feel beautiful

Has anyone watched this show? I’m telling you, it will absolutely change your perspective. It’s really thought provoking and it shows just how warped our opinions (of ourselves) can truly be at times.

The episodes are pretty short and they have a bunch online. They are for any woman out there who has ever compared themselves to someone else and trashed themselves for it. It isn’t your typical makeover show.

Trust me – watch one or two. You will be glad you did.

http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/how-to-look-good-naked/video

One quick snapshot can turn your view of yourself updside down.

I always duck out of pictures with the claim I am “unphotogenic”. Granted, it is based on evidence. There are some truly horrid pictures of me floating around untagged on Facebook… and the photographic documentation of my teenage years is not for the faint of heart.

But, a friend snapped this pic of me and told me I looked glamorous in it. I think it is a far cry from glamorous, but I look at this picture and I see a little bit of me in there.

Its nice to look at a picture and feel like you can see yourself for once.

:)

Wish I had a picture, I just got a new haircut! I haven’t cut my hair in years, and I finally took the plunge. I lost about 6 inches so it falls at my bustline, and got cute sideswept bangs. My stylist was so nice, and she asked me questions about what I wanted the whole time because I was so nervous.

My roomies came with me to ‘hold my hand’, and afterward we went shopping. Guys were checking us out the whole time, which was flattering.

I felt like a bombshell! I love it, and I feel so great about myself right now. Everyone says it’s supercute. I’m glad I did it.

I felt gorgeous today!

:)

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty – they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.

_{Martin Buxbaum}

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul’s own doing.

Marie Stopes

I feel a lot prettier when I think about the good things, the things I like about myself. Focusing on the bad only brings you down, and everyone should find something positive to like about themselves! So I am going to start complimenting myself instead of being critical. Beautiful isn’t about the way you look to other people, it is about the way you feel about yourself. Everyone has natural beauty, it is ridiculous to compare yourself to others and say you have none. You can be outside the societal standards of beauty, and still be individually beautiful. Everyone is unique, and uniqueness the most special and beautiful thing about you. It is ok to be you, and to like yourself the way you are. It is ok to think good things about yourself.

I love my dark brown eyes, and long brunette locks. If one day I were to lose these things though, I would still be beautiful because I would still be a unique and special person.

I can see it in my boyfriends eyes, when he sees me after a week apart. He tells me I’m super cute even on bad days: no makeup, tatty tee, mussy hair and everything, and he still thinks I’m adorable.

When will I look in the mirror and see that beautiful woman he sees reflected back? The funny thing is, some days I see her: A girl who can have anything she wants because she glows inside and out. A lovely confident person, who feels as pretty as she looks.

People tell me I am beautiful, but the thing is—it matters a whole lot more when you tell yourself. You can have a whole string of compliments, and they won’t add up to more than your own opinion. I will try to be positive about myself, because nothing is sexier and more beautiful than a confident woman who knows she is ‘all that’.

All the natural beauty in the world can’t make you feel good about yourself if all you depend on is what others see of you. It what you see of you.