7. Use self-tanner or bronzer for pale legs. If you weren't blessed with naturally tan or dark skin, adding a bit of color to your legs when wearing shorts, skirts, or dresses works like magic to slim and even tone your legs. Bronzer also hides spider veins and other unsightly blemishes. However, it smells horrible, so apply it at night and rinse it off in the morning. Try Physicians Formula Organic Wear 100% Natural Origin Liquid Bronzer.
8. Make sure your sleeves and straps fit. The sleeve opening should fit around the circumference of your arm and not be too tight. For tank tops, make sure the straps are loose enough that extra skin is not oozing on either side of them. Sleeve lengths that cover down to the elbow look the most flattering.
9. Choose the right shoes. Wear shoes that create a low contrast with what you're wearing on the bottom. For example, pairing black shoes with black pants, tan shoes with bare legs, or brown or rust shoes or boots with denim will create a more flattering, lengthy, cohesive appearance than wearing a pair of bright red pumps with your jeans.
10. Wear black. Nothing does the trick better than black. So you don't look funeral bound, wear a colorful scarf around your neck or some fun but tasteful jewelry.
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Excerpted from The Denim Diet: Sixteen Simple Habits to Get You Into Your Dream Pair of Jeans. Copyright 2009 by Kami Gray. Used by permission of New World Library. Novato, CA. All Rights Reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced except with permission in writing from the publisher.
