Thrifty and Pretty You Can Be Beautiful In A BargainBy Jade Catherine Devlin Some of TGF's prettiest readers have agreed to share with us their favorite style and beauty tips. Jade is a 25year old, happily married CD who lives in Central CA. She is a grad student in chemical engineering Visit her web site My beloved and I are both graduate students, so "beauty on a budget" is the order of the day. I've built up some experience in saving money as Jade.
1. Borrow. I also borrow from myself: menswear is so much more fun en femme! Several of my shirts look great with a nice skirt. Go through all your stuff and get creative; imagine what each item can be combined with.
2. Thrift stores.
3. Drugstores. 4. Start small. I wasted a painful amount of money on my first makeup-buying trip. I was so excited to get it that I went overboard... but my sense of style improved with experience, and now I have makeup I don't want. Go cheap with your first purchases, because you'll probably end up wanting something different, anyway. 5. Bring your advisor. My wife sometimes has a better sense than I do for whether I can look good in something. Having her with me while shopping helps prevent costly mistakes. 6. Ask yourself... not just "do I want to wear this?", but "What will I wear this WITH?" 7. Have fun! Learn that sense of joy in bargain-hunting. It's part of the fun!
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