Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Makeover Games and Saving Money


It’s expensive to face some makeover games. The makeover often doesn’t come cheaply and finding new styles and getting a new look can really add up if you’re not careful. If you’re anxious for a makeover, but find yourself without a great deal of ready cash, do what women have been doing for centuries – get creative.

Spend the bulk of the money on your new hairstyle. This is something you really don’t want to be cutting corners on and having a great look starts with having great hair. It’s hard to look stunning if you don’t have a defined hairstyle. Use another good portion of your budget on quality cosmetics. Wearing make up that irritates your skin or bothers your delicate sense of smell isn’t going to help you at all. Finally, as you start to look for new clothing, be sure to spend plenty of time in resale shops and garage sales. There are plenty of clothing options available in garage sales if you have the time and patience to look for them and you’ll have a beautiful new look and still save money.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Why Makeover Games?


In a society focused on fashion, beauty and physical appearance, it would seem that makeover games are contributing to the madness, and to a degree they might be. After all, the premise of makeover games is taking someone who isn’t “good enough” and making them more stylish and attractive. Of course, I’m not entirely sure that’s the way it really works. After all, most people aren’t totally reluctance to makeover games and they probably know that they aren’t style icons. I mean, we all have sweatshirt days – right?

So let’s take a typical makeover games applicant. She’s out of fashion and she knows it. She doesn’t have a great personal style and probably wants one. Her hair is sloppy and she knows that, too. So why is she stuck in this rut? Because it’s insanely hard to get yourself out of the rut once you’re in it. But it’s much easier when stylists and fashion experts step in to glamorize you and show you what to do every step of the way. After all, isn’t it far better to start with some experience under your belt than just from scratch?

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Makeover Games and Being Overweight


Makeover games seem to be rather biased in favor of the skinny girls out there. Why are all the girls in the makeover games the little ones? I have nothing against the little ones in the world, but it would be nice to see a girl who had a bit of extra meat on her learning to dress herself with confidence again. Actually now that I’ve said that, I remember that I have seen a few makeover shows lately that seem to feature some heavier ladies and I did find those particularly interesting.

Those of us with softer body features all carry our weight in different ways. Some women carry extra weight on top and some on the bottom. Some have weight evenly distributed and others get a belly and keep thin legs. However your extra weight is distributed, there are ways to slim and unify your appearance through your clothing selections. Finding and playing with makeover games for larger women can make a huge difference in how you view yourself and how you feel about everything in your life. After all, looking good often translates to feeling good, too.

Friday, March 12, 2010

When It Time For Makeover Games


I’m just about ready for a full round of makeover games. Makeover games aren’t just for talk shows, you know. I think they are really a part of every girl’s life as she goes through one phase after another looking to find a realistic picture of who she is and what she really wants to be. And for me, it’s been quite a while since I had a true makeover game experience.

I’ve already started working on my body shape, which is often done for you in online makeover games, but this is the real world, so it must be addressed. The next step is to do something with my hair. It’s long and always pulled up. It even has a bit of gray that needs to be covered as well. I want a style, but I don’t want to deal with it. It’s definitely tricky. Once I get a hairstyle, I need a make-up regime that won’t make me late every morning. I currently wear none, but that should change when I figure out what I really want to do with my look. Hopefully by paying a bit of attention to myself through makeover games, I’ll be able to find a new perspective on life.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Makeover Games and Eyebrows


Eyebrows are the windows of the face and the presentation your eyebrows creates makes for a tremendous difference in how your face looks. Thick eyebrows can overshadow other lovely features and eyebrows that are too thin can make the forehead look wide and the rest of the face look out of proportion. Finding the perfect shape and width of your eyebrows is a very fine-toothed problem.

When working on eyebrows, always work very small and keep things balanced. Start by checking to be sure that the eyebrows start in line with the eye and end in line with a diagonal between your nose and the corner of your eye. Then work slowly plucking just one hair at a time from each eye to keep things balanced. If you’re at all nervous about doing your own eyebrows, let a professional wax them for you so that you’re confident in the shape they’ll be moving forward.

Once they are shaped, you’ll be able to maintain them by plucking the stray hairs or by scheduling follow-up visits to the salon for repeated waxings. The more waxings you do, the finer the hairs grow back and the less maintenance you’ll have to do over time.