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Who else is ugly right now in this heat

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greyrocksabove · 13/07/2025 12:04

I am a mess, my hair is just frizz, my face is sweaty and red and my boobs are non stop sweating, same as behind my knees..I do not look good. How do some people look graceful and glowy!

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Somethingsnapped · 13/07/2025 13:13

A wet cotton scarf draped around my neck keeps me feeling comfortable once the weather gets over 30 degrees! I don't wear make up on my face in the heat, only a bit of mascara. And I tend to wear my hair up in a bun, which also helps keep me cool. Red hair too, and pale skin, but I don't think you have to have a tan to look nice in hot weather?

WestwardHo1 · 13/07/2025 13:05

Ifailed · 13/07/2025 12:28

How do some people look graceful and glowy!

Maintain a healthy life-style?

I'm slim, fit and healthy and I look shit in the heat 🤷‍♀️.

Ginger frizz and paper white skin and freckles tend to do that. Curls tend to dry out in the heat. No glowy tan here, I just seem to get paler with bigger freckles. So ner.

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greyrocksabove · 13/07/2025 13:03

I am healthy and slim but still I look a mess. My hair is naturally curly so needs straightening but trying to do that in this heat is futile, the underneath ends up soaking and frizzy! Even my mascara is melting off my face. Tying my hair up makes it look okay initially but then the frizz starts to ping up!

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Smokiejoe · 13/07/2025 12:51

Ifailed · 13/07/2025 12:28

How do some people look graceful and glowy!

Maintain a healthy life-style?

DH is as healthy as a horse, slim and has lovely shiny hair. He is also ginger, like me, and is perpetually sweaty, red, uncomfortable and his curls have turned into a ball of frizz. I don’t think it has anything to do with lifestyle 😂 I’m curvy and don’t worry about fitness or anything and I am sweaty and red- my hair looks nice though.

the80sweregreat · 13/07/2025 12:43

I always look terrible in hot weather. Some people seem to come alive and look cool.

Ifailed · 13/07/2025 12:28

How do some people look graceful and glowy!

Maintain a healthy life-style?