Lovely jessica asks:
Now that’s it’s cold, I love wearing tights and leggings with my dresses and skirts. But I’m getting super annoyed by static; every time I wear my leggings my skirt starts clinging to my lower body in very unflattering ways….I’ve tried slips, shapewear and Static Guard spray, but do you guys have any ingenious suggestions for me?
I had the same problem when I was younger, which was definitely annoying. Cute outfits matched perfectly with tights or leggings can look terrible because of static! Here’s an old-school tip that my mom gave me, something that I’m sure you have lying around — lotion! Yup, just take a little bit of lotion, and rub it in on the leggings or tights. Poof! Static is gone! Might seem silly, and I still can’t explain why it works, but it does. Just one of those magic tricks my mom had up her sleeve!
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dahlia / 2382 posts
Another good trick is to (LIGHTLY so you dont leave residue) rub a dryer sheet over your clothes.
rose / 937 posts
Well wtf? I’ve never had this problem, at least not lately. The only issue I’ll get is my dress/skirt riding up my legs if my laptop bag or any heavy bag is pressed up against the lower leg area. But that only happens with flowy dresses.
I dunno if it helps, but whenever I do laundry I do it on a cold water setting, we use Tide detergent (not just the cold water stuff, I’ll use any detergent on cold), and I never ever ever use fabric softener. And leggings (as well as pants usually) get air dried.
cherry blossom / 36 posts
Why not dryer sheets?
Here is my question, they say redheads don’t look good in red? So what colors would you recommend for us gingers?
rose / 937 posts
@Smokin_SultrySally@xanga - Anyone can look good in red, even in any colour. It’s more about finding the right shade, depth, and tone of a colour. Same goes for makeup and nail polish, not just clothing! For example, while not a red head, I usually only look good in raspberry reds or brick reds, not orangey reds, and more blue-based or purple-based reds. My skin tone is a fair warm neutral peach, and my hair is ashy in some places and more golden or strawberry blonde in others.
cherry blossom / 36 posts
@ashleynicole - Thanks for that, if you ever do a blog on it let me know. This blogger who made this site isn’t around anymore, I mean she shut her blog down, but this is still here.
rose / 937 posts
@Smokin_SultrySally@xanga - No problem! Guess that’s something I should look into for blog topics
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@ashleynicole - My hair is the same way, ashy but with goldeny-reddish hints throughout. Makes it confusing to decide if I’m warm or cool or “winter” or “summer” in coloring. I’ve just been going by the tedious method of trial and error, or playing it safe and avoiding red altogether. :/
rose / 937 posts
@blackspiders@xanga - You know, I never really understood the whole season thing with categorizing someone’s colouring. It’s much easier to just look at your general undertones, although that can also be tricky when your hair or eye colour don’t seem to “match” your skin tone. It took a long time for me to pin point a more exact skin tone range for myself (a more neutral peach, so warm). If you’ve got a similar colouring to myself, then you might find that less strong reds would look best. Examples would be I guess wine reds, purple-based reds, blue-based reds, brick reds, and brown-based reds. I look much better in deeper reds as well, and that’s usually the case with the majority of jewel-toned colours.
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I’ve done the lotion trick for years