| 1. Wear sunscreen - every day of the year - no | | | | effectively as they're not being squashed. |
| matter where you live -even if you don't think you're | | | | 5. Make sure your clothes are clean before wearing, |
| going to go outside. 80% of wrinkles come from | | | | make sure threads aren't hanging off and that there |
| environmental damage. Just look of pictures of | | | | aren't any holes. Look at your clothes as if they |
| Brigitte Bardot today and compare her to her 20 | | | | were in an op-shop - would you want to buy them? |
| year old self ... not a good advertisement for baking | | | | If not, it's time to let them go. |
| yourself in the sun. | | | | 6. Get a great up-to-date haircut - if your hairstyle |
| 2. If you don't love it, don't buy it - it will just hang in | | | | has been the same for a few years, it's time to get |
| your wardrobe and be a waste of money. When | | | | a new style. Find a great stylist who can show you |
| you're in the change room, if you're not sure, it's | | | | how to do your hair at home yourself, so you don't |
| probably best to put the garment back. If a day or | | | | feel worried that you'll look good as you walk out the |
| two later you really think that it's the right one, then | | | | salon door. |
| go back and get it. If you generally are confused | | | | 7. Update your accessories - especially reading and |
| about what suits you, arrange a Style Consultation to | | | | sun glasses - frames that are more than a couple of |
| work out what is going to make you look your very | | | | years old are making you look older as they're now |
| best. | | | | out-of-date. New shoes can really boost an outfit, as |
| 3. Accept the fact that you will need to get your | | | | can a great new handbag or briefcase. |
| clothes altered. Every body is different, and clothing | | | | 8. Buy wardrobe basics in the sales - don't be |
| manufacturers make their clothes for their 'house | | | | suckered into buying something that you wouldn't |
| model', if she or he has your shape - great - if not | | | | pay full price for just because it's cheap. Buy great |
| you may need to take in the waistband, or the hips | | | | dark neutral trousers, shirts and every day basics in |
| and thighs. Make sure your trousers and skirts are | | | | the sales. Leave that lurid print shirt that's 70% off - |
| the right length - the wrong length can add kilos and | | | | unless you love it so much that you're going to wear |
| completely alter your look. Plus, clothing that fits you | | | | it at least once a week. |
| really well looks more expensive, plus you'll enjoy | | | | 9. Wear colours, don't get caught in the black trap. |
| wearing the garment more because it fits you like a | | | | Not sure what suits your complexion? Invest in a |
| glove. | | | | Colour Analysis and give yourself colour confidence, |
| 4. Stand up straight - it will take 5kg off your frame | | | | so you know that any colour you buy will look great. |
| and make you look more confident. It will also help | | | | 10. Smile - it makes you happy and it makes others |
| your internal organs work more efficiently and | | | | happy. |