If you could go back in time and...................

[BerryBlast]

give the 14 year old you one piece of beauty advice what would it be ?

Mine would be - always use a moisturiser with a SPF.

Told this little gem to my DD at the weekend and I thought there's got to be some other ones I'm missing and thought "I know who to ask".... over to you now S and B Ladies

[MyDaydream]

Don't die your hair black and watch out, grandma becomes a bit of a feeder when she retires.

[ProfessorDent]

Use antibiotics like Minocin to get rid of acne rather than faffing about with different creams and health tips forever. Just go to the doctor and get him prescribe it. Don't just wait for acne to fade away in time...

Yes, sunlight helps with zits but do make sure you use a water-based suncream if you want to avoid lobster looks.

Pick clothes that match your colouring, in my case sort of stone coloured, khaki stuff, not blues or reds.

[Scarletohello]

Oh and one more... Don't worry that you don't go brown, stay out of the sun and when u r 47, you'll look ten years younger than all those bronzed sun worshippers!!

[Scarletohello]

Get your colours done ( black doesn't suit you and it doesn't make you look slim either )

Accept that you have wavy frizzy hair, huge boobs and find ways to work with them

Oh, and as a former brunette ( now blonde due to having grey hair), its true, blondes DO have more fun...!

[MiauMau]

I wish that I could go back in time and hug my 14 year old self and tell her (me?) that everything was going to be alright

[WinkyWinkola]

Sun block always on the face, throat and backs of hands. Then fake tan. Factor 30 for the rest.

Try to forget what you look like. Mascara and lip gloss is really enough for youth.

Keep everything simple. Keep some things to the imagination. There is no rush.

Then enjoy yourself and forget how you look.

[MirandaGoshawk]

@ smellylittleorange

[Amazinggg]

You are gorgeous, really genuinely so. You don't attract male attention because of your brain, you fool, they don't give a shite about that. So look after yourself and don't sleep with the first prick who compliments you.

And please be gentle to your skin, keep it clean, wash and moisturise twice a day and go to a doctor for harsh drugs to get rid of the acne. It will revolutionise how you see yourself.

And just... Dunno. Believe you're worth it, or summat.

[Jux]

To my 14 yo self - actually you're pretty bloody lovely as you are so believe in yourself (and you're not fat either).

That'll do.

I wouldn't have believed me though

[Fillyjonk75]

I think the main message would be to tell my teenage self I was not fat but just to get a decent sports bra and trainers and start running earlier than 21 and how to do it. Also to chill the fuck out. Boys do like you.

Actually my mum said most of these things, my dad tried to take me running so it would probably have made not one jot of difference!

My mum took me to a pamper evening at 13 and from then on I was pretty hot on the old cleanse, tone and moisturise.

[MiauMau]

Stop worrying about what other people think of you, being different is good and they are as insecure as you.

[ShotgunNotDoingThePans]

Bra size - don't assume that your boobs getting bigger = a bigger band size. Don't be shy and get measured! You are a 30g not a 36c.

And don't wear your aunty's hand-me-down bras.

[BlueChampagne]

AKiss same here!

Get your bra properly fitted, girl, instead of just jigging around in the changing room.

However, your plucked out eyebrows will return (and a better shape), and well done for persisting with the GP to sort out your acne. By 25 you'll have given up daily foundation.

[dontyouwantmebaby]

My beauty advice would be to: wear what you like and feel comfortable with and don't stress about what other people think. Be yourself and don't feel you have to conform.

(however if you want to conform, that's fine too)

I'd also say remember you are young enough to get away with anything, ANYTHING! outrageous colours/glitters/metallics that (on me anyway) doesn't quite look right when you get to forty something.

[AKissIsNotAContract]

My 14 year old self would be disgusted at the boring conformist I have become. I was planning to be a goth forever.

[NoGoatsToe]

Never start shaving your legs - if you start waxing/epilating the hair will get finer and you won't feel like an ape anymore. Stop worrying about your hairy arms ... Nobody notices.
Ignore your brother ... You do not have a fat arse so you don't need to wear long jumpers all the time.
Don't try to save money by getting your hair permed at the same place your Nan goes. And don't cut your long hair off just to piss your mum off.
Oh... And please go to university instead of getting married at 18!

[YoniTime]

I thought the darkening hair was an age thing!

[OliviaMMumsnet]

I may have gone natural?
I dunno
But the hairs that are there now are nothing like the ones before.

[BerryBlast]

LaQueen we had a windbreak that was silver on the one side and I would sunbathe with that facing me, so to reflect the sun on to my face, which was coated in oil (baby oil ). If you've seen the film "Something About Mary" you'll know what I mean.

I wish I had learnt to sleep on my back and not on my side - with one side of my face "squished" into the pillow. This has resulted in one side of my face, especially around the eye, being a lot more creased that the other side !

[Lonelynessie]

Do not cut a fringe in, just back away from the scissors

[YoniTime]

With the don't shave your legs message, do you mean "go natural" or remove the hair in some other way?

[Jelly15]

Stay, or get to and stay in a healthy weight range and never yo yo diet, your skin won't snap back when you are 40 and lose weight, also learn to love excercise.

[curryeater]

Don't diet. It never ends. 8.5 stone is fine.

[Cocodale]

Deal with facial hair as soon as possible, wish Id had the means to do that earlier.