by Joseph Andrews

Created on: August 10, 2010

Every person, no matter what age, gender, or ethnicity is capable of looking beautiful. In order to look beautiful, you must first think that you are beautiful. Look beautiful in the skin you’re in by using these simple tricks.

                People who radiate beauty have self-confidence. When you stop finding flaws with yourself and start fixing the flaws, that’s when you gain the confidence to be beautiful.

                Increase your confidence, keep your body healthy, and help keep yourself fit. A common flaw people tend to dislike, especially women, is their size. If you are large, or even a super-thin, you have the right to feel beautiful. Your body won’t perform well if you eat poorly and don’t work out. The better you take care of yourself, the more beautiful you feel. An easy way to do this is to find a physical activity that you enjoy, and do that for an hour every day.

                Eating healthy food is the second key to feeling good and looking beautiful.  Chips, Cheetos, and other salty snack foods may taste good, but they are processed and give the body little energy. Look at the ingredients in the food. According to Michael Pollan, author of the classic healthy food book Food Rules, if you don’t know what most of the ingredients are, or they sound scientific, you might want to think twice about eating the food.

                Take the time to feel good and it will make you look good. Take good care of your skin, by washing your face daily and using sunscreen liberally, especially if you are a teenager. Acne-free and clean skin makes you more confident, and can make you look years younger, due people assuming that healthier skin is younger skin.  Before you leave the house every day, lather up with sunscreen and lotion, especially during the hot, sunny summer days. It has been scientifically proven that tans can add years to your age, due to the UV rays that your body absorbs, and is one of the leading causes of skin cancer. (reference 1)

                Being beautiful is also about your mental state, so be happy as often as you can. The happier you are, the longer you live, and the younger you look, so smile and laugh often. Trick yourself into being happy by being optimistic. When you’re having a good day, have a backup memory that makes you smile, and think of that. People are more comfortable around   happy people, and will tend to be happier around you, too. Happiness, like yawning and coughing, is catchy, so brighten up everyone’s day and be happy!

                Eat right, look good, and exercise to make yourself feel great and look wonderful. Feeling good about yourself and feeling confident about being you will make you feel beautiful no matter how bad the day is.

Reference:

EHow: How does skin cancer occur?  URL: , as said on http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4565263_skin-cancer-occ ur.html.

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