whybeauty.com

Internet shopping is all well and good, with its quick convenience. But you always run the risk of the hassle of repackaging up your goods and sending them back to where they came from, following a three month wait to be reimbursed with the packaging costs. This is when you find out that the pair of shoes that you ordered are slightly more salmony pink than you thought, and find your new jeans fall to your ankles every time you stand up.

My advice is to browse online and then pay a visit to the shops. You can never be sure exactly how a product will look and fit when you just see it on screen, but having an idea of what you’re looking for and what shops appeal to you is a useful thing to have under your belt when you go out shopping. It can cut the length of your trip by hours!

Emergency shopping is also WAY too risky to leave to the Internet. Go to the shops to make sure that gown fits for that evening, and you shall go to the ball!

1 Comment »

A lot of women I know these days have taken to buying the majority of their clothes online. It is a quick and easy way to shop, there is no trawling through the rails in the shops, you can navigate your way through to finding exactly what you are looking for and there is none of the fitting room depression and queueing.

I for one do like a good shopping trip but these days it has become increasingly stressful with shops at weekends being overcrowded and other shoppers being rude and obnoxious. With the preferred alternative of visiting a website from the comfort of my own home while in my pyjamas is a tempting alternative.

A few years ago some clothing retailer’s websites were basic and hard to browse with inadequate pictures but now with 3D viewing and good quality websites to visit it makes the whole online shopping experience very easy and enjoyable. Not to mention the little buzz of receiving a nice parcel in the post which is always nice!

Obviously there is the downside of having to return unsuitable items and with some websites charging for returns this can be annoying and costly but in general if you are shopping from a good site and know what to look for and what you want then online shopping is heaven sent.

No Comments »

Buying fashion online is the latest big thing! Choose from a range of fashions, normally at a substantial discount and get them delivered to your door - perfect! But, there is one big problem with buying fashion online; you don’t get to try it on!

With todays market meaning that different companies have so many different sizes it can be very difficult to determine what size you actually are. Even with size guides this can be tricky.

Having said that, most shops will allow you to order multiple sizes and to send the inappropriate one back to them. This is a handy function but can be a pain which defeats the object of the convenience of buying online.

Fashion purchases online can be extremely useful where you know it will fit you and you have a reasonable idea of quality. In these cases, an online shop can really help you to bag a bargain!

No Comments »

This is one of my favourite things to do; buy high street clothes with a few expensive items to dress up the look. But it is something that has to be done carefully.
When buying high street clothes, I am very particular about where I get them from, and the types of materials they are made from. As I’m sure most people have found, some goods on the high street will never be as good quality as the real thing. The material is one of the reasons for this.

In order to produce clothes at an affordable price while still making the profit, some stores tend to skimp on the quality of the materials they use, and so after only a couple of wears, items of clothing can be seen to deteriorate. Instead, check the type of material before you buy. Compare the item on the front of the rack to those behind it to see if there are any obvious wear-and-tear signs. Examine the seams for quality of the stitching. And most of all, beware of shops where you have previously seen or bought faulty items, as they are likely to be repeat offenders.

When combining designer and high street goods into one outfit, I have found the easiest way to ensure you don’t look mismatched is to wear something that combines the two opposing poles. Something that is not designer, but not quite high street either. A well cut pair of jeans for example, can add an air of sophistication to a top from, say, Primark or New Look.

The most important thing to remember is that not all expensive accessories have to be designer. So long as the material is of high quality, then most times it will smarten up any combination of clothes. It is when a bag, for example, is obviously a fake, that the effect is ruined. Avoid fake leather as it scuffs easily and looks cheap on closer inspection. Try to use matching bags and shoes as they will go with a variety of costumes, and will pull a look together. And when buying expensive accessories, choose ones that can be reused season after season, so that you can afford to buy the better quality clothes to go with them. Hey, it works for me!

1 Comment »

We all like our children to look nice but not everyone can afford it.

Personally I like a bit of both value clothes and paying a bit more, these days sometime you cannot even tell which is which.

Thats why I cannot undertand why some people choose not to dress their children half decent, with the likes of Primark, Matalan and supermarket clothes you can get some really nice items without breaking the bank.

There are some snobs out there who would not be seen dead in the likes of these, but really can they tell when you kids are dressed?? the answer is no as one mom proved to me when she commented on my daughters clothes on how lovely she looked, her face was a picture when I said its great what you can get from Primark! she told me she was to much of a snob to go in there! more fool her I say.

No Comments »