ByFerial is one of the few organisations in the world accredited by the Association of Image Consultants (AICI) International to offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in the field of image consulting. The company is currently based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Sydney, Australia and Dubai, United Arab Emirates”. Ferial is the author of “I Hear Your Tear - Everyone Deserves To Be Beautiful”.
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Image Consultant Training has never been easier. As a style, beauty, fashion and image consultant you will have a "dream come true" career. You don’t need years of experience in the stylist industry to succeed—all you need is the desire to learn and grow so that you can be the best Image Consultant you can be through the best training available in Australia.
“We are all touched when it comes to beauty. Being beautiful is not about being young and slim; it’s about feeling great about how you look, no matter what Size, Shape, Age or Budget you have.”
Image Consultant, AICI Vice President and ByFerial Founder - Ferial Youakim - 0413 094 773
“I had to change my thinking to change my life. I had to learn how to believe in myself and love myself for the way I am and not the way others want me to be. For many of us, the key to success lies in overcoming the fear of personal change.” – Ferial Youakim, Image Consultant and Training provider.
Ferial’s passion and dedication to helping men and women express themselves through their personal presentation, both for business and social situations, is provided through training seminars and personal consultations on the effective use of Colour, Style, Image, Makeup, Wardrobe Planning and Etiquette.
Youakim’s past successes include her work as an Image Consultant proving exceptional training in Australia and the Middle East, appearances on the Today Show and her highly attended training courses in South Florida, Australia and the Middle East.
Making a Difference
Ferial is also the founder of “Mums on a Mission,” a special charity group focused on helping children and families. In 2001, Mums on a Mission received both the NSW and national Gold volunteer award from NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council).
Ferial has run many successful image seminars for various charity groups to raise money and help women raise their self-esteem through feeling better about their image.
Earning International Recognition
Ferial has worked as a fashion consultant and a makeup adviser in the USA, Australia, and the Middle East. She is a highly respected image consultant and has achieved the rare credential of CIP (certified image professional). Ferial currently serves as the Vice President of membership development for The Association of Image Consultant International. She is the past President of AICI Florida Chapter and the Middle East Ambassador and the Arabic community Liaison.
Over the years, she has consulted to numerous retailers, industries and organizations. Her work was published in the Healthier Today magazine, Hills newspapers, the Middle East Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Future, New Idea magazine, Celebra magazine and appearances on the Today Show. She was Nominated Australian of the Year for contributing and touching so many lives with her work.
Ferial’s trained through The Protocol School of Washington, Cosmix School of Makeup Artistry The Image Maker INC with Dr. Joyce Knudsen, and The Australian Image Company.
Our Image Consultant Training Courses are split into 7 modules. Each module addresses a specific aspect of Image Consultant Training. By the end of your training you will be a qualified Image Consultant and be able to help other look, and feel, their best.
We are the best in Australia – here’s why
Image Consultant, Trainer and AICI Vice President Ferial Youakim will be your trainer for all courses. Her experience in the field is unsurpassed so you can be sure you are training is done by one of the best Image Consultant in the global field.
ByFerial’s intense training will take your passion to profession and allow you to become a certified Image consultant. You will learn from the Image Masters how to creatively implement the seasonal look in Fashion, Style, Image, Colour Analysis, and Makeup, furthermore how to become an expert in the image industry.
What We Offer
When you receive Image Consultant training with ByFerial, you get the experience, flexibility and personal attention it takes to become a success in the field. Become and Image Consultant and see what ByFerial can offer you:
ByFerial Image Consultant Training Offers a Stellar Reputation
• Ferial is well known in the beauty and image consultant industry. She is Vice President of AICI Membership Development and past President of the AICI Florida Chapter.
• Ferial has written a number of articles, and the author of “I HEAR YOUR TEAR- EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE BEAUTIFUL”.
• She has appeared on national TV on the Today Show among others.
• She has been a speaker on numerous image consultant conferences and seminars.
• Training is certified and credited by both the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI). The image consulting course gives you the career tools you need to succeed.
ByFerial Image Consultant Training Offers Experience
• Over 20 years as a professional in the fashion industry
• Over 5 years experience training other consultants to be successful
• More than 50 students have been successfully trained
ByFerial Image Consultant Training Offers Knowledge
• You will be trained by Ferial directly and supported by a team of Image Consultants who collectively have more than 60 years experience in the field.
• The complete training series encompasses cutting-edge and relevant knowledge in the field. This includes fashion and style, colour analysis, makeup, protocol and etiquette and other topics. This holistic approach distinguishes us from other schools.
ByFerial Image Consultant Training Offers Flexibility
• You can take the entire 7-day training course, or choose the modules separately towards completing your training. We respect that you have work to do, and may need a more flexible approach.
• ByFerial Offers A Way to Give Back
• 10 % of ByFerial’s proceeds from courses go back to society through charities that strive to empower women in America, Australia and other parts of the world.
• In 2002 Ferial founded “Mums on a Mission” to help other women to raise their self esteem through feeling better about their image
ByFerial Image Consultant Training Offers Personal Attention
• Our image consultant training classes are small. We do not exceed 15 students per session. This guarantees a personalized, high-quality learning experience.
• Our student body comes from all over the world and provides a diverse and enriching opportunity to all.
ByFerial Image Consultant Training Offers The Best Training for AICI exams:
• We prepare students for the AICI exams—99% of our students pass AICI exams after taking our training.
ByFerial Image Consultant Training Offers an Immediate Network
• We provide a referral service to help you build a customer base.
• Your contact information will be posted on our highly visited website. This will provide an additional source of leads to your consulting practice.
• You will be a member of the Ferial network of Image Consultants. We will provide you with mentoring for life! You can re-sit in all our future courses or any of our advanced courses and seminars at a discounted price.
Realizing Her Dream
Qualified Image Consultant and Fashion Consultants are more in demand than ever before. Whether it be applying simple makeup or conducting extreme makeovers as a stylist, getting paid to make people look good and feel better about themselves is a rewarding, exciting and satisfying profession. You can choose to work full or part time as a fashion consultant—from a home office or commercial premises.
Image Consultants training allows you to enable others gain self-confidence and self-esteem. The Image Consultant can help them get a job or earn a promotion and is rewarding both personally and financially. If you enjoy being with others and enjoy helping them to look and feel their best, you are a good applicant to become an Image Consultant.
Speak to Ferial today for any questions or Book a Course via our website
Image Consulting Is a Rewarding and Fun Career.
Become an Image Consultant and tap into a multi-million dollar industry. When you receive Image Consultant training from ByFerial, you get the experience, flexibility and personal attention it takes to become a success in the field.
Becoming an image consultant has never been easier. As an image and fashion consultant you will have a "dream come true" career. You don’t need years of experience in the stylist industry to succeed—all you need is the desire.
Qualified Image Consultants and Fashion Consultants are more in demand than ever before. Whether it be applying simple makeup or conducting extreme makeovers as a stylist, getting paid to make people look good and feel better about themselves is a rewarding, exciting and satisfying profession. You can choose to work full or part time as a fashion consultant—from a home office or commercial premises.
Becoming an image and beauty consultant allows you to enable others gain self-confidence and self-esteem. The image consultant can help them get a job or earn a promotion and is rewarding both personally and financially. If you enjoy being with others and enjoy helping them to look and feel their best, you are a good applicant to become an Image Consultant.
Boost your business and your knowledge and become an Image Consultant by participating in our upcoming Image and ByFerial Chroma training. Limited seats are available, so hurry and sign up now to guarantee your seat.
Image Consultant Training Courses are split up into 7 training modules
• Mastering The Universal Language of Image Consulting Seven Days Training
Professional Training - The Basic of Fashion & Style Module 1, 2, 3 & 4 and Each Module Includes Specific Classes Which Can Be Taken Together or Individually.
• Advance Business Building Skills Three Days
Advance Training - Putting Your Theory Practical Skills Together Mastering The Universal Language of Image Consulting is a pre requirement.
• Professional Image and Lifestyle Coach Ten Days Advance Training
Master Training - The Whole course Includes all Modules Mastering The Universal Language of Image Consulting & Business Building Skills.
Mastering the Universal Language Of Fashion & Style
Module 1 – Training for Image Consultant
Day 1/Module 1
10:00am-1:00pm
Body Proportion
Figure Assessment for Men and Women
1:00pm-5:00pm
Line & Design Principals
Fundamentals of Dressing - What to Wear & What not to Wear
Day 2/Module 1
10:00am-1:00pm
Wardrobe Organization
Wardrobe Planning & Organization - Shopping Assistance
1:00pm-5:00pm
Fashion & Style
How to Run Group & One on One Fashion & Style Consultations for Male & Female
Mastering The Universal Language Of Flow Colour Analysis
Module 2 – Training for Image Consultant
Day 3/Module 2
10:00am-1:00pm
Color Theory
Seasonal Color Analysis for Men and Women
1:00pm-5:00pm
The Universal Flow Color Analysis
The New Refined System for all Skin Types
Identifying Harmonies and Matching Your Personal Wardrobe Combinations
Day 4/Module 2
10:00am-1:00pm
Hands on Color Analysis
Face Shape Analysis & Personality Traits
1:00pm-5:00pm
Conducting Seminars & Workshops
How to Conduct One on One & Group Color Analysis
Mastering The Universal Language Of Skincare & Makeup
Module 3 – Training for Image Consultant
Day 5/Module 3
10:00am-1:00pm
Skin Care & Cosmetic Application
Seasonal Looks for All Skin Type & Age Groups
1:00pm-5:00pm
Skin Care & Cosmetic Application
Hands on Makeup application day/evening makeup
Day 6/Module 3
10:00am-1:00pm
Skin Care & Cosmetic Application
Hands on Makeup application - office/day makeup
1:00pm-5:00pm
Skin Care & Cosmetic Application
Hands on Makeup application - makeup for special occasion
Starting & Building Your Own Consultancy Business
Module 4 – Training for Image Consultant
Day 7/Module 4
Business Building
How to Set up Your Own Studio - How to Write You Own Business Plan
Product Sale - Marketing – Promotions
Personal and Professional Protocol and Etiquette
Module 5 – Training for Image Consultant
Day 8/Module 5
10:00am-1:00pm
Poise Presence & Lasting Impressions
How to Make an entrance and Work The Room
1:00pm-5:00pm
The Essentials Rules of Dining Etiquette
The Fundamentals of Dinning skills - The Do's & Don'ts of Dinning Etiquette American & Continental style
Fashion Stylist Field Trip
Module 6 – Training for Image Consultant
Day 9/Module 6
10:00am-1:00pm
Personal Shopping
How to Set up the Studio - Designing the Pre Customer profile Form - Booking, Conducting and Closing the Deal- Creating a Customer Portfolio- Customized after Sale Initiatives
1:00pm-5:00pm
Hands on Personal Shopping
One on One Style Advising and Personal Shopping
Role Play and Implementation of All Steps of the Consultation Leading to the Final Purchases
Portfolio Building
Module 7 – Training for Image Consultant
Day 10/Module 7
10:00am-1:00pm
Working on a Photo Shoot
Working with Real Models and Photographers
1:00pm-5:00pm
Photo Shoot
Building up your Portfolio - Before & After Picture to Show Your Skills
So what do you learn when undertaking Image Consultant Training with ByFerial?
• Who you are
• What you have
• Your figure type
• Your best hue
• Your lifestyle
• Your personality
… Not what you see on the front cover of a Vogue magazine.
Don’t compare yourself with others, but always compare yourself with whom you are willing to be.
You are UNIQUE and special in so many different ways. All you need to do is find your hidden assets, as you and I know; we all have them, but tend to focus on the bad rather than the good.
Here are a few principles help you dress and look like a millionaire, without spending a fortune. First we must take into consideration your personality and lifestyle.
• Buy quality rather than quantity
Every one knows that quality fabric falls and lays better, wears better, and compliments the figure more. Keep in mind that having one good quality skirt in a good versatile fabric, that you can wear in several seasons, is always better than a dozen skirts in a collection of colors. You can never go wrong by choosing a neutral color for your foundation that will go with most things: white, black, brown, beige.
• Wear fashionable accessories
Accessories are one of the easiest ways to update your wardrobe, without breaking the bank, just by adding a new handbag, sexy sandals or a new necklace. If you're not sure what's in for the season, have a look at a good fashion magazines like Vogue, In Style, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, or just go window shopping; normally all the shops will have the latest colors and styles in the front windows.
• Train yourself so you can shop wisely
Buy things because you need them and because they compliment your figure, in the right colors to make you feel and look great, not because they have appeared on some editor's must-have list or on the sale rack.
• Shop the sales
If you can't afford trends that just hit the catwalk, try to buy a look-a-like in the best quality you can afford. Keep in mind that fashion comes and goes; furthermore trying to keep up with the latest ‘must have trends’ you tend to lose your way by choosing the wrong colors and styles, just because it’s the thing to have for this season.
• List the things you need to buy to add to your closet in the latest trends
Every season there is a new trend in style or color, and it's usually not too hard to figure out what it is, use colors that are in, as accent pieces e.g. bright scarf, a camisole to go under a suit or the latest must have handbag and shoe, to show that you are conscious of the latest fashions and that you are current with style.
• The right fit
Is the outfit you are wearing highlighting and complimenting your assets and hiding your imperfections? I can not stress enough how important the fit is. I can assure you, if you buy two outfits and one is a haute couture without fitting properly onto your figure, and the second outfit was bought from a very economical shop, but was fitted onto your figure, I can guarantee the outfit from the economical shop will look like a haute couture and will look like a million dollar outfit when the other one will look just the opposite.
• The right amount and techniques of makeup
Your makeup should be current and updated in the right shades to compliment your face and coloring so you can sparkle and glow. Keep in mind not to wear the wrong colors, which will make you look exhausted and sick. Furthermore, some colors will show every imperfection and line.
• Wearing the right shades and colors
Wearing the right colors is very critical; the reason is, if you are wearing the wrong color, it will show every imperfection you have and make you look sick and older than you really are. Wearing the right color especially around your face will give you a natural glow that makes you look fresh, healthy and younger.
I went thorough an adequate amount of details above to help you achieve A Million Dollar Look. If you still not sure ByFerial will be more than happy to synchronize the look you desire on a shoe string budget. We look at all aspects of your unique situation, we will help you to overcome any obstacle, whether it is for personal or corporate needs, we will point you in the right direction.
The Finishing Touch
Accessories are known as the finishing touches, when you are putting yourself together. The simplest things in your wardrobe are your accessories, which add some pizzazz to your look changing it dramatically from daywear to eveningwear, from simple to glamour, and from boring to interesting. Your accessories can be inexpensive yet portray the look of elegance and sophistication; no outfit is finished without them.
Accessories are used to:
• Create the attention where needed
• Create a new look to an old outfit
• Create different looks to the same outfit
• Change simple to dramatic
• Add new life to a boring garment
• Create interesting accents
Accessories can be divided into two categories:
Must have and the Pointless.
Must have, accessories are the essential pieces that we can not do without and they are our main accessories, such as eyewear, fine jewelry, scarves, leather bags, leather belts, hosiery and shoes.
Pointless: accessories are unnecessary pieces that we can do without such as costume jewelry, hats, pocket handkerchiefs, fashion belts, shawls and gloves.
Your accessories should be in harmony with your scale, complementing your size and features in the right style, shape, and color to enhance and compliment your style.
Your best style and shape are the ones that do not replicate the face shape; the main point to remember with face shape is not to duplicate a problem, for example if your dominant face shape is round do not repeat the shape with round hats, glasses, hairstyles or necklines maneuver away from duplicating for the reason you will only look as round.
Accessories are known to be Focal Points therefore; it is an invitation for people to look at. Create a focal point to direct your invitation to an area where you desire people to look.
Your glasses
The design, pattern, and color of your glasses must be considered prior to choosing a frame for your face. Based on the idea that a person’s face shape determines what frame design it needs, below are some steps to follow in order to ascertain which shape is best suited.
The top of the frame needs to be parallel, follow or relate to the brow line. With smaller frames, it might be necessary to have the line of the frame below the brow line. The brow line needs to be parallel with the frame and should be related in some way.
The Shape of Your Glasses
The bottom of the frame needs to relate to the angle of the jaw or chin line, you need to either repeat the angle or reverse it; or follow the line of your dominant hair line.
The Eye Placement
Your eye needs and should be relatively in the middle from the top to the bottom of the lens of the glasses to achieve the perfect look.
The Weight of Your Frame
The image weight of the frame needs to relate to your optical weight, the heavier the optical, the heavier the frame. Your own scale is another way to determent the weight of your glasses. The heavier you are the heavier glasses you can wear. Most women need light to medium weight frames so they don’t get overwhelmed with them.
Ear Piece
The ear piece needs to come from the ear to the frame in parallel to the floor. It should not slant up or slant down from the ear to the frame.
Temples
The frames need to be as wide as your temples. To check this, notice if the ear piece protrudes out from your ear, or if they are bent in at your frames. If they do, they are too narrow. If they spread out your frames are too wide for your face.
The Colour of the Glasses
The colour of the frame should always compliment your skin tone, eye color, and hair color, in order to achieve harmony and the best appearance. All of the points above should be considered to help you achieve the best look.
Also, if you have not had a new pair of glasses or changed the shape of the frames in the past two or three years you should consider a new pair. It is definitely time to update your look! That’s one big give away on looking younger.
Scarves
Scarves are fantastic items to add pizzazz and change the look of an outfit dramatically, from boring to exiting from one color to colorful. When purchasing scarves invest in the best quality, silk scarves should be your first choice as they will have the best appearance and quality. The only thing to take into consideration is the length of your neck and the circumference to choose the right size pattern and the right texture.
Hosiery
The best quality you can afford in neutral colors. Your hosiery should be one or two shades darker than your natural skin tone. By matching your hosiery, shoes and hemline you are a creating longer more slender look. You should always finish your polished look by wearing hosiery. Always carry with you a spare hosiery in your bag because you will never have this beautiful polished look if you have a laddered hosiery. It is an Image breaker we all should avoid.
Shoes
Whenever you buy shoes and whatever style you choose, quality and comfort are essential and more important than any other piece of accessory; your shoes have the ability to completely change the character of an outfit by giving it a new look and attitude. When choosing styles shoes should compliment almost everything in your wardrobe in color and style. And please no white shoes unless you are the bride. A shoe with medium heel is the safest for any look desired.
Handbags
A must in every women wardrobe it should be an essential item of every woman’s list, the essential handbag for every day are the basic bags that complete your wardrobe in neutral colors, in a medium size or a size that mirrors your own scale and size. For the evening one or two evening bags. Accessories, if purchased, should always be in the best quality you can afford.
Hats
I dream of the day when the hat could come back as a fashion must have in every wardrobe. If you are a hat lover like me, then I am sure you have the confidence to carry it as hats are a dead give away for people to look at the wearer. Hats are a wonderful way to add pizzazz to an outfit. Wearing a hat instantly draws attention to the wearer. A hat also draws attention to the face so make sure you have your face finished and polished with makeup.
The most important thing about accessories is to make you “feel good" and to have the confidence to transmit it by projecting elegance and poise. When you feel good about yourself, you naturally convey confidence and a positive attitude. These nonverbal messages are as important as the verbal.
Looking in style all the time may be challenging, especially if you are not sure about what style of accessories suite you body or personality. I went thorough a sufficient amount of detail above to help you find your own individual style, but do consult with us, or a professional, if you feel unsure or need some help at any point after all, we are here for you
Closet Full Of Clothes Yet Nothing to Wear
Have you got a closet full of clothes and yet nothing to wear?
Studies and researches proved that the majority of women would like to look attractive, but don’t know how! And that most women don’t know what styles and colors suit their figure the best. Furthermore, that we only wear 20% of our clothes 80% of the time. In addition, we usually have at least $800 worth of clothes in our wardrobes that we never wear.
So why don't we know which Style or colors look best on us?
Actually, if you give a child a range of colors I can bet that the child will choose all the right colors for their skin tone. We are naturally drawn to the colors that suit us best but unfortunately, we lose this instinctive sense over the years because we get influenced by people that we think highly of or even images around us such as our parents, siblings, or friends who have different coloring than we do.
When you see someone wearing a beautiful color that complements their complexion and makes them look great, don’t be mistaken that the look will translate on you or give you the same image. If anything, it might portray the opposite effect if the colors are wrong for your complexion, and not to forget the Fashion Industry’s "must have" latest look in style or colors is an added pressure for people and can lead to wearing the wrong colors and styles that are sabotaging our image just to keep up with the latest trends.
If you do not take this concept with some consideration, I can almost guarantee you would have a wardrobe full of clothes with styles and colors you can’t wear actually you can wear them, but they will do no justice to your look you could end up looking like a drag or washed out; it’s certainly not the look I would advocate!
So let’s make an effort to achieve a healthier look, by having a wardrobe full of clothes that can be worn with confidence and that not only make you look good but will make you look great.
• Find what really suits your figure
• Know your personality in clothing (elegant, feminine, classic, dramatic e.g.)
• Find out what are the best colors for your skin tone
• Invest in new makeup
• The right shades and colors to compliment your complexion
• Decide on a budget before you start your shopping
• Make a list on what you need to add to your wardrobe
• Buy items that will go with each other so you can mix and match
• Plan your wardrobe on neutral colors, (navy, black, white, khaki or brown)
• Add fashionable item to your basic wardrobe to add some pizzazz to it
Having a cupboard full of clothes and nothing to wear is a problem most of us have. I went thorough an adequate amount of detail above to help you find your way, but do consult with us, or a professional, if you feel unsure or need some help at any point after all, we are here for you.
Essential Quality
Why bother to look for quality?
Does it make any difference if I pay $100 or $500 for an outfit? Yes, high quality clothing is the key to projecting a professional image. It tells everyone that you care and shows that you appreciate the good things in life. Remember, you are reflecting your companies’ image. Think quality not quantity and buy the best you can afford. Those around you such as your boss or co-workers will notice.
How to Look In Style
Are you ready to show the world that you can look in style, today, tomorrow and everyday without investing lots of time and money?
Staying in style doesn't necessarily require that you to spend a fortune. Looking in style starts with you investing some time to understand:
• Who you are
• What you have
• Your figure type
• Your best hue
• Your lifestyle
• Your personality
Who you are: and not what others want you to be and not what you see on the front cover of a Vogue magazine.
What you have: without comparing yourself with others, but always compare yourself to whom you are willing to be.
Your figure type: by remembering that you are UNIQUE and special in so many different ways. All you need to do is find your hidden assets, which we all have but we still tend to focus on the bad rather than the good.
Your best hue: your skin undertone is either cool or warm, so dress in a manner to compliment it. It will give you a special glow to your look.
Your lifestyle: dress accordingly to fit your lifestyle your age and the occasion.
Your personality: understanding your mood and personality to dress in an appropriate manner to compliment the way you feel from inside.
Here are a few principles for you to dress and look like a million dollars without spending a fortune, after taking into consideration your personality and lifestyle.
• Buy quality rather than quantity
Every one knows that quality fabrics fall and sit better, wear better and compliment the figure more. Keep in mind that having one good quality skirt in a good versatile fabric that you can wear in several seasons is always better than a dozen skirts in a collection of colors. You can never go wrong by choosing a neutral color for your foundation: white, black, brown, or beige. They will go with most things.
• Wear accessories that are in fashion
Accessories are one of the easiest ways to update your wardrobe without breaking the bank; just add a new handbag, sexy sandals or a new necklace.
If you're not sure what's in for the season have a look at a good fashion magazine like Vogue, In Style, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, or just go window shopping. Normally all the shops will have the latest colors and styles in the front windows.
• Train yourself so you can shop wisely
Buy things because you need them and because they compliment your figure, in the right colors to make you feel and look great, not because they have appeared on some editor's must-have list or on the sales racks.
• Shop the sales and check out consignment shops
If you can't afford trends that just hit the catwalks, try to buy a look-a-like in the best quality you can afford. Keep in mind fashion comes and goes; furthermore, when trying to keep up with the latest ‘must have’ you tend to lose your way by choosing the wrong colors and styles, just because it’s the thing to have for this season.
• List the things you need to buy to add to your closet in the latest trends
Every season there's a new trend in style or color, and it's usually not too hard to figure out what it is. Use colors that are in, as accent pieces e.g. bright scarf, or a camisole to go under a suit or the latest must have handbag and shoe to show that you are conscious of the latest fashion and that you are current in style.
• The right fit
Is the outfit you are wearing highlighting and complimenting your assets and hiding your imperfections? I can not stress enough how important the fit is. I can assure you, if you buy two outfits, one is a haute couture without fitting properly onto your figure, and a second outfit bought from a very economical shop but was fitted onto your figure, I can guarantee you, the outfit from the economical shop will look like a haute couture and will look like a million dollar outfit, while the other one will look the opposite.
• The right amount and the right techniques of makeup
Your makeup should be current, updated, and in the right shades to compliment your face and coloring, allowing you to sparkle and glow. Keep in mind not to wear the wrong colors that will make you look exhausted and sick. Furthermore wrong colors will show every imperfection and line.
• Wearing the right shades and colors
Wearing the right colors is very critical. The reason is that if you are wearing the wrong color it will show every imperfection you have and it will make you look sick and older than you really are. Wearing the right color, especially around your face, will give you a natural glow that make you look fresh, healthy and younger.
Looking in style all the time may be challenging, especially if you are not sure about what style suits you body or personality. I went thorough a sufficient amount of detail above to help you find your way, but do consult with us, or a professional, if you feel unsure or need some help at any point after all, we are here for you.
Looking Few Pounds Slimmer
Would you like to appear thinner without losing a single pound?
You can look few pound slimmer by simply altering your clothes.
Having your clothes altered makes all the difference in creating the illusion of a thinner, sleeker you. Purchasing your clothes directly off the rack can be a serious mistake if they are not altered to fit your figure accurately. These clothes are made to a specified size that the designing company has selected as the average size 10, the average size Large and so on. What one company calls a size 10 another company may designate as a size 12.
Who in the world decided that this is an average size12, or a size 12 at all?
If you and a friend are the average size 12, and both of you found the exact same suit directly off the rack, the chances of them fitting exactly the same are slim to none.
Altering will help generate the garment to fit your personal body type. You may very well be a size 12, but when your size is 12 and you are a tall person the appearance will be different than if you are a short size 12. There are lots of issues to take into consideration. Your scale, your vertical body type, and your horizontal body type must be considered. If you have a short waist, long waist, or have larger hips, clothing will fit you differently. There are many things that make us all unique.
Clothes purchased if not altered and if we overlooked these issues we have discussed with pre-determined sizes that could be extremely flattering on one figure and disastrous on another. If you visualize a size 12 skirt where the hemline ends at the heaviest part of the calf on a short woman, the legs would appear wide, giving her an unflattering look. The same skirt worn by a tall person will certainly flatter her appearance and accentuate her elongated qualities.
Yes you can purchase garments that seem to fit okay, but why not purchase the garments and altering them will not only make them fit and look GREAT but create a shapelier appearance, more sophisticated look, and much more polished style.
Someone professional that you trust should alter your entire wardrobe whether it is for business, professional, or casual dress. “Having the right outfit on to suit your style is one thing, but having the right fit is another thing all together”
Tips to remember
Skirt & dresses Lengths
• Mid knee length is unflattering to everybody.
• Long skirts and dresses make you look shorter and heavier.
• Short legged women look best in medium-short styles just below the knee to 2” above (5cms), depending on weight and age.
• Long legged women look best in medium to long styles (2” or 5cms above the knee to below the ankle), depending on weight and age.
• A skirt should never be wider than it is longer.
Jacket length
• Everyone has the ability to wear longer than their ideal length, if enough illusion techniques are employed.
• Long legged women are best in medium to long jackets, depending on weight and height.
• Short legged women are best in short to medium/long jackets, depending on weight and height.
Pants
• Correct fit is essential to looking good in pants.
• The wider the pant leg, the longer the length needs to be to look proportionate.
• The tighter the pant leg the shorter the leg length may be.
• Tall/long legged women can wear wide leg pants while short women or those with short leg proportions need a classic look.
Sleeves
• The eye will be drawn to where the sleeve ends (the hemline). The hem then becomes a horizontal line that can make the area where it is applied appear wider, e.g. short sleeves that end at the same level as the full bust line will make the bust line appear larger.
Correct Fit
If we are to successfully assist a client who does not sew and wants to buy from ready-to-wear markets, we have to have an understanding of correct fit and the alteration process. Poor fitting clothes will never look elegant, nor will they compliment the wearer, even if the style is a recommend one for their body’s characteristics, and that’s why we recommend LookSmart Alteration because all their staff are qualified and trained for your polished look.
The Power Of Illusion To Look Slimmer
The first thing people see and notice about a person’s appearance before anything else is the color they are wearing. Color is said to be so powerful that the impact of color is immediate and lasting. You can actually create impressions and illusions with the help of color.
The power is in your hands. Techniques for creating illusions have been used for years by image professionals. They create amazing illusions with makeovers that help people to appear taller and/or slimmer.
At some point or other, we tend to lose our track and let our selves go by gaining a pound or two. So, how can we create “The Power Of Illusion” to look slimmer.
Following these tips below and you will look slimmer, therefore, it will boost your self esteem and help to put you back on the track to lose your weight, to look good and feel great.
The Power of Colour
• Wearing monochromatic (one tone) colours, top to bottom gives the appearance of an elongated body making it slimmer.
• Dark colours such as olive, black, and navy help make areas appear smaller; by wearing them at the problem area it deemphasizes the problem. For most of us women it would be the bottom half.
• Sheer dark hose will make you look slimmer and taller especially if the hose color is matching your hem colour, and shoes.
• Flow color from top to bottom in a vertical line e.g. black top, black pants and royal blue jacket or black jacket black pants and royal blue top creates the elongation in color inside flow or outside flow.
The Power of Line and design
• Vertical design line such as princess seams in dresses, single breasted jackets, or a row of buttons draws the attention in, giving a slimmer look.
• Creating stripes by ironing a crease in the front of your pants will visually slim the body by forming a vertical line.
• Accentuate angular lines, shapes and styles in your wardrobe rather than rounds and horizontal lines.
• Do not highlight a problem area by emphasizing it with the same line. For example, if you have a round face you should not settle for a rounded hair style or a rounded neckline. The reason that you would not do this is that you are only making it look rounder. If you have a long neck, wearing a V neckline will only create the illusion of even longer neck.
The Power of proportions
• Avoid textures and bulk in fabrics. The heavier the texture, the heavier you are going to look. Shiny materials and fabrics will reflect light, making the area visibly larger.
• The larger the pattern or accessories the larger you are going to look, a large scale lady wearing large pattern will only emphasize how large her scale is.
• Creating a balance is the key to creating the illusion of looking harmonized. For example, a woman who has a long legs and short body should wear her blouse out to elongate her upper body and create the illusion of shorter legs.
• Direct the attention to the face, after all, the best asset any one can have is the smile. You can create attention toward your face by wearing colored scarves and jewelry, thus making your face the focal point.
Illusions to look slimmer instantly
• Standing straight with good posture will make you look taller and therefore slimmer.
• Wearing vertical lines, in color, pattern, design or accessories.
• Wearing simple lines in the best quality you can afford.
• Wear dark colors in the challenging area.
• Wear a monochromatic color from top to bottom.
• Wear matte fabric in fine to medium texture.
• Rolling or pushing your sleeves up to just below the elbow.
• Hosiery should be in the same color as your shoes and hemline.
• Shoes should be medium to high heels.
• Shoes with open vamp will give the leg elongation.
• Always remember to wear your smile after all it is the best asset God created for everyone.
• Avoid wearing clothes that are too tight or figure hugging.
Looking slimmer may be challenging, but it is easy, if you know the theory of line and design principle. I went thorough a sufficient amount of detail above to help you look slimmer and help you find your way, but do consult with us, or a professional, if you feel unsure or need some help at any point after all, we are here for you.
The Secrets of Beauty
Recognizing your personal beauty will help you choose and synchronize some radical changes to enhance your appearance by having the right hair style to compliment your face shape; bringing out your best feature to look healthier and younger.
Having the right hair style to balance and enhance your face is achievable by simply understanding your face shape and structure of the face.
A good hairstylist should help you choose a style to complement and balance you’re face, not matching a picture that has a "great" haircut, that you’ve chosen from a magazine. AWIS BEAUTY will consider your own face shape and your hair attributes. Understanding that you are individual and reassessing your face shape before deciding on a hairstyle will assure to compliment your face shape and bring out the secrets of your own unique beauty.
There are nine face shapes:
1. Oval
2. Oblong
3. Rectangular
4. Square
5. Round
6. Diamond
7. Triangular (pear)
8. Inverted triangular
9. Heart
Oval
Oval face shaped people are fortunate, as they can wear a variety of hairstyles. This type of face features a gently rounded hairline and jaw line it is considered the "ideal" shape because of its natural balance and proportion. As such, that you can pull-off any hairstyle with flair. Oval faces have perfect features, the only thing I would not recommend is bangs (fringes) because it covers your beautiful features; when you have them, show them.
Oblong/ Rectangular
Oblong face shapes are similar to the oval, except they are longer than they are wide. Wearing a variety of hairstyles that have width and volume will compliment this face shape, a short to medium hairstyle is desired for this face shape, with some bangs (fringe) to counteract the length by creating a softness.
Square
A square face has an equally square jaw line and hairline. With those two strong facial features, the key to harmonizing this fascinating face shape is to introduce an element of softness by creating waves and curls. Then balance the square-shaped face, with some wispy bangs, flowing layers, and angles cut around the face starting at the cheekbone, to create a unique strength and beauty. A hairstyle reaching below the shoulders is complimenting. If you prefer short hair, you can create the illusion of length by adding height at the crown.
Round
The features of a full round face are the round hairline and chin line. The main characteristic of this face shape is that the cheeks are the widest feature; applying the illusion of length will compliment the face shape. Creating fullness and height at the crown is the best style for a round face to give the illusion of a longer face. Strait hair styles with no width or volume will resolve the problem of adding width to the sides of the cheeks.
Diamond
Diamond shaped face is well known for its narrow forehead and chin, and very wide cheek line. The best way to approach this shape is to choose a hairstyle that adds width to the top and bottom, to allow the middle of the face to synchronize with the rest of the face. Volume at the cheek line should be avoided, as it will only serve to emphasize the width of the face. Wide, wispy bangs and a chin length cut can help build width where it's most needed.
Triangular
The narrow part of this face is at the temples, slightly wider at the cheeks, and widest at the jaw line. To flatter and compliment a triangular face is to create fullness at the upper part of the face, drawing attention away from the jaw line. Using lots of layers to create a full style at the top of the forehead that tapers off as it approaches the lower part of the face gives the illusion of balance.
Inverted triangular/Heart
This face shape features a wide forehead with a narrow jaw line and chin line. The key for a more flattering look is created with the illusion of making the forehead narrower and the chin wider. Adding fullness to the lower part of the face will enhance this shape. Chin length bobs are flattering, as well as wavy curls, all of which create an illusion of width at the chin. Side bangs (fringes) with hair longer than jaw line will compliment your face.
Look in the mirror, analyse your face, and go for the unique secrets of your own beauty.
I went through enough detail above to help you achieve The Secrets of Beauty. If you are still not sure, a ByFerial certified consultant will be more than happy to synchronize some radical changes to compliment your face shape.
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