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Authentic star power for women entrepreneurs from Style Expert + Success Strategist Sharon Haver
Success + style expert videos for women entrepreneurs helping you and your business get out there! Welcome to my video page library with the best of my Youtube how-to videos to help you elevate your life, business and style! Since I've had an online business since 1999, I love to help women entrepreneurs with success strategist tips that take my style expert advice to the next level beyond their fashion but to step into their brand star power with these how to videos. Don't forget to subscribe in YouTube so you'll know when new videos are released. The Videos Focus on Style Quick Tips #FoSQuickTips - Unedited, on-the-go, slice of life shortcuts to elevate your life, business & style each

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Discount Designer Style Tips- Life secrets for looking great on the cheap(er)

Honestly, this is one of my favorite posts...  Some kid's went to summer camp, I went shopping at discount stores (ok, some trips too)!  I consider myself lucky to have had a mother who from a very early age instilled in me the virtues of looking the best you can with any budget and who taught me how to seek out the best deals. I never (like to) pay full price for anything if there is a saving alternative! For this week's continuing reprise of some of my greatest evergreen material leading up to the 15th anniversary year of FocusOnStyle online, I want to spend this week’s review looking back at how you can get the best deals on great fashion.  Don't forget to tell

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How to get out of a rut [LIVE video]

How to get out of a rut
I decided to do an impromptu Facebook Live on Friday because I keep getting asked about how to get out of a rut. Actually, I wasn't directly asked. It's that the real answer to so many little, piecey questions drills deeper than the surface of "what dress to I wear," "what shoe do I wear," but rather it's getting in touch with your core values of what inspires you. Without fully living a life with eyes wide open you are capping your inspiration, you are holding yourself back from moving forward, you are cutting yourself off from the joy that is all around us. When I talk to many women in flux during a Get Style call I notice that they have

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How To Make Your Outfit More Interesting With These 5 Tricks

It's that time of the season when we all want a little fashion boost and not quite sure how to get it. Sure, as of this post, there are plenty of things on sale to add a pop to your wardrobe, but sometimes we find newness in the details of how we style ourselves. I was on a One-on-One call with a business style coaching client the other day and as we were virtually going through her closet, we discovered so many varied ways to wear the "same" things she was more than comfortable wearing (or sick of), and she suddenly became alive when we freshened up wardrobe with just a few easy styling hacks. So I thought I would

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What Color Should I Wear?

What color should I wear is a question that I am frequently asked as a fashion + style expert. I've been traveling a lot lately and meeting many bright and savvy entrepreneurs at business conferences who are totally stymied when it comes to how they present themselves. Color is one of their biggest roadblocks when it comes to creating a chic and professional image. One woman told me that she saw an image consultant who told her to wear brown and apricot as it reflected her soul. Really??? No wonder this poor woman couldn't find a thing to wear and when she did she looked like the thing that brown best represents. Here's the truth about color and style,  if

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Dress for Success: What Defines Your Style?

What really defines your style?  You've thought about it, and we've spent over 15 years online helping you explore the true meaning of style. And with summer just around the corner, what better a time for style motivation as the new season approaches?    If you crave some more style motivation, don't forget to check out my Daily StyleWORD here on FocusOnStyle. In this stylist advice post, I want to recap what I said to Tina Ann from San Juan Capistrano, CA during a free FocusOnStyle Insider's Community call the other evening. The best way to always be in the know is to be on The List. So get on it! -S.H. Click To Register: Don't Miss My F.R.E.E. Dress For The Success You

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Business Style Update: Three Ways to Upgrade Your Style Now Even If Fashion Is Not Your Thing

I was at a business retreat this weekend with fellow women entrepreneurs who suddenly found themselves in the spotlight. Sounds great, right? Nope. These otherwise smart, savvy and successful women looked like deer in headlights when it came to how they present themselves.  Simply because they never really thought about it before. It just was not their thing. And now, they felt insecure, irrelevant, inappropriate and out of touch. It doesn't have to be that way. Even if style doesn't come naturally to you, looking pulled together and relevant is mandatory if you want to be perceived as someone who has made it in your profession. Style can be intimidating if  you're afraid to take the chance. It’s so easy to

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Repeat Offender – Wear something you haven’t worn in a month, A NEW WAY

As the balmier days of the season come to a close, it's time to wear something on repeat, but refreshed for one last wear. Those rethink it moments: And why not? With many of your go-to winter closet constants about to make way for the spring season ahead, consider the possibilities of one last wear, rethought for a sartorial boost. And whether you've been paying attention to our classic foundation mantra or not, you'll have no problem translating a key piece with ease with these simple cues. >>DISCOVER: A world of Expert Stylist Advice Before you bid adieu to your winter finery, go through your wardrobe and pick a favorite item from each category and pull them out front and

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11 Fashion Fixes To Dress To Look Slimmer Now… Without Going To The Gym

Dress To Look Slimmer
Go on a fashion diet to dress to look slimmer now. Did you wake up feeling a little puffy today? No worries. Blame it on the time of year, time of month, or timing of that matcha tiramisu that moved the needle up on the scale. Fake a hot body with these quick stylist tips to look slimmer. All you need to do is adjust the way you get dressed. It's the easiest diet in town! In fact, it's so simple that you may just want to incorporate these style tricks into your everyday dressing. 11 Quick Ways to Dress to Look Slimmer Now... Look Slimmer Tip 1: Suck It In- You may not want to go full-on Spanx everyday but tights

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Your Personal Style In A Time of Life Transitions

Top 3 ways to know when to transition your style as you move along in your life It's been a heady transformative week at my house for sure. My son received early acceptance to his first choice college! I'm beyond thrilled that his hard work paid off and he will have the opportunity to have the advanced education so that my crazy talented kid can live out his dream of becoming a feature filmmaker. The absolute joy is palatable as not only is his major highly competitive but it is also the university where my father proudly graduated so emotions are going full circle. Okay, I have to also admit that as a family, we are also rather relieved that

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Personal Branding 101: What about those phonies?

Style + Success: Let's get real for a moment, please... After all, it's about you. So let's get into personal branding 101. Have you ever dreamingly followed an online lifestyle guru, marketing coach or business mentor who appears to have both a "perfect" life and an enviable thriving business? She surely must have the magic touch from the stream of manufactured social media and personal branding images on her web site. Perfect-istas are usually recognizable by their soft focus social media photos of them decadently biting a cupcake (if they're American), or a macaroon (if they're wannabe French). Perfectly positioned next to the sinful sugary treat is a well-lit green smoothie waiting to be consumed from a mason jar. A gastronomic oxymoron of

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Closet Overhaul 101: What about the clothes you don’t wear

1-2-3, PURGE! I was talking to some of my mom friends the other day about making the best use of what we already own.  A few of us got together and the conversation about spring cleaning turned towards rethinking ways to coordinate or style up the clothes, shoes, accessories, and bags that sit in our closet and never really get worn, or even lost in the mix. So, the big question became a riff about the clothes you don't wear rather than the ones do wear, and why not. The Big Ouch: One of the stacks from my recent purge of shoes that don't feel quite right after wearing them for an hour or so. Yes, there are absolutely a

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Style Motivation Week! Abundant Style Mantras- 10 Ways to Make the MOST of What You’ve Got

Madrid Fashion Week
What a better time for style motivation than a summer spotlight as the fun season wraps up so you have the time to get back in gear for fall?  I've pulled these style mantras to move you back in focus  to feel more inspired about yourself.  If you crave some more style motivation, don't forget to check out my Daily StyleWORD here on FocusOnStyle or on Pinterest. -S.H. Abundant style is having a wardrobe that WORKS for you; not the fantasy you get lost in.   Case in point: Pretty fabulous outfit here. It got your attention. But it is NOT what abundant style is all about. Not in my book at least. The party outfit pictured is gorgeous - and flashy-

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