Have you got a date planned with your perfect partner but have nothing to wear?
Don't worry....I've got you sorted!
In this blog post I am going to be sharing some of my famous tips with you on how you can look good on your first date.
Because there is nothing worse than feeling excited to go on a date with the love of your life and not knowing how to dress for the occasion.
And by following the tips in this blog post, you will look like the belle of the ball!
So if you want to know how to look good/your best on a first date, keep on reading.
Show off the best, the rest can come later.
When you're on a date with someone you like, you want to impress them, so it's a natural instinct that you would show off the best parts about yourself.
Try and focus on the best parts of yourself to show off to your date. Make sure that you're concealing the less important parts of yourself and keeping them private, but don't worry because that'll come later. Right now, your main focus should be on impressing your date.
Always wear something that talks your language.
I don't mean your literal language. What I mean is to wear something that brings out your personality and that shows off what sort of a person you are.
This can mean practically anything you want it to. If you are a bold person who wants the attention: you should opt more for bright colours and bold patterns. If you are a shy person who likes to be more reserved: you should opt for light colours with very little detailing.
Wear statement accessories.
Pick accessories that match your outfit, talk your personality, compliment your features and that will draw attention to all the right places.
If it's a little chilly and what you are wearing is thin layered and slightly cool, why not add a statement scarf to your look to make yourself appear more stylish?
My favourites accessories are statement studs as they can just about work with every face shape, body shape, personality and outfit.
Go easy on the perfume.
You don't want to overwhelm your date with your strong scents. So I would suggest going easy on the perfume and other scents and only stick to the basics.
Especially if you are at a restaurant, because then they'll be choking on their food for the rest of the night.
Let your eyes speak with makeup.
Bring out your eyes with a bold look such as a smokey eye.
Eyeliner is also a good source of drawing attention to your eyes. But if you are going for eyeliner, don't line the whole eye as this can make them appear smaller which is not the look that you want to go for.
If you want to widen your eyes, only line the outer half of your upper and lower lash lines.
Make sure to groom your eyebrows and curl your lashes, especially if you are going on your date without makeup.
Kiss-proof the lipstick.
Have you ever gone on a date with a red lip only for it to come off during the occasion? Well my friend, that's why you need to upgrade all your lipsticks and other lip products to kiss-proof.
Make sure that you wear lipstick that isn't known to smudge because by the end of the night you will end up looking like a clown.
Lipstick usually comes off when you are eating food, drinking and having make-out sessions, (for those cheeky dates!)
It may also be a little awkward if by the end of the night your date has lipstick stains on their face, all because you didn't kiss-proof the product before applying it.
Look sexy not trashy.
Make sure that you aren't showing too much skin because then you'll look trashy when you should be looking sexy.
If you show too much skin during your date, you are giving the other person the wrong idea and presenting a false impression of you. So try and limit how much skin you are showing on your date.
If you are showing legs, don't show arms and vice versa. Cleavage is acceptable but nothing more.
Draw attention to one area.
When applying makeup, whether you're going on a fancy date or not, you're going to want to draw attention to one specific area of your face. You can show off either the area around your lips or the area around your eyes, but never both.
If you are opting to draw the attention to the lips, go for a neat and bold lip shade, but keep the eyes as neutral as possible. If you are wanting to draw the attention to your eyes, go for a smokey eye of some sort and keep the lips a neutral colour.
Dress for your body shape.
No matter what body shape you are, you should be dressing appropriately for your date. If you don't know what body shape you are, I would suggest doing a little research first.
Then once you know what body shape you have, you can dress to impress.
Almost every body shape should have some sort of a waistline and even if you don't have one, just add a waist-belt to your look and tie it appropriately to make it seem that you have a really well-defined waist.
You also need to know your body shape so that you can decide which colours to wear on the top and bottom half of your body, where to draw the attention to and away from and to make yourself look and feel more confident in your own body.
Body shapes are a really fun way of experimenting with your outfit choices and I promise that you will feel at least ten times more confident in your body once you know what shape you have and how to dress it.
Keep the climate in mind.
Every destination has a different climate, so make sure that you do your research on what the climate is like where you are having your date so that you can dress appropriately.
If where you're going has nice weather conditions, you could wear a nice summers dress paired with a nice thin faux leather jacket and a small pair of boots. If where you're going is more likely to have a colder climate, you could opt for a stylish jumper or cardigan, a long sparkly skirt and knee-high boots.
Don't wear high heels that you can barely walk in.
That would just be silly. And awkward too.
Could you imagine going to meet your favourite person and date for the night in fancy high heels that you can barely walk in? That would be so embarrassing! So please avoid doing that at all costs.
Instead, opt for cute ballet flats or wear heels that have inches that you find comfortable to walk in.
Don't try too hard.
Your date won't care if you only put in half of the effort to please them. As long as you are putting in somewhat of an effort for your date, they won't mind too much.
Your date won't care if you don't put in one hundred and ten percent of an effort for the occasion.
But I don't mean that you should skip having a shower, because that's just gross.
All I'm saying is that you shouldn't try so hard to impress the person you're going on a date with and certainly don't try to be something that you are not. Your date won't care as long as you are putting in the right amount of effort.
But if your date does want you to try harder....too hard, actually, then are they the right person?
Well, those are my tips on how to look good on your first date. I hope you have found out some new strategies in this blog post to make your time on my blog worthwhile.
I think that the one thing that you should take out of this blog post today is that you shouldn't try too hard for your date and definitely don't try to be something that you are not. Because if your date is really as genuine as they say they are, they won't care if your hair isn't brushed, if your makeup is smudging or if you're a tad bit late, because as long as you showed up and put in the effort....that's all that should matter.
If you know anyone who has a date coming up and think that they will benefit from this blog post, why not share this post and let them know all about it? I'm sure they'll return the favour for you too one day.
And always remember....
Act confident or go home!
Because there's no point in going on a date, looking the part and having the shyness of a baby kitten who met its new owners for the first time.
Just have fun and don't worry too much about what you look like!
If you could pick your dream destination for a date night, money not included, where would you go to and why?
