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Color is key to a youthful glow, appearing thinner, and vibrant while maintaining your personal style.  Avoid the mistakes of  magnifying looking older, heavier or dowdy.

• Wrinkles be gone:  Avoid Dark colors around your face that will magnify wrinkles and imperfections.
• Introduce the use of lighter or brighter colors around the face to reflect a youthful glow and soften lines.
• Using monochromatic colors schemes to flatter any figure.
• Bright tones are best for pop on flattering areas you want to emphasize.
• Keep it Mid- tones  on your middle of the road body zones.
• Avoid light shades (white) on the not so hot areas to minimize self-conscious areas .

Only wear the colors that attract compliments, and make you feel confident and happy.  These are the ones you all ways receive compliments when wearing.

Learn which colors are best for flattering your body shape, skin tone and eye color with a color analysis to achieve optimum success of a younger, vibrant and thinner appearance.  Modern clothes that fit your lifestyle, figure and budget are obtainable.   Learn more tips and figure flattering necessities from a customized one on one with a professional image consultation.    Your new lease on life with confidence is an email away at dare2impress@peoplestring.com

*$5 and $25 dollar specials limited to new clients only*

You may spend hours coordinating your ensembles, from your earrings to your blouse to your toenail polish. Having a killer outfit not in the right hue or shade of color will break the stylish look.

Consider this:
Is your hair color matching your skin tone? It’s essential, the right shade to Dye for will flatter and give a radiant glow to your skin tone. The wrong hue can make your complexion look washed out, sallow, drab, or muddy. The right shade will enhance your skin tone and coloring, you can rejuvenate your complexion, brighten up your best features from head to toe while radiating a glowing youthful complexion. This is key for a consistent powerful image and you wear it every day. It is the most cost effective way to enhance your appearance on a daily basis.

Use a color uncomplimentary to your eye, hair and skin tone, and people ask if you’re feeling okay or tired.

If gold compliments your skin then you would be best suited in warmer shades of color.

Bold or subdued colors in the right shade to accent your face will permeate confidence and pose.

A professional color expert will be the best investment to achieve optimum results.

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Strategies to Style and Success
What is personal brand image? It’s you! Your representation of yourself is the total package, including how you dress, groom and communicate. Image speaks to the world before you even say a word. Also, pictures can make or break your image. Your image represents who you are and where you are going. Change your image and change your life!
As, Nelson Mandela once said, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” Everything in life starts with you. Developing your personal brand image that people will respect and admire leads to building positive relationships full of opportunities and success.
The first step in developing your personal brand image starts with identifying what you are trying to attract and what obstacles lie in your path for success. Could it be your appearance, your inner self-talk, or both? Developing your personal brand image is indeed a self-discovery and improvement process. Whether you need to overcome career, personal, or communication challenges, the solution lies within you and your internal dialogue.
Successful people set goals with time lines to achieve them. Perfect example is Jack Canfield the author of “The Success Principles”. Successful people visualize themselves achieving their goals. Achievement comes from a plan of action designed from desired goals. Life gives us exactly what we expect. It’s a balance between persistence and flexibility towards our goals, so it’s necessary for us to make clear choices and decisions. Doubt leads straight into failure. If you’ve been procrastinating from doing something, do it right away. There is no better time than the present; that’s the power you hold! Focusing on the negative can distort your judgment and paralyze your actions. Focus on goals for success! Good energy and attitude comes from a healthy and positive self-image. The better your self-image, the possibilities are endless for achieving your goals. Trust your intuition. Positive thoughts lead to abundance, which leads to success. Remember to focus on what matters most to you!

Proactive successful business professionals today view themselves as if they are a corporation and market their talents accordingly. Just as a solid, viable product will die a slow death without consistent marketing, talented contributors can be ignored, overlooked, or never fully utilized without effective self-promotion.
At work, you are your brand and your look is your logo – it will send a clear message about who you are, what you have to offer, and where you are going with your career. Decide what your message is by working with an image consultant to help you identify and clarify your intent. And, then dress to express it. Decide to put effort into choosing a wardrobe that reflects who you are and where you are going. Take control of every aspect in your life inside and out to achieve success.
You’ve often heard people refer to themselves as the total package. However, are they really the total package? When you work with DARe Salon & Image Studio, we take the guesswork out of packaging your presentation. The process first begins with a self-exploration of who you are and where you want to be. You can look the part but if you don’t act the part, you’re not the total package. And conversely, if you act the part and don’t look the part, doors will close before you. Start opening new doors today.

“The character or reputation of a person or thing as generally perceived” is the definition of “Image in the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Within seconds of meeting you, based on a single observed physical trait or behavior, people will assume to know everything about you (as is explained in the 2003 book Social Psychology by H. Andrew Michener, John D. Delamater, and Daniel J. Myers).

Light travels faster than sound, hence you speak volumes with non-verbal communication before you are even heard. This is why, before even uttering a word your visual image will say a multitude about you. Research by Social psychologist Dr. Albert Mehrabian of UCLA, appearance and body language (visual image with dress, grooming, body language, etc.) accounts for fifty-five percent of an invaluable first impression, 38 percent on the way we sound (the tone and pitch of our voice, accent, etc.) and just 7 percent on what we have to say. In any case of a contradiction between your words and your body language, body language always prevails.
Perceptions do count and are usually accurate. Nalani Ambady of the Harvard Department of Psychology observed the length of time it takes to form a first impression by recording ten second video clips of individual professors. She showed the clips to a group of students and asked them to rate and evaluate each professor. When Ambady compared these students’ evaluations with those from students who had actually taken the professors’ classes for the entire semester, the correlation was amazing. Students from the first group were able to formulate similar impressions in only ten seconds verses having seen the professors for an entire semester.

Judging books by their covers, houses are appraised by their curb appeal, and people are initially evaluated on how they choose to dress, behave and gestures. In a perfect world this is not fair, moral, or just. It’s a trait we all have and do without meaning to. What’s inside should count a great deal more. Eventually it may, but not right away and if you have the opportunity to form a lasting bond. In the meantime, a lot of opportunities can be lost. As we control the power and Cruz control for how we portray ourselves to the world. In transformational learning, the idea is to start at a place that is most visible and allows for immediately recognized results. Wardrobe, grooming, and nonverbal communication are aspects that are apparent and have the quickest and effective outcome to the world. This is why reality shows(Idol, Next top Model, America’s Top Chef ect.) are very popular the transformations through out the shows are amazing. Remember Susan Boyles? Combined, these factors can frame us as competent, knowledgeable, elegant, gracious, powerful, or anything else we choose to communicate.

Therefore, if you want to be the best you can possibly be in sales or business, career or personally the first impression you exude is crucial to your success. Work on it, polish it, and practice it!

A first impression is what customers, bosses & potential clients base their judgment of trust, comfort & ability to perform.
Giving you the competitive edge when Fifty-five percent is on pure appearance alone. Your packaging of appearance includes clothing, accessories & grooming to ensure visual marketing. Attention to details in your packaging to give a strong business presence will land you career advancement possibilities & potential referrals.

Top A lists of credibility enhancements:

Style Impressions Must:

1. Shoes clean, unworn & always darker or same color as hemline.

2. Clothing neat, clean & pressed to perfection.

3. Hair polished & tailored to enhance your face & body structure. Manicured nails. Seek a professional.

4. Appropriate undergarments to smooth away unseemly lines and distractions.

5. Smile showing your teeth. Whiten & seek professional help if needed. Always carry breath mints.

6. Long sleeves for a presentation or meeting.

7. Carrying appropriate business accessory; briefcase, day timer or leather pad

These are just the short list of tangible tools to implement in leading with credibility. Utilizing your competitive edge to jump-start your professionalism, promotion & profit’s. Your personal style will compliment the goals you desire to receive. Seeking the partnership of a professional image Consultant for complimentary colors & clothing shapes to work with your body structure.

DARe Image Studio partners to identify & define your style to effectively maximize your leadership in the market place utilizing tangible tools for optimum success. Wrap yourself in more knowledge has more information.

q          Before you shop, do a closet assessment; see what you have and determine what you really “need”

q          Work with items you love 

q          Don’t buy anything unless you know it will ‘work hard’ for you by mixing and matching to make numerous outfits (A bargain is not a bargain if it hangs in your closet)

q          Consider that you only need to add a few strategically chosen new items to give your wardrobe a significant boost

q          Invest in tailoring for a custom fit (this is an expense that is well worth the investment)

q          Invest in quality verses name brand.

q          Take shoes to the repair shop for a pick me up for about $20 verses $50-$150 new

q          Shop Bargain Rack first for prices that fit everybody’s pocketbook.  Buy only the things that fit your body shape & wardrobe strategy

q          Make a ‘wish list’ and let me figure out how to make your ‘wishes’ come true (birthday, anniversary, Mother’s Day)

q          keep the quality in your lifestyle spending wisely

 Most people only utilize 20% of their clothes in their closet.  And having 20% they have barely or never worn.  With the economy being tight learn how to shop savvy.  Sometimes right out of your own closet!

  Investing in an Image consultant saves $$$$ by effectively giving you the tools you need to build a strong wardrobe to send a consistent timeless message.

Schedule a closet Audit with a professional to enhance your Image at a fraction of the cost of random purchasing that doesn’t always work hard for you.