How to choose the right Necklace?

Confused about choosing a necklace? Don’t worry. Here are a few tips to choose the right necklace. Select a necklace depending on the occasion you are going to and the time when its happening. The necklace has to be chosen which matches the event you attend and also that is apt to your outfit’s neckline. If it’s happening in day time, choose some simple styles. But you can wear bigger and beautiful jewellery if it’s happening at night. Choose necklace based on your neckline.

If you are wearing a dress with low cut neckline or strapless neckline, wear a princess length necklace. They are seventeen to nineteen inches long. IF your top is V shaped, wear a V shaped necklace. Chains should be directly proportional to the cut design of your top. If you are wearing halter neck or a one shoulder dress, necklace is not necessary. If your neck style is turtle neck, wear long necklace like 26 to 36 inches long.  If your dress is strapless, wear a choker. The choker can be 16 inches long. Always pair your necklace with other jewellery especially earrings. If your necklace is flashy, use stud earring. Always one piece of jewellery can be bold.

Tips to choose Bangles

Bangles are inevitable jewellery for women of India and they come in all varieties, sizes and shapes and range from the most expensive diamond bangle to the cheapest glass bangles. There is metal bangle, wooden bangle and much more. Some wear bangles daily, others occasionally.

Wear glass bangles if you like them matching your outfit and it goes well for casual parties. Keep jewellery minimal if you like wearing a set of bangles for both hands. If you like attention, wear bold and bright colour bangles but those with class, not some cheap ones. Glass bangles can be worn with casual dresses. All this depend on your personal style and choice. Some like it with jeans, some with skirts or Salwar.


Silver and gold bangles are an evergreen favourite and they are an asset too. Ladies buy them, especially during wedding as an asset for the bride. Gold bangles come in many varieties either as plain ones or with rubies or diamonds. Pearl bangles are extremely beautiful but are a bit expensive like gold. But it can be worn only occasionally. But simple gold jewellery can be worn daily.

Always wear a bangle before you buy. It should match the width of your wrist. Don’t ever do the foolishness of buying tight bangles. It will hurt your hand, blood supply will be blocked. And don’t buy too loose bangles which will fall off your wrist. Metal bangles especially silver are good to be worn on any occasion. Lac bangles are cool and are special. A wooden bangle is also great and has many designs and is styled with bright colours and wooden finish. Terracotta bangles give an ethnic charm to your personality.


   

Tips to choose earrings

Women love earrings but some might look good on you, while other look better. It enhances your beauty especially and it’s highly noticed. Choosing the right earring that matches your style can be confusing. Here are some tips to choose earrings that suit your personality and style.

Size: If you like big earrings and choose one, do not wear necklace. And if you wear a necklace, then pull back your hair from your face. Big earrings look good for people with a round face. Small earrings are preferred with necklace and without necklace; hair should be pulled back from your face.

Color: If you are wearing a green or blue or purple dress, silver earrings will be the best match for it. Golden earrings are good with warm colored dresses like red, brown, orange or beige. Earrings can also be of the same color as your dress or the colour of just one clothing piece. Contrast color earrings can also be good and you can use other accessories of that colour. A neutral dress will look better when you wear great accessories.

Shape: Earrings with a round hoop will look great if you have an elongated face. The same as long and big earrings suit a round face. If you have a heart-shaped face, earrings of any shape will look good on you. The way we say opposites compliment each other, use earrings with opposite in shape and length to the shape of your face and neck. If your neck is short and your face is round, long earrings will be good. The wrong type of earring will make your look incomplete. Only right accessories give you the complete and finished look. Learn to match accessories well and it will give the perfect result.

Anklets-Style tips

Almost all Indian Women must have worn an anklet at least in their childhood. The silver anklets with tingling bells will be a childhood memory. Now there are many varieties similar to bracelets. Seashells, beads and much more varieties are available or you can make one yourself. Charming anklets will be good for a summer outing but a simple golden one can be used for any occasion and always. A toe ring can add charm and beauty to your feet.

Don’t wear chunky anklets with modern clothes. Like a silver anklet with bells with your jeans? No way. Wear them with saree or Salwar or traditional wear. Your anklet speaks about you. Outgoing, modern woman might have embellished multi-stranded anklet while a shy, sophisticated lady will have a single stranded gold or silver anklet. Your choice reflects your personality.

If you wear an anklet, use other matching jewellery. A thin silver anklet should not go with heavy jewellery. Also toe ring and anklet should match. A golden toe ring won’t go well with a silver anklet. Anklets will add beauty to your feet, provided you take care of your feet well. Keep your feet moisturized and cut your toe nails regularly. Put nail polish and wear the anklets to add the feminine touch.

Types of Skirts

Almost every woman will have a skirt in her collection. It adds to your feminine beauty and there are a variety of skirts to choose from.

A-line skirt is a beautiful skirt smaller at waist and fuller at the hemline. They can be of different lengths-till knee, a little longer or full-ankle length. They have the shape resembling letter A and hence the name. This is mostly a casual skirt and not used formally.

Broomstick skirts have an interesting name and appearance too. They look wrinkled. Imagine the broomstick? Even this can be knee or ankle length and has three or more seams, horizontal ones that wraps around the skirt in various layers. These are casual or semi-casual skirts.

Bubble Skirts has a waistline that is elastic or fitted in nature and scrunched up hemline giving I a baggy appearance. They are mini skirts with length above knees. This is a casual , fun skirt.

Circular Skirts looks like a circle when you keep it on ground. It is made by cutting out a circle from the fabric. It looks like waves when you wear them. This is casual.

Dirndl Skirt is a full skirt fitted and puffed around waist and looks a bit like bubble skirts. Even they are short and till knees. This is a casual skirt.

Fishtail Skirt: Fitted at waist, wider around hips and then narrowing at knees, again flaring out at heels. It looks like a fishtail and also known as mermaid skirts. These are beautiful formal skirts.

Flared skirts look similar to A-line and they flare at hemline. It can be of any length. You can get it as knee length, calf length or even as a miniskirt. They can be formal or semi-formal depending on cloth material.

Gored Skirts has seams that open if you move and close when you are still. Iron and maintain them to keep seams straight. They are also knee length and are casual or semi-formal.

Mini Skirts are short and just long enough to cover the area above your knees. They are mostly casual.

Peasant Skirts seem similar to the broomstick skirt but it is not wrinkled. They have horizontal layers made with same fabric or different fabrics for layers. These are mostly casual.

Pencil Skirts are straight cut , stylish, knee length skirts. These are formal skirts.

Pleated Skirts are the ones with vertical pleats that run up and down all over the skirt. These are up to knee maximum and have to be ironed. They are mostly casual or semi-formal.

Sarong Skirts are casual skirts that look to be a wrapped up skirt. They are wrap around skirts wrapped like an Indian dhoti and tied on one side.

Straight skirts are fitted at waist and the hips and then straight cut till knees. Similar to the pencil skirt, but are less tight. These can be stitched as casual or formal using different fabrics.

Tube skirts are again similar to the pencil skirts, but are more stretchy type and reach below knees. They are semi-casual and semi-formal.

10 Tips to be a Good Mother

Being a mother is a 24 x 7 job. Just think of ourselves. We still need our mom and need her till our last breath. i.e. the attachment shared between only a mother and a child. Here are a few tips to help you be a better mother.

1.    You are a unique mom: Every child is different; similarly every mother is also unique. So your parenting may not be like your sister’s. So don’t compare yourself to anyone else and worry that you are a bad parent. Don’t criticize yourself too much.

2.    When you have done your best, believe you have done it: Try to do everything as best as you can. We may not be able to do everything as we wish, but can only try our best. Just try to make your kids happy as much as you can. It’s not about buying the most expensive toy but buying the best one out of your budget.

3.    Self-care is important:  Only when you are in your best form, you can give your best. So take care of yourself so that you can take the best care possible for your children. You should give time for yourself and if you are sick, visit a doctor immediately. Otherwise you feel turn weaker, and things turn worse.

4.    Simple joys of life: Kids are innocent and enjoy the special and simple things like a gift you bought for his / her birthday. So allow them to enjoy simple joys of life.

5.    Communicate with your child: Spending time with your child can help you understand them and communicate with them. It’s not about just speaking. Be his / her friend. This will help you bond better and understand their interests and hidden talents.

6.    Give individual attention: Spend time with each child individually to create personal bond and that will help you know all you kids well.

7. Changes are inevitable: We all have our own beliefs but as the world changes our beliefs have to be rechecked. Don’t have too many expectations for your child, that doesn’t mean to let him / her loose. Don’t force your expectations on your child.

8. Don’t overburden yourself: You are the mom, the wife and the homemaker. Apart from these if you are a professional, you have to take care of your work too. To manage all this is difficult. So manage time and seek help. Ask for a helping hand from your kids and husband.

9. Discipline your kids: For every wrong doing, give a little punishment. For older kids, ask what should be given as punishment. For younger ones, give small punishments for their little wrong doings. Only then they will be disciplined.

10. Let your kids fail: When they are young, you can help them to win. But when they are older, you should allow them to learn by themselves.

10 Tips to be a good father

1.    Family comes first: If you are a person with wife and kids, you have to be a family man before everything else. After all home is where your return too and a good family is the biggest blessing for any person. If you like to drink, smoke etc. think of the ways it can affect your family, your kids.

2.    Protect them: A woman feels most secure in the arms of her man. Kids feel most secure with a protective dad. You have to ensure the safety of your home. Teach your kids good things about safety inside and outside.

3.    Spend time with them: Time is the most valuable thing in the world as the popular adage says , “Time and Tide waits for none”. So we have to manage time for various things. No matter how busy you are, always find time for your kids. Ensure them that you are always there for them. Every kid would want their dad’s time.

4.    Hugs: Hug is a beautiful way to express love in every relationship. Physical contact is necessary for small kids especially to understand the love of their parents. Hug them but don’t over pamper them.

5.    Play with your kids: Play games with your kids depending on their age. You can play with your toddler simple game like throwing ball and you can play any video game or outdoor games with your older kids.

6.    Share duties with their mom: Every woman desire a helping hand fro mtheir husband as they are busy with kids 24/7. So little duties like feeding your kids or changing diaper of your baby can be done by you too. You can bath them, rock them to sleep esp. at night and give your dear wife some rest. This will help you bond with your kids more and also makes your wife love you even more.

7.    Read them stories: Remember when your dad or mom read out stories to you in childhood? Now it’s your turn. Read their favourite story, not yours to them and it will be great fun to spend time with your child.

8.   Stand by their mom: Even if your have fights with your wife, don’t fight infront of kids. No kids would like to see their parents fighting. It affects their confidence. A child may not feel confident if she / he grow in a bad atmosphere. If you have a son, he may learn the wrong values and might grow up to a man who never respect women. Love and respect your wife. You both are the team for life. If mom is happy, the kids will also be happy.

9.    Give them self- esteem: This is very important. Appreciate them; don’t talk bad of them always. If they do something wrong, scold them but don’t shout but try to make them understand. Don’t deflate their ego and discourage their talents or anything.

10.    Give them lessons in finance: Basic lesson is let them know that money is valuable. Give lessons in saving money by gifting a piggy bank or something when they are growing. Teach them the good ways to earn money and managing money.
  

Tips to find your kid’s talents

Every kid is born with some talent or other. One may paint well; one may act well, another might be good in sports. Some talents can be seen from a very young age itself. Others discover them during growing stage. Eg: Talents like writing, acting etc.

Learn to discover talents: Learning and doing different kinds of activities will help your child to discover and develop his / her talents. Any simple thing like a trip to a new place or hearing someone’s words can change your kid’s life.

Don’t force, but encourage: You should definitely help your child to discover his/ her talents. But for that, don’t force too much and this will only make your kid rebel. Even in a talent in a field like music, one may like to sing and another to play the violin. Discover where exactly their talent or interest lies.

Help to develop the talent: Check out whether resources are available to help develop your kid’s talent. Enroll him/ her in summer camps or any other programmes that encourage children to develop their talents. Ask advice from friends or dear ones. If they have kids of your age, they will surely know. If you have a kid blessed with great talent, you can enjoy watching your kid excelling in that and be proud. It’s greatly rewarding to have a talented kid.

Tips to choose Curtains

When picking something such as curtains, keep one thing in mind that they make a whole lot of difference to the room and it is not just a matter of color and fabric, but is also about fabric, length and lining as well. Well, there are more chances for you to overdo it and it is the same thing that you have to ward off, while picking one.

Fabric: Well, we all know that it is one of the most important factors to be considered, while choosing curtains. Choosing the fabric of the curtains has to be determined based on your needs and go for a heavy material or a light one according to your choice. Many fabric experts point out that working with big sample is preferred, compared to that of a smaller piece as the latter might not show the fabric’s true features.

While considering the flexibility of the fabric, it is found that anything other than either linen, silk, faux silk, and velvet, tend to exhibit some uneasiness while hanging. Also, faux silk are the most durable ones and are chosen for hanging in sunny rooms. Well, the rest too have their own properties as the curtains that come with the fabrics of suede, velvet, tapestry and tweed are found to keep out the cold.

Color: While choosing the color, you have to pay attention to the room’s exposure towards sunlight. If your room enjoys the presence of a lot of light, it is then better to skip bright colors. This is because that over the time, the color of the fabric tends to fade out as it gets too exposed to sunlight. Also it is better to go with some neutral colors for the fabric, rather than pitching too much on the color of the room.

Measurement: How you would like to project your room is what determines the measurement of the curtain. If you chose to hang the panels higher than the window, then you could help the room to appear in a larger proportion that what it actually is. Also the length of the curtain could determine the appearance of the room. While going with a curtain that is slightly puddled on the floor, then it will give a rather traditional look to the room; on the other hand, curtain panels that fall flush with the floor will give a bit of modern appearance to the room.

Custom Window Treatment: This one definitely has something special to the selection of curtains. When chosen a custom window treatment to the curtains, it comes with the advantage of customizing the dimension to the window size. They also help you to ease the process of selecting the designs as they comes with a hell lot of default options, however are sure to eat your pocket. If budget constraints put limit to your exploration, then shell a few bucks on high quality window treatments and opt handmade curtains from established companies.

Tips to choose paint color for walls

It is a fact that some places tend to appear more appealing than the rest. Well, it is not the structure of the building that makes it appealing, but then what…? Yes, colors – the right color combination is the best way to ensure that your place is shining and appealing as ever. However there are some tips in order to choose the right paint color for your walls. They deal not only with the color combination, but also with the arrangement of the rooms as well.

Color Terminology: Well, for the purpose of understanding the nature of colors, you have to deal with some of the terms associated with colors. While we can count pure colors as more intense, the combined colors are generally lighter. Also intense colors appear to be more dominant in terms of the hue value.

Color Choice: Somehow, you really want to get in touch with a set of color patterns. Well, since that is the case with colors, you really have to look towards the colors, which could boost your confidence. In order to rate how confident you are with a particular color, just test the color patterns on either a poster board or that of a significant portion of the wall. You can also experiment with the color and the various combinations that they offer. However, never go over the board with some unrealistic expressions of colors that could dampen the whole appearance of the wall. One technique with which you can change the whole appearance of the room is the application of tinted ceiling. Opt for strong colors or that of soft colors according to your taste and before zeroing in with anything, just test the color combination.

Mood matters most: Before picking a color, just ask yourself that whether the color will go hand in hand with your mood. When choosing color for a particular area of your house, look for the mood that you want to create with that space. If you are painting your bedroom, what you might expect is to feel a kind of restful mood. Then choose some light colors for the purpose. On the other hand, if you want to generate a more romantic environment, then it is always better to adopt for some appetizing colors. Well, if you want to make a vibrant environment out from the space, just go with some stronger colors. It can be said that deeper blue colors or that of deeper green colors will give you a formal environment and if you want to create a sociable atmosphere, contrasting colors might fill your needs.

Lighting plays an important role: Yes, apart from the color combination, the lighting arrangement of the room too matters in determining the mood of the room. Well, not to wonder when you felt warmer with incandescent lighting arrangement. On the other hand, fluorescent lightings will give a sharp look. On the other hand, natural colors can bring a sense of being close to real life.