could you please repost your cousin
signe's list of basic necessities for
succeeding and settling in society?
So, if you don't already know, my cousin Sig has a list of products and styles that she's gathered by going around LA to places like the Beverly Hills Country Club, Soho House, the Los Angeles Country Club, the Brentwood Country Club, the Jonathan Club, the Valley Hunt Club, and a variety of other extremely exclusive private social clubs and golf clubs in Los Angeles. She also uses the information and trends she picked up on during her sorority days and she uses those faithfully. She was in the sorority at USC that Elle Woods' sorority, Delta Nu, was based on and she claims that she's gathered a huge amount of info and life experience from doing good as a DG at USC.
Sig highly recommends always having mid length acrylic finger nails painted with gel polish in a neutral, pale pink, or soft white colour, whichever suits your skin colour more. She thinks that the higher class the environment you're in is, the more toned back you need to be until you know people and they're happy to say that they know you. She's quick to always recommend tapered square and round acrylic shapes with glossy and plain gel polish. She doesn't believe in having any designs or bright/dark polish until you're settled in and you know what's acceptable and what's not. She's huge a fan of what she called "country club gel nails" and she adds to her list of country club colours by asking the ladies at the clubs she frequents who she knows have married men worth millions. She's got a list of OPI colours that she loves and if women who married men worth $300 million are happy with these colours, you'll be too, Sig claims that the first steps are gentleness and simplicity before you know what you're going out for.
From left to right and all the way down to the bottom:
ā Humidi-Tea ā ā Bubble Bath ā
ā Put it in Neutral ā ā Mimosas for Mr. and Mrs. ā
ā Passion ā ā Stop it, I'm Blushing! ā
ā Be there in a Prosecco ā ā Tiramisu for Two! ā
ā Lisbon wants Moor ā ā Chiffon my Mind ā
ā Funny Bunny ā ā Alpine Snow ā
Sig swears up and down that long hair is the way to go and I do agree with her on this point because of my own experiences. You don't really see very many women with short hair but you see a lot of women with long hair, lobs, and shoulder length hair but you don't ever really see many women with short hair or pixie cuts. Sig's theory about this is based on the fact that the more affluent a woman is, the more likely it is that she's from a background with religious ties or she's a WASP, a Valley Girl, a Sorority Girl, or she just prefers the look of long hair. My theory is that people tend to follow trends and if a majority of the women who have status and affluence at clubs, NPC groups, golf clubs, and other exclusive places have long hair, other women will follow their lead and take up the trend. Neither of us have ever seen any natural black hairstyles (I can say that I've NEVER seen it) and I was told by a black woman I met Tuesday night that it's because she doesn't want her hair to be bothered and so she wears protective styles like box braids on the longer side, wigs/weaves, long micro braids, and micro links on relaxed hair. I also saw a few ponytails.
I can't say that I've met a woman who hasn't been quick to tell me that her secret to flawless uniform skin is a spray tan. I've been told up and down the coast of California that spray tans are key and I've been bothered by Sig to start spray tanning to make my body more uniform and make me look like I have a glow, orange isn't the answer but a nice bronzed gold colour is. Sig like to tell me that the women in LA don't just glow with health, they glow with the results from their $200 weekly spray tans and their body glow oils. Sig told me years ago and still tells me to this very day that sitting out in the sun and going to sun beds are from the days of old, using self tanning products and body glow oils or going to get spray tans are part of the new wave. Sig prefers a bronzed look because she believes that a nice golden glow flatters everyone and doesn't make your skin look leathery and she thinks that, regardless of race, every woman should spray down for an even colour.
From left to right and all the way down to the bottom:
ā Bondi Sands ā ā Bali Body ā ā St. Tropez ā
ā Jergens ā ā NARS ā ā Bali Bodyā
ā Sol de Janeiro ā ā Sol Body by Colourpop ā
ā Anthelios by La Roche-Posay ā ā Neutrogena ā
ā Kiehl's Super Fluidā ā Shiseido Sun Protector ā
No one wears heavy dark makeup during daylight hours, you don't see it inside clubs or out on the gold green when the sun is up, you don't see it in the dining areas, and you don't see women wearing any sort of dark or smoky or bedroom makeup during the day. Sig never wears her dark smoky eye, I avoid my smoky winged liner during daylight hours, most of the affluent women don't tend to wear anything too dark so Sig recommends sticking to nude shimmery shadows, neutral matte shadows, gentle winged eyeliner, nude lipstick, shimmery lip gloss, long lashes, and staying away from trendy makeup styles. Cut creases and lots of highlighter won't work, you should go for a natural but still beautiful daytime look, bridal makeup is the best bet for what to do when it comes to choosing your look of the day. Darker makeup works at night for dinners but it should still have those bridal vibes, nothing overly heavy or extra should be happening with your look.
This is a bit of a tricky one. Sig swears by a more casual look and she fond of wearing capris (!!!), plain white tops, and sneakers and she's never had any trouble. The West Coast is completely different than the Midwest, the East Coast, and the South. One thing always remains the same: what you wear whilst you're golfing and playing tennis and what you wear whilst you're in the club or in the clubhouse will always be drastically different. You never ever ever mix up your outfits, you avoid wearing or being seen in your activity clothing unless you're doing activities. If you're not already established, no one needs to see you make a style faux pas, you don't wear any sort of clothing that's specifically meant for exercise to get drinks or to sit to eat. Sig and I both agree with the fact that you MUST change, freshen up, and look your best before you transition from green to gimlet. Sig pulls most of her sporting styles from Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki and she uses her own closet when it comes to casual daytime styles.
You should either wear more casual but still classy outfits or you should go fully casual. There's a soft in between but you don't want to be overdressed. Sig believes in wearing neutrals in the daylight hours and she endlessly talks about a blogger who she follows for inspiration when she needs it and who I used photos from as the basis for the style board I've attached. You always want to look laid back but still slightly formal during sailing hours, if you're using the club to study or to have lunch, if you're meeting up with friends, or if you're just sitting around to have a nice day, you want to look nice. You don't want to wear anything too dressy but you also don't want to look bad, wearing casual pants with nice tops, nice skirts and blouses, nice dresses, and sprinkling in a few nice accessories is the way to go for a club look.
āthe Inspo is from Fashion Blogger, Steffy's Styleāļæ¼
Sig was extremely quick to say that she doesn't know who needs to be told this but if you're living on the West Coast then you need to know how to swimļæ¼ļæ¼. It's not an option, most clubs and places where affluent people are have an element of water and you cannot depend on a life vest and the shallow end, you need to know how to swim. If you're going to a beach club or you're invited to a pool party, you cannot safely be around people who are drinking and water, if you're unable to swim and you fall into the water, you're in danger. Drowning in real life doesn't happen like like it does in the movies, your body becomes so focused on conserving air that you can't always cry out for help and you don't always thrash around and make noise, sometimes you silently slip under the water. On that note, you DO need a cute swimsuit! You can't be in an environment where you're surrounded by people with wealth and status wearing your seventh grade speedo, you need to have a classy swimsuit! It's silly to go somewhere nice without being ready!
āNet-a-Porter is where Sig buys all her swimsuitsā
It's next to impossible to get Sig to divulge her really important secrets, she likes to keep some things to herself and she likes all of her best tips and tricks to be secret. I will say that her secrets that don't have to do with appearance and blending into a new and very affluent setting have to do with personality and her interests and what she's involved herself in. She's started the circuit and took her notes, she spent a lot of time gathering even more experience, and she did everything she thought she needed to do to get the guarantee that she needed to have for a lifetime of security, stability, health, and plenty of prosperity.
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