Originally Published: February 5th, 2023
Updated: August 20th, 2023
This article is all about how to save your look during the day.
The time and effort it takes to plan and coordinate a good outfit should not go to waste. If you are a person who goes through the effort to maintain your appearance, I have some tools that can help you stay looking good all day.
It is generally considered a good thing to look put together when you leave the house, but we all know that some days, that is just not possible. Sometimes, you just need a little help when you spill mustard on your shirt, or when the humidity has come with a vengeance.
You do not need to be a fashion icon, but having these things will immediately improve your appearance and give you confidence because you know that you look your best.
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Items Guaranteed To Save Your Look During The Day
Mini Lint Roller
Now, this item is essential to preserving the work that you have put into coordinating an outfit, especially if you have chosen to wear darker colors. Now we all know that a piece of tape could do the job, but the chances that you will have access to tape at all, or enough tape to go over your whole outfit are small.
The lint roller was created in order to reduce the need for using tape to remove lint from your outfit. We can use that to our advantage!
Lint showing on any clothing, more specifically on dark-colored clothing can reduce the impact of your look. It is the little things that matter, and your outfit could shine that much more if you had a lint roller to carry with you on the go.
You could try to remain lint-free all day:
Wrinkle Release Spray
Have you ever been late in the morning trying to leave your house, so you rush to work and when you finally get a chance to breathe, you look down, and BAAAM! You realize that you never got a chance to iron your shirt as you planned the night before. On the topic of little things that make a large difference, let’s talk about wrinkles in clothing.
They can give the impression that you were rushing or that your outfit was not well planned. This isn’t the result that you want because you did take the time to plan your look and your time and effort should be appreciated.
Wearing wrinkled clothing is so taboo in our society that “Is it okay to wear a wrinkled shirt” is a question that pops up on Google as a suggested question
Luckily for anyone who is forgetful, is pressed for time, or hates to iron clothes, there is a solution!
Wrinkle release spray is something that exists specifically to solve this issue. All that you need to do is spray the fabric, then hang it up to let gravity help you do some of the work until the garment dries completely, then you are good to go!
You no longer need to worry if someone is looking at you or your wrinkled shirt when you have a wrinkle-release spray with you.
You could try to remain wrinkle-free all day:
Grandma’s Secret Wrinkle Remover Spray
Mint Gum
Now if we have a completely honest conversation, hygiene plays a huge role in how we feel about ourselves every day. Hygiene definitely plays a role in how we are perceived and treated in society.
Furthermore, it is more difficult to gauge how you smell because you can become ‘nose-blind’ to it.
Also, if you are not surrounded by people that you feel comfortable asking these sorts of questions to, that can cause even more anxiety around your hygiene.
We have all been in situations where the person that we are speaking to doesn’t have the best breath and we have to look for a way to tell them without offending them. We can reduce our own anxiety about having bad breath and others’ anxiety about letting us know about it if we are proactive and keep mint gum in our possession.
I suggest mint gum because it seems to be the “universal” flavor of good breath. More fruity-flavored gum may just make the smell worse because it adds to it and doesn’t mask the smell. Mint gum does a better job of masking bad breath, so you can have more confidence as you speak to people in person throughout your day.
Now, for those who are not well-versed in mint gum, at least in the United States, there are generally two kinds: spearmint and peppermint. In my experience, spearmint gum usually lasts longer, but it is akin to consuming mouthwash. If you prefer a milder and sweeter gum to chew on, I would suggest going with peppermint-flavored gum. It doesn’t last as long, but it doesn’t taste like mouthwash either, which I appreciate.
You could try these for fresh breath:
ORBIT Gum Peppermint Sugarfree Chewing Gum
Orbit, Spearmint Sugar Free Chewing Gum
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Compact Mirror
I think that everyone can benefit from having a compact mirror. It can answer most of the questions that you have concerning the way that you look as you go throughout your day.
If you feel the need to touch up anything, you can do so with the mirror to keep you from blindly applying anything.
You can get them in many designs and styles, with varying quality, but they are worth their weight in gold.
They save you a trip to the bathroom
You could try these compact mirrors:
wobsion LED Lighted Travel Makeup Mirror
Compact Mirror Bulk Round Makeup Mirror for Purse
Reusable water bottle
Now, this item is not only beneficial for the environment, but it can also help you quench your thirst anywhere.
The price of water can be highly inflated depending on the environment. This is especially the case at events where you are not allowed to bring your own beverages inside.
Most places wouldn’t discourage you from bringing an empty water bottle anywhere, so carrying this could be a solution if there is a water fountain available.
Also, drinking water is a necessity for your overall health and dehydration is not cute. We should all be drinking more water to prevent us from being dehydrated.
You could try these reusable water bottles to stay hydrated:
Nefeeko Collapsible Water Bottle
BLUEGO 64oz Glass Water Bottles with Straw
Scrunchies / Hair Ties / Claw Clips
If you often wear your hair down, it can be an inconvenience to constantly check your reflection to gauge how it looks.
The wind may be strong that day or it could just be hot outside, and your hair resting on your shoulders is too much to handle.
These items to restrain your hair can be used in all of these cases. They can help you continue looking put together throughout the day without having to worry about your hair.
There are seemingly an infinite number of options for you to use to style your hair, but I will start you off with three options:
Scrunchies Hair Ties Silk Satin Scrunchy
8 Pack 4.3 Inch Large Hair Claw Clips
Nail Glue
One thing that I noticed quite frequently by people who get their nails done at a salon is that most people are in no rush to go back to the salon and get their nails fixed if they lose one.
Now, I might just be catching people on a bad day, but people seem very content with just waiting until their next nail appointment to get their nail fixed if they break it.
This is why I suggest having a bottle of nail glue for everyone who wears fake nails. If the false nail separates completely from the nail bed, then you have an opportunity to glue it back on and continue to have a full set of nails.
Walking around with missing nails takes the attention away from the work that you put into styling yourself and puts the focus on your missing nails.
Here are some nail glues that you could try:
Super Strong Nail Glue For Acrylic Nails
Cala Super Nail Glue Professional Salon Quality
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Tide Stain Remover
For those that love to eat food with sauce, this is for you. You don’t want to worry about eating pasta with a white shirt on.
It can ruin an eating experience when you are too cautious about spilling something, or if you do end up spilling something on yourself.
Having a tide stain remover pen on hand can help you prevent all of these scenarios and enjoy your experience. Food is not the only culprit in staining clothes, you could be doing arts and crafts – like activity and your clothes could be in danger of staining.
If the stain is quite terrible, then having the stain remover pen can help reduce the impact of the stain, when you go to wash the item.
Here is a link to the Tide Stain Remover Pen:
Lotion / Chapstick
I believe that all looks require lotion to be put together. It is good practice to take care of your skin anyways, but it is especially important when you are trying to pull a look together.
I just don’t think that any pair of shorts look as good when you have ashy knees. Or that any nail set can look as good when you have ashy knuckles.
The same idea goes for your lips. Lips can get chapped so easily, so it is good to keep them moisturized and have a continuous source to moisturize them. Actual Chapstick or Vaseline are great options to help the skin on your lips stay hydrated.
This is especially important when the weather is cold and dry.
Here are some good travel-size lotions that you could use:
Johnson’s Baby Lotion Travel Size
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