SPRING'S BRIGHT COLORS

For me, this time of year dominates clothes with the bright, fun colors. There is nothing like putting on a turquoise shirt or hot pink slacks. Of course, you have to have the personality to go along with your clothes to pull it off successfully. And that confidence is within all of us.

We all have those days, the ones where we feel a little less than our best selves. We may just want to lie in bed all day. Or when we look in the mirror, we just don’t feel like we look pretty. Our hair won’t do what we want it to do, our skin is less than perfect, and bags may be appearing under our eyes. We know what they days look like. When they arise, the day drags on and on, for what could be eternity in our minds.

If you’re like me, when you look in your closet, some days you think, “Wow, I have so many great things to wear. What shall it be today?”

Then a week later, you look at the same things and think, “I don’t have a single thing to wear. What am I going to wear?”

I know, it’s all about perspective, because nothing in your closet has even changed. Yet now, you can’t find anything to wear. When you have these days…these days when you just don’t feel yourself or “there is nothing to wear,” pull out the brightest pair of pants or the most fun shirt and arrange your wardrobe around this one item. Take out those hot pink pants and browse your shirts. What shirt would have you walking around thinking, “Thank goodness my outfit looks good today, because it’s making up for the rest of me!”

Maybe that semi-sparkly gray shirt with a thin white long sleeved shirt over it would make the perfect outfit! That will do the trick. And to top off the fabulous creation, there is nothing better than some sparkly chandelier style hot pink earrings with hot pink bow heel shoes. Now you are talking!

A bright colored shirt or pair of pants can get any girl in the mood to face the day. And when people look and comment on how much they love your outfit, you will smile, knowing that they aren’t even noticing that you may look a little less than your best, because your wardrobe makes up for any imperfections you may be feeling. And when they say, “Oh I love your hot pink pants” or “I love your sparkly shirt,” you forget yourself that today you don’t look your hottest! Because those bright colors, hot pink, lavender, plum, bright yellow, emerald green, of Spring can overcome any blue mood.