https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mirror Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 11:08:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mirror#post-65080 Tue, 12 May 2009 02:16:59 +0000 April 65080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I may chime in on a slightly different mirror-related issue -- always place your mirror so that the light source will be shining on the object to be reflected in the mirror (i.e., you) and not on the mirror itself.</p> <p>For example, if a room has windows on only one wall and you position your mirror opposite the windows, your reflection will appear to be in silhouette and you won't be able to see details clearly when you look in the mirror. If you position your mirror so that when you look in it, the light source is behind or to the side of the mirror, instead of behind *you*, you'll be able to see your reflection much more clearly.</p> <p>Does that make sense? You'll notice on the forum that photos taken with the light source coming from behind the reflected person appear dark and hard to make out. Always put your best mirror where the light can fall on you rather than on the glass. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mirror#post-65025 Mon, 11 May 2009 18:46:18 +0000 Vani 65025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>anne, I actually have two full length mirrors and I still can't find one that shows me exactly how I am (eg the bathroom mirror). The first one I bought from Walmart makes me look much wider than I am, and the second one from Target seems to make look longer and leaner (I love this mirror,lol!) shiny is right about the tilt. Makes a lot of difference. I have found that I need to tilt the two mirrors at different angles to make me look identical in both. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mirror#post-64950 Mon, 11 May 2009 14:07:05 +0000 anne 64950@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for this Shiny! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mirror#post-64641 Sat, 09 May 2009 13:17:22 +0000 shiny 64641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you tilt it against the wall - like you have it now - it will make you look wider. If you tilt it the other direction, it will make you look slimmer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mirror#post-64624 Sat, 09 May 2009 05:21:38 +0000 Christie 64624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, you've never looked anything but slim on camera! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mirror#post-64608 Sat, 09 May 2009 03:04:31 +0000 sinead 64608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anne, the tilt can definitely change your reflection- do not go judge how you look until your mirror is up on the wall. But I have to tell you- even then I've learned mirrors can either add or subtract the pounds. I have a mirror in my bedroom that is "thin"- my daughter's mirror is "thick" (I've heard her friends say "I hate this mirror!"). We'll go back and forth between the two to finally figure out how something really looks. Thankfully there is a decent, better quality mirror downstairs that will give us the truth. I'm not buying anymore cheap mirrors.</p> <p>And I'm realizing as I write this I really need to replace her mirror! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mirror#post-64604 Sat, 09 May 2009 02:38:37 +0000 anne 64604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So I finally bought a full length mirror, as per Angie's post some time ago. We haven't mounted it yet, and it is just tilted against a wall.</p> <p>If I stand straight in front of it, I look ok. If I stand a couple of meters away I look much MUCH fatter.</p> <p>Is there something wrong with the mirror, the tilt or me?</p> <p>(DH says the closer to the mirror I am, the more accurate, so I am hoping that means it isn't "me") </p>