I have:
- Thin, fine, straight hair, mousey in colour, that grows at a snail's pace and seems to snap with the slightest provocation. (And is now greying, at 27!) It is the BANE OF MY LIFE and I am always sighing over people with lovely epic tresses
- Hypoplastic teeth with some that just never came through, meaning they're spaced and some of them are spindly and it's so hard to keep them white.
- Milk bottle pale skin which looks OK if it's clear and nice, but ANY amount of acne, sleep deprivation, sun damage etc. shows up like crazy and takes forever to fade
- Bendy nails so I could never have talons (not that I want them, but still...)
- A naturally quite slim figure, but not one that has ever looked good in a bikini, even when there wasn't an ounce of fat on me. Looked nice when clothed, but scrawny when unclothed, and a sort of round belly even when I was skinny as a rake. I'm now 10-14lbs heavier than that and although I'm right in the middle of the Healthy BMI, the weight sits horribly on my frame, it's all spare tyre, flabby upper arms and a bit of a double chin.
I actually scrub up OK if I say so meself, but it's constant work. Hair needs to be styled to look like anything; nails manicured; teeth have been invisaligned even to just look "normal" (as opposed to perfect, and I didn't get the bottom ones done which I should have); SPF 50 all year round and constant fingers crossed / tips and tricks to avoid breakouts; desperate to lose those extra pounds so I don't look a fright in my wedding photos, etc. I would love to be able to be less of a slave to it all.
I feel like some of my friends look like Thoroughbreds beside me. One in particular is such an English Rose, hair sprouting in gorgeous masses out of her head, strong straight teeth, pale but in a lovely rosy way, and never had a pimple in her life; AND although she carries more weight, it all seems to go into a gorgeous hourglass
Not looking for tips as such, just wondering if anyone else feels similarly disadvantaged by their genetics and wants to commiserate!