Calling all you fashionistas/style gurus! We need your style-and-beauty tips

That's a good thing, because I was walking past the shop where I bought my very beautiful and perfect navy-on-white marinière for a bargainous 50 euros earlier this Autumn, and noticed that they now have them in red-on-navy as well, and was planning to be there at opening this morning to buy one!

Must fly!

frensh style stripes are fine Very FC

I thought I was looking very stylish at 8.30 am in my silver Hunter wellies and horizontally-striped marinière

Have your eyebrows threaded. The pain is indescribable, however the results are far far better than waxing and plucking them yourself.

How to look stylish in morning in 10 mins - esp for school run:

Brush hair and teeth, moisturise, apply little bit of foundation, blusher & mascara. 3 mins

Put on pair of jeans (skinny or boot cut), white t-shirt and v neck jumper/cardy with necklace - pumps or boots are fine. To be more lazy but slightly more stylish, wear black leggings, long boots, long jumper/cardy or tunic and necklace. 5 mins

Coat, scarf wrapped around & nice wool hat if cold/wet. 2 mins.

job done - can be applied to any time of day.

Never wear tracksuit, mens clothes, crocs, wellies (unless really raining hard), trainers, baggy jeans, cropped tops, horizontal stripes unless size 12 or less, scrunchies, summer clothes in winter, baggy coats, jeans that are too short, too much makeup or obvious fake tan.

If it's made of fleece, it will never look nice.

Pluck eyebrows in the car - the all-around light shows up every tiny hair. Up to you whether you decide to stop the car first.

Converse are acceptable. Trainers aren't.

Filing the surface of your toenails beds before buffing achieves an unbelievable shine that lasts for months. And it can be done while kids are in the bath.

Hairpieces are not just for the 1970s.

When short of time, a quick shower and hairwash will make you look and feel better than any amount of make-up and accessories.

Do not wear anything with a hood.

A cotton hoodie for exercise purposes only may be permissable, but please god not on a coat.

You cannot ever look stylish whilst wearing a coat with a hood.

That is where the line between practical and stylish lies. Wet hair looks better than a hood. Always. But of course hats and umbrellas look even better.

(will admit exceptions to coat rule for dog walking in very rural areas).

Take the sticky labels off the bottom of your shoes.. otherwise you look like a skanky tramp.

White eyeliner on inner bottom lashline to make eyes look fresh and wide awake!!!

Do a platt over to make it look like you have made an effort with ya hair even when you not brushed it!

Olive oil ... for everything, Nail hair skin lip gloss ... it's just fab!

'I'm always complimented wherever I go'

I'm usually ignored wherever I go

lol at name oprah
i am SO JEALOUS

Here are mine:

• For smarter looking nails, cut, file, rub oil/vaseline into cuticles and then paint with clear polish. Looks much neater and takes next to no time
• Sweet Almond Oil (available relatively cheaply from Holland and Barrett) is AWESOME: it can be used after a shower to lock in moisture, as eye make-up remover, on nails, mixed with sugar/salt as an exfoliator

I'm always complimented wherever I go. I'd say my best beauty tips are

1. Invest in a good haircut (and colour).
2. Have one stylish coat or jacket that instantly makes you look put together.
3. De-clutter your wardrobe regularly.
4. Don't impulse buy clothes. Make sure you always try everything on and that things fit well.

Then when you are rushed for time, like I was today when I went to pick up ds from nursery after cleaning the house, you can just untie your hair, put on a coat and run out of the door. 1 minute. No mascara or lippy necessary

I am not allowed to wear black apparently, as a summer (iirc) and have to stick to all light bright colours.

I liked the winter colours.

Did you not feel like Bridget Jones's mum when having your colours done?

What IS this colours done stuff you are all rambling on about.

Is it when some crone wearing the entire production run of Estee Lauder make up drapes a gold cloth and then a silver, and then a cream cloth and a white, and then pronounces you spring or summer? I had this done at an Amway party when I was a teenager, apparently I am a summer and therefore should avoid black. Never listened (channel the man from Milk Tray look most days).

Is this what you are on about or is it something more scientific than someone draping you with old viscose handkerchiefs?

According to GOK cheap moisturiser is as good as Lancome.

If you need to go out straight after work and have a curl in your hair nothing a tiny bit of soap and water(use like wax) can't fix!

Go to your local college for a good cut, use final year or fast track(older students who have left other careers) students to give fab colour and cut.

A good lipstick can look like a whole face of makeup.

There are only a few things to fit in in the time between refereeing boys fighting, putting the toddler back in his own bed for the nth time, and staying up all night (tonight for example) finishing work deadlines you have missed because of the perpetual illness of your three children:

1. enough sleep (go back to bed for 45 minutes instead of fecking worrying about your toenails: your face will thank you)

1. dry shampoo - I was interested to read in some supplement there are posher versions than Batiste: I will be experimenting on your behalf shortly and will report back. This and baby wipes and good deodorant have saved me on many a morning.

1. make-up bag in office drawer for I'm late again emergencies.

1. Tempur mattress/pillow (see 1 above and also means you can sleep on back without too much turning, and front without crushing your already crepey skin)

1. tinted moisturiser with SPF, mascara, blusher.

everyone knows that the Northface Kaya is the only waterproof hooded school run coat that doesn't make you look like an elephant.

In the US there is a longer version but have not found one over here.

I covet it.