Lets get one thing straight. Its normal to hate your mirror, but hating it all the time is not too good. It's neither you or the mirror (unless its a skinny mirror, grrr) that's to blame for what you see, it is just who you are and you can't help it. Sure, you can change yourself in a million different ways, although some I would NOT recommend! I think that some of us just wish for things and expect them to happen over night; it doesn't matter how often you tell yourself it works, no enchantments will do the job!
When you stand in the bathroom in the morning, you will usually glance in the mirror to check out your morning face. For me, this is when I stare bad with a ridiculous look on my face and say: Why do I look like this? When this happens, people start to pin point out every little thing that is not super model worthy about your face. Maybe its your nose, or your forehead. It could even be a few blemishes and even your chin. For most people, something is never right with their face and let me tell you, it sticks in your head for the rest of your day! Before I go on and talk about makeup, I will say this: make up is not the be all and end all. I wear make up, partly because I like putting it on (a general thing between ladies) and partly because it makes me feel better, knowing that it is covering things up that I don't want people to see. SKINCARE should be your sole focus for getting nicer skin because if you have a rubbish skincare regime, then you will have lots of impurities.
My skin isn't the best in the world but that is because I can get quite oily skin, but I definitely recommend for skincare essentials: a cleanser, toner and moisturiser. I don't use moisturiser too often because I find that sometimes it clogs up your pores but the other two I use religiously. In fact, the actual products I use are The Body Shop tea tree oil collection. I have a cleanser, toner, moisturiser, face mask and blemish brush. The cleansers job is to hydrate and bring out your pores. The toner attacks (not literally) your pores and bring forward and blemishes and the moisturiser keeps your face hydrated throughout the day/night, while also breaking down those blemishes. If you were to do this twice a day, seven times a week, you would get into the routine of good facial hygiene and soon the impurities will start to fade. The face mask has the job of a deep cleanse, and it leaves your face feeling really nice and soft. I would only recommend a once weekly routine for this though as it is quite harsh on your skin.
Ok, so you are cleansed, toned and are feeling better already but then the dreaded FULL LENGTH MIRROR appears before your eyes. There is bits of fat here and bits of fat there; you may also feel like you wished that you looked as though you had a bit more meat on you. I want to get this out in the open, never resort to any extreme diet because lets just say, you may get the intended affect on the outside, your insides will be UGLY! I have to admit, for a long time, I had felt as though I looked horrible in everything I wore and was always worried if people were looking at me but then I started doing little bits of fitness. They say (I don't know who 'they' are but oh well) it is really easy to get into fitness, and let me tell you that it is correct. I started running 5k at my local Parkrun event every Saturday (I will post a link down below) and I also started playing tennis. The thing is, you don't have to be brilliant at stuff like that to be fit and enjoy yourself, you just need to get on with it! Now around six months later, I feel so happy and energised and stuff like running and other sports have become part of my life that I really enjoy. So, when I look in that FULL LENGTH MIRROR, I do not feel half as bad.
Another thing that really works clothing that suits your figure and makes it look flattering. This rule also applies to very tall and very short women/man. For example, if you are very short, its probably not a good idea to wear vertically striped clothing and shop in the petite range and if your'e tall, then shop in the tall section. It sounds easy but its not, I have only just started buying from the petite range (5"1, everyone looks so cool from down here!), after years of feeling upset because my jeans don't fit me how I want them to fit! I know it sounds hard, but you also need to accept if you are a size bigger than you want to be, because you tend to look bigger than you are, when you try to squeeze into clothes that clearly don't fit you! I won't discuss my clothing sizes with you because unless you want to email me about it, you aren't going to share that info with me.
I have really enjoyed writing today's post because I think it is one of those things that is nice to talk about after a day in horrible school/work clothes, that drown you and make you look like you have the figure of a boy! More | SOS Week | tomorrow!
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/
http://www.blogilates.com/
http://www.channel4.com/4beauty/style/dress-for-your-body-shape
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