Archive for June, 2010
Whether you buy a red, blue or white shirt the price will be similar. So why not choose the right colour for your skin tone? Knowing your colours is about wearing the right shade to enhance your total look. When you wear the correct colours, you will look good, feed your energy levels and have […]
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Tags: achieve harmony between hair, choose the right colour for your skin tone, Dress in colours that suit you, eyes and clothing, Fit is important to clothing style, good body features, knowing your colours, New Zealand women have a love affair with black, Parnell darlings
Congratulations to Australia’s Federal Youth Minister, Kate Ellis for her new code of conduct.
It bans ultra skinny models from catwalks and magazines with the aim to reinforce positive body images for young people. The new code wants to ban the fashion and beauty industries from using stick thin models or digitally enhancing images so that the models appear even thinner. Well done, Kate Ellis. Let’s hope NZ follows […]
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Tags: Australia’s Federal Youth Minister, Australian code of conduct, bans ultra skinny models from catwalks and magazines, code of conduct, cosmetic surgery, earn how to make the most of your assets, fashion and beauty industries, fashion editor NZ Herald, fashion feature, fuller figure styles, Kate Ellis, Personal Shopper, rapid weight loss diets, regular fashion pages for fuller figure styles, reinforce positive body images, stick thin models
Especially when they are in the same vicinity, but disappointing when they are not both of similar standard. In Pukekohe and by-pass the main street and head down to the more industrial area along Manukau Rd and just at the start of Manukau Rd (no 4) stop at the new group of shops. The Merino […]
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Tags: Devonport, flowers, fragrance, garden centre, Infusion Café, merino clothes, Papakura, Petal ‘n’ Pots, Pukeko’s Nest, Pukeko’s Nest Café, Pukekohe, Scent, soaps, Waiheke Island
Don’t wait until you’ve reached your ideal weight before treating yourself with wardrobe advice.
You can look good right away – and you will feel much better when you know you look good. Style and colour consultations are for life and nothing to do with size. Wearing the right colours, for example, will enhance your skin tone and give you an instant lift. The style and line analysis has […]
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Tags: colour and style, colour consultation, overweight style, style and colour consultations, style and line analysis, style when overweight, update your wardrobe, wardrobe advice, working wardrobes
As you get older it can become more difficult to find where you fit in. There is a difference between fashion and style – in the words of Coco Chanel: “Fashion fades, but style is eternal”. If you look good in straight leg trousers, for example, you don’t compromise your look by wearing pants with […]
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Tags: 60s, but style is eternal, Coco Chanel, colour and style, declutter wardrobe, Fashion fades, look fabulous in your 50s, straight leg trousers, Style & Line Analysis, style and look that flatters your shape and colouring, stylish lines, update your wardrobe, working wardrobes
Whatever time of the year the park is a great oasis in the city. The view from the summit is incredible and the drive or walk through the park is a joy – rolling lawns, majestic trees, cattle and sheep, you would never think you were in the midst of a big city of concrete. […]
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Tags: afternoon tea kiosk, Alan Scott sparkling rose, Auckland, Auckland City, cattle, Cornwall Park, dark chocolate and fresh raspberry tart, food was five star, Image Consultant Auckland, majestic trees, oasis in the city, One Tree Hill Domain, rolling lawns
Mt Eden Interesting how some place are popular for years and others struggle. In Mt Eden the other day there was a long queue out on the pavement from Circus Circus Café and only a few people in Volcanic Café almost across the road. Volcanic is one of my favourites in the Mt Eden shopping […]
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Auckland’s west coast beach does now have a café, but at this time of the year is only open four days, Sunday to Monday. Foolishly not realizing that, headed out to one of my favourite spots, love the surf and energy of a wild west beach (hasten to add, only to look at, not swim […]
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Tags: Auckland’s west coast beach, Piha Café, Piha Store
Creating sleeves
So many garments are sleeveless this winter, so we have to layer to give warmth and create fashion interest to our clothes. Putting a long sleeved merino on under the sleeveless tunic is the most popular way to achieve warmth and cover the arms. But I was thrilled when I discovered a lace cropped hoodie […]
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