Even though it’s winter and your legs can hide behind opaque tights for a bit longer, it’s time to start thinking about your Spring wardrobe and fitness routine for the best pins around town.
- Without a doubt, resistance workouts with weights will help tone and sculpt your legs. The best exercises for great gams include squats, lunges, and dead-lifts. However, without cardio to burn the fat on the surface, your tone will never show. Running, jumping-rope, swimming, elliptical training, etc are all great fat-burners… just keep moving and get a good sweat going.
- Aside from exercise, the right shoes will help create the illusion of longer and leaner legs with nude-toned high-heels (see pic above). I recently added the two below Jimmy Choo darlings to my arsenal of shoes for Spring. These will be perfect with shorts, dresses, and skirts for creating a clean line of color from hip to toe.
- Know your hem-line. Avoid letting your hem end at the widest part of your leg. This means if you have heavier legs, don’t rock very short skirts and dresses… opt for knee-length or slightly above-the-knee and wear high-heels in a neutral shade such as nude, light silver, or light gold tone. Below-the-knee hems are hard to pull-off without looking overly matronly.
- Lotions and potions will help as well. Before going out, put a lotion with a subtle shimmer on your legs to help reflect the light and add tone.
- Tanned skin always looks healthy and more fit. Try subtle tinted lotions, self-tanning cream, spray tanningat California Beach Club in Central, Hong Kong http://www.californiabeachclub.net/home.htm.
- Exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate. Smooth thighs, knees, and bum are definitely always in style. Aim toexfoliate in the shower 2x/week and follow with a body oil or lotion immediately after to moisturize and keep your skin youthful.
- Pedicures. I have a different opinion on pedicures from most women (I think). I care much more about the softness and health of the skin on my feet than the color of the nails, although you cannot go wrong with a feminine pink. Your feet need to be healthy and looked after. I find that getting a quickie pedicure is pretty much all about the nail polish rather than the foot care, so go to a nicer salon or buy sanders and scrubbers to keep your tootsies looking great for those peep-toe shoes.
- Shaving, waxing, etc all go without saying…. smooth and silky is the way to go.
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