Sometimes, people view fashion as the hairstyle, style of clothing or cosmetics a person is putting on. However, there is more to it. Fashion encompasses the look on your face and habitual practices. Sometimes, when the look and habit of dressing is bad, but the style of clothing is good, the fashion generally may be bad.
There are mistakes you should not be making when it comes to fashion, and these fashion mistakes cheapen your overall appearance. The following are some of the mistakes and how to avoid them:
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1. Never be caught with scattered or uncombed hair: Your hair has a way of cheapening your overall appearance. So, you have to always ensure that your hair is always put together no matter what hairstyle you have on your hair. You can invest in wigs and different haircuts
2. Having a dull face: Your face is a part of your appearance. If you have a very dull-looking face, it makes you look like you are sad and unkempt. Take some time to take care of your face by washing and moisturising it with the right serum or face cream, ensure to wear sunscreen all the time to avoid hyperpigmentation. Put on some lip balm or gloss too.
3. Wearing too much make-up: Less is always more when it comes to make-up. Ensure to keep things very minimal and your make-up should be dependent on the occasion. A casual hangout make-up is different from an Owambe makeover and most time if you take the necessary care of your skin, there would be no need for a makeover.
4. Having chipped and dirty nails: When your nails are old and rusty it cheapens your appearance as a lady or a man. Ensure that your nails are properly coated with nail polish or they are well cut.
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5. Having Rusty Accessories: You don’t want to wear funny-looking and fading accessories like your bags, belts, jewellery etc. because it makes your overall appearance look cheap. Invest in proper and quality accessories and ensure you take good care of them to make them last longer like using a soft cloth to dampen them after exposing them to sweat or alcohol that may have come from your perfume or body mist.
6. Having Rumpled Clothes: Rumple clothes take your appearance from 100 to nothing in two seconds. Don’t be caught un-fresh especially when you are in your house. Take time to iron your clothes or take them to the laundry, but ensure you do not go about with rumpled clothes it makes you look tattered and unkempt.
7. Wearing Dirty Sun Glasses: When your sunglasses have fingerprints on the glasses themselves or the frame it cheapens your appearance. Before you wear your sunglasses ensure that it is properly cleaned and during the day don’t keep touching it. Keep it very clean and shining and beautiful.
8. Having a very scattered handbag: If you think people are not looking into your handbag, you are highly mistaken. Some people judge you from your handbag and conclude that you are dirty or disorganized. Keep your handbag clean and organized and avoid carrying a bag that the leather is chipped or faded.
9. Wearing Dirty Shoes: Clean up your shoes. Always ensure that your shoes are in good condition. If the shoes’ leathers are chipped, fix up the shoes or throw them out and get a new one.
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10. Using Rubber Bands to Tie Your Hair: This is for the ladies, never use rubber bands for your hair. Invest in scrunchies they are very inexpensive and they come in different styles and sizes. Rubber bands are not for the hair and of course, they damage and break your hair when you continually use them.
11. Having Body Odour: Try as much as possible to prevent body odour. It does not only cheapen your appearance it makes everyone run far away from you. Invest in good quality deodorant, body mist/spray and perfumes. It helps amplify the way you smell, because when you smell fresh everyone wants to be around you and it helps lift not just your look but your mind as well.
12. Having a Bad Attitude and a Bad Body Carriage: A bad attitude regardless of how good you look makes you look very razz and cheap. Ensure that when you put on those beautiful outfits you have the best attitude. Be very pleasant, and welcoming, have a smile on your face and wherever you go ensure you are in a good mood. It elevates your mood and your overall appearance.
These are the mistakes that cheapen your looks, if you have been doing any of this, it’s time for you to stop them and pay very good attention to what you wear. Ensure that you look put together because it has a way of boosting your mood, elevating your confidence and of course making you look elegant. Remember that your appearance is the first thing anyone sees before they see any other thing about you.