Refresh for Spring!

The arrival of spring is also a time to renew your resolutions for self-care. Here are my tips for refreshing your look and your perspective as you head into the sunshine.

Ready Your Closet

Clean out your closet to be ready for spring. Bring forward the clothes you’ll wear in spring and summer, and move back (or out!) the winter wear.

Need help? I’ll come to your home and help you with your spring closet cleanse and  make suggestions on how to freshen up your look.

Shoes and Bags

If you have some favorite footwear that's still in style, consider bringing them to the shoe repair to make them like new. While you're there, drop off your favorite totes for some TLC as well.

Makeup

Go refresh your colors. Find your style with on-trend looks. The smoking cat eye with nude lips offers a dramatic look, and the simple cat eye with red lips is a great day look.

When you’re current with makeup, you glow. 

Don’t forget to take care of your eyebrows this spring.

Hair Tips and Styles to Look For

Bigger curls and bangs (if you like them). If you wear a ponytail, put some volume on top, with a couple of curls (not all straight hair). Messy is the look, but clean, healthy and well-maintained is the style!

Winter hair can be very dry. You can visit your salon for a deep conditioning and maybe even a clear gloss. If you’re coloring your hair, ask for a clear glaze to be put in with your color, to give your hair that healthy shine. 

Undergarments

Don’t overlook your undergarments. Spring is a great time to make an appointment at Nordstrom for a fitting to make sure you’re wearing the right size. If you have a larger bust, you’ll wear out your bras more often. Keep several in your closet, so you can switch them often and they’ll last longer.

Self Care

Don’t forget a facial. You should have one every season: your skin changes from winter to spring, from dry air into moisture. Get the new skin shining through and enjoy your glow.

Get a pedicure. Grey or greige are on trend, or go with the colors of the season.

Exercise! If it isn’t your routine, try 10 minutes a day. Barre3 offers great online classes. Ride your bike to run your nearby errands or visit friends. 

Have fun with your girlfriends. Be spontaneous. Meet them for lunch along the water, take a walk or get a pedicure together.

Wear Sunglasses

Go big this season, and SMILE!

--Keri

Colors of the Season

I’m in love with the colors of the season! 

 

What colors call out to you? Poppy red was my biggest “wow” and to my surprise, I love it. Emerald is elegant and the overall clarity of this jewel tone is stunning for spring. It all feels somewhat life-giving after a gray winter.

These colors are bold, bright, feminine and fun. They compliment all color types and offer a feeling of happiness, energy and newness. They are renewing; they engage the senses.

You can find yourself and your style within these colors and keep your personal style on-trend and alive.

Are you ready?

--Keri

My Take on Spring Styles

Today I’m highlighting a variety of “new” looks for spring and summer, offering fantastic potential to every fashion personality. Here are five styles you’ll start noticing when you shop. How will you wear them? 

1. Print-Ocracy

It’s all about striking prints. Some women love a splash of multi-color, while others choose geometrics. Prints make life interesting. Choose prints that work well with your body type and personal style, and you’ll wake up any room with a bit of style personality.

2. Stripe Hype

Stripes fit with any personal style. They’re probably going to look more nautical and fit easily into the wardrobes of you classic ladies, but that doesn’t limit them to classics. Your choice of shoes and accessories completely changes the stripes flair into a look that demonstrates your style. A more dramatic look goes with a high heel and hat, casual bohemian with a vest and soft braid. Stripe hype is a classic theme, so add your personal flair by looking for the details: how you wear your hair, accessories and shoes.

3. Separatist

Set yourself apart. This is where you can go “outside your box” a little bit. Go bold somewhere. Try a bold-print shoe, or a bold-colored small clutch. Keep it in scale to your body size. It’s about being bold, but you still want to reflect who you are. “Going bold” for one woman will yield a completely different result for another. It all depends on your personality, personal style and comfort with being a Separatist.

Going bold with your style can still reflect your personal look and signature. Pull it together with some extra flair but still celebrate your own unique style.

4. Proportion and Control

Proportion and Control means that long and lean proportions work for every body type. You don’t need to wear skinny pants to create a long, lean look; you need to learn how to put it all together.

Proportion and control (“Skinnie Minnie”) is about creating an elongated line by keeping proportions in control. For example, a wider leg jean would elongate a woman with a larger chest, as long as she pairs them with a fitted top. She will lose her length by choosing a loose, flowy top.) Bringing out your best features and putting everything into a classic proportion.

“Skinnie Minnie” is really an attitude. It’s a long and lean balance of proportions and an attitude about who you are. It’s a classic proportional silhouette, balancing out proportions to create a longer, leaner look. 

If you need help figuring this out, schedule an appointment with me and I’ll teach you.

  

 

5. Mint Condition

It’s so nice to see mint making a return: a blue-green which is a natural, serene color. Minty fresh color is popping up everywhere. 

You can choose an all-mint outfit as shown below, or mint anywhere: mint nails, a mint scarf. Designers are coming out with mint-colored jewelry. With mint, anything goes. There are no rules: you can wear all mint, or mix mint with other colors. This is another opportunity to stretch your fashion personality and try something new.

You can look fabulous with a bit of insight on how to put together your wardrobe! These images came from the CAbi blog, and show the style you'll see everywhere this season. 

--Keri