Styled by Susie - anyone done it?

[Alanis41]

Hi all, I've been following the tribe group on Facebook for a while but just wondering if anyone here has tried it. I can't seem to get to the bottom of what they advise, seasons etc. Is there something similar closer to London. And she keeps advising chunky trainers, is this a thing now?

Someone asked a few pages back if being drawn to certain colours means you’re that season.

I say no.

Before I had my session with HoC I loved “jewel“ tones. Ruby, emerald, cobalt blue and so on.

I am an autumn. I look excellent in all the colours I used to dislike. I now love my autumn colours but I got to that point after learning that they flatter me the most. It also helps a lot that mustard has been “in” since I had my colours done and the last few seasons have seen loads of autumn colours.

I think most people can’t tell what suits them without a lot of practice and without being very critical.

@Oopsadaisydoddle I guess the issue from susie’s POV is that even if she agrees with you she knows some of her followers can’t differentiate someone else’s body issues from their own.

I am a size 10-12. I have a bloating issue. I actively look for clothes that don’t emphasis that. But I couldn’t ask for recs on the sisterhood page as someone larger than me will only see that I’m slim and project my bloating insecurities on to their own body when they shouldn’t be.

They have no business recommending hairstyles to people that’s up to actual hair stylists to do since they know if something is technically possible .

@Oopsadaisydoddle

I don't seem to be banned from the business page and she's trotting out the 'negative self talk' tripe again. Total censorship and absolutely not the point of body positivity.

@Oopsadaisydoddle I'm sure it's nothing to do with the fact that they have no idea how to help women hide they flaws... [hmm} Looks like they only invite people they are sure are happy with their 'service' to review on that page. Or she is deleting the bad reviews.

What a hypocrite she is writing all that tripe about women being body positive when she's taking money from the Daily Mail. Stop spreading hate Susie!

@Oopsadaisydoddle yes I agree. It’s difficult but not impossible.

Bloating, or a length of garment issue like your tshirt issue should be allowed as a query imo as they’re not size specific issues. Many women bloat of all sizes. Many women struggle with T-shirts coming up too short.

They could allow questions like that. Just encourage “kinder” wording so not “look at my huge fat bloated belly”, more like “I suffer from bloating after food”.

Instead there’s a lazy blanket rule of love your body no matter what. I do love my body, but I also hate that I bloat so much.

I am also a bloater

Just because one don't wish to show a particular element of one's body off to entire world, doesn't mean you're 'disguising' or 'hiding' it. I don't walk around showing my vulva, doesn't mean it's in disguise.

*doesn't wish

Imagine the 'What's your Vulva Personality?' questionnaire...and copy and pasted PDF.

@parentinglark I mentioned the hair analysis package today to my hairdresser and although she thought it was a great "money making idea" she did question firstly what happens if your current hair situation suits you & secondly does the analysis take into account peoples life styles & time they have to spend on their hair & thirdly whether they are able to afford the continued upkeep of certain hairstyles colours.

I have had the hair analysis, more out of curiosity than anything. It is done by a hairdresser who they brought on board , not one of the normal stylists, and she actually told me that my hair style as it already was really suited my face, and the colour was good too. Gave me a couple of suggestions in case I wanted to be 'braver'. As my hair is short anyway there probably wasn't much scope for change, but I suppose she wanted to give me something for my money. It a actually boosted my confidence that she said it was already good.

I have been on board with SBS for nearly 2 years now, and honestly feel it has been good for me. Yes there are things I don't like (chunky trainers / DM sandals/plastic earrings) but generally it's been great. For example I am so comfortable wearing jeans now, and I never thought I'd say that.

It's horses for courses I suppose, but SBS has truly given me a confidence I never had before. I agree sometimes there is too much "love" for looks which aren't always great, but I will always offer constructive criticism, and I do think there is a bit more of people doing this now than there used to be which is more honest.

Sorry - in my previous post the first paragraph was meant to be hi lighted as a previous poster's - I was then responding to it...

If you don't mind me asking how much was the hair analysis?

@Parentinglark It was £24. I was happy to pay it even though with already short hair I knew the choices would be limited.
I also had a make up analysis by Belinda who was in the TV series Glow Up - and am now experimenting with colours I would have steered well clear of in the past - and actually enjoying trying new looks!

If you cannot get free hair advice from your hairdresser, then finding another hairdresser might be a wiser move than sending a photo to SBS!

Belinda may be very talented at illusion make up, but I think this talent will be wasted here as the colour season of most of the clients will have already been analysed by the 'stylists', so Belinda won't have the authority to say 'actually this client is not winter she is a summer', particularly if the client has already been told their season.

Another great big alarm bell about the make up analyses is the make up of the stylists who promote SBS. We have mentioned the stylist who is a spring yet insists on wearing bright winter lipsticks . Another stylist wears heavy eye make up that does not suit her and is more appropriate for a teenager in a nightclub than for a 9am visit to the supermarket.

Those bright lipsticks just don't seem to, suit any of them. It's all a bit playschool and CBBC. And all those godawful baggy dungarees they wear. Could am item of clothing be less flattering?

to make baggy dungarees even less flattering, simply add: a brightly coloured shirt, some big plastic earrings and a bow on your head. Finish the look off with some DM sandals or jelly shoes.

£35 please!

I’m puzzled about the bow on the head. Why? Just why?

I quite like the headbows but then I have been known to rock a bandana from time to time.

One thing that strikes me as a positive is that a lot of people on the facebook group talk about how the services has helped them move away from tracky bottoms, leggngs etc and as someone who really enjoys clothes (be it my 'style' is aging goth :p) I think that is nice to see.

It's certainly a positive to move away from joggers and leggings but why not move to clothes that have style, flatter and don't make you look like a teletubby?

Another woman with gorgeous long hair mumbobbed.

Good timing that comment as I am sitting in a coffee shop near a very attractive woman - late 40s / early 50s - but she has a bow on her head with a ponytail that makes her look like a CBeebies presenter. My preteen daughters would refuse to wear such an item.

The head bows remind me of those awful headbands tiny babies are put in!

If you dress like Su Pollard as a middle aged woman you tend to look older.