Looking for beauty tips from the business women here...

[deonk1]

Originally Posted by celstu1

Oh wow girl! I get woken up at 6ish, get up at 620 and I'm out the door at 710. So about 50 mins. I shower, get ready, feed and take the dogs out and make a lunch in that time. If I could get up at 530 I'd work out for a 1/2 hour, but I can't do it! LOL

I do my cleaning in the morning when I'm alseep, so dishes etc. that's part of what takes so long.

[capt_noonie]

wow am I ever glad I am not a "business woman"! I left the days of 9 to 7 long ago. waking up at 6:30 to get to work by 9, then if I didn't stay overtime the owner would give me the "look". Taking an hour plus to get home, it wasn't 9 to 7, it was more like 7 to 9. Now I work 10 to 9, but at least I work for myself, and no more office politics!

Plus I hate having to follow a dress code, always have. I never get my nails done, I should just have them painted black, there is always dirt, grime and grease under there. btw, now I'm a bike mechanic. I used to be a fashion designer. Bikes are not only more fun, but more creative, believe it or not. And designing fashion is not as glamorous as it seems.

My tip, do as little as you can to look presentable, but do exceptionally well at your job and no one will ever think twice about your unpolished nails.

My dad used to say, if a beautiful woman has bad nails, no one will care, but if an unattractive woman has great nails, no one will notice.

[deonk1]

You can thus completely understand why I'm finding it hard to start dressing for the office... lol I worked for 6 years in a horse barn!!!! In highschool I trained, coached and competed, as well as managed my mother's barn....

A HUGE change from Real Estate. (I'm just an admin right now, not an agent) but my mom actually used to be a Broker, and she is putting a tonne of pressure on me to dress formally. She worked in the red suit with huge shoulder pads, and bright noticeable make-up era... Ugh 90s, she works in the barn now, and doesn't understand that business clothes have evolved. (I do love my mom, but she doesn't understand that my style is FAR different from what was in style when she was in the high powered business group). She keeps buying me dresses, I don't wear dresses... (sorry had to get that rant out).

[Shelby&Seymour]

..... just a hint:
Chico's carries some really nice travel knits that travel well and DONT wrinkle. They are comfy AND look very nice!

[JesStang]

Originally Posted by deonk1

You can thus completely understand why I'm finding it hard to start dressing for the office... lol I worked for 6 years in a horse barn!!!! In highschool I trained, coached and competed, as well as managed my mother's barn....

A HUGE change from Real Estate. (I'm just an admin right now, not an agent) but my mom actually used to be a Broker, and she is putting a tonne of pressure on me to dress formally. She worked in the red suit with huge shoulder pads, and bright noticeable make-up era... Ugh 90s, she works in the barn now, and doesn't understand that business clothes have evolved. (I do love my mom, but she doesn't understand that my style is FAR different from what was in style when she was in the high powered business group). She keeps buying me dresses, I don't wear dresses... (sorry had to get that rant out).

Well, we've been telling you that you don't have to dress super fancy for work. Just buy nice work clothes & shoes, make sure your hair is neat and you're fine. I think the biggest thing is just making sure everything looks nice; it doesn't need to be overdone (makeup, nails, hair, etc.).

[linz06]

Originally Posted by deonk1

You can thus completely understand why I'm finding it hard to start dressing for the office... lol I worked for 6 years in a horse barn!!!! In highschool I trained, coached and competed, as well as managed my mother's barn....

A HUGE change from Real Estate. (I'm just an admin right now, not an agent) but my mom actually used to be a Broker, and she is putting a tonne of pressure on me to dress formally. She worked in the red suit with huge shoulder pads, and bright noticeable make-up era... Ugh 90s, she works in the barn now, and doesn't understand that business clothes have evolved. (I do love my mom, but she doesn't understand that my style is FAR different from what was in style when she was in the high powered business group). She keeps buying me dresses, I don't wear dresses... (sorry had to get that rant out).

Do you have a Suzy Shier near you? I buy all my work stuff there! It's pretty affordable compared to other places and everything looks very nice! I have tons of dress pants from there and I never have to iron them. I hang them to dry and they are perfectly creased. So even if you don't wear dresses, and aren't going to go for your mom's red power suits (lol), you can find some really nice, affordable, young professional looks.

[deonk1]

Originally Posted by linz06

Do you have a Suzy Shier near you? I buy all my work stuff there! It's pretty affordable compared to other places and everything looks very nice! I have tons of dress pants from there and I never have to iron them. I hang them to dry and they are perfectly creased. So even if you don't wear dresses, and aren't going to go for your mom's red power suits (lol), you can find some really nice, affordable, young professional looks.

I used to.... they just closed I did manage to find a few multi-functional pieces, I'm getting the hang of things slowly.

I've gotten tired of the long nails. I think I'll go back to my short pale pink, while the longer red looks great, it's a pain, and I've dropped from my ability to type at 65wpm to about 45wpm! lol.

I'm honestly really enjoying my job, slowly getting the hang of this business stuff, I think I just need to find my style, figure out what I can afford, and what looks good on me.