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Men's Style: Belts and Shoes

Men's Style: Belts and Shoes

Men'sOne of the more overlooked areas of stylish dressing is the relationship between belts and shoes. The first point to make regarding belts and shoes is that you should not actually match them, they should compliment each other. They should work together visually but not match so closely that it looks like you purchased them as a set!

  • A simple rule to keep in mind is that you should wear a brown belt with brown shoes and a black belt with black shoes. We will also cover tone, dress vs casual, and bright colors.
  • Tone will mostly apply to brown, as there are so many shades to choose from. The darker the shoe is the darker the belt should be. It is not advisable to wear chocolate brown shoes with a light brown belt. You will need to find something closer in tone. You want to create harmony in the tones of leather not conflict. Again, you want them to compliment each other.

  • The next point to consider is if your outfit is dressy or casual. We will look at three elements when determining this, buckle, leather type, and width. A nice, trim, shiny belt buckle says dressy. If you are wearing a suit with nice leather soled shoes this is the direction to go. If you have a belt with a buckle that looks like it was forged by a blacksmith in the Middle Ages you will want to consider wearing this with a more casual outfit like jeans. Choose your leather in much the same way as your buckle. Smooth and shiny leathers tend to be more dressy and rough or textured leathers are more casual. You also need to consider width. Generally dress belts are thinner than casual ones but be careful here as the size or width of the belt loops should also play a part in determining the width of your belt. You don?t want to put a narrow belt with a pair of pants that have wide belt loops. Your belt should fit comfortably in the loops.

  • The last area I want to touch on is how to select a belt when wearing shoes in bright colors like red or green. Wearing a belt in the same color will often seem like too much of a good thing. If you are wearing red shoes I can pretty much guarantee that your shoes are the focal point of your outfit and a red belt would only serve to knock your look right over the edge. Consider a brown that has some red tone to it like a caramel color or such. If your brightly colored shoes have a dark sole you may choose a belt that compliments the tones there instead of the upper.

  • Finally, belts are a very important but often overlooked part of a man?s wardrobe. They are another example of the attention to detail that a man must consider if he wants to be truly well dressed.

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    Tips for dying blonde hair brown

    Tips for dying blonde hair brownTips on achieving the right shade of brown hair for those with natural blonde hair.
    Blonde's have more fun, don't they? It seems that everyone and their mother wants to have blonde hair of some sort. From highlights to lowlights, to fully bleached-out hair, blonde is definitely the color of choice.
    But what about those of us who have been blonde for their entire life and desperately want a change? It's no secret that having blonde streaks framing your face tends to make you look older. If a blonde tries to have red highlights put into their hair, the hair dye will react oddly with the natural pigment in blonde hair, turning it pink. If pink is a color that you would like to have, all the power to you and have a great time. For the rest of us, there are some options available, including the wonderful shades of brunette hair.

    Let it be recommended that lowlights are a great starting point if you are not used to seeing yourself with dark hair. A temporary color is another option, but can cost close to the same amount of money as a permanent color. Temporary colors wash out within two weeks, while a permanent color can last forever, or at least until your color is cut off.
    Lowlights are, quite simply, the reverse of highlights. Thin groups of you hair is either pulled through a cap with tiny holes in it or placed in foil with the appropriate hair color painted on it. You will sit under a heating lamp or hairdryer to allow full penetration of the dye for between ten and thirty minutes, depending on the darkness of your desired shade.
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