6 EASY Fashion And Beauty Tips To Look Classic ALL THE TIME! ＊must-see＊
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In this episode, I share my favorite tips and tricks that have helped me stay stylish and easy while being a mom and wife. I have a ton of these tips that I use in my daily life and I thought I d narrow it down to 6 for today s episode.
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Hello Classic Crew and welcome to today's video where I'm going to be sharing
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my beauty, fashion, and accessory tips for the classic woman.
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So today we're going to be talking about six tips I have on beauty, fashion, and accessories for the
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classic woman. I have a ton of these tips that I kind of use in my daily life, and I thought I would
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narrow it down to six for today's video, but maybe I'll do more on this. So let me know in the comments
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if you'd like to see another video on this topic. But I think that there are a few tips and tricks
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that can make being stylish and beautiful easy. So I'm really looking forward to sharing these with
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you. So let's get into it. So my first tip is a beauty tip, and it is to find a lip stain or a
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chapstick that's your lips but better color so that you can kiss your husband and your kids without
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worrying about it. I used to be a person who collected lipsticks. Like I had a ton of lipsticks.
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I have bright reds. I have bright pinks. And once I had a baby, it became really irrelevant because
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I'm going to be honest, I want to be able to kiss my baby at any time without warning. And if I'm
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wearing lip gloss or a red lipstick or anything like that, it gets on him and he doesn't really
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mind. But I don't want to have to wipe him every time or it can get all over my face. I'd much rather
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use a lip stain or a chapstick that maybe has a little hint of color so that I can just be able to
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be relaxed about kissing my baby and kissing my husband. Because let's be honest, a lot of men
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don't want to kiss their wives when they've got red lipstick on because they know they're going
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to get red lipstick on their lips. So I have realized how I really needed to pare down my
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lipstick collection because I just don't wear most of my lipsticks. I want to wear something
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that is easy and that I don't have to worry about, that's easy to apply, that doesn't spread everywhere,
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that's a more natural color, that's a more natural look. And yes, I do have a few reds that I'll wear on
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special occasions. But generally, on an everyday basis, I'm going to be wearing something that's a
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your lips but better color. So I have this e.l.f. lip stain that I'm obsessed with currently,
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and I have the shade Pinkies Up. It is legitimately the exact color of my lips,
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but just a little bit pinker. And it looks great on and it just fades throughout the day. It doesn't
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get on my baby, it doesn't get on my husband, and it's just great. And it's like $6. So I will link
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it down below. So if you guys want to try something or maybe see if they have it in your own shade,
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maybe your lips are a different color than mine, you can try it. But that to me is a really important
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way to stay classic. Because one of the things I think is really classic is being the kind of
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person who's a little bit more laid back and relaxed about your appearance, aka don't be vain. And
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wearing something that makes you look a little bit prettier, but that doesn't get in the way of you
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being a practical person, a loving wife, a loving mama, that's really the most important thing.
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Number two is in the same vein, but now we're talking fashion. And that is choose clothes that are
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machine washable. Now the reason I say this is because I have a very spit-uppy baby.
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And when I say very, I mean legitimately most people who have met my baby have said that they've
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never seen a baby spit up this much. So my son spits up all the time. I will inevitably be covered
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in spit up by the end of the day. I call it spit up chic. I have just recognized and accepted that
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that is how I'm always going to look and I am totally fine with it. As long as my baby is healthy,
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I could not care less. I used to think, oh, like there must be a way for you to look more trendy
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and worry if you've got stuff on your clothes. No. Here's my thought process. If your outfit is nice,
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it doesn't matter if there's food on it, if your baby spit up on it, any of that stuff does not
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matter because the most important thing is that you be an involved, wonderful parent. And if you are
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too worried about your clothes to be able to hold your baby, you're doing things wrong. So choosing
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machine washable clothes is the best way to do that because what that means is that
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if your baby gets food on you, if your baby gets spit up on you, whatever else it is,
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you can throw it in the machine and not worry. If you're wearing clothing that's a little bit more
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high end that needs to be dry cleaned, you're going to worry about that stuff and it's just not nearly as
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fun. So I have a few pieces that are really nice that I only wear when my baby is asleep, when I go on
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date night with my husband and those are dry clean only. But 90% of the time, more, 95% of the time,
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the stuff that I'm wearing goes right into the machine so that I don't have to worry about being
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a really involved mom and I can play with my kiddo. Now this is relevant even if you don't have kids
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yet because you probably have nieces and nephews and you want to be a really nice involved aunt.
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You could definitely have clothes though because you're not a mom yet that do require dry cleaning
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because you're probably not going to be in that situation as often but as soon as you become a mom
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just recognize that very soon you will probably have stuff all over you and that is totally fine
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if you have machine washable clothing. Number three is buy a steamer and steam your clothes before
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hanging them up. Something that I've realized is that if I pull something out of my closet and it's
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wrinkly, I probably won't wear it. I'll probably just put it right back because who wants to pull
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something out and then have to steam it. So owning a steamer is first of all super important because
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it's so easy to steam your clothes if they come out of the wash and they're wrinkly and you don't
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have to spend time ironing. They're so easy to use. You can get them on Amazon. I can link the one that
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I have below. I got mine from Costco which was awesome and it does such a good job of getting the
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wrinkles out of my clothes and it makes me wear those clothes more often. But the second part of that
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is you need to steam your clothes as soon as they come out of the wash or at least leave them in a
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pile before hanging them up. I don't always get an opportunity to steam my clothes right as they
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come out of the washing machine but I will not hang them up until they've been steamed. So what I'll do
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is I'll leave them in a little pile and then I will steam them all in one go maybe three times a
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week and then I hang them up. But I do not hang them up in the closet until they've been steamed because
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if they get hung up in the closet they will not get steamed and I will not wear them. And I think it's
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really nice to wear clothes that aren't wrinkly. Wearing clothes that are wrinkly is not the most classic
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thing. You want to wear things that look a little bit more put together. So owning a steamer is the
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fastest and easiest way to do that. Number four is buy some one-piece outfits that you can throw
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on without thinking. So I have been on the hunt for these kinds of outfits because I like to look
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put together even on days when I'm not really doing anything but I want to be able to just throw
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something on that's easy and makes me still feel pretty. Because otherwise we're all going to throw
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on leggings and a sweatshirt or a t-shirt. And I don't think that wearing leggings and a sweatshirt is
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bad if it covers you know your bottom. But I do think that it's not the most classic thing to wear.
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It can look really cute but it's not the most classic thing to wear. And even though I do want
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to get some more sweatshirts that say cute things on them I sort of have to hold myself back because
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at the end of the day I know it's not really stylish. It's cute, it's comfy, but it's not really stylish.
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I may end up getting a sweatshirt that says mama on it because I just love everything that says mama on it.
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It's a problem. But in any case getting some jumpsuits or dresses that are one piece or that
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aren't low cut so you don't have to wear cami underneath that is going to make all the difference
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in making you look stylish on those days where you're just not up to it or you just don't want
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to think about it. So I have some really cute dresses that I can just throw on and leave the
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house not even think about it. I have a jumpsuit like this one where I can just put it on button it
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up. Done. No thinking. One piece outfits are simple. They're easy and they give you an opportunity
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to look stylish even when you feel like you don't have time to. Number five is to have some staple
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accessories that you wear all the time. Now I have quite a few staple accessories that I wear all the
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time. I can show you right now. I have two bracelets. I have this ring that my husband and I got on our
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anniversary. We have matching ones. I have my wedding rings. I have three necklaces that I wear every single
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day but you don't need all this stuff. Oh and my earrings. But you should have a pair of earrings
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that you wear all the time and then you can decide certain other things. I think one necklace that
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you wear all the time looks nice. Maybe one bracelet and maybe one ring but you can decide
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kind of what that how money things you want to wear all the time because I think it's always nice
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to have those things on. You can wear them in the shower. You can go swimming in them and you don't
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have to worry about taking them on and taking them off. I wear all this stuff literally all the time.
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I do not take these things off and this is the caveat. If you want to wear something a little
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bit different then you can switch them out. But you're always accessorized without even thinking
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about it if you have staple accessories that you wear all the time. Then if you want to accessorize
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differently you can take those off put on something different and then put these back on when you're
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done at the end of the day. So you always look nice. You always look like you thought about what you
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wanted to wear and what accessories you wanted to have on. But if you want to switch in something
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different you can. And that is like the easiest way to look accessorized at all times. Last but not
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least is learn three different hairstyles that you can wear over the course of the week as your hair
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starts to look a little more greasy a little more dirty so that you don't have to immediately wash and
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restyle your hair every time it gets oily as the week progresses. Doing your hair can take a good
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amount of time. So having to do it every other day can be exhausting but relegating it to two or three
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times a week is a lot more doable. And the way that I've learned to do that is by learning different
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hairstyles to extend the length of time before I have to wash my hair again. And those hairstyles can
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kind of disguise that my hair is getting more oily. So for example if I curl my hair on Monday
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on Tuesday it still looks pretty good. On Wednesday I might pin back the sides. On Thursday I might throw
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it up in a bun and then that night I'd wash it. And then I would style it again Friday morning. So
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that gives me an opportunity to extend the time between washes and I only have to style my hair
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you know Monday and Friday or however many days you want to go in between washes. But having a few
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hairstyles up your sleeve so that you can just go ahead style your hair have it look nice without
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you actually having to spend the time to curl it or straighten it or whatever else is a really good
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way to still feel attractive and beautiful in between those times where your hair is like freshly
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washed and freshly curled. So those are my six tips for looking beautiful and classic. If you would like
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to see another video like this please let me know in the comments below and I'd love to hear if you have any
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