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Things That INSTANTLY Make You Look CHEAP | HOW TO LOOK EXPENSIVE on a BUDGET in 2023




Hello good people ,am going to be shaking some tables here so come closer.  Let me tell you why you always look cheap isn't that amazing.

This article is for those who want to know more about looking Chic and looks expensive without breaking the bank.  I'll be sharing some common ways you're making your outfit look cheap and what you could do instead . 

This video is not to brush anyone, but just to say that it is and hopefully some people can make the changes that they seek. If however you

dress or  your look makes you happy, do you Boo and pro that style is pretty much subjective. 

 You look cheap by :

 Wearing different logos in one outfit

  • Looking expensive has little or nothing to do with money, let that sink in as a matter of fact.  You can be wearing all the designers on Earth and still look very cheap to the person sitting next to you. 
  • I understand I can be a nice touch to add a designer logo here and there to your outfit however,adding too much is a major fashion faux fur button designer logos from head to toe will make your outfit look less polished and honestly cheaply done.
  •  The best way I would say to wear designer logos without overdoing them is by choosing one piece that makes your outfit stand out instead of wearing Gucci tights ,Fendi t-shirts, LV earrings,Mac and Mac poems ,YSL bag, in one look.
  •  I would suggest you choose one or at most two designer items to Showcase in one outfit whether it's your belt, your shoes,your dress or any other accessory . 
Do not go all out with a lot of designers in one look, you might think it makes you look expensive and ready to show the whole world that you can afford these thin

2. Wig cap wearing outside

  • Maybe we should stop it. I go out and I see people with wig cap, you know that normal Brown recap that they give you as compliments when you get weaker. If you get weak from chess's you get that complimentary wig cap right
  • wearing your Bonnet outside ,I think Ican sound that better than seeing you with wig cap outside that makes you look very cute. 
  • If your wig is in the salon,you're going to pick it up don't wear that. You're getting on the road instead inside go to the salon , fix your hair and come out or even tie a scarf.

 3.Primary colors and plain clothing black

  • Using the method of wearing a singular color all over from head to toe has a term: monochrome. 
  • Monochromatic looks have become all the rage in the past years. With head to toe red, blue, or yellow, you can stand out while looking polished and cohesive! A tip is to try and match each shade correctly so that the look is more tied together. 
  • If you’re experimenting with hues, then go for a mixture or bolder and darker shades. During the cold winter months, opting for a primary colored coat and matching your outfit is the way to go. Your outfit will end up looking like a pull from an editorial shoot—and that’s always the best feeling. 
  • white colors make you look very crisp very smart and they make you look expensive .

Undergarments showing from your clothing

  • Panty lines are caused by poor-fitting or poorly constructed undies combined with lightweight or tight clothes. Heavy seams on panties are the most common culprit. Those seams either sit on top of a woman’s rump, creating a ridge line, or they dig into the backside, leaving an indentation. Either way, anyone standing behind you will have full knowledge of the shape of your underwear.

  • If you decide to wear share clothing invest in um seamless undergarments in nude color in black or in the color of the outfit that you have on with thistype of undergarments you can really. 
  • Wear a dress or your favorite pants andnot have to worry about panty lines.

Don't dress for your body type

  • I'm Pro confident self-love body positivity but let me break it to you.That BBL dress you see hanging in the boutique or that dress they say one size fits all does not necessarily mean that it is for your body type . You don't have the body type of the person that they intended the dress to be for so . Why squeeze yourself into it , Why for goodness sake you could be wearing adress that is so expensive but once it's. ill-fitting.
So please dress for your body type I have a video about in the video there are  different outfits for different body types. 

Wearing cheap looking Fabrics

  • Cheap looking Fabrics are a short sign of looking cheap.  It's even worse whent the fabric is now expensive purchased at higher price and then it ends up looking cheap .
  •  Another thing,when shopping from affordable Brands  stick with theFabrics like cotton silk and satin. It might be cheap price wise, but have an expensive Outlook .
If you know what I mean basically, I would just say stay for clear Fabrics or materials that can be done well on a budget.

Heavy makeup

Please avoid heavy makeup at all cost,no matter how strong the urge is.  Why you're not a clown, don't go heavy on the eyes and the lip at the same time, you end up

looking very cheap. Less is more in this

department so you don't end up looking

like we make up I always tell people to

tilt more towards the minimal area next

one for me is this one that helps me so

much why do people do that 

using rubber bands to tie your hair to pack your hair

  • Hair Packers are the cheapest hair accessories you can get,why do you still have to opt for rubber band. First of all you're even spoiling your extension,  your natural hair and it is not flashing at . 
  • I can be admiring someone's look ,right once you turn back and I see the rubber band to tie your hair, it just takes that admiration to what was she was thinking. 
  • Hair bands are legit the cheapest hair accessories available Just try and invest in some . You can get a pack for less than two dollars in PrimeMarket, I think they sell it for like one pound for a pack of 20 or more. 

 Wearing rumpled clothes

 It's difficult to fit in ironing time when you are running multiple businesses. Invest in clothing that don't require ironing and for the ones that you can't even do without ironing. 

  • If ironing is not your favorite right Outsource it or just plan yourself in such a way that you iron once a week and throughout that week .You don't have to bother about ironing. wherever wrong foot closing is

If you want to  look expensive in 2023 we don't look like what we are going through.Consider the following points  by:

  1.  looking veryhvery clean 
  2. to look very staffer 
  3. Very luxurious crisp and well put together each and everything if youenjoyed .Don't forget to give it a thumbs up subscribe share leave your

comment in the comment section and let me know other tips if you have any if you also learned something new let me Know.

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APowerful Bedtime Night Prayer (WITH WORDS) | Prayer For Peace | Protection and Goodnight Sleep!


 

Personal connection with the Lord it's the vehicle that opens up the heavens so that your requests and petitions may be heard.

 I believe praying before you sleep is a great way to end your day .So many things can happen during a day, so many things could have happened , so many things might have happened, but don't overlook the fact that you are loved and cared for by the Lord Jesus christ so much.

 So that He kept you, he protected you and kept you safe .

Today consider how many people in the world woke up today, but won't ever sleep in their bed again .

So at the end of each and every day, take a moment to appreciate life ,take a moment to appreciate the goodness of God ,his protection and his mercy, take a moment just to simply say thank you Lord for keeping me safe today, thank you for your protection and for your grace and I say all of this so that you might experience the peace that is spoken of in the bible. 

In john 14 verse 27

It says Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

To summarize what this scripture says ,it is well  I have peace, because the word of God tells me not to let my heart be troubled ,I have peace because the word of God tells me too not be afraid.

 Jeremiah 17 verse 7. It says the blessed is the man who trusts the lord,whose confidence is in him.


So now I encourage you to repeat thisprayer after me,but most importantly believe that the Lord is listening.

 Raise your faith and speak these words with boldness and conviction and now let us pray.

Lord jesus I thank you for seeing me through this day,

I thank you for ordering my steps and protecting me and this evening Lord I ask for your mercy.

Forgive me for sinning whether in thought or deed, forgive me lord,clean my life with your precious blood,my praise and adoration is only to you because all glory belongs to you.


All the honor belongs to you,tonight I invite your presence to be all-around me,

I invite you to create a peaceful and holy atmosphere in my room,holy spirit you are welcome in this place as I end my day.

Father I stand and I believe on your word.Your word which tells me,that when I trust in you,I will be like a tree planted by the waters,I will not fear when heat comes,but my leaves will be green and I will not be anxious in the year of drought.

I thank you lord for your word,your word that reassures me to trust you,for when I trust you, then I know that I have strength ,I have hope in tomorrow.

When I trust you Lord Jesus then I can never be removed or separated from you,and so I place my heart and soul in your hands.

Thank you for your kindness and love,I take you lord as my only refuge,you are the one who lays a hold of me after a long day,and it's in you that I find sweet rest and i pray that you give me peaceful rest tonight.

 Lord watch over me and guard me with your angels,to you Lord Jesus my savior I commit all of my trust,I commit all of my concerns and burdens.

Father as I seek your face and your presence,I have an expectant heart that you will have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

I am grateful that you are always available when i need you,you are always there to offer your love and grace,so  I look to you for direction I look to you for counsel,I refuse to lean on my own understanding because when I look at the way things are and everything going on in this world, I realize that true peace and lasting joy can only be found in you lord Jesus.

 This time I pray that you guard my family,guard my loved ones,I have faith in you to be a hedge of protection around me even for my family.

I believe you will even form a hedge of protection around my family and my loved ones,


I ask that you place a hedge of protection around our health and around my home so that the enemy may know not to come6any further and not to touch me or my family.

I ask that you give me the strength,give me the faith to stand firm in your word,your word that says in

Ephesians 6:16  In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

With your word as a lamp to my feet Lord I can stand firm and endure any trial.I pray that you stand by me Lord Jesus,I don't know what I will face tomorrow,but I do know that your word tells me to submit to you for you will make my path straight.

I know that your word in the book of Isaiah tells me that,when I pass through the waters you will be with me and when I pass through the rivers they will not sweep over me,when I walk through the fire I will not be burned and the flames will not set me ablaze.

In your word I place my confidence for tomorrow,in your word I place my hope and faith for tomorrow,you are a God who never sleeps nor slumbers ,but you are always watching over me.

You are faithful not to let my foot slip,you are faithful to renew your mercies every morning.I thank you father for being a God who knows the number of hairs on my head and you say in your word that I am not to fear because I am more valuable to you than many sparrows. 

My dear lord  I ask that the blood of Jesus Christ ,the risen King to cover my steps,everything I can ever need or want can be found in you.

Healing can only be found in you,restoration comes only through you and my protection is under the blood of Jesus,the blood that never loses its power.I bless your name and I trust you to watch over me

Thank you for hearing my prayer in the mighty name of Jesus Christ

Amen.

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DON’T DO THIS When Feeding Baby | Things That Cause Feeding Aversion

Did you know there are things you may be doing, most likely without knowing it, that could lead to your baby developing a negative association with eating food?

I’m going to cover the top 5 mistakes I see parents make that could lead to the development of feeding aversion.Babies can have a feeding aversion towards taking breastmilk, formula or food.

I equip parents with knowledge, so they can care for their children with confidence.My definition of feeding aversion is that a baby who is physically capable of feeding or eating - so this means the child doesn’t have a medical or developmental reasons that affects the ability to eat solids - but shows partial or full refusal of food.

An aversion is the avoidance of a thing or situation that the baby associates to be an unpleasant, stressful or painful stimulus.Keep in mind that when we’re starting solids we’re laying the foundation for the baby’s eating patterns, and their perception of food and the feeding experience.

Therefore we want to create a positive association with eating and give babies an opportunity to start learning how to listen to their hunger and fullness cues.

With most of the things  a lot of parents do at least one of them,but they don’t realize that it’s causing the baby to have a negative experience and can potentially lead to the development of feeding aversion when giving your baby food, but what you can do to correct it. 

The first thing that you should not do, is start solids too early.And by this I mean introducing the baby to food when the baby is not developmentally ready to start solids. Many parents start their baby on solids as early as 4 months, even though is advisable to be started around 6 months.

There are certain developmental signs that the baby should be showing that indicate a readiness to safely start taking solids.And by 6 months of age is typically when most babies show all of these developmental signs.

I’m going to briefly mention them so you know what I’m referring to:

- the baby should be able to sit upright with little to no support.

-The baby needs to have good head control.

-The baby should no longer have the tongue thrust reflex, which is also known as the tongue protrusion reflex.

-The baby needs to be showing an interest in food.

The baby should be reaching for and grasping objects and bringing them to the mouth. It’s not until around 6 months that most babies will be showing all of these signs.

So what’s the big deal if you start giving the baby food too early?Not only can starting too early cause the baby to have digestive upset, but for some babies it can be a negative and frustrating experience when they're truly not prepared.

Also starting solids before a baby is developmentally ready increases the likelihood for gagging and choking episodes to happen.

These make for very unpleasant mealtime experiences that can lead to the baby developing a negative association with eating solids.

So if you’ve started solids and are realizing that you started too early, and your babyis not developmentally ready for it, then stop giving the food and go back to solely giving breastmilk or formula until your baby is showing all the signs of readiness to take food.

And if your baby was born premature or has other underlying medical conditions, you might need to to wait a little longer before your baby is ready for solids.

The second thing that can lead to the baby developing feeding aversion, is spoon feedingincorrectly.Did you know that there’s a right and a wrong way to spoon feed?Many parents place the spoon towards the top of the baby’s mouth and at an angle.

And then they scrape the food off the upper lip or gums so it comes off the spoon.Scraping food off a spoon is not the normal, natural way for a baby to eat.

And offering the spoon at an angle causes the baby’s head to be tilted up and back,which is not a good position to facilitate a safe and comfortable swallow.

If you think about the position of your head when you’re eating, it’s typically in a neutral or slightly downward and forward position instead of being up and back.It’s definitely easier to swallow when the head is in the neutral position or a little down and forward.

Instead of dumping the food into the baby’s mouth by scraping it off the top lip or gums,we want the baby to learn to suck the food off the spoon.

Babies develop better lip control and movement by actively being involved in removing the puree off the spoon.

Also spoon feeding correctly helps position the baby’s tongue in the proper place to push food back towards the throat to swallow.

 The steps you can take to ensure that you’re spoon feeding correctly.

a) You should be sitting instead of standing when feeding the baby.While standing, you will have the tendency to offer the spoon at an angle, and the position of your baby’s head will be up and back in order to be able to look at you.This makes it more difficult to swallow comfortably.

b )Start with just the tip of the spoon dipped in the puree.Then gradually work up to offering a spoonful.Hold the spoon several inches in front of your baby's face, parallel to the feeding tray, instead of at an angle.

Wait for the baby to notice the spoon and open the mouth.Gently place the spoon on top of the tongue and hold it there until the baby closes the lips around the spoon.Then remove it straight back out of the mouth.This allows the baby to suck the puree off the spoon while you are bringing it straight out of the mouth.

Give your baby time to move the puree back and swallow.This typically takes a second or two.When you’re just starting solids, the baby may push some of the food back out and then swallow.

With time, this forward/backward motion will begin to fade and the baby will start to swallow more food.If you’re finding this information helpful, hit the thumbs up button below.

c )The third thing you should not do is force the spoon into the baby’s mouth or have battles over the spoon with your baby.

Some well-meaning parents, out of loving concern for their baby’s physical wellbeing start to pressure, force or trick the baby to eat.

They hate doing it, but keep forcing the food into the baby’s mouth because they worry that the baby will not gain enough weight or will become unwell if they don’t get the baby to eat what they believe is the amount of food the baby should be eating.

However ,when babies are pressured or forced to eat, it becomes an unpleasant or stressful feeding experience.

When repeated, the baby can develop an aversion to feeding.This sets up a vicious cycle.Due to developing a feeding aversion, the baby will fuss or refuse to feed, which in turn stresses the parents out and makes them feel compelled to force the baby to feed.

By doing this, they are unknowingly reinforcing their baby’s feeding aversion.

c )Another thing that I see is that some babies grab for the spoon, and want to be in charge of guiding it into their mouths, especially as they get older.Or they want to keep holding onto the spoon after it’s removed from the mouth.

Some parents end up getting into a tug-of-war with the baby over the spoon so they can continue to put puree onto the spoon to feed the baby.But this can cause the baby to develop a negative association with eating.

I know that most parents are very nervous when it comes to feeding their baby solids and find it difficult to figure out how much to offer.

Wouldn’t it just be easier if the baby would say, “I’m done, I don’t want to eatanymore?”Fortunately even before they can speak, babies do show cues as their way of communicating.

When the baby refuses to open the mouth to take more food, turns away from the spoon,loses interest in continuing to eat, or starts becoming very fussy during the meal, those are signs that the baby is done and we should not try to make the baby eat more.

Babies need to develop an awareness and learn to trust their fullness cues.

Something I find helps parents keep it in perspective is knowing that the baby will most likely only take a few teaspoons at each meal in the first weeks of starting solids.

Breastmilk or formula will continue to be the baby’s primary source of nutrition and solids will just be complementary.

For most babies it’s not until 8 or 9 months that they really start taking to solids.Babies need to learn how to safely take and swallow food first before they increase the amount of solids they take.

Ultimately we want babies to grow up to be independent eaters, so from day one, we should let them be the ones in control of how much or little they eat at each meal.

As far as how to respond when the baby grabs the spoon, this is a sign of progression in the baby’s development and should be encouraged and celebrated.I recommend getting short handled baby self-feeding spoons, such as the Tiny Spoons from ezpz.

You can put puree onto the spoon and lay it onto the tray close to your child to pick-upor hand it to your baby to self-feed.The great thing is that the ezpz spoons come as a 2 pack.So while your baby is eating puree off of one spoon, you can preload the other spoon and have it ready to go.


d )The fourth thing you should not do is scrape or wipe food off the baby’s face during the meal.Obviously after the feeding session is over, you need to clean the baby, so then it’sfine for you to wash or wipe the baby up.Most babies get very fussy and upset when their faces are wiped.

The process of learning to eat is going to be a messy one.It’s all part of the experience.When we scrape food off the baby’s face with the spoon or wipe the face in between bites, we end up creating negative sensory experiences during the meal.

So I encourage you to let your baby get messy.Put a bib on and cover the floor with a splash mat to make clean-up easier, but hold off on cleaning your child until the end of the meal.

 e )fifth thing that you should not do is stay on purees for too long.Pureed food feels safe for parents who worry about the baby choking on regular foods.As a result, some parents continue to offer only pureed foods to their child for much longer than necessary.

Babies become familiar with taking their feeds as smooth purees, and have more difficult accepting different textures as they get older.

A research study found that babies who were not introduced to other textures besides purees by 9 months, had significantly more feeding problems and limited diets as they got older.

We find that babies who experience more textures and flavors early on, are less likely to be picky eaters.Babies aren't meant to be on pureed food for life.

The goal of weaning from breastmilk or formula is to transition them to eat real food that the rest of the family is eating.Of course this happens as a progression over several months.

But after a week or two of your baby taking smooth puree with ease, there is no reason why you can’t transition to offering a more lumpy texture of puree and finger foods.

By 6 months, most babies are able to grab and bring things to the mouth.Therefore there is no reason to doubt their ability to self-feed strips of food starting as early as 6 months.This will allow for exposure to a greater variety of textures.

The safe size of finger food to offer a baby who is 6 to about 8 to 9 months of age is as a strip that is about the thickness of an adult pinky finger.

And once the baby develops the pincer grasp, which is the ability to pick things up using the tip of the thumb and index finger, you can offer smaller pieces of food.Did you know that babies are no more likely to choke on finger foods than purees?

In the comments section below let me know your takeaways from this video.

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