Look Breathtaking
This article is for every girl that wants to look breathtaking for whatever the reason may be. Read on and good luck!
Contents
Steps
Sleep
- Get enough sleep. Sleep does wonders for your skin, your well-being, and even your confidence, which is important in looking good. Ever wonder why it's called beauty sleep?
Weight
- Have a healthy weight. Remember, the right weight for you depends on your body (bones, height, etc), not on what you want. Look at a weight index; this will have the healthy weight range for your height. Decide if you should be on the low, middle or high end depending on your bone size. This might take a lot of time, but it is worth it. Find a healthy way to do this. You may want to try the following steps, or even better, follow a healthy diet.
- Exercise. Set goals. Walk at least 2,000 steps or go biking. Even after you've reached your desired weight, keep up the good work to maintain a healthy weight.
Eating Habits
- Eat fruit and high fiber food for breakfast instead of greasy, fried or fatty food. Any fruit will do, like apple, peach, mango, or banana. A bowl of high fiber cereal, a whole grain muffin, bagel, or English muffin, scrambled eggs, yogurt, granola, and cottage cheese are also good choices. If you drink milk, have low fat, fat free, skim or soy milk.
- Eat healthy snacks throughout the day. Refrain from eating foods high in calories and fat. 100-calorie packs are OK, but it's better to eat fruits, carrot or celery sticks. Little healthy snacks during the day gives you needed energy and prevent you from binging. Some good snack ideas are:
- roasted almonds
- skim mozzarella cheese
- a fresh-fruit Smoothies
- butter free popcorn
- low-fat frozen yogurt
- any fresh fruit or vegetable
- a small salad
- a whole wheat pita
- low-sodium pretzels
- baked chips
- A bowl of high fiber cereal
- light yogurt
- whole wheat crackers
- black bean tortilla chips and salsa
- dark chocolate (not too much!)
- low fat cottage cheese
- Eat six small meals a day. Most nutritionists agree six smaller meals per day are better than three meals a day. A good way to get six small meals is to take your three meals and cut them in half.
- Eat a small healthy meal in the middle of the day. This meal can consist of a meat or tofu and several healthy snacks.
- Eat a nutritious dinner. For dinner, you need to have a protein, like meat, fish, or tofu, and two healthy sides like beans, vegetables, or potatoes.
Hair
- Get a Find a Good Haircut. Choose something that's classic and never will be out of fashion, such as long straight hair, which is always okay. Don't get something that's in style if it doesn't fit your face.
- Wash your hair regularly. Greasy hair doesn’t look good on anyone.
- Use a deep conditioner once a week to keep your hair in tip top condition. Get highlights to look sun kissed.
Skin
- Take care of acne. If you have acne, see a dermatologist as soon as possible. It will be the best investment you ever make.
- Tweeze, shave, or wax any unwanted hair. If you aren’t sure you can do this on your own ask a friend or go to a salon.
- Your skin is a huge impression. Use products that are specialized for your skin, and wash your face twice a day.
- To relieve your pores and your skin as a whole, use a facial peel and then a facial mask once a week.
- Moisturize. Every morning and night, use a body lotion to moisturize your body and make your skin soft. Go for non-greasy lotion for your face.
- Apply perfume. Have a perfume for everyday and a perfume for special occasions. It is good to have an everyday perfume just to smell nice!
- Get a decent tan. During the cold months use a quality sunless tanner or get a spray tan so you aren't damaging your skin! During the warmer months, go outside with a proper SPF on. Use shimmer lotion for dark skin.
Makeup
- Makeup.
- It's best for darker-skinned girls to flaunt flashy colors. As for blonds, they should use pastel colors, whereas brunettes should use "earth colors". Also, browns and gold are best for blue eyes, purples and violets for green eyes, and blues for brown eyes.
- Smokey eyes look perfect on everybody! However, pay attention to the colors you choose.
- Use concealer to cover up spots such as bags or acne. Don't overdo it, though!
- Use mascara. Make sure your mascara doesn't clump, because clumping looks too unnatural.
- Use rouge. Bronze your cheeks and nose in the summer. Ask an assistant in the store to help you with this. Gloss your lips to make them look juicy and full.
- Use foundation if your skin is bad. Ask for help in the make-up store for the color that suits you.
- Accentuate your skin. Try on the different colors on your wrist to find which one accentuates your looks best while looking most natural. Pick a livelier color for your most prominent and beautiful facial feature.
Clothes, Shoes, and Accessories
- Clothes.
- Have a LBD (little black dress), a white t-shirt and a good pair of jeans. Those are your basics. They go with anything. For example, the LBD can be paired with red pumps and a wide red belt to make a super-cute IN outfit!
- Look in fashion magazines and find outfits you love and look around in inexpensive stores for look-a-like items.
- Buy more accessories than clothes because accessories are the personal touch you give to things, and that is more important than fashion itself.
- If you wear skirts or dresses and don't have the nicest legs, use leg make-up, nylons, or avoid shorter skirts/dresses.
- See what looks good on you rather than blindly following what you see in the latest fashion magazine. Skinny jeans may be in but if you don't have the shape to carry them off, you will end up being a fashion victim.
- Pick-the-Right-Shoes Shoes can make or break the outfit, so pick wisely.
- Have your shoes match a small accent in your outfit, like if you have a red belt, wear red shoes. It you have a wide visible green hem, wear green shoes.
- Wear high heels. It gives you a sexy feeling, it makes your butt, and legs look better. If you can't walk in them, ask someone who can to teach you before you ever wear them out in public and start with shorter heels.
- Have some sneakers or flats for the days you have to run, or the days when you simply aren't in the mood for sore feet.
- Always carry a matching Buy a Handbag for Work with you. You should carry these things in your handbag:
- Water. Drinking water will make your skin radiant and healthy.
- A small mirror (to check your makeup and hair)
- Wet wipes
- Make-up remover
- A mobile phone
- Money
- Keys
- Perfume
- Make-up
- A notepad and pen
The Walk
- Walk tall. Pretend there is an invisible string gently pulling you upwards from the top of your head.
- Shoulders back, chest out, tummy in, head held high and smile. Don't overdo it or you will just look arrogant.
- Good posture does more for you than you will ever know. It shows confidence, and gives your body a more beautiful and natural shape.
Tips
- Don't wear high heels if you can't walk in them.
- Beauty comes from inside, so if you are happy with yourself you will show happy and that is very attractive. To be happy with yourself you should find something you like to do and do that once or twice a week. You should sport, travel, work in a place you like, surround yourself with loving supporting and positive people, overcome your fears but taking small risks that will give you confidence (such as talking to people you don't know), you can start reading history books (sounds boring but it is good for your brain), you can learn a new language. Don't focus just on fashion, do other things!
- Drink plenty of fluids as it will help reduce puffiness and spots.
- Keep the shape of your eyebrows neat - waxed or threaded. Eyebrows can completely change your face!
- Have a pleasing presence. your sexiness should come out in your behavior as well. Be courteous and graceful. Be interesting. Be lovely and innocent. Be cool and mysterious. Be clever and witty. Be funny and entertaining.
- Look hard at yourself in the mirror and try to identify your best features. Then highlight them!
- Invest in a good nail color. Buy a pretty shade of a natural rosy color, they look healthy yet beautiful.
- When you go shopping, wait until you’re the weight you want. If you go when you are still losing weight, the clothes will no longer fit in a few weeks.
- If you have bad acne-prone skin you can go on a special diet to reduce acne and dark marks.
- Sleep with your head at an upward angle, it helps reduce puffiness around your eyes by keeping fluids in your skin from settling around them.
- Always eat breakfast. Breakfast helps improve your weight and provides you with energy for the rest of the day.
- If you've read this, and thinking, "I can't do this!” it's okay! Who cares what you look like? Your inner beauty counts.
- Know who you are and what you are standing for. That will make you so sexy and attractive!
- Live everyday like it is your last one. Enjoy everything about life; don't focus so much about your looks.
- Figure out what works with your body shape. Magazines can be helpful.
- Don't wear tight shirts if you're bigger, boys hate it!
- Fake lashes are cool for parties. Make sure you know how to put them on before going out in public, as it may be embarrassing to have half of it on your eyebrow instead of the edge of your lid.
- Don't apply mascara to bottom lashes, unless you are doing a smoky eye.
Warnings
- Don't get obsessed with the way you look, you won't be a nice person to hang out with and your friends will leave you. Moreover, what is a life without friends?
- Health is more important than beauty, happiness as well.
- Don't use too much makeup - it may look cakey. It can also make your skin lose it's natural glow if you apply too much. Makeup stores often have days when makeup professionals from companies come and can show you how to apply their makeup.
- Only use red lipstick if it suits you. You don't want to look like a clown. Ask an assistant in a make-up store for lipstick advice.
- Prevent Anorexia is extremely dangerous and is never the answer to weight loss. Bulimia is not good either. DON'T DO IT! If you haven't already, get help. Usually, it is very difficult for anorexics and bulimics to cure themselves without help.
