You are on the special mission – being a housewife. Home is your kingdom and you are the queen. But sometimes it is just hard to find motivation to also present yourself like a queen, right? I feel you, my dear. That’s why I will share some tips with you on how to look good at home.
Why should I bother?
Yup, I get you, my sister. You have so much to do during the day – why would you need to put any effort to look good at home? I mean, the only people that will see you are… yup, just your husband and AliExpress courier.
But wait, there is one more person. It’s you! You have a privilege to see yourself everyday. And as long as you are beautiful in sweat pants, using some tricks to look good at home (for yourself!) can give you some benefits.
1. Productivty
Let’s be honest, there isn’t anything more cozy than soft sweat pants. But hey, you are working from home. And no matter it is is the casual job online (thanks Covid) or being a housewife, you want to be productive, don’t you?
You want to accomplish your tasks and finish the day with this “ahhhh, I did it” mood. Dressing up in cute clothes can give you this boost.
For example, cleaning in a dress and in high heels can be very dramatic – just like in the Spanish series. But wouldn’t cleaning become sexy for you then? 😉 Plus, I bet your husband wouldn’t mind.
I always associated doing housework with messy outfit, stains on the T-shirt and sad face. Not anymore! Housework can be exciting and happy – putting nice clothes at home can help you achieve this mood.
2. Confidence!
No more panic attacks when you hear a doorbell. If you give yourself this little time in the morning to dress up, you will feel like a fairy all day long.
Also, there is nothing boosting the confidence as the favorite dress of yours and a little bit of makeup. After this you can rule the world! Unexpected guests, spontaneous coffee with your friend or again this courier (how many packages have you ordered this week, girl?! 😂) – nothing will scare you anymore.
Bonus: Your husband will come home and you will see pure awe in his eyes. Why is it that we dress up for each other while dating and stop once married? Let’s rebel against it.
3. Pure joy
Think about your favorite dress that you wore for the party with your girlfriends. You love this piece of clothes and you feel so nice it in, right? What if I told you that you can wear a pretty dress every time you want – without waiting for the special occasion.
I stick to the rule “Wear only clothes that bring you joy”. Imagine that you feel this sprinkle of joy everyday, choosing pretty clothes from your clothes and arranging your hair nicely.
The gloomiest day can be overcame with the happiest outfit. So, what are you waiting for? 🙂
4. Kura domowa syndrome defeated
If you’re reading my blog for a while, you know that kura domowa is an impolite way of calling a housewife (literally means “house chicken” in Polish).
But let me tell you, instead of being stereotypical woman cooking dinner while holding a broom in one hand with stains on her T-shirt and faded leggings… You can be a stunning housewife and simply feel wow.
Look how much the outfit changes.
5. Self-care
There isn’t more underestimated gesture of self-care than putting on cute clothes. Look, you pick a nice outfit, then spend few minutes on makeup and hair – this communicates “I like and respect myself” because you find time for making yourself looking good by figuring out how to look good at home. Okay, this sentence did not make much sense haha But I’m sure you know what I indented to write – you’re smart.
Remember when mum used to dress you up for church? Now this is you dressings yourself up for another beautiful day. Because everyday is a church day and everyday is a celebration day!
Okay, do how to look good at home?
Easy peasy. Since you know how to feel good, you will certainly know how to look good at home. But let me give you some hints and tested tricks so we can go through the makeover at home process together.
First of all, reserve minimally 11 minutes for yourself every morning. Not 2 to slide into the leggings and put your hair into a messy bun, but 11. It is not that much! Let me show you my exact strategy of looking good at home every.single.day.
- Cute underwear and outfit – 2 mins
- Hairstyle – 3 mins
- Mini make up – 4 mins
- Jewerly and perfume, duh – 1 min
Cute underwear and outfit
I pick and prepare my outfit the night before (yup, that’s the missing 1 min that you spotted :)). I make sure that I have everything I need – to avoid panic attack in the morning realizing that the things that I need for this set are currently spinning in the washing machine.
Remember – home is a great place for fashion experiments… but in moderation.
Also, remember about the magic of the underwear. I love this part of choosing my pretty outfits for home – I can look modest on the outside, but then… well, feel sexy under it. Like, really. If we want our husbands to buy us Victoria Secret’s underwear, we need to actually start liking wearing nice lingerie under pretty housewife’s outfits. So this boring babushka like panties – leave them for your period.
I am sure you have some pretty clothes in your closet – let your sweats rest and give a chance to your other clothes. It takes just around 1 minute to pick a cute dress and a nice underwear set, and 2 mins to put it on (you know, these straps are pretty time consuming haha).
Hairstyle
I am not a hair stylist – I know how to take care of hair when it comes to shampoos, oils and conditioners but a simple braid is all I can do. I balance my life 60% loose, nicely-combed hair, 30% ponytail/bun, 10% bird nest. What is a bird nest? Well, basically any attempt of making a cool, complicated hairstyle.
This ratio might differ in your case – maybe your bird nests are actually nice and they look like Bridgerton’s hair – then chapeau bas! Important thing is, to give this 3 mins of attention to your hair – they are your crown and you are the queen, remember?
I do not style my hair. It’s not that I can’t! Okay, I do not know how to style it, but ah well. I comb them, put the oil on the ends and that’s it. And it looks good (ok, majority of the times ;)). I simply fixed them so now I do not have to spend much time on them. If you like to play around with different hairstyles, catch this inspo.
Messy buns can be cute but I think we can appreciate our beautiful hair if we serve them some variety once in a while 😉
Mini make up
If I could use only one make up product for the rest of my life, that would be a mascara. It does make a difference! If it is decent, it can really make your pretty eyes pop up.
My make up routine is very simple – fill the gaps in the eyebrows, put some colorful eyeshadows (forget blending, I am not a pro), occasional eyeliner, mascara and a lip-gloss/lipstick. It takes me exactly 3 minutes (yup, I checked it). Of course, if you like to play around or you – oh gosh, I ma so jealous – know how to blend, then go for it.
I like playing with make up and I encourage you to try it too. Colors, lines, patterns – the possibilities are limitless. And a decent amount of bright yellow eyeshadow can for sure make not only your day, but day of people around you. Even if it is only AliExpress courier 🙂
Jewelry and perfume
These two are like the cherry on the cake. Sometimes, literally. I have a cute earrings that look like cherries 🙂
This is always a cute addition to sprinkle your great outfit, nice hair and cute make up with some jewelry. It does not have to be expensive though! 94% of my jewelry are pieces from Pepco. I am not into gold and silver that much – I have my wedding and engagement ring and that is pretty much enough for me. But if it is your vibe, go for it! You can wear gold everyday if you want, queen.
Also, perfume. I always wondered, why people use perfumes to go outside. Why they do not want to smell nicely for themselves? (Well, Marysia, maybe because you stop smelling your own perfume after a while, silly). I use perfume at home too. Not my favorite special one but the daily, cute enough one. See the difference? 😂
I hope now you know how to look good at home. Probably you more less knew, but I hope I motivated you to do so more often. That’s what I am here for – to help and support you, my friend.
I am curious – which of the tricks will you try tomorrow to look good at home? 🙂
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