Smart Lady

If you want to purchase clothes you are confronted with the choice of going to your local shopping area or going online.

Now days there are a number of online fashion stores with a great range of styles and prices.

The beauty of buying clothes online is you can go online at anytime; you don’t have to wait till the shops open or rush out to get there before they shut. Instead you can turn on your computer and start shopping at any point.

If you are shopping for something specific it is often easier to do so online as you don’t have to spend hours wandering round lots of different shops wasting time and energy. Instead with just a few clicks of your mouse you can find what you want without having to spend hours looking in every shop, it is also far less tiring.

At an online store you also have a far bigger range to choose from with many shops having an extensive range online, plus there are number of shops which are only online such as ASOS and boohoo.com, so there is defineatly a good range to choose from. What’s more if you live in a big city such as London or Manchester you are often spoilt for choice when it comes to shops but your average town isn’t going to have that kind of choice so online is the perfect alternative.

Because the overheads of an online shop are often offer lower prices, although you do have to pay for delivery costs a lot of shops often have deals on this so shopping online can be very cost effective.

There is also nothing worse then seeing what you want in a shop and finding out they don’t have it in your size. Instead by shopping online you can get what you want in your size there and then and with next day delivery you can get the item quickly.

Of course when you order clothes online you can’t try them on or see the material or how it was made but most online retailers have good return policies which means you can return them easily.

With the approach of summer means bearing more, tights are ditched in favour of bare legs and arms are exposed in short sleeved tops and dresses. But when getting your legs and arms out for the first time each year can often be a bit traumatic. With skin warmly wrapped up over winter the first time the summer wardrobe comes out means that you can look a little pasty – therefore it’s a case of having to get the fake tan out.

With fears of skin cancer from sunbathing and sunbeds the only safe way to get a golden glow is to fake it. But long gone are days of streaky orange tan instead today’s fake tan products are far more natural looking. Therefore, for perfect summer style fake tan is the way to go.

In fact British women seem to be embracing the natural glow look. The department store Debenhams has recently reported that sales of fake tan spiked after the Royal Wedding with women trying to copy the natural healthy glow of the Middleton sisters.

However, when it comes to fake tan colour is key just because you are faking it doesn’t mean you have to go orange – you don’t want to look like an extra from the Only Way is Essex. Instead you should build up your tan gradually, if you had a natural tan this is what would happen, so don’t go too dark at once. Try to make it look like you have just returned from a two week holiday in the Caribbean not just out of the spray tan booth. So if you are pale you would probably look a bit odd with a really dark tan so instead opt for a subtle glow while anyone with darker or olive skin can afford to look a bit more bronzed.

If you are doing your own tan preparation is crucial so make sure skin is exfoliated before you start and that will stop it going streaky. If you are a bit nervous about tanning then you could always start off with a moisturiser with built in tanner which will gradually build up a light natural colour and is easier to apply than traditional fake tan.