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What Is Dopamine Dressing?

Hello, Darlings! Today’s topic is What Is Dopamine Dressing? A Spring Trend for 2022, I thought the topic needed its own blog post. Dopamine Dressing is dressing for happiness, mood-boosting. COVID lockdowns and continued restriction are bringing somber moods and lots of mental health issues. Feeling good about ourselves starts with self-care, and includes making an effort to get dressed and look good.

It is time to get out of the sweatpants and baggy shirts and take an interest in fashion. My first step into Dopamine Dressing started with a simple Google search for Colorful Clothes.

What Is Dopamine Dressing

What Is Dopamine Dressing

What Is Dopamine Dressing?

Dopamine Dressing is a predicated Spring Trend For 2022. It is dressing with the intention of boosting your mood using color, style, and texture. Color, style, and texture can all have psychological associations tied to memories. Getting out of your comfort zone (and out of those sweatpants/baggy shirts) can actually create a dopamine release.

Dopamine Dressing- Wearing patterns, color or texture that evoke feelings or memories. This crochet duster brings back wonderful memories of my grandmother.
This Crochet Duster is an example of Dopamine Dressing. The pattern and colors of this duster bring back strong memories of my grandmother and the times we spent together. She loved to crochet and knit, spending time trying to teach me. I have fond memories of the many quilts laying around, showcasing her hard work and talent.

Dopamine- The Happiness Booster

Dopamine is a type of neurotransmitter or chemical messenger associated with mood, energy, and focus. It is associated with mental health and too little can lead to many of the mental health issues we see in today’s society. Often called the “happy hormone” a dopamine release can occur when we do things that bring joy or are associated with strong memories – sex, shopping, baking cookies in the oven.

Retail Therapy is REAL. Shopping for new items can create a dopamine release giving you the feeling of happiness.
Retail Therapy is REAL. Shopping for new items can create a dopamine release giving you the feeling of happiness.

This is why Retail Therapy often gives a quick dopamine hit. Feels good to buy something new. But you can increase your dopamine levels by getting enough sleep, exercising, sitting in the sun, yoga, or just listening to music.

Wearing bright bold colors getting outside in the sunshine and exercising will cause a dopamine release.
Wearing bright bold colors getting outside in the sunshine and exercising will cause a dopamine release.

Dopamine Dressing – Pick Colors That Make You Feel Happy

Color is powerful! Wearing certain color can boost your mood, and release dopamine, the happy hormone. Colors also have meanings, some are just made up, others are associated with culture and history. For example, in some cultures wearing black to a funeral is a sign of respect and emphasizes the somber mood. While other cultures will wear white as a sign of purity and respect for the departed and family.

Hot Pink is my "Signature Color". When I wear it I feel pretty, flirty, and full of energy. If I need a mood boost, I reach for the many Hot Pink/Fuchsia items I have in my closet
Hot Pink is my “Signature Color”. When I wear it I feel pretty, flirty, and full of energy. If I need a mood boost, I reach for the many Hot Pink/Fuchsia items I have in my closet.

Color Psychology

Do you associate certain colors with feelings and emotions? What does your favorite color mean? Some of this is a little “mumbo jumbo” but I do find it interesting. For example, I LOVE Hot Pink, I would consider it my signature color. When I wear it I feel pretty and vibrant and full of energy.

Check out the chart below to see what your favorite color represents.

Color Psychology- What does your favorite color represent

Dopamine Dressing- Dressing To Bring Joy

Okay, ladies, it is time to bring out the color. Dopamine Dressing focuses on color, so for Spring 2022, it is time to add color to your wardrobe or start wearing more of the bold and bright colors you already have in your closet. This doesn’t have to be a huge investment, it can simply be adding a colorful scarf to a neutral outfit to give it the POP of color.

Add A Scarf For Easy Dopamine Dressing

Easy Dopamine Dressing- An all-grey outfit is immediately "lifted" with the addition of a scarf in bright colors. Scarves are excellent accessories to help transition from winter to spring.
An all-grey outfit is immediately “lifted” with the addition of a scarf in bright colors. Scarves are excellent accessories to help transition from winter to spring.

Chose A Color That Represents Spring Time And New Birth

 LOVE the freshness of green. This is a color I will be adding more to in my wardrobe this spring. It evokes nature and rebirth, all the things that are so evident as we watch all the new spring growth and flowers emerge after a quite dreary winter.
LOVE the freshness of green. This is a color I will be adding more to in my wardrobe this spring. It evokes nature and rebirth, all the things that are so evident as we watch all the new spring growth and flowers emerge after a quite dreary winter.

Colors Of The Sea Make Me Think Of The Calmness Of The Ocean

The beach is my "happy place" and colors such as turquoise and this Chines Blue are constant reminders of the feelings and memories I associate with my time on the coast. Wearing white makes me feel clean and cool, a freshness.
The beach is my “happy place” and colors such as turquoise and this Chines Blue are constant reminders of the feelings and memories I associate with my time on the coast. Wearing white makes me feel clean and cool, a freshness.

Even Your Favorite Neutral Can Have A Dopamine Effect

 All Black, my happy place! Not just because I feel slimmer in black but I also feel sexy. When I have to dress for an event or even Date Night, black is my go-to.
All Black, my happy place! Not just because I feel slimmer in black but I also feel sexy. When I have to dress for an event or even Date Night, black is my go-to.

Simple Formula For Dopamine Dressing- Add One POP Of Color

Easy Dopamine Dressing -Adding a POP of color to your favorite neutral is an easy way to create an outfit that is uplifting and interesting.
Adding a POP of color to your favorite neutral is an easy way to create an outfit that is uplifting and interesting.
Dopamine Dressing -Feeling Blue in Blue? Not me, blue is not a super energizing color but a color I feel grounded in. Blue is a color I wear to appointments when I need to be calm and secure feeling.
Feeling Blue in Blue? Not me, blue is not a super energizing color but a color I feel grounded in. Blue is a color I wear to appointments when I need to be calm and secure feeling.

Don’t Forget Makeup

Don’t underestimate the “dopamine effect” when you take the time to fix your hair and do your makeup. When was the last time you had a compliment on your hair? If it has been more than a month, then it is time to go and have a new haircut or color. Your hair is one of the first things people see when you walk into a room.

Time to throw away the masks and bring back lipstick. Treat yourself to a new bolder shade this season to go with brighter colors
Time to throw away the masks and bring back lipstick. Treat yourself to a new bolder shade this season to go with brighter colors

During COVID most women got out of the habit of wearing cosmetics. Do you need to refresh your makeup, add new colors? Ladies, it is time to throw away the mask and reach for lipstick again. We need to see those smiles again! To help balance the bolder, brighter colors, you may need a new color of lipstick. Now is a great time to go and “play” in the cosmetics section and treat yourself to some new colors.

Add A Dose Of Dopamine With A Manicure & Pedicure

Treat yourself to a manicure and pedicure, choose a bold bright color for Spring. Lots of colors and classic nude/blush colors to chose from. It feels good to pamper yourself.

Treat yourself to a manicure & pedicure with bold bright colors of Spring

Dopamine Dressing- Dressing For Happiness

There is a mood boost you get when you wear something new and colorful. You don’t have to spend a lot of money, SHOP YOUR CLOSET first, then add a couple of pieces. It might be a simple colorful T-shirt, a scarf, or new lipstick.

Knowing your BEST colors does help. Here are a couple of Color Quizzes you can take to help decide your best colors

Style By Color Quiz– Dominate Color Code

Seasonal Color Analysis Quiz

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