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Be Heard, Make a Difference

July 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Cover of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Making a difference; it’s one of those things few of us consider when it comes to ourselves. Sure, we might think of Martin Luther King and his “I have a Dream” speech, or we might consider our next door neighbor who attends every political caucus that comes around. We may even consider the lady who shares her opinion in the newspaper, or the guy that’s never afraid to share what he’s been doing in his life, even if he’s just met someone.

We believe we’re different. And that’s where we’re wrong. We can even make a difference without speaking out loud. Here’s how:

  • What you wear may show someone where you work or what you enjoy for entertainment and initiate a conversation to remember. The color of your hair might springboard a great visit.
  • What you share in a letter to a roommate or family member may be treasured for a lifetime without you even knowing it or something written in your journal might be shared with a friend who is struggling.
  • You may be in the midst of an online school research, and find a college online at eLearners.com; you might share what you’ve learned by sending your friend information about your chosen school and focus. Perhaps your friend just needs a little boost to get going.
  • Perhaps you help someone clean up their yard, or hand a sack of food to a homeless man.

Making a difference can mean speaking up, but when it doesn’t, the power may be even stronger. Just think of the last time someone did something for you without saying a word.

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Express Yourself Through Dress Code

July 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Girl in prom dress, USA, 1950s.

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It can be hard to manage a dress code, especially when you want to express yourself through your makeup or tattoos. The good news is that if you are creative enough, you may be able to get a bit of your sense of fashion and style in. Sometimes, you do have to be creative to pull it off, though.

Tips for Expression

Take a look at a few of the fun ways you can express yourself. Even when a dress code is in place, there are ways to work around it.

  • Know the limits. Find out what the dress code is. Read it. If you have questions, ask them so there is no confusion later on.
  • Choose clothing items that fit your fashion sense but do not break the rules. For example, choose makeup in the colors you like, but do not wear too much of it, if that is not allowed.
  • Are you struggling to find something that works? If you cannot find clothing that fits your sense of style, create your own. Creating your own clothing can be a fun learning experience. Learn how to do it so you can allow your expression to come through.
  • You can learn to make everything from baby costumes to prom dresses and even clothing for your toddlers that fit your style, even if there is a dress code to follow. You can also find a variety of products ready-made through specialty providers online.

Having fun with your clothing is something you can often do. However, most of the time, doing so in a way that does not offend others is important.

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Expressing Yourself While Still Adhering to Dress Codes

June 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Las Vegas BLVD : dress-code 

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If you live on the edge of fashion; that is, you don’t worry about what everyone else is wearing, you have your own style, and then that’s fine. You probably have a lot of fun.

However, you know that there are times when your extreme fashion tastes simply cannot be flaunted. You may not like it, but that doesn’t change it. So, you look for ways to continue expressing yourself even when faced with dress codes or times when you have to tone it down, at least a little.

Fortunately, there are ways you can do this without feeling as though you’re sacrificing your tastes. Here are a few examples of what you can do.

If you have tattoos, and the dress code of your school or workplace states that these must be covered, or if you have multiple piercings and only earrings or the very smallest, barely noticeable jewelry is allowed, simply come up with some creative ways to adhere to the policies.

For visible tattoos, keep a light wrap handy—something that will sufficiently cover the tattoo but won’t make you uncomfortable in warmer temperatures. Or simply use a large bandage to cover visible tattoos.

Remove piercings if your dress code dictates it. You can wait until the last minute before you walk in the door in the morning to do this, and re-insert them as soon as you are out the door in the afternoon. The holes won’t grow up in that short amount of time, and knowing that you have your jewelry with you ready to be popped back in will make you happy.

 

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Making a Fashion Statement

May 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Every person is unique, and as a unique person, you are entitled to make any fashion statement that you like. The clothing that you wear, the way that you style your hair, your piercings and tattoos, and every other aspect of your physical appearance can come together to create any fashion statement of your choosing.

Making a Fashion Statement

How you display your fashion sense is ultimately up to you, but you should be aware of the fact that you can really say a lot about who you are. When you wear name brand clothing such as LRG Clothes or style your hair in a trendy way, you are giving the people around you a little bit of insight into who you are. You are making a statement or sharing a message with what you are wearing and how you conduct yourself visually.

Fashion is an art form, a medium through which you can tell people about who you are, or share a specific message. Use hair styles, hair colors and cuts, accessories and shoes, purses, tops and bottoms, and other aspects of your fashion sense to create a message, whether that message is to set a trend or following one. It is simply important to realize that you can treat clothing as more than simply staying warm or covering up in a comfortable way. What you wear can also be used to create and share messages, to lend insight into personality, to set trends and to follow trends depending on how you are feeling that day.

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Safe Tattoos

February 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

In today’s world, it can be hard to find a place where you can get a safe tattoo. There are many inexperienced tattoo artists that don’t know what they’re doing as far as safety. Tattoos can be very dangerous, causing infection and other problems, if certain precautions aren’t taken. What can you do to make sure you receive a safe tattoo?Ask people that you personally know about what tattoo artists they recommend. If they have gotten a tattoo, ask them if they’ve had any problems with their tattoos and if they like the work their tattoo artist did on their tattoo. You may want to check out the tattoo artist they recommend along with others in your area.
It’s perfectly fine to go to the shop and ask questions. Tell them that you’re looking into getting a tattoo. They should be able to show you example of their work; ask if you can see any examples. If they can’t show you any examples, it may mean that they are inexperienced, and you should not go to them.
If you are able, when you’re at the tattoo parlor, observe the artists. They should be using gloves and sterile needles. If they don’t pull the needles out of a sealed bag, they probably aren’t using a sterile needle. This is one of the best ways you can get an infection from a tattoo. Make sure the artist you’re looking into uses sterile needles.
Research online, also. You can probably find reviews about certain tattoo parlors online and, if they have a website, they may explain the procedure they use. The biggest thing you should look for is experience and that they keep their equipment sterile.

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How To Keep Your Hair Healthy

February 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

With the products produced today, it is difficult to find products that are healthy for your hair. Even though there are many dangerous products for your hair, there are plenty of ways to avoid damage. What can you do to keep healthy hair?
One of the best ways to keep your hair healthy is to avoid chemically altering your hair. It’s nice to change your hair color or get a perm every now and then, but every time you do this, it damages your hair more and more. Try to stay away from chemicals that will damage your hair.
Along with chemicals, avoid using a hot tool every day. Using a curling iron or straightener every now and then won’t cause much damage to your hair. If you use a curling iron, straight iron, or blow dryer set to high every day, you risk receiving heat damage, which will cause your hair to become frizzy and unhealthy. If you must use a blow dryer, try to buy one that you can set to cool. This takes a bit longer to dry, but it will help you avoid heat damage.
Natural shampoos and conditioners are much healthier for your hair than regular shampoo. There are several companies that now make their products with natural ingredients while they still make the type of shampoo you would normally use. You may pay a bit more for this, but it’s worth keeping your hair healthy for.
Get a trim about every six months. This will get rid of the split ends and keep the ends of your hair healthy. When you get split ends, they break off, sometimes at the same rate that your hair grows, so it’s hard for your hair to gain any length. When you get a trim, it gets rid of those split ends and allows your hair to grow before the split ends return.

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1000 Ways To Use A Hair Tie

February 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A hair tie is such a simple thing. Almost a rubber-band, it can be used for numerous purposes. Most of us know how to put up a simple ponytail, but there are plenty of other hairstyles that can be created with one simple hair tie.

A hair tie can be used to hold up a simple messy bun. Decide where you want your bun to sit on your head, whether it’s on the top of your head or a low side bun. Brush all your hair to the area of your head that you want your messy bun to sit. Wrap the hair tie around your hair once. Then twist all of your hair until it starts curling. Allow your hair to curl until it has turned into a bun. Randomly tie the hairpiece around pieces of the bun. To finish the bun, tug on pieces of the bun to loosen it and give it a messy look.

Another simple hairstyle that can be made from one hair tie is a braid. Brush and gather your hair at the base of your scull. You can wear this hairstyle either in the middle or to either side. Divide your hair into three even sections. Take one outside section and cross it over the middle section so that it is now in the middle. Then take the opposite outside section and cross it over the new middle piece. Alternate this way until you get to the end of your hair, then fasten with your hair tie.

There are plenty of other hairstyles you can do with one simple hair tie. These hairstyles aren’t only easy but they are cute, especially when you’re on the go. You can try to experiment with different hairstyles until you find ones that are easy enough and work for you. With one simple hair tie, you can make a variety of hairstyles.

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Writing About Fashion on the Web

February 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The world of blogging is growing and it is becoming more important for women and men to have an outlet. Many have opinions and information to share about a wide variety of subjects. For the fashionable man and woman, starting a blog might be logical step in creating their voice. The only problem is that in the cyberspace world, getting an audience for your fashion blog is much easier said than done. There are millions of people all over the world who have a voice, so getting the rest of the world to find your voice is not always easy.

If you are interested in getting your readership up, then you need to consider a new and inventive approach. This means using survey software as a part of your blog in order to get the blog in the direction it needs to go. For instance, everyone might be writing fashion reviews of celebrities on the red carpet. That’s a niche that everyone seems to have covered, so breaking into that market could be an issue. However, through the use of customizable online surveys you might find that there are plenty of people who have stumbled upon your blog and were hoping to find information about how to copy that red carpet style for less. You might find out that what people are interested in is not the fashion of celebs but how to remake that fashion for pennies on the dollar.

Once the research is in you can start gearing your blog to a niche market and watch your blogging numbers grow. People will be attracted to that niche market. From there you can begin to start looking into advertising on your site and you can think about getting in guest bloggers and making your blogging brand grow. But all of this starts with feedback and that starts with a good survey.

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Standing Out

January 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

As human beings we want attention. One way we get noticed is either being pleasing to the eye, or the exact opposite. Choose your pick. How do you want to stand out? Do you want to be noticed for your unbelievable beauty or for your horrible sense in fashion? What can you do to stand out?

Creating your own look is one of the best ways to stand out. Who knows, you may even start a trend. You don’t have to be a fashion designer to start your own look, just mix and match differently than everyone else. The whole point of sticking out is that you’re different, but don’t be too different where you’re not yourself.

If you want to be really different, but aren’t sure how, you can start by altering clothing to create your own look rather than trying to start from scratch. It doesn’t matter the brand of the jeans or the design on the pockets, you can go to any lengths to cut and paste to create your own unique look.

Fashion isn’t only about the clothing you wear, but about your hair and makeup styles. These are both simply altered. You can find practically any color you want in either hair or makeup. Hair is fairly simple to alter, whereas it takes only a few minutes to change your makeup. Whatever color or style you want, it’s yours. You can do anything you want with your hair and makeup much easier than with your clothing. Even if you wear the same clothes as everyone else, if the rest of your style is different, you will be noticed.

Learn to be creative! That’s the best way to create your own look. It’s perfectly fine to take inspiration from others, but try to be original. You don’t have to be 100% original, but you can try altering past trends to start a new one. Not everyone’s ideas are straight from their own mind. You have to get your inspiration from somewhere; so don’t feel guilty if your ideas don’t come directly from your creativity.

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