Fashion tips on dressing for petite girls

Frequently Asked Questions on how to dress up for petite girls.

Petite: Height of less than 155cm

Q1: I want to appear slimmer! What kind of clothing can I wear to have this effect?
My advice: Choose the kind of tops with a volume effect at the hem area. e.g baby doll design tops
Another alternative is to wear baby doll dresses that make your chubby contours less visible.



Q2: How to I make T-shirt and denim more fashionable?
My advice: Accessorise! With necklaces, bangles, bracelets, thin scarf etc...
Take note: only accessorise one at a time. You don't want to be looking like a Christmas tree.



Q3: How do I make my dress more Up-style?
My advice: Use a wide belt placing it low rise on your hips. This makes the dress shorter but your legs look longer and slimmer!


Q4: How do I carry off a long hem T-shirt?
My advice: Tie up one end of the T-shirt with a nice hair barrette paired with a mini denim skirt for that cute look
OR
Just wear that long T-shirt as a dress!!



Q5: How to make my small kiddish frame look better?
My advice: Choose a chiffon material top to create the illusion of bulk to the upper body.


Q6: How do I coordinate my dressing to look more mature?
My advice: Invest in black tops, a jacket and a clutch bag


Q7: How do I make my chubby face look smaller?
My advice: Wear a fitting top and loose fit bottom to create the illusion of an 'A' line.
Or choose a 'V' neckline top exposing the neck and collarbone for the illusion of a slimmer face.


Q8: What kind of clothing do I wear to make my legs appear longer?
My advice: A mini skirt is a petite girl's best friend.


Q9: How do I make sure my dressing is well proportioned? I'm a sucker for proportions...
My advice: I suggest a mini skirt or shorts paired with a hat or cap and heels. The cap lengthens the whole silhouette, diverting the attention away from the petite frame.
OR
Choose a heeled, toe grip flip flops and pair with a belt to accentuate your contours for a better proportioned figure!

Hair updos for Functions and Dinner

Queen Amidala from star wars? (did i even get the spelling and character right??)



The simple and elegant chignon. Perfect for many occasions



A style of elegance with the right accessories.


Clean and neat. Looking like your girl next door?



Tousled and curly. Letting loose your natural hair flow


Romantic falls. Hair must be long for this style.


My personal favourite! The complicated chic Up-do.

Here are some inspirations for hair up dos that are the all time favourites! Hair accessories play an important role in creating a different look on the same style. Do play around with them! I especially love the flowers and the bling kind...

pics taken from www.hairdohairstyles.com

Halloween crazy!

I haven't had enough sleep since halloween party. My eyes look swollen like a gold fish and on certain days, I swear I could just fall asleep while walking.... Sighh the down side of being older. What the heck, you take a longer time to recuperate.

Anyways! Check out the halloween pictures! What with all the fun makeup and crazy dressing...
It's the only day where you get to look UGLY/OVERLY PRETTY without feeling self conscious! Ah ha! Though for this year's Halloween, I refused to become an ugly ghost. A meek Lee-O-Pard without spots perhaps?

nnnnoooooooo im not minnie mouse....... whine.........

*MEOooooW...*


Preparation of Scariness:

Look at the wonderful imagination of my friend, done by Jo, and the resemblance to 'The Nightmare before Christmas' female version?



Close up...






WOOHOO!
and with me adding to their deranged ghost/doll look with a vengeance...


Chinese ghost Pian Pian in the making...



madness hair


Now for Lola, the lolita maimed doll... Woahahha! I get such a kick out of doing this! Spray her!


Finished!



Striking resemblance I would say! Hmmmmm Christmas! what shall we be? Santa-rinas?
I'll be spending it in USA!


Of course we must take a photo together to the start of our ghostly adventures!


* The reason i propped my leg so high is because I want everyone to see my 5" platform high heels! Apparently not high enough...


Ahhh never mind.. so, we decided on St James, thinking the premise will actually be big enough to accommodate all the 'ghosts' out celebrating Halloween. Zouk is out (which is freaking jam packed! And MOS has since closed down..)

Me getting into the mood of scaring people.

Lola looks unperturbed..



try again...to no avail..



A proper threesome picture before we go in



Sad to say,

The atmosphere was boring! The Powerhouse music was sucky (with awkward beats and pauses), nobody actually seemed to be dancing. Dragonfly was packed to the brim as usual, looking down from "Firefly", we decided to NOT step in and squeeze with the madness of a crowd.

However, we sure attracted lots of new friends unknowingly!

While queuing up to go into Power house, we spotted this! Mustn't let this chance of taking pictures with this "mutilated till death" ghost off!

And also for self entertainment..... muahahhah!

As you can see, Lee-o-pard (that's me) is scared.... -_-lll


Totally made full use of the green spotlight to make ourselves look 'eerie' And when the moon is full, we transform....into greenish hulks..



While we were trying to gyrate our pelvics away, we were approached by 2 males; one Afro American and the other malaysian.
They invited us over to their table for drinks.. We weren't really interested so we kept telling them later till they went off. Ha!

So, later on came this group, where the satanic female is ultra friendly... with motives???





This is eerie! shedding black tears! must have been severely upset when alive......



A satanic Chinese ghost???!!
For the gal on the right, you can see a bit of a blood stain on the edge of her mouth ..... wonder what/who she devoured?

Run Pian Pian Runnnn!!!..........




A hoody transformed into spidey! Absolutely love it! stifling hot!


In Firefly to claim our 1 Free drink and instead we got more!


Stupidity knows no boundaries... what the hell you took my ears for???!! obviously for stupid reasons....



Group of jappys out to have fun on Halloween



A Single mum out working on halloween night selling alcoholic shots according to Pian Pian..

So, she got the lame jappys to buy us drinks! Thumbs up for free alcohol!


We got a new addition..



We stayed till 4 plus 5 before Pian pian's fiance came to fetch us home...
And the next day, I got an early morning job!

Tired but still photo crazy...


Byeeeeee Lola
Byeeeeee Pian Pian
Byeeeeee Lee-O-Pard.....

*Yawnz...*

Fashion Disaster

Seriously, I was just minding my own business in the train when I saw this:






I'm sorry but I couldn't help it.... Note what's the horror here??

How could she wear a dress like this paired with a pair of sports shoes? Also, what's with the bags and the popped out umbrella head???

It's obvious that the dress is too long for her.
The sleeves are too much.
Too much fabric in front.
Hideous green.

This particular piece of dress is too vintage and can only 'probably' be carried off on a model's body attending a retro-themed party or fashion show...

What I saw was an extremely petite sized middle aged female donning this...

Horror of Horrors....
*I can just imagine myself walking up to her and telling to get rid of that dress on the spot.

Volunteers for trial of hair products- Sebastian

Went to volunteer myself as a model for trial of Sebastian's new range of products.

Products and styling for hair play a very important role on how good your hair look. In my opinion, it stands for 60% of the overall importance. Check out the magazine models and you'll know what I mean!
Of course I'm not forgetting about the cut and colour, which are important too! Although sometimes looking good is a lot of maintenance work, I feel it's totally worth it and that's why I'm here at your service! =)

Anyway, I got the Korean stylists!

And then there were Honkies, Taiwanese, Thai, Caucasians, Koreans, Japanese.....

of course taking pictures of my stylists are a MUST

End result of all the experimenting:

Initially my hair was styled into some korean tai tai style. Didn't suit me at all! So after some messing up and pinning it became like this =D
I love the volume look!
Volume is forever in and suits many Asian face shapes.

It was fun though.

Hair show by Sunsilk with Andrew Barton

The beautiful models and me backstage.



Famous stylist Andrew Barton with Joey.


These are the pics of my first ever participation in a hair show. Andrew Barton is the hair stylist of the year in the UK! And I got to meet him in person! It was an eye opener for me and i truly hope this is the first of many to come. :) There were wardrobe dressers, makeup artists and hair stylists (me included) who all helped made the event a success and all the models looking beautiful!

All thanks to Joey who roped me in for this. Thanks a lot if you happen to see this!

Vanity-Tips to looking good

As the saying goes: Beauty comes from within. This holds true to a certain extent. Besides being confident and beautiful on the inside, physically, you'll still need just that little bit of vanity: that little extra effort of grooming, of dressing up, of making up to complete THE whole you. (Strike a balance between these 2 aspects and you'll never go wrong)

Needless to say, we do indeed live in a practical judgemental world. Impression always counts, especially 1st ones. Not forgeting that in this fast paced world, many a times, we do not have the time or chance to be able to get to know a person better for us to judge if he/she is a good candidate for a job, the ideal person for a partner or the best person for a friend.
Therefore, what's the most natural thing people do eventually? Yes, we judge people through appearances.

Apart from leaving a good impression, dressing up and looking good makes a person feel good too. Humans tend to get attracted by beautiful things. Who knows? You just might attract your special someone into your life? Or even the right job you've been looking for?

Well so how do we look good then? you ask...

Ok, lets start from the top: your crowning glory..

Do not underestimate your glorious mane.. be it long or short. It is not called your crowning glory for no reason. Just imagine yourself to be bald. How does that feel?

So, as a hair stylist and vanity guru, you can count on me to advise you on the most appropriate styles to match your facial features and lifestlye.
As for the the more adventurous ones, experimentations welcome :) nothing beats the excitement of trying something new! Worry not folks! Life's short! you only live once! Apart from this, generally as a rule of thumb, we categorise facial shapes into 7 groups:

Namely:
1) Round
2) Square
3) Triangle
4) Oblong
5) Diamond
6) Heart
7) Oval (most ideal)

Of course not to forget that all of us have different features and variations of head shapes. So an artful selection of style will be carried out.

This is something the hair stylist will work out for you.

Next up is your face.

People look at your face everyday. So, it is of utmost importance to keep it clean and radiant! For those with problematic skin, consult a doctor and go for regular treatments. Facials do help in maintaining the healthy condition of your skin, males and females alike. However, if you are going to forego facial spas, the most important thing you can do is adopt a basic cleaning regime yourself: cleanse, tone, EXFOLIATE and moisturize! Now, why did i emphasize exfoliation? That's because dead dull skin will accumulate on the surface and thus the reason why some people look dull and tired. You need to get rid of the old(skin) and welcome the new!

After taking care of your face, it's now the coordination of clothes. I know many people have different styles. So, as far as I can say is that, choose the right fitting clothes for your body. Here are some examples:

e.g 1:
If you belong to the petite or not so tall category, avoid loose fitting clothes or baggy bottoms as it will overwhelm the overall look. Try to go for same colour combination for the top and bottom so it gives the illusion of you looking taller.

e.g 2:
If u have a long torso and shorter legs, short skirts or shorts will look betta than 3/4 length bottoms. cinch your waist or under bust line with a belt (empire cut) so the attention is brought higher up. (Note: this is NOT the same as low riding belts on the hips.)

Remember! Proportion is the key factor! Rule of thumb: if you have too much of something not good, balance out the opposite way!

Ok. I have nothing against plump people. but if you feel you are too much over the limit, it's time to do something...

Accessories play an important factor in completing an outfit, shoes included.

Nails are the in-thing for females nowadays. All the fancy artworks on the nails are just absolutely impressive! Do pamper yourself once in a while. Males too! No excuse for ugly long nails! Its totally abominable!

So, start lookin good today!

An Inspiration of beauty

I am flighty as a butterfly
Beauty is, but short lived
Treasure the moments.
Before You know,
It will soon be gone

The Symbolic ink,
Exists at the back of my neck.
Branded into the flesh,
Beauty Lives on.
Forever.