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How To Make Your Waist Appear Smaller

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Want to know how to make your waist appear smaller? Who doesn’t want that hour glass silhouette? Yes, you can minimize  the appearance of your waistline with a few pieces you already own.   Check out these fashion tips that help your waist to appear thinner:
1.  Wear the proper underwear or shape-wear.
Shape-wear is a fabulous way to disguise your less perfect parts and create a gorgeous silhouette.  Your underwear and shape-wear should be comfortable, non noticeable, and smooth’s where needed.  Shape-wear should target the areas of concern and provide body-shaping control that is both comfy and flattering.     

2.  Make it Pop!
Highlight the areas you love. Add detail and color where you want the attention , to take the attention away from your waistline.  For example: If you love your shoulders, wear garments that draw the attention upward. Wear ruching, lace, beading, gathers, ruffles or bright colors in the neckline or shoulders to draw the attention upward and enhance the appearance of the shoulders. These sorts of details provide a visual boost and help to make the highlighted area more visually appealing.
 

 

 

3.  Camouflage your problem areas. 

One of my favorite and more versatile pieces is the wrap dress and tops that wrap at the waist.   They  create a more  defined waistline, enhance the bust size and slims the waist.  Ruched Tops and dresses are  also amazing, the gathered detail gives style, makes the waist look slimmer and disguises imperfections. Try to go for quality here because these pieces will go along way. You will find yourself reaching for these pieces over and over again.

4.  Color blocking.
It’s amazing how color placement can change your entire look. Go for side panels in black to create a waist slimming look. Dark colors make your heavy sections look small.  The black side panels detracts the waist and does the contouring for you.
 
5.  Belt it!
Adding a belt can change the look of an outfit.  Wearing a belt at the thinnest part of your waist or your true waistline will pull your waistline in and create an illusion of an hourglass silhouette.
6.  Be confident and Stand up straight. 
Body language can tell someone a lot about your mood and confidence level.   Standing up straight can not only improve your posture, it can help  you to appear taller, therefore make your waist appear thinner and help you to appear more confident.
**How do you make your waist appear smaller? We want to know….Leave a comment:
Tracey Evelyn is a Body Image and Fashion Consultant who helps women to learn to  love their bodies and reinvent themselves through Wardrobe Styling, Makeup Artistry and Personal Shopping. Contact: Tracey@Traceyevelynbeautifulyou.com     Twitter: @Traceyevelyninc Phone: 484-479-6730

 

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How To Dress Your Oval Or Diamond Shape

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How To Dress Your Oval Or Diamond Shape

 

 

How do you dress your oval or diamond shape?  If you are oval or diamond shaped you are bigger in the torso area and your waist is undefined.  It’s best when you dress to balance your shoulders and hips by creating a waist.  Adding volume to your shoulders and fitted clothing at the waste will create the perfect curves.  The goal is to take the attention away from the midriff.    Hear are a few tips for dressing your body shape:

Top

Off the shoulder, boat-neck tops, wide V or U necks look best on the oval or diamond shaped body.
Tops and Dresses with empire waist enhance the bust and therefore balance the oval or diamond shape.
Slim down your midriff by ensuring that the clothing at your waste is fitted.

Opt for peplum tops, they look great on you.
Jackets or sweaters should be nipped at the waist where the center part of the midriff is smaller than the top and bottom.
Balance the shoulders and bust with the hips to create a waist.
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Bottom
 
Show off your legs.
Try to opt for darker colors on the bottom.
Straight and A-Line skirts that fall from the widest part of your hip curve look great on you.
 
All bottoms should be a relaxed fit that falls from the widest part of your hips.
Wear vertical buttons, patterns and seams to slim down your waste.  

Bottoms with simple or no pockets work best on a diamond shaped body.
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How do you dress your oval or diamond shape? We wanna know…..Leave a comment:

Tracey Evelyn is a Body Image and Fashion Consultant who helps women to learn to  love their bodies and reinvent themselves through Wardrobe Styling, Makeup Artistry and Personal Shopping.

Contact: Tracey@Traceyevelynbeautifulyou.com     Twitter: @Traceyevelyninc Phone: 484-479-6730

 

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Beautiful Bushy Brows!

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Are your eyebrows full and out of control?  Do they get a little wild after a few hours?   Need a little help maintaining your natural,  full bushy brows?  With these few simple steps, a little trimming and plucking can make those bushy eyebrows look neat again:

Use an eyebrow brush or a toothbrush to brush your brows to determine the shape.

Just comb your eyebrow hairs up and snip off (use small scissors) any hairs that are too long.

Repeat, combing your eyebrow  hair downwards. Trim where needed.

Be sure to pluck any hairs in between (pluck only the strays).

Set them in place with a clear brow gel or a dab of ole faithful Vaseline.

Use an eyebrow brush or a toothbrush brush brows in place.

If you know you have a long day ahead of you, spray your brow brush with a bit of hairspray, brush and walla, beautiful, bushy brows!

How do you maintain your bushy brows?  We wanna know….be sure to leave a comment.

Tracey Evelyn Reed is a visual brand specialist with over 15 years experience in the beauty industry. As an accomplished wardrobe stylist and make-up artist, she’s also a licensed esthetician. Her company, Tracey Evelyn Beautiful You, provides customized skin-care programs, make-up lessons, eyelash extensions, wardrobe consulting and personal shopping services. Tracey specializes in helping women reinvent their style and take their look to the next level. www.traceyevelynbeautifulyou.com

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How to Dress the Inverted Triangle Body Shape

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How to Dress the Inverted Triangle Body Shape

 

The inverted triangle tends to be the most athletic looking among the different body shapes.   Shoulders are wider than your hips, by a good couple of inches.   Your hips look straight given that your shoulders are broad and you have little to no waist definition.

The goal of dressing the inverted triangle body shape is to create the illusion of a hour glass figure by balancing out the wide top, minimising your shoulders and back, enhance your hips and highlight your legs.

 

Play down the top:

Tops should draw attention downward away from the shoulders.

V neck, wrap style and vertical lines in the bodice all draw attention downward.

Jackets should be narrow at the shoulders and widest at the hips.

Wear Tailored shirts and jackets.

Wear dark colored tops.

Vertical lines created with accessories will draw the attention downward

Monochromatic colors in draped styles will lengthen the body.

 

Play up the bottom:

 

Wear a belt, it will accent your waist                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Choose bottoms that enhance and flatter your lower body.

Strong visual details below the waist will draw the attention downward.

Wear pants with pockets and embellishment.

Wear wide leg or boot cut pants.

Wear a full or A-line skirt.

Wear horizontal lines on the bottom half.

Add volume with thicker fabrics on the bottom with fabrics like knit, wool or tweed.

Show off those great legs with a great pair of pumps.

Stay away from shoes with straps, they will shorten your legs.

 

How do you dress your inverted triangle shape? We wanna know….. send us a pic or leave a comment.

 

Tracey Evelyn is a Body Image and Fashion Consultant who helps women to learn to love their bodies and reinvent themselves through Wardrobe Styling, Makeup Artistry and Personal Shopping. Contact: Tracey@Traceyevelynbeautifulyou.com Twitter: @Traceyevelyninc Phone: 484-479-6730

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Choosing the Right Sunglasses to Compliment Your Face Shape

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Finding the right sunglasses can be as important as choosing the right makeup.  It is important to think about size, shape, color and the way the bridge affects the look of your eyes and nose.   The shape of the frames should correspond with the shape of the face:

 

Oval Shaped Face 

The oval shaped face looks great with just about any shape of sun glass frame.

 

 

 

 

 

Round Shaped Face

A round face with with full cheeks, should go for a frame that makes your face appear to be thinner.   Usually  frames that are equal to or slightly wider than the broadest part of  your face will make the face appear thinner. Softly angular frames play up an oval face. Higher temples will create a longer profile.

 

 

 

 

 

Square Face Shape

The square face shape has fairly straight lines at the cheeks and an obvious square jaw.  To soften these angular features, opt for glasses with soft lines or rimless  edges or reduce the angles with soft, curvy styles that will give the face some definition such as cat-eye sun glass styles. 

 

 

 

 

 

Heart Shaped Face

The heart shaped face or inverted triangle is characterized by wide cheekbones and a narrow jaw line.  The goal is to minimize the width of the cheekbones(this can be achieved by wearing a relatively dark frame that fits close to the head to make the upper half of the face look more in proportion).  Round frames balance and soften a wide forehead.

 

 

 

 

Oblong Face Shape

The oblong shaped face tends to have a long face; narrow chin and cheeks.  Oversize sunglasses or wrap styles tend to look best on this face shape.  Decorative or contrasting temples add width to the face.

 

 

 

 

Sunglasses are also more than a fashion statement.  They should give proper and adequate protection from harmful sun rays.

 

**We wanna see how you rock your sunglasses,  leave a comment or send us a pic.

 

Tracey Evelyn is a Body Image and Fashion Consultant who helps women to learn to  love their bodies and reinvent themselves through Wardrobe Styling, Makeup Artistry and Personal Shopping. Contact: Tracey@Traceyevelynbeautifulyou.com     Twitter: @Traceyevelyninc Phone: 484-479-6730