Showing posts with label look presentable always. Show all posts
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6.23.2022

Look Presentable Always: Hair, Skin, and Nails

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Our Look Presentable Always series continues as we focus on Hair, Skin, and Nails in today's video.

   

In Lessons from Madame Chic we discuss the key concept of looking presentable always. Looking presentable does not mean looking perfect. It means that you have put some thought and effort into your appearance and that you are doing your best to represent yourself appropriately while displaying your true style. In the last post on this subject we focused on our wardrobe. Today, we are taking a look at the key grooming tenants that make this possible. 

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 🗝 Hair Create a custom plan for your own hair routine. Learn the best way to do your hair from the professionals. Watch tutorials on YouTube. Have a plan for your down days. Avoid succumbing to bad hair day stereotypes. Utilize hair accessories on these days in order to look presentable. Get yourself on a maintenance schedule, whether that means you wash your hair every day, every other day, or twice a week. 





🗝 Skin Let's start with stating the obvious: we need to drink enough water, get enough sleep, keep stress at bay, and apply sunblock every day. These are things we all know. As far as looking presentable, it will be different for each person. If you choose to wear makeup, come up with a simple makeup routine (in the Madame Chic books, I call it "le no makeup look".) This will be an easy and manageable routine that targets that areas you'd like to "spruce up" in your appearance. My bare minimum makeup routine is brows, mascara, and lip gloss. This only takes a few minutes but improves my look dramatically and brightens my eyes. When I have time for a full makeup routine (which takes about 10 minutes), I am able to also achieve a natural, yet polished look. 


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🗝 Nails  Presentable nails are all about maintenance. If you go to the salon, aim to keep up on the appointments. If you do them at home, come up with an easy routine for yourself that is doable with your schedule. 

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📍 Lessons from Madame Chic hardcopies are finally back in stock! Pick up your copy today ♥️

📍 The Chic Assignment will premiere this Saturday.

📍 The Ten-Item Wardrobe eCourse is newly updated and back online with all new video, text, and new lessons. If you have previously purchased the ten-item wardrobe eCourse, you can access all of the new changes for free.

📍If you are looking for more content, consider becoming a member of The Daily Connoisseur through the Channel Memberships. In The Chic Society, I publish one vodcast every Friday and do one livestream or zoom call once a month. It only costs $1.99 a month. There are also upper tiers available for people who are interested in supporting the channel on a higher level and receiving monthly mentions in the videos. *NEW* We now have a penpal program too! 

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Chanah writes, "Typically my salmon (and most fish recipes) are a little lemon juice, salt, pepper, garlic powder and any herb of my choice. Occasionally I will bake a sweet salmon with honey and mustard, or apricot jam and mustard, or maple syrup and soy sauce. I have a recipe for salmon quiche, but I always use canned salmon. I make a crust similar to what you have done, and mix the salmon with milk, a little flour and mayonnaise, and fill the crust. I like what you did with the vegetables.

Thanks for sharing this, Chanah. I always enjoy hearing how others like to prepare their favorite dishes. 

I hope you enjoyed today's video. Let us know about your hair, skin, and nail routine and your comment could be chosen as comment of the week on the blog. 

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6.09.2022

How to Look Presentable Always | 5 Tips

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The key to looking presentable without daily effort lies in your preparation. You must plan to look presentable always. Preparation is key.

In today’s video I’m sharing 5 tips to help you look presentable always.



1. Service your clothes ahead of time. Make sure your clothes are steamed and ironed ahead of time. If you get behind on laundry, or if you find yourself really busy (who doesn’t?) you might, after washing your clothes, simply place them in drawers or on hangers without preparing them to be worn. Then on a busy morning, you want to wear one of your presentable core items, but it’s wrinkled or rumpled. The thought of bringing out the iron or steamer at that point in your busy morning seems too much for you so you either just wear the wrinkled garment and hope no one will notice, or you opt to wear something else… maybe something less appropriate. Set aside one day a week, preferably the same day you wash your clothes, to finish the task completely by ironing and/ or steaming whatever needs to be prepared.
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2. Store your clothes properly. I like to fold my tee shirts and sweaters, but I find that even if I iron or steam them before doing so, they are still wrinkled when I go to wear them. So I like to iron them and then hang them up. I still fold some tee shirts, but the ones I know I’ll likely wear that week will be pressed and ready to go, hanging with my other core items. If you do the ten-item wardrobe, you might be in the habit of only hanging your core items and folding your extras… but there are no rules here. You can hang up your extras next to your core items if it means you will be more prepared to wear them each day.


3. Create outfits ahead of time. Spend time creating presentable outfits from the clothes you already have. This will require an hour or so in the afternoon. Have fun with it! Make yourself a cup of tea, put on some music and create outfits. You might discover outfit combinations you never thought of. Channel your inner influencer and take a mirror selfie to remind yourself of the outfit and also to see how you look in it. You can create a lookbook of sorts for this season that is custom for you.


4. Only display the current season of clothing in your wardrobe. Most people display all seasons at the same time. If you have a small closet, this is even more problematic. Your eyes will only meet confusion each morning as you try to select an outfit. You must visually and physically sort through the out-of-season clothing to even see what you have. When you do the ten-item capsule wardrobe, this is one of the first things you tackle. Think about your closet as you would a chic boutique. If you walk into a nice clothing boutique on a warm summer’s day, you would not expect to see heavy sweater dresses next to pretty sun dresses. You would immediately think something was wrong with the management of that boutique and you might walk out. You expect to see the curated summer items. Your closet should be no different. No, if you have a large walk-in closet with room to house all seasons, make sure the out-of-season items are off to the side and out of view, separate from your current season of clothing.


5. Be okay with wearing the same things repeatedly. When you find “outfit winners” you will be wearing them over and over again. They will become your go-tos. This does mean that you might wear the same things all the time. This was an initial concern for me years ago, but I have so gotten over that. I used to have the mentality that I needed a new outfit every day and people couldn’t see me in the same thing twice. Where did we get that from? Perhaps television? In television shows, the characters are in new outfits in each scene and generally don’t wear the same thing unless the director wants to convey that they have fallen on hard times. Even when you read articles on the royal family, if The Duchess of Cambridge wears the same thing twice, the media makes a big deal out of it saying she is “recycling” an outfit. No, she’s just wearing it again because it’s normal to wear an outfit more than once. When you adopt the ten-item wardrobe, you get over that eventually. You don’t care that people see you in the same outfit over and over again because you know you look good and that’s what matters anyway. Taking this stress away helps you to look presentable.


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📍 Lessons from Madame Chic hardcopies are finally back in stock! Pick up your copy today ♥️

📍 The Chic Assignment will appear later this month and will act as one assignment for the whole summer in order to accommodate our travel schedule.

📍 The Ten-Item Wardrobe eCourse is newly updated and back online with all new video, text, and new lessons. If you have previously purchased the ten-item wardrobe eCourse, you can access all of the new changes for free.

📍If you are looking for more content, consider becoming a member of The Daily Connoisseur through the Channel Memberships. In The Chic Society, I publish one vodcast every Friday and do one livestream or zoom call once a month. It only costs $1.99 a month. There are also upper tiers available for people who are interested in supporting the channel on a higher level and receiving monthly mentions in the videos. *NEW* We now have a penpal program too! 

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Hi Irene, I'm so happy you're enjoying the book! Thank you for your kind comment.


I hope you enjoyed this video and that it gives you motivation to look presentable always.


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12.02.2021

How to Wear Presentable Sleepwear Every Night + The Latest in Sleepwear

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How do you get into the habit of wearing presentable pajamas every night? I'm sharing 5 tips with you in today's video along with selections from the latest in sleepwear. 



 

 In Lessons from Madame Chic I write about the concept of looking presentable always, which includes sleepwear. Please note: due to supply chain issues, the hardcover of Lessons from Madame Chic is not available until January. Kindle and Audible versions are still available.

🌛5 tips to help you wear presentable sleepwear every night

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1. If you are holding on to sleepwear that is not presentable… ask yourself why. Why are you holding on to things that are past their prime? Moreover, why are you wearing them daily? Especially when you probably have nice things that you’re saving for special occasions. Don’t save your nice sleepwear for special occasions. Today is the special occasion. 

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 2. Get rid of everything that is not presentable. Don’t even hold on to it. Don’t think about it. Get rid of it. If it has a hole, stains, is saggy, doesn’t fit properly, it's time for the sleepwear to go. 

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 3. Organize your sleepwear storage. However you store your sleepwear, make it easily accessible to you. Store your out of season sleepwear somewhere else. In the middle of summer, you don’t need your flannel pajamas in your top drawer confusing things. 

 4. Start to wear it every night… even if it makes you uncomfortable to wear nice things. You will eventually tune your taste for it. 

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 5. Get inspiration from films. Watch a period drama where there is a night scene and notice the sleepwear. Draw inspiration from films and books to give you courage to dress well at night in your own home. 

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Bella Aria writes, "Adored that precious little handprint at the beginning! I will definitely be trying the scallops recipe. It looks far too delicious AND easy not to give it a go!"

After filming the What's for Dinner video, I noticed the dirty handprint behind me and my editor, Evan, had fun creating that joke. Thank you for watching!

I hope you enjoyed today's sleepwear video. I hope it gives you motivation to look presentable always, even with sleepwear!

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4.26.2021

Ten Ways to Look Presentable When You're Having an "Off " Day

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 Look presentable always is a key concept that runs all throughout the Madame Chic books. If you practice the ten-item wardrobe or regularly take part in a practical beauty and grooming routine, you likely are able to look presentable always. But what do you do when you're having an "off" day? 


Perhaps you don't feel feel well, or you're having a bad hair day. Maybe you only have a few minutes to get ready. What should you do to look presentable? In today's video I share ten solutions. Implement any of these tricks when applicable and you will find yourself looking presentable always. 


I hope you enjoy today's video. I would love to know which tip resonated with you the most. Thank you to Native for bringing us today's video and supporting The Daily Connoisseur.  


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B. Brundage writes, "A trick my mom taught me is to put wax paper on top of armoires and kitchen cabinets. The dust settles on it and you can just throw it away, wipe down and replace. Makes seasonal cleaning easier."

Thank you for that tip! We put newspaper on top of our kitchen cabinets but I forget to do this with the armoires too.

I would love to know how you look presentable when you're having an "off" day. What are your best tips? Your comment could be chosen as comment of the week on the blog.

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