Styling Tips for Men!
Posted by Jana Edele | Filed under News
As promised matchmaker and Velvet Kitten sponsor Crystal Messick is back with some insider tips on dating! In today's blog Crystal provides styling tips for men:
At Adore Matchmaking , Owner Crystal Messick believes in the saying that “you never get a second chance to make a good first impression.” She has found that most women size up their date and decide whether or not they are attracted to them within the first two minutes of meeting them.
With that in mind, here are some of Crystal’s quick styling tips for men in order to make a good first impression, and raise your chances for a second date.
Tip #1: Make sure you take the time to shower and shave before your date. Women in general, are very clean and will immediately deduct points if you appear to have not cared enough to take the time to smell and look clean.
Tip #2: Remember to brush and floss. Most women notice a man’s teeth within the first 30 seconds of meeting them.
Tip #3: This goes right alongside the cleanliness tips, you must make sure your clothes are freshly clean and wrinkle free. Clothing is a big deal to most women, therefore, they will most likely size up your outfit and how “put together” you look. Most men don’t realize, but when a guy doesn’t take the extra time to be presentable, a woman may perceive it as lack of interest or desire to impress her.
Tip #4: When choosing your outfit for your first impression, make sure it represents you, meaning, don’t try to be a suit and tie guy if you are normally a t-shirt and jeans guy and vice versa. If you are normally a laid back t-shirt and jeans guy, spruce it up a little by going for a collared button-down shirt with jeans, nice shoes, and a nice belt. On the other hand, if you are a suit and tie guy, you should wear one as long as it is appropriate for the venue which you are taking your date to. An example of an instance in which you would want to dress down would be if you were planning a more adventurous type of date (i.e. rock climbing, hiking, boating, etc). The important thing is that you want to make sure you are giving the female your personal best first impression, not a first impression of someone who you think she would want for you to be. Doing that usually ends up snowballing and results in a waste of both your time and hers.
Tip #5: I cannot emphasize how important this is to most women… Guys, if you are wearing black, or if your shirt has black in it, or is a deep toned color, please accent it with a black belt, black shoes, black socks, and a black watch. If you are wearing tan or brown, if your shirt is brown, if your shirt has brown in it, or is a lighter toned shirt, you should accent with brown. Two exceptions would be if you are wearing a white shirt or a light blue shirt with jeans, although they are light toned shirts, you should accent them with black. It is a big red flag to most women when men mix brown and black or when men wear white socks with black shoes.
Final Tip: Be yourself and have fun!