1. Visualise the new you!

According to fashion designer Ashley Rebello, who has styled for films like Page 3, Karam and Shabd, you can get a makeover in a budget of Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000!

However, before doing anything drastic to yourself, you must set some ground rules:

~ Expose yourself to the latest trends by browsing through magazines, fashion web sites and watching television shows based on fashion to educate yourself. "Scout for prototypes of yourself with the same skin tone and body type, so you can visualise the kind of look you want to achieve," says Rebello.

~ Appoint a 'fashion mentor' -- someone with good taste and a sense of fashion -- who could play style guide to you.

~ Choose an icon whose style you admire and somewhat identify with. Note the clothes and accessories they wear.

~ Don't be impulsive, no matter how urgent the need to metamorphose into the swan is. Make well-informed decisions especially where money is involved.