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Fifteen Tips to Help You Feel Confident and Look Great

These tips will give a great boost to your self esteem
By Carla Snuggs

Looking good helps you to feel great and really aid confidence. So, here are 15 tips to help you do just that.

1. Inner Beauty

True beauty comes from within, it is called inner beauty. If you want to start feeling prettier, it is time to put more of an effort into your looks. Once you begin caring about your appearance, you start to really care for your entire being.

2. Focus on the Positive

Stop focusing on your flaws; instead get excited about your good point. Regardless of what they may be, everyone has great features a cute nose, big green eyes, full lips whatever they may be, take the time to appreciate them.

3. Find Your Favorite Picture

Get out that scrap book and look for that picture where you look your best. Really study it; you will probably start to question why you were putting yourself down in the first place.

4. Soak up Some Sun

Regardless of the time of year, it is important to get some sun; it is a major mood booster. As a matter of fact, in certain Northern European countries where during the winter the sun rarely shines, to fight depression people actually go for light therapy. However make sure that you wear sunscreen because damage from the sun is more depressing than not soaking up the sun.

5. Special Care for Your Skin

It really does show when you pamper yourself, therefore it is important that you commit to better your daily skincare routines. For skin-smoothing results, give yourself an at-home facial.

6. Treat Yourself to the Best

You can really help yourself stop your beauty bashing by trying something new. Look over all the latest foods that can help benefit your looks and treat yourself to them, allow them to go to work for you.

7. Color Your Mood Happy

If you ever feel down about your reflection in the mirror, do not down that black shirt that will perfectly match your mood. Kick yourself back into gear by wearing something bright and colorful. For example, you can add a more energetic color to the spectrum by wearing something red.

8. Bad Hair Days

If you are feeling down due to a bad hair day, hide that hair scare with a hat or scarf and take on an energetic activity, it can be anything as long as it gets your mind off of the idea of trashing your locks.

9. Tone That Body

When you feel fit and are flaunting toned muscles, you definitely like your looks more. So take on a fitness program that fits your level and get a move on it! According to Dr Thomas Pane, there are a number of great treatments to help tone your body and get rid of especially stubborn fat.

10. Feel Pretty From Your Head to Your Toes

Do not just worry about your face; give yourself a little at home pedicure. Feel free to be as wilds as you please, even wear a couple of toe rings. Paint every toe nail a different color, use shades that you may not be ready to try on your hands and even sample some glitter.

11. Have a Girly Glamor Fest

Grab a girlfriend and have some fun, once you see how gorgeous you can be, you will definitely perk up. Have a blast as you get dress and really take it all on with movie star hair dos, fake lashes and glitzy duds, once you're done go somewhere where you flaunt your fabulousness.

12. Get Your Beauty Sleep

Nothing can put you in a real slump like losing sleep. Not only that, sleep deprivation can really take its toll on your entire outlook. You can really give yourself a beauty treat and wake up that perky personality by catching up on some much needed beauty sleep. If you are unable to get your complete eight to nine hours at night, they make it possible for a short nap in the middle of the day.

13. Laugh

After a good laugh, you really can't help but feel great, and one of the beast beauty accessories you could wear is your smile. Talk with your funniest friend, watch a comic movie or show and watch as your spirits rise.

14. Switch up that Hairstyle

Sometimes simply because you have been wearing the same look for too long you start feeling less than your very best. Try changing up your look, for example if you have wondered how you would look with highlights, maybe now is the time to try it.

15. Go for a free makeover

If you go to the makeup counter at your local department store, you can ask for some help with trying on some new colors. If your thing is normally plum shades, as the sales associate to get out those peach tones and try on a completely different look. You will leave donning a fabulous new outlook of your face.