How to change your image?

“Image is nothing, thirst is everything!” - this is what a well-known advertisement says. However, any sane person understands that this, of course, is not so. What kind of impression we will make on others depends on our appearance, whether we can become “our own” in certain circles. Any changes in life are best started with a change in image. And how to do it - read below.

To begin with, let's talk about when the most fundamental change in image occurs.

• With a feeling of incompleteness of life, dissatisfaction with it. A person wants to “turn life 180 degrees” and for this changes both externally and internally.
• The man himself seems "dull", "nothing" and believes that people do not perceive him as he would like. Then a new style of clothing, a new haircut, jewelry, makeup is used. Changes of this kind, as a rule, entail a rise in self-esteem.
• Very often, a change of image occurs due to the choice of a different lifestyle. For example, the girl began to play sports and lost a lot of weight. Now she feels sexy, instead of baggy clothes that mask the extra pounds, she wants to wear dresses with a neckline, shorts, tight jeans.

Some people are very fond of changing: experimenting with color and style in clothes, doing a variety of hairstyles, lend themselves to fashion trends. Others, by contrast, are conservatives who have worn the same favorite sweater for years. However, there are times in life of both of them when image changes cannot be avoided.

• Reaching a certain age. The style of a 15-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man cannot be the same.This is due to the fact that they have completely different values, social circle, hobbies.
• Status changed. This includes career growth, marriage with a high-ranking person (politician, top manager of a large corporation, etc.).
• Desire to receive new promising position.
• A sharp change in the scope of activity (was a personnel officer, became a hairdresser-stylist).
• Often men and women change their image after a painful breakup with a partner, wanting to forget everything and start living “from scratch”.
• Dissatisfaction with their appearance, complexes, isolation and self-doubt - excellent prerequisites for changing the image.

How to find the style that will correspond to the inner worldview and bring harmony to self-perception? This, of course, is not an easy task. Begin by analyzing the following aspects:

• how old are you;
• what gender are you;
• what are the features of your figure;
• what is your color type (combination of skin, eye and hair shades).

So, you have analyzed all this data. Now find ... a style icon! No, no, we by no means recommend you blindly imitate a star - just look on the Internet for photos of celebrities similar to you in anthropometric indicators, age and worldview. Note how they dress, which haircut, make-up, accessories they choose, and, most importantly, make sure that this style really goes “idol” - then you can take individual elements of the image and “try on” yourself. And then go shopping.

We will analyze the main stages of changing the image of a girl.

• It’s best to start by reviewing your existing wardrobe. Throw away things whose color does not harmonize with your color type, as well as morally and physically obsolete, not suitable in size, not consistent with the current worldview. The remaining clothes should be tried on and critically evaluated: does it emphasize your advantages, will it fit into a new wardrobe, will it be easy to pick up / down, accessories, shoes. If yes, we leave the thing, no - we carry it to the trash. Now you need to make a shopping list, including in it all the missing items of the future wardrobe.

• We monitor the points of sale of the city and go shopping. If you can’t buy everything at once, don’t worry - buy things gradually, starting with the main ones and ending with complementary ones.

• Now we again critically examine the wardrobe for a combination of new things with old things. After that, you may want to return something to the store, throw something away. This is absolutely normal. As a result, only those things will remain that fit perfectly into your new image.

• To keep your “capsule” up to date, you must constantly monitor fashion trends and purchase at least a couple of new items per season. However, you should not follow all fashion trends and take them too literally. Remember, personal style is much more than fashion. It is he who will help you become recognizable, unique, while excessive fashion indulgence is fraught with the fact that you simply replenish the army of “fashionable clones” and get lost in their crowd.

• Change the hairstyle. Hairdressing today has reached unprecedented heights. All sorts of options for plain and color dyeing, various types of haircuts and styling, afro-braids, dreadlocks - yes, there is where to take a walk! If you decide to radically change the color of your hair and cut your hair, you will have to turn to an experienced hairdresser-stylist - he will not only select the perfect shade of hair for you, but also recommend a haircut that emphasizes all the advantages of your face. If a sharp image change is not yet in your plans, you can experiment at home: curl curls, braid an unusual pigtail.

• We deal with the face. If there are rashes (acne, acne, rosacea), we go to the dermatologist and solve the problem. This is not even discussed. Clean skin for a girl is a prerequisite for beauty. Recently, wide, well-groomed eyebrows have been trending. Therefore, if yours still leave much to be desired, visit the brow-masters - let him put them in order and recommend home care products.

• Make-up. Based on your color type, find out what shades of lipstick, eye shadow, tonal products are right for you. Watch a couple of training videos, which are now a lot on the Internet. Always start small: learn to do everyday nude makeup, gradually moving to a more complex evening.

• A smiling girl, of course, is more disposed to herself than a gloomy and dissatisfied one. Therefore, always monitor the health of your teeth. Curvature or malocclusion will help to fix the braces; a damaged tooth can be replaced with an aesthetic fixed structure. Snow-white your smile will make professional whitening. If it is contraindicated for you, then ultrasonic cleaning will not hurt anyone.

• Learning to move beautifully. A light gait, graceful laid-back movements are signs of femininity. Therefore, it will be useful to learn how to walk correctly: without fussing, “rolling” the foot from heel to toe, keeping the back straight. "Twitch" movements, too, leave in the past.

• We get an expensive perfume. The “cherry” on the cake of your new image is good perfume. Do not buy cheap stuff of dubious quality - it will smell delicious for several minutes, but the “aftertaste” will produce such a product with your head.

And a few recommendations in the end.

• Decide what you want to see in the end. You should not begin to completely change your style without understanding what should happen. You must keep in mind a clear image of your future self, down to the smallest detail. Learn the features of each style, be it glam rock, casual, sport chic or boho. Arriving at the store, focus on the information received and do not deviate from the chosen concept. Otherwise, you just become the owner of things that are not compatible with each other.

• Ask yourself the question: “Why, in fact, am I changing the image?”. Because of the choice of a new profession, a change in social status, or because of a new worldview? Giving an honest and frank answer, you can easily navigate the choice of wardrobe and the rest of the updated style.

• We have already talked about this, but we repeat: find an example for yourself to follow among domestic or foreign stars. Just look at how they dress, how they combine things, in what form they go out “to people,” and in which form they go to a supermarket. No need to blindly repeat everything - it is only important to remember the basic elements of the “idol” style, to take something into service, to exclude something.

• Form a capsule wardrobe. So you save a lot of time and money. All of your things will blend perfectly together and this will help you make a new bow daily.

• What is inside is outside. This postulate is one of the most important. Hippies at heart are unlikely to feel good in a tuxedo.

Some tips for changing your style are presented in the video below.