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                                   Question and Answer on Image Makeover By Sarita Maheshwari Sharda (certified Image Consultant)   Q. When drinking a cup of tea, where should you keep the saucer (during a business and social meal)? When at the buffet hold the tea saucer in lap with the left hand while holding the tea cup with right. When at the table, place the saucer on the table . When not drinking from the tea cup, place it back into the saucer and hold it with your left hand. Only hold the saucer with a tea cup when at a standing reception.  Q. Which types of brushes are suitable for makeup? A . Makeup Brushes are available in two types of material- Natural and Synthetic. Natural brushes are better for dry products like blush and eyeshadow. Synthetic brushes are best suited for cream or liquid products like concealer or foundation because they soak up fewer products than natural ha...

  Wardrobe styling for A Public Speaker  Your first impression matters a lot when you are speaking publicly.  What you wear, your body language, grooming reflects a lot about you and shows your seriousness about event. With little planning and preparation,  one can impress audience and  abolish the greatest fear of public speaking.   Dressing correctly helps in  creating the first impression among your audience. On the other hand dressing  casually and inappropriately also means that you  are not serious towards the whole idea of addressing people and eventually your audience also find it extremely difficult to concentrate on your speech. Gaurav had excellent public speaking skills. But once he  went casually and untidily dressed to address his team members. Neither did he bother to iron his clothes nor polish his shoes. The  audience perceived him to be a lazy and careless person who did not bother to take care of his own clothes. ...

                  Positivity and Creative Leadership Positivity is not among the basic attributes  someone asks for in a leader, however positivity is the foundation when it comes to motivate and influence people. It is the hidden power of leadership. Being positive is indeed a requirement when a situation like covid pandemic, emergencies and uncertainties are  going on. Ground level points for positivity are : Do not create havoc Do not start blame game  Keep things on hold  Prepare yourself for uncertainties, unfavorable situations. Keeping a back up plan to control damage and training the brain for it.                                               A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and...

  Whatever the season is,  winter or summer and/or  having a destination wedding in the hills Whatever the temperature is going to be coolest  low ! but  if its wedding day,  we  still want to look our stylish best.  While winter weddings are romantic, have a gorgeous charm and cosiness but  they can be  brutally challenging on the bride, groom and families especially who want to make a style statement. Preparing for winters and staying at the top of your fashion game can be done effortlessly with a few amendments and style hacks.   So on special request on  my wedding makeover clients, I am sharing some styling lessons on  winter wedding wardrobe. With little more preparation and creativity one can have all your dream wedding looks as well as stay warm and fashionable. All you will need  is to prepare in advance with these smart tips such as: Pick The Right Fabric The fabric matters a lot when planning your winter we...

  Leadership and Parenting   I know you are finding it awkward and strange that I am putting leadership and parenting together. When we hear leadership, we get the picture of some famous and strong personalities with extraordinary qualities. On the other hand, parenting is like customary, a more or less everyone is doing it. Something very soft, fragile where normal human traits patience, nurturing, upbringing etc are required. Characteristics of these two activities seem to be pole apart however guiding principles are very just similitude. We have no doubt about it “Leaders can be good parents and parents can lead”. Let me explain you how. Leadership means to inspire and influence people by motivating them likewise parenting requires influencing and inspiring child by setting right examples.   Leaders has to be strong, but not rude; kind, but not weak; be bold, but not arrogant. Same way parents need to be firm and polite but not weak and sentimental. Paren...

  Transformational leadership for Executive Presence and Covid     Executive presence means you are inspiring and influencing decisions when you are not physically present. Influence of your aura is always there.   It is about your ability to inspire and present confidence in such a way that   your subordinates appreciate and follow you as their   leader , presenting confidence among peers that they consider   you capable and reliable and, most importantly, inspiring confidence among senior leaders that you have the potential for great achievements . And top of all these you are able to maintain this integrity under severe pressure and uncertainties like Covid pandemic situations by not only leading your life but also help others to transform.   Obviously, we all are going through an overwhelming pressure due to Covid—not only personally, professionally however globally.     However true leaders just take a while to t...

  एक दिन मेरे बेटे ने कहा, मांं आप समझ ना पाओगे।           आप 20वीं सदी में पले बढ़े, हमारी सदी 21वीं है।     बरसों बाद सुनकर 20वीं सदी,याद आई मुझे अपने बचपन की ।           बचपन के वे चहकते दिन, कितने सुहाने लगते थे ।      घुमा कर जादू की छड़ी, काश!! कोई लौटा दे मेरे बीते हुए दिन। लो मां, टाइम मशीन बनाता हूं, और तुम को वहां ले जाता हूं।  पर, मां क्या करोगी?, अगर मिल जाए बीते हुए दिन।     सपना यह सच हो जाए, तो तुम्हें परियों के जहान में ले जाऊंगी।  तुम्हारे दौर की नींव जहां, उस डगर की सैर करवाऊंगी।    बैर, द्वेष से कोसो दूर,कोई होड़ न चिंता थी।  न कैमरा न व्हाट्सएप ,आंखों में बंद सबकी पिक्चर थी । कागज के पत्रों पर सबके, अपडेट हमेशा मिलते थे। मन करता है वैसा एक पत्र , मैं सब सखियों को लिख डालूं।    बुलाकर उनको भी वहां पर, बचपन के सारे खेल, खेल डालूं। पापा के आंगन की परी और मां के आंचल की दुलारी बनूं।  एक बार फिर मैं जी ल...

  What  all I   want on this eve of Valentine is compassion:a flow between myself and others based on mutual giving from the heart. Communication with compassion  shows a genuine desire to understand, and get to know. It is the rock upon which healthy relationships are built and the very first relationship which one needs to build is with oneself. Show genuine interest in  yourself, be your best version and be more connected to yourself. No matter who we are, no matter how successful, no matter what our situation, compassion is something we all need to receive and give. Art of compassion in everyday life:  Be your valentine: The best way to get your valentine is to be compassionate with yourself. As they say: you can’t learn to truly love others until you learn to love yourself .In other words be your valentine first. So how do you show compassion to yourself? To start, you can praise yourself for your small small everyday learning and success(even with sm...

  Hey friends!!Happy Basant Panchami !!and today I'm here to convince you to be a stylist in spring  especially by embracing the yellow.  Yellow, you see, is good, especially after chilling winter.It is like a ray of light which reflects brightness after grey and cold  weather.Yellow promises sunshine in your look. Spring season offers a lot of yellow. It signifies the brilliance of nature and the vibrancy of life however one can create  romantic, feminine, attractive and even provocative look by wearing yellow. The choice depends on your goals and preferences. Mustard yellow, lemon yellow ,light and pastel in yellow are particular shades.An alternative may be shades of gold and bright hues of yellow Yellow is a warm colour and we indian have warm skin tone so for us it is our personal colour.For making our style impressive we should repeat this colour in our styling. Yellow is recommended to wear in the bottom.Fabulous with floral,light and pastel tops.Using ye...

परिवाि के स्तंभ  विश्ि के  समाज शिल्पियों न मनष्य क  जीिन को अधिकाधिक उन्नत एिं  विकशसत बनाने के शिए भौततक और आध्याल्ममक क्षेत्रों से जोडा । िमम,अर्म, विज्ञान, िर्म-व्यिस्र्ा, आश्रम आदि प्रकार के प्रयोग ककए। िेककन जीिन  में विशभन्न िहिओ का एकीकरर् करत हए उन्होंन िररिार सस्र्ा का तनमार् ककया । परिवाि क दो स्तभ होत ह परुष औि नािी। इन क बिबत िर ही जीिन और िररिार का तनमार् होता ह। यह स्तंभ वास्तव में शिव-िक्तत, चेतना- ऊर्ाा, प्रेम- अर्ा के स्वरूप समझे र्ा सकते हैं। इस स्तंभ की न ंव है आपस  सामंर्स्य, एक दसि क पिक होने का औि एक दसि को पिक बनान का।   अध्ययन- शिक्षा, व्यल्ततमि, िाररिाररक जीिन, कररयर, और राजनीततक कायमक्रमों सदहत कई क्षेत्रों में  िोनों शिंगों क अनभि, रुची और विश्िास  शभन्न- शभन्न है । शिंग असमानता अिग-अिग सस्कततयों म शभन्न-शभन्न तरीकों से  अनभि की जाती ह।  उनकी ववशभन्नताओं औि  असमानताओं का कािण र् व- ववज्ञान, मनोववज्ञान, काल एवं परिक्स्र्तत  औि सास्कततक मानदड ह। ककत अन्य कई असमानताए सामाक्र्क रूप स तनशमत प्र...