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Seven Things You Must Have In Your Closet – How to Build a Capsule Wardrobe

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Imagine this is your entire wardrobe.

Would you like to know how to create 18 unique outfits with just 7 pieces?

It’s Simple.  It’s called a Capsule Wardrobe.

A Capsule Wardrobe is the best way to organize your wardrobe because it will give you a lot more outfits with just a few pieces.

 

Here’s what you need:

3 – *tops

3 – bottoms

1 – coordinating cover piece (jacket, cardigan, blazer, vest)

*All the tops should coordinate with all of the bottoms, but the tops don’t have to match each other.

 

Here’s how you do it:

On your bed, lay all seven pieces in a row starting with the three tops; then, next to them, lay the three bottoms in a row and then your cover piece.

Basically, you will start with the first top and partner it with the first bottom.  There is outfit number one.  Now add the cover piece.  There is outfit number two.

Now match the first top with the second bottom…. and so on and so on.

You will be able to create 18 wildly unique outfits by mix matching the seven pieces.

Now HAVE FUN with accessories that express your Style Personality.

Every capsule does not have to consist of 7 pieces and you can create more than one capsule, depending on your lifestyle.

Do you have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear?

… Let me introduce you to an online academy for creating capsule wardrobes.

My friend and fashion mentor, Shari Braendel is the founder of 

If you want to fall in love with your closet, save time and money and look your absolute best everyday, this $27 program is for you!

You can purchase 27 hangers at my affiliate link by clicking here.

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PS – The inspiration for this post came from Step Ten of The Fashionating Life Formula.

A step-by-step blueprint for discovering and developing your personal image.

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Learn The Four Words that Reflect Your Style Personality

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Will you agree that clothes are the most noticeable thing about a person?

Your clothes reflect you and your personality.

Your personality is key when you choose what you wear and how you look.

 

Here is a simple assessment for discovering your style personality.

List four words that describe who you are: 

1)

2)

3)

4)

Those four words will help you create and manage your own personal style so that you look and feel fabulous every day!

Expressing yourself through your personal style should be giving a little glimpse into your life.

Here is my Style Personality in four words: INDEPENDENT, RANDOM, UNIQUE, CREATIVE

Take the time to go through your wardrobe.  Every item should reflect those four words that described your personality.  

Just be yourself and let your personality reflect your style!

Did you find this information on Style Personality valuable?  

If so, I don’t want you to spend another dime on clothes that are not the right color for you, that don’t flatter your figure or reflect your personal style… So here’s the Formula based on your God-given beauty; how to build your perfect wardrobe, increase your self confidence and live the fascinating life that you were put on this planet to live!

PS – I would love to hear from you:  What are your four words?  Please COMMENT below.

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Source: Excerpts from The Fashionating Life Formula by Nancy Joseph

 

 

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How to Create a Vision Board that Works!

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Want to achieve your goals?  Make a vision board.

Visualization is one of the most powerful mind exercises you can do.

What we focus on expands.  When you create a vision board and place it in a space where you see it often, you essentially end up doing short visualization exercises throughout the day.

So what’s the secret to creating a vision board that works?  It’s simple:

Your vision board should focus on how you want to feel, not just on things that you want.  The more your board focuses on how you want to feel, the more it will come to life.

Here’s an example, I have a picture of a green/white camper van on my vision board (pictured below), not because I want to own a green/white camper van, but because I love the feeling I get when I travel to new places.  I want my customers to feel those same happy vibes when they come across my brand, so on the board it went.

I added a few trinkets, like a shiny ball (ornament) and my bookmark.  They serve as a reminder that as a solopreneur I need to avoid Shiny Object Syndrome and focus.

A few inspirational note cards from my best friends and women I admire are on my board as well; I personally believe that their handwritten notes infuse my board with even more good vibes.

There is only one major rule to creating a vision board that works, and its that there aren’t any rules.  You aren’t going to mess it up, you can create your vision board on your own terms.

What you’ll need:

  • A Bulletin Board (corkboard)
  • Scissors, push pins, glue gun
  • Fun stickers, silk flowers, jewels, charms, buttons, glitter glue, etc.
  • Magazines that you can cut images and quotes from.
  • Most importantly, the stuff you want to look at every day.  Photos, quotes, sayings, images of places you want to go.
  • Time.  Give yourself a stress-free hour or two to put your board together.

How to do it:

Spend time gathering images, headlines and random words; anything that catches your eye in magazines, from online sources, or anywhere that inspires you.  If an image provokes a positive feeling in your body, grab it.

First, I create my push pins.  Using the hot glue gun, I decorate the pins with flowers, glitter glue, jewels, buttons, etc.

Then, when it comes to actually putting your stuff on the board, lay everything out before you start pinning so you can get an idea of where you want everything.

When you finish, I would love to see pictures of your boards!  Please COMMENT and SHARE below.

Cheers to a Fashionating 2017!!!

PS – I’m going to host a vision board party on the first night of my Refashion Retreat weekend in Naples, FL – (July 28-29, 2017). I know it will set the tone for the event – everyone will be more focused & less stressed after we do it.  Contact Me if you want more information regarding the retreat.

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Seven Lipstick Shades for Every Woman’s Mood

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“Give a woman the right lipstick and she can conquer the world” – Marilyn Monroe

Don’t you agree?

A great lipstick color can boost your confidence and uplift your mood.  Makeup, like fashion, is an outlet of self expression – and that’s one of the best things I love about it!

I usually pick my lipstick color depending on my mood.

Here are seven lipstick shades that can fit every woman’s mood and look:

1)Red 

It is a makeup essential to own a gorgeous red lipstick.  If you want to feel confident, red is the color for you.   (Marilyn)

2)Nude

I wear a nude lip when I’m sporting smokey eyes, or when I want to downplay my makeup yet still look fresh.  A nude lip color can lean on the pink, coral or brown side.  Find one that compliments your skin tone, not too light that will make you look as pale as a ghost.  (Pure)

3)Burgandy

Yes, everyone needs a good deep red lipstick but when you want to feel sophisticated, try this color.  It is perfect when paired with sleek hair and winged liner.  (Pomegranate)

4)Pink

If you feel dainty and fresh, go for a pink color that matches your skin tone.  Pink has a way of making us look youthful and healthy, especially when paired with matching pink blush.  (Blissful)

5)Coral

When the sun is out and its warm rays glimmer outdoors, coral is the way to go.  It totally makes sense to match your lippie to the weather!  (Spontaneous)

6)Neon Pink

When you are feeling extra happy and cheerful, swipe on some bright neon pink lipstick!  You’ll feel as bright as sunshine so don’t be surprised if everyone you meet flashes you a smile!  (Fierce)

7)Deep Plum

Tired of making a statement with red lipstick?  If you are feeling rebellious, go for a deep plum color.  It is eye catching, yet still fun and pretty to wear!  It is a very versatile color as it can take you from day to night.  (First Avenue)

Wearing lipstick is an amazing mood enhancer.

Once you find the perfect shade, you’ll love it forever for the way it brightens your face and makes you look amazing.

Inspired yet?

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(All shades referenced are from Crunchi Cosmetics)

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Bobbi Brown Inspired – Makeup Tips For Looking Gorgeous in Glasses

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*Hey, four-eyes!

Glasses definitely make a style statement, but your eyes can get lost beneath your frames unless you adjust your makeup.

Here are my favorite ways to make your eyes pop from behind your lenses.

MAKEUP TIPS FOR GIRLS WHO ROCK GLASSES:

  • Eyeliner is key; it really adds definition from behind your lenses.
  • Always define your brows with a shadow the same shade as your hair color.  This will ensure that your glasses don’t overpower your face.
  • The glass in your frames can highlight under eye discoloration and darkness, so corrector and concealer underneath the eye and in creases is essential.
  • Waterproof mascara won’t smudge on your lenses.
  • If you have strong frames, you can get away with stronger makeup.
  • If your frames are delicate, or in a nude shade, don’t let your makeup overpower your frames.  Choose softer colors for shadow and create definition with a dark liner and mascara.
  • The color of your eye shadow shouldn’t compete with the color of your glasses.  If you want to do the same color as your frames on your eyelids, try a base hue that’s a shade lighter, and go a few shades darker for the crease color.  Finish with black liner and mascara.
  • For an easy look, go with a bold color on your lips and just corrector, concealer, and mascara for your eyes.  Put on your glasses and you’re done.

*I was 42 when I started working at MAC Cosmetics.  Yeah, 42.  Thank goodness their moto is : All ages. All races. All sexes.

I rocked the colorful eye shadows, winged liner, false lashes and loud lipsticks for five years.  The day I couldn’t read the Name on the bottom of the lipstick tube – I started to plan my retirement party.  I was already wearing contact lenses to see far and now I couldn’t see up close.  I refused to wear “cheaters” because I thought those were for old ladies.  I lost my self confidence and was afraid I’d lost my credibility.  Seeing an old woman makeup artist (wearing “cheaters”) says one of two things – “Wow! She must be an expert with tons of experience” OR “Wow! She can’t see for Sh*t and I I don’t want her doing MY makeup!”  I had no choice (in my mind) and I retired.

True Story.

I’ve come a long way since my blurred vision days at MAC and today when you see me “doing makeup” I wear funky, crazy, hipster-style “cheaters”.  I look much hipper, younger and more confident.  Bottom line… It’s all about how you SEE yourself!

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PS – I actually wrote a book about How to Build Your Self-Confidence if it’s something you’re struggling with.  You can get it here. https://www.amazon.com/Fashionating-Life-Formula-Build-Self-Confidence/dp/1533558493

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The Foolproof Way To Create A Perfect Smokey Eye All By Yourself

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THE SMOKEY EYE is timelessly sexy.  But too many women skip it altogether, because it seems too hard to create.

When it comes to gorgeous eyes, the right tools, makeup and application techniques matter.

 

I’m coming from behind the makeup counter to share a secret that makeup artists don’t want you to know.

 

HOW TO APPLY YOUR OWN EYE MAKEUP

When it comes to a gorgeous smokey eye, you want to lift your chin and look down into the mirror.

Try to keep your eye open.  The goal is to create a flat lid while still being able to see what you’re doing.

If you squint, you risk applying product to wrinkles or folds.

For lower eye application, do just the opposite: Put your chin down (make a double chin) and look up into the mirror.

You’ll be amazed how much easier it will be to see your application.

Now, let’s create that perfect Smokey Eye all by yourself.  Keep your chin up, beautiful!

The number one request I get as a makeup artist is for a “smokey eye”.  The smokey eye is actually a technique, not specific colors.

You need three colored shadows (light, medium & dark).  Purples are my favorite, they look great on everybody.

  1.  With the lightest color, apply from the lash line all the way to the eyebrow.
  2.  With the darkest color apply on the eyelid to the crease.
  3.   With the medium color apply in the crease.  (blend back and forth like a windshield wiper)
  4.   Apply eye liner around the entire eye.
  5.   Mascara, Mascara, Mascara!!!

Congratulations!  You’ve achieved an eye look so smoldering, others will be captivated by your beauty.

 

Are you feeling empowered?  Have I helped in some way?  

I would love to hear from you.  Please COMMENT below.

 

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How to Pick the Perfect Lipstick – Be Your Own Beauty Expert

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Lip color is one of the most fun and accessible areas of makeup, and also one of the most noticeable.  From pretty and natural through classic and sophisticated to glamorous and vampish, how we makeup our lips can change our mood in an instant!

The right shade of lipstick can add to your attractiveness.  Bold, unnatural colored lipstick has the opposite effect.

Bubble Gum Pink?  Rock Star Red?  Nude Namaste? What is the perfect color for you?

When shopping for the perfect color, try lipstick on your fingertips – the skin there is most similar in color and texture to your lips and will give a fairly close representation of the effect.

 

Try it on your fingertips

Look in the mirror

and hold your finger up next to your mouth

Here are some other pointers:

  • Bare or Neutral colors look fantastic on everyone, especially for day (Just make sure it’s at least one shade darker than your skin)
  • Pinks warm up pale or older skin
  • Pale or glossy lipsticks make thin lips look fuller
  • Dark lipstick, especially harsh reds, is more aging than any other makeup choice
  • Choose lip liner that blends with your skin tone

Source:  JEMMA KIDD make-up masterclass

 

Did this help you?  If so, I would greatly appreciate it if you commented below and shared on facebook.  Friends, don’t let their friends wear the wrong colored lipstick!

 

“Makeup is something everyone can master.  You can be your own makeup expert.  I’ve come a long way since my first makeup nightmare.  At 40, I taught myself how to do makeup and then I got my license.  I immediately landed the dream job of a makeup artist, with a national brand (it rhymes with “black”); I was the store manager – teaching and training women (and a few fabulous men), how to apply makeup based on their unique beauty.  I worked there for 5 years.  Then, I opened a makeup studio and spa – offering skin & airbrush makeup services for brides, fashion shows and photo shoots.  My favorite thing to do was teach and train everyday women how to take care of their skin and apply their makeup.  I even returned to the skin school that I graduated from and taught makeup to the students there for a couple of years…  Over the past twelve years – I’ve touched thousands of faces and shown them the power of makeup…  Follow my advice and you will have a better understanding of makeup and makeup products.  That knowledge will give you confidence about the makeup you choose to wear and how to apply it.” – Excerpts from The Fashionating Life Formula: How to Build Your Self Confidence, by Nancy Joseph.

PS – Do you feel uncertain about the way you look?  Are you going through the motions and calling it living?  Does fear keep you from taking chances and living a more authentic life? If you want to be more confident but don’t know how, The Fashionating Life Formula book is for you.  Here is the Amazon link: http://a.co/ac1r3rg

 

 

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The Top Eye Makeup Mistakes Most Women Make

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EYE MAKEUP is practical magic.

It keeps you from looking washed out and tired, gets you going on a bad day, elevates your mood, and restores your confidence when you don’t feel fabulous.  it will make you feel sexy when you haven’t worked out and think you look fat.  EYE MAKEUP makes you look polished and gives your face definition.

Here are Three Top Mistakes Most Women Make –

  1.  Hoarding – If your makeup drawer is like a cosmetic graveyard; filled with makeup mistakes and products from five years ago, toss them out. Now!  Makeup can breed bacteria.  (Read my When to Break up With your Makeup post)  Mascara is the most vulnerable. Replace it every 3 months.
  2. Using the Wrong Tools – Using the applicators that come with the makeup you buy.  Short foam applicators with stubby round tips make applying shadow difficult.  Ge a pro set of brushes for a rock star application.
  3. Neglecting to Clean – I’ve seen some pretty horrific makeup come spilling out of cosmetic bags.  Grimy, dirty makeup pouches with dull pencils, crumbly powder shadows; and mascara with grubby applicators.  Puh-leeze clean dirty brushes, sharpen dull pencils, crape the top film off shadows, and use coconut oil to de-grease and clean all your compacts, as well as the interior of the case itself when necessary.

 

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PS- With the right tools and simple makeup techniques, anyone can be their own makeup artist and create stand-out eyes.

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Recipe for Success! Banana Coconut Smoothie – Struggles of a Solopreneur

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You’re going to Go Bananas when you make this smoothie!

Struggle – As a solopreneur everything is on your shoulders.  It’s easy to skip taking care of your biggest asset – yourself!

Did you know that Bananas are so good for you, giving you pure energy, and they are best frozen in smoothies?

 

Bananas are Brain Food.  Bananas enhance brain function.  

Here is my Soloprenuer Smoothie Recipe:

“Key Ingredient is Frozen Bananas“

(To freeze, simply peel the banana before you freeze it, cut it up, and put it in a Ziploc bag for several hours)

 

Ingredients:

Frozen banana chunks (Boosts energy, helps improve digestive health, boosts your mood, good source of brain, skin and bone health)

Water

*Organic Coconut Oil – (Improves memory and brain function, improves energy and endurance, improves digestion and proven alzheimer’s disease natural treatment)

Protein Powder (your choice)

 

Instructions:

Throw all of the ingredients into your blender and blast on high for 30-60 seconds.

 

A Note from Nancy:  Eating fruit and healthy fats is really important and this epic banana coconut smoothie is a great way to incorporate them into your diet.  Take care of yourself so you can be as productive and prosperous as possible!  Now, put your lipstick on and hustle!

PS – Use coconut oil to remove eye makeup.  It conditions your lashes and promotes growth.

 

DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE?

Please leave a COMMENT below and tag a picture #thelipstickmethod on Instagram (or any other social media)

 

NANCY JOSEPH is on a mission to provide you with the highest quality fashion & beauty tips and support you with your home-based business.

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What is Shiny Object Syndrome? (and is there a cure?)

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What is “Shiny Object Syndrome”?  S.O.S. is the tendency for someone to get distracted by new thoughts and ideas, their own and others, and never focus or complete anything!

In effect, the solopreneur is in such a state of constant distraction that they continually lose themselves in imagination & dreaming, instead of seeing the bigger picture and getting things done.

S.O.S. will commonly result in procrastination even chronic procrastination and a constant sense of unease and dissatisfaction at not being able to move forward.

S.O.S. results in one or more unfinished projects that often times, they would be better off focusing on to actually make real progress.  This is probably one of the toughest challenges any new solopreneur has to overcome.

Here’s your Prescription!

F.O.C.U.S.

Follow. One. Course. Until. Successful.

Concentrate your effort and energy on what’s important.  YOU BECOME EFFECTIVE BY BEING SELECTIVE.

If you want your life to have impact, FOCUS IT!!!

As solopreneurs we need an incredible amount of discipline and focus to stay on course, because it’s easy to wander.  The challenge is to remain focused and disciplined in a solopreneur world.  

 

PS – Proof that S.O.S. is real, while creating this post – I was distracted and had a thought about lipstick…  Did you know that the average woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in a lifetime?  Allow me to offer you a Beauty Tip so you will be the shiny object that others are attracted to.

Lipstick Tip:  Light colors with “shimmer” or “shine” enhance thin lips best.

Was this helpful?  I challenge you to stay on path.  I would like to hear from you – Please COMMENT below and SHARE your experiences so we can all stick together and support each other with S.O.S.

Kisses!

Nancy

“The Image Consultant for Entrepreneurs”

 

 

 

 

 

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