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Femme Fatale Guide: Small Ways To Look More Polished (Essential Style & Beauty Tips)

Some simple fashion & beauty tips to help you look more put together to turn heads and feel your best daily. Hope this helps xx

Style:

Always steam, lint roll, and snip any threads from your clothing before heading out the door

Ensure your top, pants/skirt, and outerwear proportions flatter your body shape. Choose cuts, hemlines, and strategically tuck or button (or unbutton) each garment to create lines that flatter your figure

Be mindful of how your pant/skirt/dress hemline aligns with the shaft of your footwear. You don't want any bunching or awkward gaps

Learn which colors are the most flattering on your skin tone (and which shades wash you out)

Study your body shape and the silhouettes that best streamline/elongate your frame

Find the right balance of textures/fabric weight (too many "heavy" fabrics like faux fur, quilting or puffer-style items when styled together can look bulky if not styled carefully)

Invest in a capsule wardrobe and neutral basics made in high-quality fabrics (Pima cotton, cashmere, silk, heavyweight denim, merino wool, etc.)

If an item does not look quite right on your body, tailor it or toss (donate) it out

Make sure all of the hardware matches with all of the jewelry, handbag, watch, cuff or button details, and footwear you choose for any given outfit

Maintain your accessories and footwear. Ensure they're no creases or scuff marks before heading out the door

Beauty:

Always keep your eyebrows well-shaped, brushed, filled in, and regularly tweezed

Tweeze and/or dermaplane your face as needed

Prioritize skincare/SPF for flawless skin

Ensure your foundation/concealer/brow products are all a perfect color match and fully blended into your skin

Use concealer to outline your brows and lip shape for greater definition

Strategically apply bronzer/contour, highlighter, and blush to your face to flatter your natural hollows, and prominent features (top of cheekbones, the tip of the nose, right under the brow), and use a light wash of color where your face would be naturally flushed

Find a flattering lip shade that suits your skin tone and doesn't make your teeth look yellow/dull

Embrace healthy hair habits (condition generously, use a wide-toothed comb and a specialty hair towel on wet hair, use a heat protectant and a round brush for blowouts/styling and satin or silk hair ties/pillowcases, get regular trims)

Use dryer sheets to minimize hair frizz and water or Vaseline to slick back fly-aways

Exfoliate and moisturize religiously (dry brush or sugar scrub with lotions including ingredients like hyaluronic acid or glycerin, depending on your skin type)

Use cuticle oil around your nails & apply hand cream/lip balm daily (or substitute with Vaseline for any of the three)

Maintain a diligent nail routine (consistent nail shape, classic pink, nude, red, or vampy polish color, and a high-quality top coat)

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Things I've learned working with (for) some of the biggest names and elites in my field;

1. If you can Google it, don't ask it

2. If you don't know enough about it to be an expert don't talk about it

3. Your bachelor's means nothing. Most of those absolute gods haven't even studied this field and they're winning. Experience >>>> certification

4. Stay as far away from your fineeeeee specimen of a boss (there's a story here but the idea is FLEEE TEMPTATION)

5. Only narcissists like a flatterer. No one wants to be constantly told how awesome they are it's actually kind of embarrassing. Cut out the hero worship, find the balance between treating them as equals but knowing youre not.

6. Survival for the fittest. Only the strong survive

7. Leave your morals at home. In this world you do whatever it takes until the only option left is to sell your soul, then its better to go home.

8. Never outshine the masters. This intern was doing so good he got fired it's sad to watch but Robert Greene said what he said.

9. No oneeeeeeeeeeee cares about your accomplishments, leave past glory at home. 'I'm the smartest in my class' okay well so is everyone.

10. Let your competition stay comfortable and move in silence. Shoutout to my fineeeeeeeeee boss for this piece of advise btw. (Yall the man is so fine though )

11. Know your place. Learn the hierarchy and stick to your post, rise slowly in the background (I'll make a post about it)

12. The elite of the elite are some of the most insecure people in this planet. Due to the nature of my field I've met actual real life elites, News frequenters, heirs , business moguls (journalism major here) and my God what an insecure bunch.

13. Networking >>>> work. Working hard is great but all success is networking. Know who's who.

14. Just because someone is in a position of power doesn't mean they're the ones in power. I've seen bosses cave under employees. When you learn hierarchy,learn who ACTUALLY holds the power.

15. Workplace boundaries are everything. Matter of fact I think your workplace is the one place you need the most boundaries in. Either establish yourself or get used ( the other interns were telling me about how the bosses would call them at MIDNIGHT with work lol and there was me who doesn't even look at my phone after ten. Also, SEXUAL HARRASMENT gawd. Deeeesgoooosting. Boundaries, ladies. Boundaries)

16. Do not go above and beyond no one cares. Do whatever you're getting paid to do and go home.

17. Your workmates are NOT your friends. It's not a team nor a family. Look out for your best interests.