If you ever find a class on 'what all the skin care crap does' and 'what does this color stuff mean, anyway' I'd go with you. I've figured out a few things by trial and error, but it's not fun. ;)
If you believe the Internet, you have light skin, light hair, and light eyes, so you may be a spring. What does that mean? Well, to the internet it means that paler/lighter/pastel colors tend to look nice on you. So pale purple, pale blue, pink, greens would work. If you wanted a darker color, I'd pick navy or black. Honestly, I'd pick from those colors ones you like and go with that; I've seen you look nice in all the colors I've mentioned. ;) Sometimes you can hold a shirt up to your face in the store and see if it makes you look like a ghost or a clown... then you avoid that color.
IMHO, 'business casual' means 'preppy 80s' or 'preppy 50s'. Nice sweater, knit top, or button-up shirt with slacks or a 'modest' skirt. (I can't find button up shirts easily, so for me it's usually 'knit top', 'sweater' or 'mock turtleneck' in winter.) Usually you want to avoid necklines that are too t-shirty, so a mock turtle neck, a vee neck, or one of the larger shaped necklines (scoop, square, u, boat, etc). Vee necks tend to prevent uniboob and give you more 'vertical' lines, I'm told, but you're mileage may vary. I can't wear full turtlenecks any more... I feel like I'm being choked to death after a while. O:) T shirt necks are okay on sweaters, but obviously printed sweatshirts are not good. If you like golf/polo shirts, those are the Big Easy of business casual.
As for nail polish... it annoys me more than making me feel all princess-y to have nails. That said, I've found that judicious application of a hair dryer between coats of polish tends to firm things up nicely. A bottom coat and a top coat are irksome to apply but can really make things last much longer and look nice longer. One of the few times I went and got my toes done with 'the girls', the nail person had a spray can of some kind of shellac that he zapped my toes with. I swear that nail job stayed on for months, but it's probably only in a 'beauty' store. (finding a UV light like at the nail place might help too, or it might be too much work. ;)
Jewelry is only fun if it doesn't annoy me. At some point I learned the trick of not noticing it. Then again, I'm the person who buys small hoop earrings, puts them in, and then leaves the same ones in for days or weeks. ;)
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Date: 2007-02-22 03:07 pm (UTC)If you believe the Internet, you have light skin, light hair, and light eyes, so you may be a spring. What does that mean? Well, to the internet it means that paler/lighter/pastel colors tend to look nice on you. So pale purple, pale blue, pink, greens would work. If you wanted a darker color, I'd pick navy or black. Honestly, I'd pick from those colors ones you like and go with that; I've seen you look nice in all the colors I've mentioned. ;) Sometimes you can hold a shirt up to your face in the store and see if it makes you look like a ghost or a clown... then you avoid that color.
IMHO, 'business casual' means 'preppy 80s' or 'preppy 50s'. Nice sweater, knit top, or button-up shirt with slacks or a 'modest' skirt. (I can't find button up shirts easily, so for me it's usually 'knit top', 'sweater' or 'mock turtleneck' in winter.) Usually you want to avoid necklines that are too t-shirty, so a mock turtle neck, a vee neck, or one of the larger shaped necklines (scoop, square, u, boat, etc). Vee necks tend to prevent uniboob and give you more 'vertical' lines, I'm told, but you're mileage may vary. I can't wear full turtlenecks any more... I feel like I'm being choked to death after a while. O:) T shirt necks are okay on sweaters, but obviously printed sweatshirts are not good. If you like golf/polo shirts, those are the Big Easy of business casual.
As for nail polish... it annoys me more than making me feel all princess-y to have nails. That said, I've found that judicious application of a hair dryer between coats of polish tends to firm things up nicely. A bottom coat and a top coat are irksome to apply but can really make things last much longer and look nice longer. One of the few times I went and got my toes done with 'the girls', the nail person had a spray can of some kind of shellac that he zapped my toes with. I swear that nail job stayed on for months, but it's probably only in a 'beauty' store. (finding a UV light like at the nail place might help too, or it might be too much work. ;)
Jewelry is only fun if it doesn't annoy me. At some point I learned the trick of not noticing it. Then again, I'm the person who buys small hoop earrings, puts them in, and then leaves the same ones in for days or weeks. ;)