Style Yourself with Confidence: Styling Tips and Techniques for Each Body Shape

Style Yourself with Confidence contains 255 beautiful illustrations and colour images. The purpose of this book is to make it easy for every woman to understand the art of being well-dressed and to have a practical application on how to emphasize her good features and hide or minimize the less attractive ones. Gaining knowledge on the correct way to dress will make so much more sense when buying clothes and styling yourself every day. Well-dressed women stand out from the crowd and attract good attention. They have loads of confidence and the term 'confident in her own skin' comes to mind. Good style does not come naturally to most of us. We are not born with good style genes. There are a lot of factors involved in our dress style, and one of them is education. Once you have the understanding of how clothing styles and colour work, you'll be enlightened for the rest of your life. You'll even be a role model for your children and grandchildren. The good news is, you do not have to buy your clothes only at high-end boutiques to make an impression. Everyday styles will work well if you know the tricks of how to bring out the best of your own body shape and features. Since a woman can have two to three different body shapes during her lifetime, this book will be a lifetime investment. We are never too young or too old to learn about styling secrets and how to dress stylishly. The information in this book is suitable for women of all ages. Mothers, even your teenage daughters will benefit from reading this book. The sooner they gain confidence in style, the sooner they'll be set on the road of being stylish and successful. To help every woman make an overall transformation in her appearance and self-confidence, this book also includes bonus sections such as: Find your colours to wear, How to choose your shoes, Choose the best frame for your face shape, Washing and caring tips for your clothes, Aspects in life that will help create your self-confidence. Author Ellen Joubert owned a modelling and deportment school during the 1990s helping children, teens, young adults and women build their self-confidence, and transforming their appearance. Her daughter Ellen Joubert Jr. assisted with her creative skills as a graphic designer, creating most of the illustrations in this book.

About the Author :
As a qualified beauty therapist, hairdresser, and modelling trainer; Ellen has been coaching women, young adults and children for years on how to improve their appearance. She owned a Modelling and Deportment School during the nineties, training models on the catwalk. Her models performed very well in modelling and beauty competitions, but the most amazing transformation was their growth in confidence. After migrating from South Africa to Australia in 2006, Ellen kept coaching and inspiring women in all walks of life. She has been coaching and speaking at churches, schools, women events, and one-on-one sessions to help individuals grow in self-confidence. During this time she also worked as an Advertising Executive in the newspaper industry for thirteen years. With a strong call to help build the nation's confidence, she started writing books to reach more people across the world.

Review :
The US Review of Books for Style Yourself with Confidence: Styling Tips and Techniques for Each Body Shape. "The meaning of the term well-dressed is to be attired in clothing that is of good quality, is properly fitted, and is appropriate and becoming." An argument could be made that, since personal and career success often stems from self-confidence, and since self-confidence often comes from dressing well, that dressing well can lead to success. Joubert makes a compelling case for her assertion and follows up by offering comprehensive aesthetic guidance for women of all ages. Readers will start by determining the basics of their ideal mix-and-match wardrobe based on their lifestyle. This is followed by personalized assessments of the reader's body scale, body shape, style personality, face shape, neckline type, arm length, and bust type. Each assessment area is accompanied by an explanation of which style of clothing works best for women with certain characteristics. Readers will learn, for example, that the cowl neckline works best for women who have a lean body shape, long neck figure, and a small to medium bust. The rest of the book features explanations of skin undertones and dominant colors, the color wheel, and care tips for clothing. A book like Joubert's could have easily fallen prey to a narrow, materialistic mindset, but the author has successfully avoided this pitfall by emphasizing inner beauty and self-confidence as well as outer beauty. Toward the end of the book, Joubert discusses bullying and how to stop it and overcome its long-term effects. She explores the foundation of healthy relationship and self-acceptance. These sections nicely balance the earlier discussions of aesthetics. Also helpful is the practical guidance the author offers in many of the sections--from how to walk in high heels to how to iron different types of clothing properly. Overall, this guidebook offers a comprehensive look at the mastery of everyday life for modern women. RECOMMENDED by the US Review. http: //theusreview.com/reviews/Style-Yourself-with-Confidence-by-Ellen-Joubert.html#.XQHO7ogzbIU Pacific Book Review Style Yourself with Confidence is a book that does precisely what its title tells you it will do - help you style yourself with confidence! Author Ellen Joubert takes us through a network of what constitutes being stylish, how this affects our confidence levels as women and how being stylish is important to upward mobility in life. I never realized the deep intricacies of what it takes to be considered stylish. What I really loved about this book was how Joubert not only addresses the physical aspects of dressing stylishly, but she also delves a little into the background of why some parts of our fashion exist. I found this information to be relevant and very interesting to the book. She even gets into detail down to necklines and eyeglasses and what kind of sleeve will work best with your body. This book has fantastic detail as well as eye catching and educational images. The photos helped tie together the descriptions of body types and how outfits can be repurposed or built around a singular same item. She ends the book with a discourse on self-confidence which is of course what she is getting at by trying to encourage women to dress more stylishly. Paying attention to how you dress can boost your confidence levels and help you succeed. Style Yourself with Confidence is an interesting read. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to upgrade their style and have a fresher, more confident look. Reviewed by Courtney Letourneau.