How to Look Stylish Every Day

Looking stylish does not mean that you have to follow what others wear and how they look. A stylish look means originality and individuality. It is all about choosing the right clothes that match your personality and express your own style. Make a statement and feel well in your clothes by learning how to look stylish every day and by opting for those clothes that flatter your silhouette and enhance your assets.

When you are in trouble finding the right outfit and accessories that suit you, you probably need some guidance. Today we have prepared some great tips that might be useful for you to create your own personal style. Women are really lucky when it comes to clothing, since fashion provides them with thousands of wonderful and versatile styles, colors, fabrics and designs to choose from.

Nowadays skinny and plus size women as well, can easily find the perfect clothes for their individual body type. Trendy women clothes are the latest fashion and provide you with a stylish, chic look. Here are some tips to create your own style and to make a statement wherever you are.

Skim through some fashion magazines or check out the Internet to learn more about the latest fashion trends in makeup, hairstyles, clothes, shoes and accessories. Find out what is hot and what is not and keep up with the latest trends.

Shop for outfits that are flattering for your figure. Make sure they fit well on you and enhance your greatest assets. Always wear neat and clean clothes, which will give you a classy, polished air. When you are hesitant about an outfit, ask your friend or a shop assistant in order to find out whether the chosen piece suits you or not.

Supplement your wardrobe with many different clothes so that they can match every possible occasion. This ways you will have many options to choose from so you can mix and match according to your taste and needs. Go for versatile items and various styles that are suitable for formal or casual events as well.

In order to select the best clothes for every occasion, save yourself a few minutes to prepare them in advance and try them on before the actual event, in order to make sure you will look your best. This way you can save a lot of precious time so you won’t have to desperately search through your wardrobe in the last minutes before leaving.

Choose items that you really enjoy wearing. If you like to dress casual, two or three pairs of jeans in different cuts is a must to spice up your wardrobe and to dress varied every day. Jeans are really versatile pieces, which work really well with many different clothes, fabrics and colors. Similarly, opt for good quality shoes and match them to your outfits so that you can create a harmonious, stylish look.

Dare to experiment and show off your originality. Always wear clothes that represent you and create exciting, unique combinations that will immediately attract attention. If you like prints, shop for animal print scarves or headbands, which will give you a glamorous, hot look. Match trendy minidresses with skinny jeans and shorts with leggings or tights to create your own fashion statement.

Find your greatest assets and choose clothes that highlight your best parts and trickily hide your trouble spots. Go for variety and mix and match clothes to create stylish combinations. Wear your clothes with confidence and enjoy looking amazing on every occasion.

Shop in smaller stores and skip those that are favored by the majority. If you don’t want to look the same, find your personal style and show off your creativity. Shop for fun and trendy accessories to add a little extra glam and attitude to a neutral outfit. A well-chosen necklace earring or bracelet can accentuate your wonderful features and bring some life and excitement into your outfits.

Highlight your face and your feminine beauty with a classy, natural makeup that is a perfect choice for every outfit and for any casual occasion as well. A simple, still chic and classy makeup will let your natural beauty to shine through.

Follow the latest hairstyle trends and spice up your tresses with a trendy haircut or an exciting new hair color that matches your skin tone and your overall style. For extra elegant occasions, consider a unique and sophisticated hairstyle that completes your look perfectly.

Tips To Look Young

There will hardly be any one on this earth who wants to look old. In fact, almost every one of us wants to look young throughout his/ her life. However, time is relentless and you tend to get older every year. When it comes to looking younger, there is no need to go under the knife. All you need to do is to inculcate few tricks in your routine. There are some tips and techniques that, if followed religiously, can make you look younger than your age and also much more beautiful. For instance, if you keep fit, exercise on a regular basis and watch your diet, your body will feel as well as look quite young. Let us explore some tips on looking younger than your age.

How To Look Younger & Beautiful

• Make sure that you drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. It will help your body stay hydrated and flush it free of toxins as well. At the same time, it will make your face glow and shine.
• Always wear a sunscreen lotion when you go out in the day, to protect your skin from harmful ultra violet (UV) rays. Make sure that you are using a sunscreen with at least 15 SPF.
• Visit your hairdresser for a younger hair makeover. Rather than sticking to an old-fashioned hairstyle, go for a younger and more carefree look. You will drop years from your age, this way.
• Pay attention to the lipstick color. Always avoid bright red and brown shades and stick to neutrals, like beiges and pinks.
• Do not overdo with your eyebrows outlining. Subtlety is the key when it comes to eye makeup that makes you look young.
• Get manicures and pedicures done on a regular basis. Go for a facial sitting at least once in a month.
• Avoid wearing round neck blouses, which may draw attention to a drooping posture. You should always prefer wearing V-neck clothes, which direct the eye up.
• Always maintain a proper and confident posture. It not only makes you look younger, but also help you appear slimmer than you are.
• A young fragrance always makes you seem much younger than you really are. According to a survey, women wearing scents with pink grapefruit in it appeared, on average, 6 years younger than their actual age.
• Try to get at least 7-8 hours sleep on a daily basis. It will help you feel younger as well as extremely refreshed.
• It is said that love can make you feel as well as look years younger than your age. Fall in love with your spouse once again. Better yet, fall in love with yourself.
• Avoid processed foods as well as those food items that have too much sugar in them.
• Eat lots of fruits and vegetables. Increase your consumption of food items that are rich in proteins.
• If you are overweight, try to lose those extra pounds, by sticking to a healthy diet and indulging in exercise. No crash dieting please!
• Include the basic steps of cleansing, toning, moisturize and nourishing your skin, in your daily routine.

Things to Watch Out for When Joining a Gym

Overweight/skinny personal trainers – If a trainer knows what they’re doing then it is my belief at least that they should practice what they preach. That should be part of the job spec right? It’s a good advertisement for the gym and it inspires confidence in those who already go there. I’ve been going to the gym myself for ten years and I’m in pretty good shape, and while I don’t like to consider myself a snob there’s something very annoying about being told what to do by a guy whose arms look like matchsticks. Sure he might know what he’s doing and maybe has a tonne of knowledge that I don’t – but I have no guarantee of that. And to be honest a lot of trainers don’t know what they’re talking about and there are a good selection of Mickey Mouse PT courses out there that means anyone can pass and make the grade. If you’re a beginner they could very likely steer you in the wrong direction and possibly even course you damage; and if you’re an advanced bodybuilder and powerlifter they won’t have anything of value to pass on to you. The annoying thing is the way they like to chat with the big guys and posture about the place because they have an official t-shirt and name badge. Besides that, even if they do know how to get strong it’s just annoying if they tell you to do it and obviously don’t care themselves. It’s kind of like a lie... A real pet hate. Look around until you find someone who can back up what they say with indisputable muscle.


Small print in the contract – A lot of gym contracts (or ‘health spas’ really, these are the main culprits for most of these problems) try to make claims about how long you have to sign up for. They’ll tell you that you can’t quit the gym without giving them months of prior notice, or that you have to sign on for a year. To start with, if you have to sign on for a year then look elsewhere. The majority of gyms ask for no such commitment and you should at least be able to get away with a six month contract. While most do ask for a joining fee they shouldn’t be trying to rope you into more use than you might need and you never know if you’re going to get ill or need to move. You need to be asking yourself why they’d need to tie you in to such a lengthy contract in the first place if what they were offering was good quality. Surely you won’t want to quit? Do lots of their customers try to leave? Ask them this and put them on the spot. And if you don’t sign up for a year and they tell you you have to give them three months notice before leaving (*cough* LA Fitness *cough*) then you tell them where they can go – especially if they hadn’t warned about this little snag in the first instance. The thing is they can’t actually stop you and the law will be in your favour if you cancel a payment for a service you’re not using. It’s kind of despicable really that these big successful gyms try to milk you for every penny when they really don’t need the extra cash. Hopefully people will cotton on and they’ll lose out in the long run. And if they still tell you can’t cancel? Go straight to the source and end your direct debit. There’s nothing they can do about that (just make sure you really do want to leave).


Discounts and deals – You also need to be suspicious of gyms offering you large discounts for signing up. They might say that it’s a Christmas bonus and that you don’t need to pay your sign up fee, or that you can get your membership for half price if you drag some other poor sucker into the deal. It’s a method they use to try and pressurise you into making a quick decision when unbeknownst to you – and trust me on this one – there will almost always be some kind of deal on. The problem is again that this really isn’t that honest and stinks of trying to do anything for the money. Think of all the customers that paid full price a year ago – that’ll be you next week when an even better deal comes along. It also just goes to show that the full price is way too high if they can afford to keep cutting it, and that they’re going to try and cram the place as full as possible, or that people are leaving and they’re desperate. If you do decide you want to sign up anyway then don’t be pressured by the deal as it’ll still be there, or be better, in not long at all, and tell them you’re going to pay even less. What a lot of people don’t realise is that you can haggle in places like this and you might as well play them at their own game. Tell them you can get a cheaper membership elsewhere, you know the sign up fee is a joke, and you’re not going to pay it. LA Fitness charged £75 for there joining fee – it’s a complete joke! Don’t be conned.


Gyms that don’t offer you a free trial – Any gym you go to look around should offer you the chance to try out the equipment for a day after showing you around. This means you can test you like the machines, that they have everything you need, and that it’s better than the competition in the area. If they don’t offer this then you should be very suspicious indeed. You wouldn’t by a computer without knowing the exact specs or getting to see it would you? This is when you then look out for some of the other things I’ve listed here; overweight trainers and faulty machines etc. It’s crucial.


Lack of equipment – If the gym lacks the equipment you need to do your daily workout then you obviously need to look elsewhere. That doesn’t mean necessarily that the gym is no good or even lacking for other people, but you need one that’s tailored to you. Like using kettle bells? Then look around until you find somewhere that offers that.


MTV – All these health spas (you get the opinion by now I hope that I’m generally a bit suspicious of health spas) these days have TVs on every wall, and even sometimes little headsets that let you listen while you’re working out doing your chest presses or running on the treadmill. Great, that means you can watch Eastenders or the Footy while you get fit right? Wrong – when you’re training you should be concentrating on the work out. Just focussing on the movement of the muscles and the technique you go through can make the workout more intense and lead to more growth in the area. While you can still probably ignore the TVs though you need to think about how much of your money is going into that Sky subscription and all those screens. At the same time you need to think about the general atmosphere of the place, the kind of clientele it’ll be attracting (those who don’t really want to train) and furthermore whether you think you have the mental drive and will power to stay focussed when Beyonce starts shaking her shapely behind on MTV...


Hidden costs – When you get that contract read it thoroughly and look out for ‘cancelation fees’ or fees to do the induction. They say the latter is for health and safety but when you’re clearly made of pure lean muscle you shouldn’t have to pay £15 to be shown around by a guy you could break in half with your little finger. It’s covering their asses sure I get that, but you shouldn’t have to pay for the privilege and you shouldn’t trust someone who doesn’t state all this up-front.


Classes – Classes are great if you want to take up a new hobby and maybe make some new acquaintances in a new city, but if you don’t, make sure you aren’t paying for them. If it says they’re free, that means you’re paying for them in the price of your membership. There should be specific bands depending on how many of the facilities you wish to use.


Long queues – If there are long queues to get on every station then go somewhere else. They might tell you this is only during peak time but there’s two problems with that: a) do you really want to train in the middle of the night or during your lunch break? And b) why are they trying to bully you into signing up when they can’t provide for their current clientele? And there’s nothing more annoying, trust me, than having a great workout ruined by having to wait around for the machine you want to use. You’ll lose any pump you’d achieved, miss the window for your protein consumption, and you may as well be training at home. Naughty gym owners! *Cough* LA Fitness *Cough*

The Right Diet for Bodybuilding

For bodybuilders dieting is simple; you need to ensure that you get a balanced healthy diet and increase your intake of protein. Protein should be consumed throughout the day (every 2-3 hours in an ideal world) and you also need to make sure you get all of the amino acids (particularly glutamine). The reason for this is that specific amino acids are used to perform specific roles in the body and if you don’t have one available then that job simply won’t be carried out. Unfortunately very few protein sources contain all of the amino acids – even protein shakes with whole eggs being the only exception (because technically the white and the yolk are two different sources) so for this reason you need to vary your protein intake and eat lots of different meats on top of your protein shake.


At the same time you also need to consider the quality of the protein you eat. By quality is meant how lean it is – as in how much fat there is; and its ‘biological value’ – which describes how readily available the amino acids are for the body to use. You can find multiple tables online, but as a basic rule white meats are better than red, protein shakes are very good, and anything fried or made up of cast off meat is a no, no. In other words: steamed chicken = good, burger = bad. As this is only a brief introduction to diet we won’t go into a lot more detail here, other than to say that you also need all your other food groups and to explain why.


The temptation with bodybuilders is to eat only protein so that they build muscle, and to leave out carbs entirely so that they don’t get stored as fat. If you know your science and how the human body works however then you should realise that this would be rather foolish as it’s where you start getting your energy after one minute fourty three seconds. That’s a short workout if you don’t have any carbs, so try to eat a sensible amount of good carbs (complex carbs) such as banana, whole wheat, pasta etc (for those who didn’t know, sugar is actually a carb but a ‘simple carb’ as are most sweets and puddings).


Similarly many bodybuilders and dieters think that it’s a good idea to eradicate fat from their diet. Again this is a big mistake as fat is not only important to keep your skin and hair healthy (you don’t want to be a flaky bodybuilder… that’s just not cool) but also is a crucial element in protein synthesis. In other words you will get more out of your protein intake if you include fat in your diet. Use omega 3 fish oils etc.


A bodybuilder also needs to make sure they get all of their vitamins, minerals and fibre so it’s important to eat big meals with mixed foods. Why’s this important? Well minerals and vitamins are involved in a lot of things that can help your bodybuilding progress – for example calcium strengthens not only bones but also helps increase the power of contractions. Vitamins’ most well known purpose however is to help strengthen the immune system, and this too has benefits for bodybuilders – most notably as it will mean you don’t miss quite so many workouts due to illness (which can really put you back a bit). Fibre meanwhile will help improve your digestion, helping you to get more from your foods, and your circulatory system, meaning your body delivers the nutrients and oxygen in your blood to the muscles more quickly.


So then really all a bodybuilder should do to alter their diet is just tip the scales a little. Eat less fat and fewer simple carbs, but don’t cut them out completely. Likewise eat a whole lot more protein while making sure you get all your other vitamins, minerals and fibre.


If you’re struggling to do this there are a few changes you can make to your diet that will instantly help you lose your sweet tooth and start craving healthier foods. These little changes won’t affect what you eat per se, but will take fat and simple carbs out of your diet in little ways. For example – take the sugar and sweetener out of your tea and coffee. You’ll drink it regularly enough that this will start to change your pallet to appreciate less sweet drinks. Swap soft drinks for fruit juices as they count as a portion of fruit. Stop buttering your bread. Eat a bowl of fruit in the morning. Replace your puddings with whole grain cereal and yogurt. By making these little changes on top of your newly increased protein intake you can change you body into a clean and efficient protein factory and you’ll find that eating healthily becomes second nature.


Quick Tip: Eating little and often is a great way to avoid feeling bloated and gaining unnecessary weight, to ensure the body always has a good supply of nutrients, carbs and amino acids, and is closer to how we would have eaten in the wild. Switch to five smaller meals and you will feel healthier and reap the benefits.

The Abs Diet

Everyone wants abs and as a result approximately half the population have some kind of exercise regime that they hope will tone them up and give them the stomach they desire. However, it is important to not only have the correct workout when it comes to gaining abs, but also the correct diet. Here we will look at how you should change your eating patterns if you want to develop a six pack. The importance of this shouldn't be underestimated either – as the easiest way to get six pack abs is to just lower your body fat – if you get your body fat percentage to 10% or less than your abs will be visible, even if they aren't overly muscular.


The Food Groups
The first thing that it's key to understand is that there are many food groups and that each of these has a different role. Many people will try to avoid too many carbs because this is the food group that the body uses as energy and that it stores as fat if there's any left over. However to avoid carbs completely is a mistake as it leaves you with no energy and that leaves you susceptible to various problems and unable to workout. Fat too can of course be easily stored as fat because it's already in the right format. Protein on the other hand cannot easily be stored as fat and instead is used to build muscle meaning you're safe to eat it in larger quantities, and the same is also true of fibre which passes harmlessly through your system.
The aim then is to reduce your intake of fats and carbs and to increase your cardiovascular fitness. This then means that your body will have less food to burn for energy and will instead turn to your stored fat cells for fuel which will mean you're physically burning off the fat covering up your abs.

The Deficit
Simply what you are trying to do in order to lose weight is to create a deficit between how many carbs you consume and get stored as fat and how many you burn. If you burn off more than you have then you will find that you start to lose weight. If you burn the same amount that you have then you will find you generally stay the same, and if you do the opposite you will find that you put on weight.
The problem is that your body wants to store fat. It thinks this is a great thing to do a then when a feminine comes you'll have 'money in the bank' as it was (here money is fat, and the bank is your hips). Thus it doesn't really want to burn the fat you have stored and will complain by telling you you're hungry when you are out of available glucose to burn as energy.
What you need to do at this point though is be strong, and to ignore the hunger. Eat the amount you have set yourself as a target and don't go over. If you feel hunger pangs then see it as a sign that you are losing weight, just as your muscle burning in the gym is a sign that you're building biceps (just don't get too fond of the hunger sensation as this is also something of a fast-track to anorexia). Hit your body with some CV now, and it will have no choice but to start stripping down your fat reserves.

Cutting Carbs and Fat
The best kind of carbs to cut are the kind called 'simple carbs' (as opposed to 'complex carbs') which include things like sugar or sweets. These are the ones that are bad for you in other ways and that are most quickly converted into fats, whereas complex carbs such as bread or pasta will gradually be burned throughout the day giving you a steady release of energy. The great thing about complex carbs is that you actually burn energy just in order to store them.
As said then you need to ignore your hunger pangs if you want to burn the fat to reveal your abs and only eat things you know are healthy for you. The easiest way to do this is simply not to snack between meals – only eat at breakfast lunch and dinner and let that fuel you for the rest of the day. It's hard, but you have to consider it a beneficial challenge – just like running the extra mile during your cardio workout.
Meanwhile choose meals that are healthy when possible – lean protein (protein without fat such as chicken or fish) with a few complex carbs like pasta and rice. Again avoid the temptation to go out for KFC and if you do, make sure you get a small portion. It's just will power.

Tea and Coffee
Tea and coffee are a great aid for anyone trying to burn their extra fat. One reason is that they are great for those who are trying to lose weight. One reason is that we often eat for comfort – if you do this then you will gain weight. Fortunately a nice hot drink is arguably just as comforting as a chocolate bar or sandwich, so rather than eating for comfort, try drinking for comfort. At the same time this will also increase your metabolism to help you burn that extra fat.