Fashion Hacks with Luisa

Today the lovely Luisa from Online Personal Stylist is sharing with you some of her top fashion hacks, to help you get ready be it for a day at the office or a night out on the town. 

Is it really possible for you to get ready and look your personal best within just a couple of minutes? As a professional fashion stylist and blogger, I’m a huge advocate of 5 minute fashion tips. I live my life by convenient fashion and beauty hacks. No matter whether you’ve experienced an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction or are short on time, this useful list of fashion hacks will have the solutions to many of your style related problems!

A funny fact is that those who work in fashion probably spend the least amount of time getting ready each morning because the fashion industry is a busy, quick paced, fast moving sphere. Not so long ago I heard the phrase: “it’s taking me longer each day to make me look like me!” If your morning getting ready routine is more like a major transformation, there is definitely room for you to save time and adopt a more natural style. Your personal style shouldn’t be a drastic transition process, but rather a quick and effective way for you to emphasise your best features in order to look your personal best! On the other hand, there is nothing worse than suffering a fashion disaster half-way through an important event such as at a wedding or when your clothes are looking a little worse for wears. This is where my recommended fashion and beauty hacks come into play. These tips will help you with caring for your garments, solving wardrobe malfunctions and getting ready in record time!

Quick and Easy Root Cover Up

Cover up light or grey roots with bronzing powder. If you dye your hair darker than your natural colour, root growth is probably a thing you dread. Instead of rushing off to visit the hairdresser for a root touch-up, grab yourself a make-up brush (preferably a blusher or powder brush) and a bronzing powder or eyeshadow in a shade similar to your dyed hair colour. Buff the powder into your hairline to disguise your roots. This tip is effective for covering up grey hair too!

Fix Dyed Hair that’s Too Dark

Did you know that you can lighten dyed-too-dark hair with talcum powder? We’ve all been there. We’ve attempted to dye over highlights or simply fancied a change of colour and dyed our hair a shade too dark. What you have to remember is that the colour will fade! Until then using talcum powder to lighten the appearance of your dark hair shade will help to make the fading-out phase a little more bearable!

4 Ways with 1 Standard Mascara

Eyelash mascara is one of the most overlooked make-up products in your make-up bag. If you’ve just been using this genius cosmetic as an eyelash mascara up until now, in a few minutes time you will be amazed that you’ve never tried this beauty hack before! All mascaras, no matter their brush type, work just as well for other make-up tasks too. It works well as hair mascara for disguising roots or for covering greys. It also works well as a liquid eyeliner and eyebrow tint too!

Red Carpet Trick for High Heels

Ever struggled to fit your feet inside your heels when it’s time to put them on before going out? Spray the inside of your high heels with hairspray first to make your shoes easier to slide on. This simple trick is highly effective for when your feet feel hot and slightly swollen. You might be interested to know that this clever styling tip is one that is often used by celebrities at Red Carpet events!

No More Baggy Sleeves

Prevent your sleeves from going baggy after hanging your clothes out to dry by pegging the sleeves together at the ends. This helps to keep their shape instead of causing them to stretch while at their heaviest when damp.

The Modern Day Girl’s Guide to Ironing

Hair straighteners are not just handy tools for a good hair day because they also double up as a clothes iron too. You can use your hair straightening iron to iron creases out of your clothes and to apply iron-on transfers too! This might not be a tip you will use immediately if you already own a clothes iron but it is definitely worth considering for next time you go travelling and want to save room in your luggage!

Take Good Care of Your Suede

Look after your suede garments and footwear by using a nail brush to regularly give your suede-wear a brush down. This will keep these items looking their best. Suede or suedette is a beautiful fabric type but both are prone to premature ageing, which isn’t ideal. So, in order to keep your suede or faux suede products well maintained, using this simple method will really help!

Tidy up Old Knit Wear

Do your woollen garments look worn and frayed? Use a pumice stone to brush down frizzy and unravelled looking wool to smooth it down and make it look new again. Just remember to brush the wool down so that it lies down flat rather than brushing it up.

Bananas: For Vitamins, Potassium, and Shoe Shining

Instead of throwing away your banana skins, use the inside of a banana skin to polish up leather and faux leather shoes. This is a great tip for those who hate the smell of shoe polish or if you don’t happen to have any shoe polish on you.

What Time is Best for Buying Shoes?

The best time for shopping for footwear is at around 13.00 in the day. At this time your feet are more swollen than they are first thing in the morning but not as much as later on in the day when you could end up buying a shoe size too larger than you’d normally wear. This is the time in the day when you’re foot is at its most average size.

A Temporary Fix to Jeans that are Too Long

If your trousers are too long, try turning them up with safety pins first, pinning them on the inside of your trousers. This will give you an idea of the shape your trousers will become should you decide to turn them up. Alternatively, if you hate sewing or if you struggle to do a good job, use double-sided adhesive strips – a stitch-free way that’s professional looking and convenient!

Bye to the Bleach Marks

Have unsightly bleach marks on your clothes? This is one of the most irritating style mistakes ever. A tiny splash of bleach and your clothes are ruined. The best solution to this is fabric markers. Choose the fabric marker in the same colour as your damaged garment and colour in the bleach mark. Provided that you can find a fabric pen in the right shade, this is a valuable tip that has certainly saved my clothes many times!

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Luisa Kearney is a professional fashion stylist, editor and founder of Online Personal Stylist. Online Personal Stylist is a fashion and style platform where inspirational stories are told through fashion and where conscious fashion is mainstream!

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