Style tip: Get out of that rut and reinvent yourself

Get out of that rut. Don’t do the same things over and over again. Generally as a basic pointer, if you look the same whether you are wearing jeans or a skirt, then it’s time to change.

There’s no need to go overboard and do some irreversible changes like chopping off your long tresses or thinning your lush eyebrows. Do a little bit everyday.

Think, survey, plan and think again if that is what you want to do it. Reinventing oneself is a good thing and how better than to start with visible ones?

Be bold. Try a new type of dress, a new color you never ventured to buy as “magazines” said it was not your “type”, some funky accessory, something you never dared to do till now.

If you are scared to buy a dress in a very different color, say mustard or shocking red, buy something smaller, a scarf or a top.

If you like it, buy a dress the next season (or when you have enough money).

(Style tip contributed by reader Geeta)

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