personal branding

breast cancer care… 5 top tips to use colour positively

As you will have known last month was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I was honoured to be asked by Pink Ribbon Lingerie to write two blog posts for this very special time. (Day 23 into my 30 blogs in 30 days challenge!)

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bbc radio wales interview… do men who wear pink shirts really earn more?

Today’s blog is my surprise call from BBC Radio Wales this morning wanting to hear my thoughts on an article featured in today’s Daily Mail entitled ‘The power of pink: Men who wear shirts of that colour earn £1,000 a year more than those who don’t’ (Day 22 into my 30 blogs in 30 days…

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business branding colours… what are you saying when you wear pink

Companies who have a staff uniform are looking to gain maximum brand recognition and brand awareness, and it helps the staff be easily identifiable. Those companies who wear pink uniforms are looking to instil the feeling of being helpful in a caring, nurturing way. This not only instils these positive characteristics in their staff but…

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is blue her majesty’s favourite colour…?

This year the UK is awash with celebrations marking Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth’s  amazing 60 years on the throne. Vogue Magazine has put together a colour review of her outfits from the past 12 months. Today just happens to be her 86th birthday, so what better day to look at her year in colour.

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Personal Branding colours…. what are you saying when you wear blue

Companies who wear blue uniforms are looking to instil trust, integrity, and authority. This is not only to instil these feelings for their staff but for their customers too.

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personal branding colours…. what are you saying when you wear purple

If one colour oozes opulence, decadence and luxury it has to be purple.   No surprise it was favoured by early royalty. Given they saw themselves as God’s representatives on earth, purple communicates, on a psychological level, a connection with the higher spiritual self.

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personal branding colours…. what are you saying when you wear red

If you want to been seen, be noticed, then you can’t go past the colour red. It’s literally shouting for attention ‘look at me!’ Red isn’t a colour for the faint hearted or for the shy, retiring violet. But it will certainly be a colour to bring them out of their shell!

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personal branding colours…. what are you saying when you wear orange

When you think about all the colours you wear or see others wear in the work environment, orange is probably the colour you are least likely to see. Why is that?

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personal branding colours… how to stand out at this year’s work christmas party

It’s that time of year. You’ve received your invitation to your work Christmas party.  You’re all excited… but have you given any thought to what colour are you going to wear?

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personal colours – is black slimming…?

In Western society, designers, media and retailers often state black is slimming, yet they don’t explain what they base this on… This got me thinking about the properties of black in relation to this commonly held belief.

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