ITCosmetics Your Airbrush Masters Brush Set.

Source: ITCosmetics Your Airbrush Masters Brush Set. Make-up magic is all created by the right brushes, not only the products. I have failed with the best and most expensive of products, and then, saw magic happening with a buffing foundation brush in a makeup class. Cheers ! Invest in the best brushes that you can afford, … Continue reading ITCosmetics Your Airbrush Masters Brush Set.

For a smooth crowning glory

  If you have frizzy hair cut in layers, this could be your story, as much as it is mine. My hair was as bad as this, after several years of abuse with hair colors and blow dryers and curling rods.     Then, came a face shape evaluation done in my Image Consultancy classes. … Continue reading For a smooth crowning glory

Winter Blues

OF CRACKS AND CONTRADICTIONS The mercury has dropped, and so have the moisture levels in the skin. Beautiful faces with dry patches on the cheeks, Dracula-like lines drooping from the corner of the lips, grey shadows on bright faces all convey a contradictory image. Beauty not lovingly tended to, meticulousness not extending to personal care … Continue reading Winter Blues

What is Image Management ?

  Google the words “Image Management” or “Image Consultancy”, and all you see are the pages and websites of those in the business. There is very little content devoted to the subject by the rest of the world. “Personal branding”  and “Styling” command a lot more online space, and mindshare. What exactly is Image Management … Continue reading What is Image Management ?

Stylish, Trendy and Color-Savvy

  Does the Pantone Color Forecast for 2016 help or confuse you in planning your wardrobe for 2016? Spring 2016 Pantone Colors for the Year 2016 Volumes will be written on the significance and psychology of color, and how will these colors help in expressing yourself, or building your mood for the day. What you … Continue reading Stylish, Trendy and Color-Savvy

7 phases of ReInvention

I was helping a client with restructuring her wardrobe. The process had an uncanny resemblance to removing cobwebs in the mind, cleaning, reorganizing  and polishing it to take up new challenges. Maybe, the mental process and the exercises are symbiotic, and hence, it leads to a sense of well-being. Clutter in the house or wardrobe … Continue reading 7 phases of ReInvention

14 tips to camouflage an extra-thin body

You are envied by your friends, because you are thin or slim, but you feel clothes hang on you, rather than frame your body. You wish you had some feminine curves to flaunt. You can look fabulous, without adding a kilo. Style tips to create visual illusions Wear bright colors in at least one garment, … Continue reading 14 tips to camouflage an extra-thin body

Corporate Chic for Diwali

  So, the email invite is out, and the boss’s secretary has called to seek your confirmation of attending the party. You inform your spouse to block the date, make arrangements for the kids to be left with your parents or friends, buy a befitting gift for the hostess, and then the million dollar question … Continue reading Corporate Chic for Diwali

Why the tie ?

Why does the tie leave people in so many knots, figuratively and metaphorically ? THE AFICIONADOS They refuse to take a person’s status seriously, if he is not wearing a tie. The list of followers ranges from Winston Churchill and James Bond with the propah black blow-ties, to Donald Trump with his elegant pink versions. … Continue reading Why the tie ?