Your mum's influence on your S&B habits

[MrsMarigold]

If I don't have a good haircut I can literally hear my mum telling me not to be a slob, also she always looks groomed and wears dewy no-make-up make-up, I now aspire to do the same. Also always wear red shoes if you feel low.

Things I'm less keen on is passion for tights, she always wears them and her inability to moisturize her feet and slough off dead skin.

Otherwise I'm proud of her she is 77 and looks ten years younger.

My mum never seemed to spend much money on herself but made sure I had the best of everything . She introduced me to a Clarins skincare routine at 11 and by 15 I was wearing Chanel make-up and perfume - mascara, a bit of blusher and Cristalle. She was a very good-looking woman and was trying to make up for the fact her daughters were average.
I had a wardrobe stocked with Benetton clothes all folded like the shop interiors (the 80s) and had my hair done at an Essenelle every 6 weeks.
I was not allowed to slouch around the house. She had a dicky fit when lycra started to become mainstream and blamed Pineapple Dance clothing entirely for deteriorating standards in presentation. Apparently, if you could relax in clothing, grooming standards would eventually slip.
She'd be spinning in her grave if she looked at my loungewear selection.
My sister and I had very closely monitored 'diets' as well.

Good skincare- she taught me how to cleanse and tone when I was about 10 and still has amazing glowing skin at 75.

Good quality less is more makeup. She tells of asking for money for her birthday as a young secretary in the 60s and buying Estee Lauder and Charles of the Ritz make up with it.

Quality clothes bought in the sales. Classic styles. One beautiful dress from Jaeger and not 8 from Primark.

Perfume, always.

And comfortable shoes. (After insisting on heels and no tights for a 6th form disco and going home with blood running down the street from my blisters I decided she was right)

My mum is very beautiful but natural. She has perfect colouring - lovely olive skin and brown hair, total opposite of me. She never wears much make up but always drummed it into my sister and I that we should moisturise our skin. She bought me a pot of ponds face cream when I was 12 and I haven't stopped moisturising since, twice a day, religiously.
In regards to clothes we have always liked similar stuff, I love going shopping with her and we still often swap clothes. She is very stylish and always looks nice. I can guarantee every time I see her I will ask her where she got something or vice Versa and we will often end up buying something the other one has.
Her mother (my Grandmother) was the same - she was also very interested in clothes and shoes, she was an excellent seamstress and would make her own clothes and ours when we were younger. My grandmother shared my passion for makeup and we would always stop at the Estée Lauder counter and treat ourselves to a new lipstick or perfume whenever we went shopping together. I miss that so much now that she's passed away.

Handbags and shoes was/is my mom's 'thing'. My sister has followed this pattern and I can see their disappointment when I show up in scruffy converse and everything shoved in pockets. I've always taken much more care of my hair and nails than them though.

There are several style "rules" which my mum and grandma (both sadly now deceased) drilled into me, and which I only first started flouting last year at the age of 45..!

1. Never wear black and navy together (with the exception of black shoes with navy clothes)

1. Never wear brown shoes with black trousers/skirt or black jacket; in fact, never wear black and brown together

1. Don't wear gold and silver jewellery at the same time

1. If wearing nail varnish on fingers and toes, it should always match

I do all the above, and I still feel slightly subversive when I do!

On the other hand, I still follow some of their golden rules, including wearing a slip every time i wear tights under a dress / skirt.

However, I don't wear matching underwear, and I sleep mainly nude, both of which probably have them turning in their graves, bless their beautiful stylish hearts

"wearing a slip every time i wear tights under a dress / skirt. "

What's the reasoning behind that if the skirt is not see-through? Because the skirt would stick to the tights maybe?