Don’t Quit Your Day Job Style Queens!
How many of us have a demanding job, maybe even a family or rent to pay?
We work and we work hard but our style goes harder! Every day we wake up thinking, “how do I slay today?”. It puts us in a better mood and we feel more confident.
“When you look good, you feel good”
Style is the adventure we start our days with because in many ways we need it. We wake up earlier, awaiting a lunch date we’d set up with a friend. We already know it’s one of those days where we can laze around and take 15 minutes longer to do our makeup.
Releasing a long stretch as we slip into our satin robe, that struggle to get out of bed somehow felt a little easier when we thought about our #OOTD.
Application of the perfect red lip and ten dance moves later we’re tilting our head side to side, testing which statement shoe is better.
Holding a silky mid-calf, navy blue, slip trimmed with delicate, black, eyelash lace, we contemplate keeping it more casual with a plaid trousers and teal, corseted, neck tie blouse.
After strutting around the house in the black, croc, leather brogues we chose, a last minute shoe change left the choice between chilling black and gold mules with a brocade design or the go to chunky heel, black, ankle boots. Let’s not forget the royal blue pyramid bag that Nita Suri created just for you which amazingly holds nothing besides gloss! (It’s fine though because we always take to work that OTHER bag for our lunch, keys, purse, phone charger, makeup and perfume.)
Our love for clothing was built on a passion that many of us know would be a sin to 1. not explore and 2. never share with other style queens. A passion passed on from queen to queen. We all know the intricacy of getting dressed, from intimates to makeup, from that moment we played in our mother’s favorite heels and then receiving our very own pair. These memories are painted on our souls and every day we get to explore our inner child.
“Style IS fun!”
So how do we share our style with the world and not just our work colleagues or at the occasional friend gathering? A style blog. A place to call our own, dedicated to our favorite designer brand, thrift store and all other style lovers out there. However, there’s only one problem. Not every style blogger has a 9-5 that takes up most of the time out of their day and energy.
How can we implement what we love into our daily routine without too much compromise?
Make your style convenient by purchasing a tripod or downloading a calendar app like later. Any phone with a great camera could create the perfect shot. Get a friend to take your picture and after showing them the frame in which you want your photo taken, trust you’ve got your moment on camera.
Sometimes finding a nice backdrop isn’t easy but it can be simplified. This is where we need to get creative and make the simplest of places into the most interesting backdrops. Luckily you don’t have to figure it all out alone because we’ve put together a guide for you to start and grow without feeling overwhelmed.
- Let’s be realistic, who has the time to take photographs every day or find someone who can do it and do it well? Shoot your outfits for the week, an entire week ahead of time or all in one go on the weekend.
- Decide on your outfit and ask a friend to meet you for lunch, dinner or even drinks after work at a cute place you know you’ll get THE shot or two.
- Take advantage of as many outings as possible, like a work seminar you were already going to overdress for!
- No one to take photos of you? Now is the time to get friendly with your tripod and put it to work! Or create fake tripods using a vase, cushion, book, mug or really anything sturdy enough to hold your phone.
- Buy fabrics from your local fabric store to create your ideal backdrop on the days that your white wall just doesn’t work.
- Out of outfits to post? Post your current favorite style items and how you would pair them together!
- A 9-5 is tiring. Some weeks we want to relax and a style post is just too overwhelming. Ask a friend to write one for you or type as you talk. It’s funny but we all have that one friend who can type extremely fast for no reason!
- Out of inspiration? Use your 9-5 as inspiration. They’re so many women like yourself who want to hear from you. They want tips on how to feel better at work; how to feel more confident as they take on the day.
- Videos are the next biggest thing in marketing and they’re super easy! Take advantage of some gorgeous graffiti, an extravagant storefront, an empty crosswalk, a casual shopping moment in your favorite store or a work party to create your best “off guard” video moment!
- Take all the advantage you can, of tools like later(plan your blog posts), UNUM(plan your layout ahead of posting), google analytics(manage your engagement), colornote app(manage tasks), Tumblr(keeps you inspired), google drive(to store your photos) and adobe lightroom(an easy mobile photo editor).
Never stop living life in the moment. You need that authentic inspiration. This is why shooting a week’s worth of content can be so stress relieving. You get to live in the moment and just be and guess what? Every moment naturally, is a moment. Remember the world is your oyster. Take advantage of the beautiful life you already live.
Authenticity creates the best content!
