15 TIPS TO HELP YOU FEEL PRETTY
Our beauty maven partners at teenmag.com offer their advice on how you can feel great about yourself from the inside out!
Q: Why, on some days, do I wake up feeling like I look like the Bride of Frankenstein?
A. We 've all been there. Some days we wake up wanting to hide our heads in a bag even though we know our looks haven't drastically changed overnight. These type of scenarios make it clear that feeling pretty is a state of mind, not a state of face. These 15 tips will help you cop a whole new beauty 'tude!
1. Remember that your outer beauty is a reflection of your inner beauty, so start feeling prettier by making an effort to like your looks. When you start caring about your appearance, you begin to take care of your whole being.
2. Instead of focusing on your flaws, get stoked about your plus points. Whatever your good features are (and everyone has them!)your big brown eyes, your cute nose or your full lipstake time to appreciate them. It'll go a long way toward bolstering your beauty confidence.
3. Find your fave photo. Get out your scrapbook and search for that picture that shows you at your best. Take a good look…you'll wonder why you were so down on yourself in the first place.
4. Even though it's winter, soak up some rays. Sunshine's known to be a major mood-booster. In fact, in some Northern European countries where the sun rarely shines during winter, people go for light therapy to fight depression. (But sun damage is even more depressing than sun deprivation be sure to wear sunscreen.)
5. Give your skin some extra special care. When you pamper yourself, it shows. So commit to better daily skincare and give yourself at-home facial for skin-smoothing results.
6. Treat yourself to the latest beauty products. Trying something new can help you put a stop to your beauty-bashing. Check out all the new goodies that can play up your looks and let 'em go to work for you.
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