This story is from November 27, 2011

Shortcuts to a fabulous you!

Use our quick fix ideas for stress concerns for hair, dress, bag and more...
Shortcuts to a fabulous you!
Getting into your skinny jeans:
So you have planned to go for a wild night with that cutie you have the hots for. You’re almost ready except that your skinnies won’t zip! Pull them up as far as you can and then try doing squats and lunges. This will stretch out the fabric around the butt and crotch thus making it easier for you to zip up.
Get Goddess legs:
Want to don that hot dress without looking stocky? While heels will give out the illusion of long legs, this make-up secret can instantly make your stems look never-ending and drool-worthy.
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Rub a self-tanner with bronzing pigments into your skin. This will bring out an instant glow that will deepen in few hours. After the tanner has dried off, take a little bit of iridescent shimmer powder on a fat blush brush and draw a line from thigh to toe down the front and back of your leg. The iridescent shimmer powder makes your legs look longer and slimmer by reflecting light just at the centre of your stems.
Blow hot, blow cold:
No matter how organised we are, there will be days when the whole universe conspires to make you terribly late for work or a date. To make matters worse, you have just washed your hair and don’t want to arrive at work with hair that sticks at odd angles neither do you have time to blow dry them. Just rub your hair gently with your towel to blot out as much water as you can. On other days you would clip up the top portion of your hair and blow dry the lower layers. Today set your dryer on high heat and dry the under-side of your hair using your fingers instead of a brush. Blow-dry only to do away with the excess moisture. Using a round brush blow-dry sections of the top layer of hair with the nozzle turned downwards. This will make the hair look smooth and shiny while doing away with flyaway hair.

Bag it:
You’re dressed to kill. Right from your smart suit to your shoes to your accessories, the only hitch being your mismatched handbag. Oh dash! How do you switch purses at the last minute? Get into the habit of storing your things in zip-up pouches. One can hold your make-up, one can hold your receipts, and you can stuff your earphones and prayer beads in another. This makes shifting contents from one handbag to another much easier and quicker and the best part is, you will not have left out any of your essentials.
Post-workout meet-up:
We women like to keep up the image that we don’t sweat that much and smell great at all times. And we simply detest meeting anyone after our gymming sessions. But what can you do if your latest hook-up just shows up outside the gym to give you a sweet surprise. Dab your face, necks, arms and underarms with disposable face wipes. Next rub some scented powder on skin. This will blot out the excess moisture and also make you smell great. Bank on your post-workout glow, dab on some lip gloss or a tinted lip balm, pile your hair in a neat ponytail and walk out with panache.
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