what are your top tips for making yourself feel good about the way you look??

[nappyaddict]

here are mine:

always wear nice underwear/nightwear
always wear good fitted clothes - never too tight. better to be a bit on the loose side
always wear nice shoes and always polished
always wear perfume
always have styled hair
use a nice face and body moisturiser every day
accessorise with jewellery, belts, scarves, bags etc
little bit of lippy, blusher, eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara goes a long way
always have painted finger/toe nails
get your eyebrows threaded for the best shape
get your eyelashes tinted
shave arm pits every day in shower and also legs if you don't wax them.
don't wear trainers or tracksuit bottoms unless you are planning on doing any actual exercise.
never wear anything with a cartoon character on it.

oh and always make sure to reapply lippy throughout the day. a touch up of your make up in the afternoon is usually benefecial aswell.

lifes too short for all of that.

Not looking in a full length mirror.

Surround yourself with munters.

can you retitle this thread 'how to make chiefcook feel thoroughly depressed about how little time she spends on any of the things on the following list'?

Never have time for all that! As long as I wash and dry my hair every day then it makes me feel better. Rarely wear perfume at the minute, not while my DD is so young anyway.

Are you serious?

me too re hair

good haircut and colour
pearly white teeth
excellent boulder holder(bra)
plenty of sleep works better than disguising with slap
drink lots of water
wear clothes that suit your body shape- don't stray into trendy thinking it will make you look younger.

you are a bit high maintenance for me
i have never would never shave legs well idont need to
i wear comfy stuff and dress for situation
pluck eyebrows..only underneath
am clean shower and bathe, with, on whole clean clothes..
wear stuff that suits me and situ (see above)
lippy and perfume tis enough
well for me

do you all colour your hair?
are you all very very old?

Exrta long paper bag worn 24/7

do pedicures esp in winter
fresh breath
lots of water
sleep
good diet
excercise
i agee cremolafoam

how very dare you 42 is not old.
colour is less important than cut.
a decent cut vcan take years off you and make you feel fabulouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus

have coloured my hair since 14!
its highlights now

some of us dont NEED to colour

No wonder I feel such a bloody mess then

cremolafoam - LOL at boulder holder

I hear brown paper bags are very in this year.

DO NOT LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR NAKED

it really is that simple for me. i am ok with how i look until i see actual flesh.

That's because your blue, sparkly eyeshadow distracts people from looking at your grey roots. I only colour for shine (ahem)

That's because your blue, sparkly eyeshadow distracts people from looking at your grey roots. I only colour for shine (ahem)

F**king computer

the key point missed in the OP is that feeling good about how you look and actually looking good are not the same thing.

I don't do half the things in the OP and still feel good about how I look.
I think this has a lot to do with being mostly happy with body shape, natural hair colour, eyebrow shape etc so I don't think I need to tweeze, dye etc to look good.

I may be fooling myself, however .

nappyaddict: sounds to me you are not happy with the way you look - because you are spending so much effort in augmenting it.

Having clean hair, feeling healthy and energetic are when I feel happiest about the way I look.

smile
sleep
sex