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

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HelenMumsnet · 30/10/2009 16:02

Hello.

We're thinking of doing an MN Guide to Style and Beauty - but we can't do it without you!

We'd love you to post bestest, wittiest, most practical style/hair/beauty tips, secrets, rules, dos and don'ts on this thread.

Obviously, we're thinking "this will make you look good in the 13 seconds you have between getting up and getting the kids up", rather than "this will make you look good but takes six hours and £3000 to achieve".

Right, over to you. And thank you!

OP posts:
cornsilk · 30/10/2009 20:15

No one tells me anything. humph.

cornsilk · 30/10/2009 20:14

You've all been ordering cheap dresses from Wallis. Beeches.

Ronaldinhio · 30/10/2009 20:14

too late my fiend

AlaskaNebraska · 30/10/2009 20:12

NO FOR THAT IS MINE
get off it

Ronaldinhio · 30/10/2009 20:12

see through sleeves wrist length, black plain body
nice
you wanna link?

AlaskaNebraska · 30/10/2009 20:11

oh noes
whoel THREAD on wallis
brb

cornsilk · 30/10/2009 20:10

Wallis? Am I entering the twilight zone?

AlaskaNebraska · 30/10/2009 20:08

RONALD
what dress at wallis

Ronaldinhio · 30/10/2009 20:08

Consider your shoes and bags when buying "occasion" wear
Whilst not exciting, decent neutral shoes will lengthen your legs in almost anything and rarely, if ever, look shit
The same cannot be said by overly glitzy toe stranglers or clumpy black clodhoppers matched to a delicate dress.

Also matchy matchy screams Mother of the Bride......you have been warned

AlaskaNebraska · 30/10/2009 20:05

you have the foundation wrong mate

ROFL @ "e.g. scarfs (buy a long woolly one from a very expensive shop and wrap it round your neck) "

boodeniites · 30/10/2009 20:05

and gives people a chance to have a right good bitch

boodeniites · 30/10/2009 20:03

always wear Boden its the Marmite of the fashion world

sazzerbear · 30/10/2009 20:00

always wear lippy, I thought I looked washed out the other day so slapped some on and was told I looked glamorous!!

traceybath · 30/10/2009 19:52
  • wear clothes that fit
  • wear things you are comfortable in - for me that includes heels
  • have fun with clothes - its just fashion
  • and use blusher - nars orgasm is fab
cornsilk · 30/10/2009 19:43

Very nice

Ronaldinhio · 30/10/2009 19:42

raises groomed eyebrows to cornsilk and waggles them around

Ronaldinhio · 30/10/2009 19:39

wear jackets to fit your shoulders and not your girth...
you are not being fitted for a school blazer.
This is incredibly slimming and not to be underestimated, especially if you are a little roundy.

cornsilk · 30/10/2009 19:38

I'm getting mine threaded Ron.

FlorenceandtheWashingMachine · 30/10/2009 19:37

Reading the brief again:

A plain top with jeans looks fine, but flinging on a necklace will make you look much more 'together' and take seconds.

Never leave the house in the morning without applying mascara first.

I think that I have turned into Joanie.

Ronaldinhio · 30/10/2009 19:35

groomed eyebrows make all the difference in the world

once my dennis healy's were in hand and penciled in I looked like a totally different person

BonjourIvresse · 30/10/2009 19:12

Don't wear foundation unless you are going to be on tv. People can always tell and you will just look orange.

FlorenceandtheWashingMachine · 30/10/2009 19:11

Give up wearing black. My mother was right.

Never wear sportswear unless you are actually doing sports.

dittany · 30/10/2009 19:05

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Doyouthinktheysaurus · 30/10/2009 19:05

If all else fails, shoes....you can always fit into them

Swedes2Turnips0 · 30/10/2009 19:02

Wear a good quality man's car coat throughout the winter months. It will help you feel in control, even when you've completely lost control -- of your waist, your boobs, your children, your husband, your house, your garden, your career (r.i.p.), everything really.