Fashion Makeover

Notice how some women look fabulous no matter what they wear?
If you look carefully at one such woman, she wears only clothes that actually makes her look good. Her makeup is in colors that brings out her natural coloring beautifully. She may have ordinary features and an average figure but she knows how to play up what she's got to make her look stunning all the time.

I've got news for you. You can be that woman. Here's how.

What colors suit you. Your hair color, skin tone and eye color provide clues as to what your best colors really are.

A dress in a shade that matches your eye color would make you look amazing. Clothing that pick some of the shades in your hair would flatter you too. A good assessment of your skintone would tell you which color family would make you look radiant.

You can simplify things by looking whether your coloring is warm or cool. Warm meaning you have golden undertones in your skin. Cool meaning you have blue undertones. Placing a pure white paper beneath your wrist and studying the inside of your wrist may help you see these undertones. If you can see yellowish hues on your inner wrist, then you have warm skin tones and warm colors like browns, tomato, orange and gold suit you. If you can see bluish hues on your inner wrist, then you have cool skin tones. Black, blue, silver and fuschia are your colors.

If you suit cool colors, then go for eye shadows in shades like blue, silver, taupe, pink, gray or purple. You lipsticks would have a bluish undertone. Colors like fuschia, true red and bluish reds or pinks would suit you.

If you suit warm colors, go for eye shadows in colors like amber, peach, gold and earthtones. Lipsticks in coral, oranges and orangey reds and browns will flatter you best.

If your lashes and eyebrows are black, go for black mascara and liner if you want a natural look. If your lashes and eyebrows are blonde, brown mascara and liner would give you a more natural look.

Throw out any makeup that is not your color and replace these with makeup that actually flatter your coloring. Read Your ideal makeup colors to find out how to choose each makeup item for your color group.

Are you an hourglass or a pear? Do you have a boyish figure? Are you top heavy?

Take out a tape measure to find out your real body shape. Then dress accordingly.

If your hips are too big, balance them by wearing clothes that draw attention to your top. If you are top heavy, you might want to balance your hips with frills or flared outfits that visually widen your hips to balnce your top.

Conversely, you might want to play down hips or shoulders by wearing dark solids.

What's my figure type offers a simple exercise to help you identify your body shape. More importantly, it lists which clothes suit each figure type.

Go through your entire wardrobe. Anything that does not fit you or which does not make you look amazing gets thrown out. Get clothes in your colors and which flatter your specific body shape to replace the clothing you've thrown out. It doesn't matter if you are left with very few outfits. The rest wouldn't have done anything for you anyway. Revamp your wardrobe outlines this process in much more detail.

If you wear glasses, switch to contact lenses. The difference can be tremendous. Your eyes are your most mesmerizing asset, so why hide them behind those frames?