Hey awesome ones, now maybe you haven't been getting
dressed up that much in the past year or maybe you've gained a little bit of weight
or maybe you're just feeling old. But you know if you're feeling really blah in the
morning as you're getting dressed well you might just be in a style rut. But
I'm here to help get you out of that style rut and I have 10 tips for you. So let's get started.
So let's start with the basics, your closet. Now you might want to do this over time or
you might want to do it all in one day but the idea is to start weeding out
all of the things that you don't want to wear anymore and have a little bit more room for
maybe something new or just to be able to see everything right. And so what you want to do
you can lay this out on your bed, you want to have a pile for trash and you want to have a pile for
donate and you also want to have a pile for keep absolutely. And what you'll notice with me is that
I've done a video on this before and what I'm going to do is I'm going to link it
in the end screen for you so you can see exactly how I weeded out my closet. But one of the things I
like to have are these clear bags for the donation people. Because you know that way they'll be able
to kind of take a look and see the quality of the clothing that I'm going to give them and
remember too that just because you're throwing out a pair of jeans that aren't stretchy anymore
it doesn't really mean that there won't be somebody who would really appreciate that pair
of jeans even though they're not stretchy. So it's... it feels good too to give to the donation places.
Now another thing, I'm going to call this tip number two is maybe have a fourth pile
and that's to repair or to whiten or to sew on those buttons or whatever you need to do.
And this let me just grab this here as far as whitening my whites this isn't a commercial for
them but I really like to use the oxi clean this is a spray to go around the collar and the underarms
and also in the laundry I put in these little oxi pods and they really help to whiten things up as
well. You can always send them to the dry cleaners but it's so important that you don't just kind of
look at something and say oh that's yellowed I don't want to wear it. No go fix it shop your
closet and go ahead and wear it. So for tip number three now that you have some more room in your
closet you can put back the pants all together the skirts the dresses the tops etc etc and you also
want to color coordinate everything. So here I have all my white tops together as an example and I put
all the black tops together and also notice the hangers these are those kind of velvety hangers
they're absolutely lovely. And also stay tuned till the end of the video because I'm going to pick a
jacket and I'm going to jazz it up and style it up five different ways. So let's talk about
styling because how do you get your inspiration to start styling up your outfits? Well there's lots of
places on social media and as you know I'm here on youtube at awesomeover50. I'm also on facebook
facebook.com/awesomeover50 and I'm also on pinterest too. So there's lots of styling, oh
and instagram too. My gosh I'm everywhere. Just put in the name and slash awesome over 50 and you'll
find me. But I'm not alone there there are a lot of other women that are there as the helpers for you
and they have some great great styling ideas. So now you can see everything in your closet
and you're thinking to yourself yeah but I need a little bit more style so you might want to just
add a few more pieces and i'm going to give you some examples here. Like this lovely trench coat
that I got this Calvin Klein one that's an idea for you or and by the way I'm going to be linking
in the description underneath the description actually and also in the comments as well for you
so you can find some of these products. This is a little top that I got from amazon and you might
also be you know how about this one I got this from Zara. I don't know if they have them left but
see how it just brightens up my face it really helps me to look more alive and also yellow is a
trending color right now. I know not everybody can wear yellow but again it just kind of brightens up
your day it just gives you a little bit of life and a little bit more life in your wardrobe too.
So talking about bringing some life into your wardrobe please please throw out those really drab
outfits that you like to wear. They may be comfy but you can still find comfy in style and also
please don't wear all black. You know it's okay underneath maybe a blazer or something
like that but or a little black dress of course but I want to show you something
right now and I'll I'll try not to hit my microphone. I'm sorry about that but right now I
look alive I've got this color it may not be your color. Your color might be a royal blue
or green but it just adds something to my complexion. Hey we've all got a few wrinkles I
know that but watch what happens when I'm wearing black and I'll try not to hit my microphone but watch...
do you see how that's not doing anything for my complexion. I'm not looking rosy
and then when we go like this I've got more life and the same thing happens to me when I wear the
yellow. So I really want you to think about that. You know go to the stores if you want sort of do
some color matching and also if you have silver or gray hair now you might find that some of the
colors like the oranges even work for you these days. So tip number nine is to utilize accessories.
I just recently did a video on accessories and let's take a look at this outfit you know
it's a beautiful coat and it's very very nice but it's kind of bland. And let's switch it over now
and take a look at it with accessories. I've got my ray-bans on. I have my headband on and of course
you know there's just so much happening here and it looks so much...I even have my pattern hose
on and so this is this is a great look for you and accessories really really help and
they don't have to cost a fortune. And by the way don't forget in about a minute or two I'm going
to show you that jacket styled five different ways but just before we get there tip number 10
is start your own lookbook. And this is what I used to do. I used to actually take pictures with my
cell phone and then I would print them and I put them together in a little booklet form. There's all
kinds of little pictures inside here of me I just look in a full-length mirror and take the shot.
But these days with our new handy dandy cell phones we can take the picture and many times
you can just save it in an album. So you could have this whole look that you put together. You've been
looking on pinterest and instagram and videos and you've got this outfit together. You snap a shot
of it and then maybe you can put it in an album for maybe fall and winter or spring and summer
and there you go. You're ready to rock this world in your outfits and by the way I'm just so happy
about this if you're saying to yourself where did Heather get those stretchy jeans and where
did she get that camel coat and where you know the trench coat? Well amazon gave us our own page and it's
amazon.com/shop/awesomeover50 and all my favs are there not just you know my my clothing
but also my makeup faves and my skin care faves and they're all there and
these are outfits that I really really like. Now I promised you a jacket done five different ways.
So let's take a look. So look what I picked. A jean jacket with that kind of drab outfit underneath
it. Now obviously this is not one of the ones that I'm going to use for this styling look but let's
take a look at five different ways that I can style this jean jacket starting with number one.
Now this is my go-to for going to the mall and I just love it a dress. And here we have a boho kind
of look with a pair of boots and super casual here and let's take a look at dressing it up a bit. Woo
I've got a lace top and a pencil skirt and I am rocking it. Another other way of wearing a pencil
skirt this jean skirt yes we can still wear the jean skirt and don't forget the sunglasses.
And I also love to wear a pair of capris. Yes I said it. Those are capris inside those boots
so I don't have to stuff all that material in there and don't forget your accessories like
the over the shoulder crossbody purse. So as you know I'm here every single week to help you get
get out of whatever rut you might be into and also my job is to get you from drab to fab. I'm
going to put out a little bonus tip here number 11 and what my grandmother always said to me was
put on a little rouge put on a little lipstick. And don't forget to add maybe a little touch of
makeup to really help elevate the outfit a little bit more. But no it doesn't really matter where you
are in this journey you might be just starting to get out of a stuck in the rut kind of place and
and I'm here for you and you're not alone. You know maybe something has had a little bit of control
over you in the past year or so and you're just feeling drab. Maybe you're feeling down but I
just want to lift your spirits. That's why I'm here I just want to make sure that that we all rise
together no matter what our age is no matter what we've been through we can do this we really can.
I want you to put a little bit more life into your life and and realize that you're
absolutely amazing and you're after all you're the awesome ones.