, stylish apparel.
Wear it with or without the belt.
Speaking of HM, never before have you been able to get their things online so this is new for them. I'm glad, cause they have always had very affordable, stylish apparel.
6. Makeup your eyes with metallic eyeshadow. Go for bronze, silver, copper or gold eyeshadow and show off those gorgeous eyes. Chanel has a stunning new collection but be ready to pay the big bucks to get one, yes, I said one, it's $36. Or duplicate the look from Avon, Target, Walmart, for a lot less.
7. Riding boots are a must. Riding boots are the theme this season and make any outfit look complete and on trend. Choose one of your neutrals...or match your hair. These are from Dillards. My very favorite place to get footwear. They have extended sizes, too.
8. Have you had a compliment on your hair lately? If not, do something different with it. Or make an appointment.
9. Get a manicure and pedicure with a metallic color that coordinates with the neutrals you choose to wear for your wardrobe.
10. Look in the mirror and thank God for making you so fabulous and unique. Only YOU can do YOU like YOU can.
Which of the above tips will you do? How many out of the ten will you follow thru on? I hope, at the very least, you'll do the last one.
Love you girls!
Shari
12 comments:
My fall and winter wardrobe is already built around brown basics with orange and green accents, so I'm off to a good start there. :)
I'll definitely wear metallic eyeshadow and nail polish.
And I thank God for making me ME. :)
I just got my hair cut and highlighted yesterday! I was feeling drab...I think it turned out great. :D
I LOVE the riding boots...wearing mine right now and probably will the whole time I'm in NC too. haha. I LOVE the Fall (fashion).
I've recently had my hair cut in an updated style, bought a top in one of my pop colors and I'm thanking God for making me who I am!
Well, my wardrobe is built around my neutral colors and pop accents thanks to this wonderful friend named Shari. :)
I have been trying to find riding boots that will fit my calves for several years now. Will continue to look because I think they are wonderful! :)
My dark blonde hair has tons of natural highlights called white hairs, but it could use a gloss to make it shinier. I won't be doing the mani/pedi but I have some great metalic bronze shadows that work with my green eyes.
I will have to look around for the fur, haven't seen much of it here in KS yet.
Thanks again to my great friend Shari, I have learned to thank God for making me beautifully and wonderfully in His image! :)
Shari, at least 5 of your tips I will be doing. Wow, what a great list! I wore my neutrals of black and white today and bought riding boots last month. Yay, I feel like I am headed the right direction!!!! Love your blog and tips, Monica
Thanks to you, Shari, I'm already doing #1 and 10! I'm growing my hair out a bit to do #8 at the end of the month and I'll be looking for boots to complete #7. Also hoping to do #2, 3, 4 and 6 sometime soon! Love ya!
What store is HM?
I need to work on fur and a sparkle blouse but everything else is pretty much in order.
I do have a question. You keep giving advise to match shoes and purse with your hair. My hair is salt and pepper. Does that mean I need a gray purse and/or gray shoes????
Also, I just want to share that I LOVE my color swatches. I take them everywhere. I even have sales clerks ask me about them. I can't say the number of times I have given out your name and website. I even had one clerk at the Dress Barn tell me she was going to get online and educate herself from your website so she could help her customers when the ask for help! Keep up the good work Shari!!!!
Answers to some questions:
H&M is a national chain but still not in every state yet. They have very trendy clothes, okay quality (not great) but very affordable prices.
Melinda: if you have salt and pepper hair, choose charcoal or black for your neutral.
Shari, is it OK for 40 to 50 year olds to wear metallic eye shadow? Sounds bold to me :-). Maybe I should try?
Shari - you did my colors for me in summer of 2008, and I finally have my summer wardrobe colorized for me. I have only a couple of winter things that are right for me. I finally decided last week as I was making the switch that I just have to get rid of the dark, drab things and get some colors for winter. Since I deal somewhat with SADD, the dark colors that I've been wearing my whole life in winter are not helping! At the moment, I have things piled b/c I can't bear to start actually using them yet, but if I don't, I'll have next to nothing to wear. I have to buck up that I'd rather have a few things that make me feel better when I'm wearing them than lots of things that make me look sick. Am I right?
Shari - you did my colors for me in summer of 2008, and I finally have my summer wardrobe colorized for me. I have only a couple of winter things that are right for me. I finally decided last week as I was making the switch that I just have to get rid of the dark, drab things and get some colors for winter. Since I deal somewhat with SADD, the dark colors that I've been wearing my whole life in winter are not helping! At the moment, I have things piled b/c I can't bear to start actually using them yet, but if I don't, I'll have next to nothing to wear. I have to buck up that I'd rather have a few things that make me feel better when I'm wearing them than lots of things that make me look sick. Am I right?
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