Shoedazzled

Shoedazzle Curiosity

 

I decided to take the style quiz at Shoedazzle.com. I am curious to see what the new chief stylist, Rachel Zoe, will recommend for me. After clicking on the Shoedazzle link and arriving at their homepage, I answered several questions about my age, shoe size, heel height preference, and dress size - my age is 50+, shoe size is 9.5, heel height preference is flat to 2", and dress size is 18+. A free registration form followed. So now, I'm waiting for my stylists to prep my show room. My welcome message says the show room will be prepped for me within the next 24 hours. I'm curious to see what style choices are made for a 50ish, plus size woman from the middle of Missouri. How about you?

My Showroom

My morning email contained a message from Shoedazzle.com announcing that my show room was ready. I clicked on the link, signed in, and started viewing my stylist-selected choices. Three of the shoe selections appealed to my style sense:

1.  Annelise sandal

2. Pryia sandal

3.  Adah crochetballet flat

The other selections ranged from suitable to ridiculous. Two of the pumps had heels well over the 2" maximum that I had specified.  

Handbags were appealing to me though. Happiness is a new handbag and the displayed choices were all styles that I would happily carry with me.

I would rate my showroom choices as:

Shoes          3 out of 5

Handbags   5 out of 5

My overall experience was positive. 

Search" Wig" for a New Haircut

Wow! Why didn't I come across this idea when I was looking for a new hairstyle? Okay let me share this with you. I followed a beauty link and landed on a website selling wigs. The first wig style was so similar to my own hairstyle that I had to look twice. Plus, there was a side and back view. My beautician would have been really happy to see those three pics. My own online search for a medium length cut was lengthy because most of the sites only showed a frontal view of each hairstyle. If your looking for a new hairstyle, type in "wig". Happy Web Surfing.

Seeking a Hair Care Winner?

Hair Help Wanted
Customer is seeking a beauty salon that schedules appointments within three days and doesn't want to sell monthly tanning memberships. Other qualifications: budget-friendly, customer-friendly, and less than five miles from home.

Are you seeking a new beautician? I hate switching stylists, but money concerns have made this an absolute necessity. Another aspect of my search is that my husband and I are looking together. Our local phone book provided a list of three salons that are close to home and are not specializing in nails, in coloring, or in spa treatments. The next steps in our personal search are listed below.

• Ask acquaintances for a recommendation - My husband made an appointment with the first salon on the list and he gave me a glowing recommendation.
• Call and ask about pricing - My retired husband did this for me.
• How soon can I get an appointment? I could get an appointment for the next day.

Late afternoon of the next day I drove up to the salon. Appearances are important to me and the salon was immaculately clean with attractively arranged displays. My personal impression of the owner?  I was dealing with a professional who wanted to please me. She asked me about my hair style, examined my hair cut, and then asked me if I wanted to change anything. My complete appointment took about 30 minutes and  I was very pleased with my appearance. I felt like we had found a hair care winner.

The pricing was budget-friendly,$12 for a cut, the owner/ stylist was customer-friendly, the salon was less than five miles from home, AND appointments could be scheduled within three days. Our decision? We will be going back next month.