Tips to Look Good this Festive Season
These days women are trying to steer clear of stale looks rather trend is to look unusual by moving from basic sarees or dripping diamonds. However, one shouldn’t go over-board with designer duds. The trick is to look elegant, stylish and different.
Attractive Attires
Women must steer clear of figure hugging clothes and wear things that flatter their body types. One should choose garments which depict feminity and chicness. Women should learn to experiment with their silhouettes, hemlines with elegant drapes and flowy fabrics.
Now a days, women are also experimenting tremendously with their silhouettes, which could range from panelled suits , mermaid lehengas, saree-cum-lehenga, corsets, pre-stitched or kalidar saris, ghararas- shararas, floor length anarkalis with lungis or skirts, fitted blouses with back broaches or chunky latkans. Women are also throwing in an indo-western appeal, with the usual kurta-churidars giving way to structured kurtas paired with cigarette, dhoti, palazzo pants. The materials that women can opt for range from raw silks, nets, velvets, georgettes, chiffons, courdroy, cotton, to chanderis. Most of these plain materials can be beautifully accentuated with beads, zari or banarasi borders, swarovski crystals, diamonte stones,coloured pearls, crochet laces. The festive season hues range from burgundy, green, blue, violet and coral. Women can chalk out a look in their mind or take inspiration from the internet or magazines, scout out for materials and get them stitched at the trusted tailor.
Old is Gold
Girls are blessed in more ways than one. For one, they can transform their mom’s closet and mix and match it for creating a brand new look. So raiding your mom’s wardrobe, jewellery box is fairly a good idea. Pick out your mom’s old sarees, lehengas, stoles besides you can also dig out the jhumkis, chokers, mangtikkas and anklets because they are back with a bang. Make sure to pick your look and then mix with the antique patchwork or jewellery to create a new you. Do not mix your glittering dress with too much accessories, focus on statement worthy jewellery or let the dress do the talking.
Show Shoes
No girl’s closet is complete without a couple of fancy pair of Punjabi jootis, stilletos, wedge heels or peep-toe shoes in flats or kitten heels to go with traditional wear. Make sure you have your basic colour tones in place- nude, black, white, silver and gold.
Skin-tillating
The effect of a skin scream, facial or hair therapy shows only after the second day. So make sure you complete your hair spa sessions, glow peels, body polish, manicure, pedicure, nail spa-nail art, foot spas at the nearest salon way before the occasion to get glowing from head to toe in time. Don’t forget grandma’s tips for a natural healthy you which includes raiding the kitchen for the home rituals with haldi, besan, milk , rose petals, fruits juices, almonds, saffron and multani mitti rituals to get the porcelain look. With plenty of visitors home and having to visit people and the endless eating, its best to keep your health regimes in place. Indulge in exercise, walk, run or jog for 30 minutes to keep yourself in shape. Make sure you drink litres of warm water, orange juice and coconut water to keep the hydration levels intact.
Let the heads turn your way all through the season.