What are the best beauty-related experiences we think every girl should have or do to feel good about themselves every day? Here’s our beauty “bucket list” for some serious inspiration.
- Dye your hair a crazy colour. It can (and often should) be temporary, but it’s really fun to experience life with pink, turquoise, cherry red or even silver-grey hair. If just for a day.
- Get waxed. It’s like they say – beauty is pain. Most waxing isn’t that bad, honestly, and we think having conquered the experience is like a badge of Lady Honour.
- Wear red lipstick. It’s not hard! Wearing a bolder colour can be scary, but just go for it. Nobody will mind. They’re going to be too busy being jealous of your confidence and sexy red lips.
- Find a signature scent. We think every woman should have a fragrance she really, truly loves for a long, long time. You know, the kind that makes ex-boyfriends remember you when they smell it on a stranger.
- Do something out of your comfort zone. Chop your hair off. Paint your nails a colour that you’d never normally try. Do a nude lip instead of a hot pink. Try out a new bar that you never fancied going to before. Whatever it is, it could be something you end up loving.
- Be OK with the way you look au naturale. Believe that you are beautiful. There is nothing more beautiful than that. The most efficient way is by eating a balanced diet and also getting plenty of exercise. Start by walking with friends, taking up dancing, or start to jog around the block every day. Try going make-up free. Lots of make-up is tested on animals and is bad for your skin in the long term.
- Learn who and what makes you feel beautiful. Cherish those things. Maybe even write them down or keep a photo of a special moment, so when you feel terrible, you can go back and remember when you felt the best.
- Learn from your mistakes. So black hair isn’t your best look. Oh well – it’s not permanent.
- Find a “look” that you can pull together quickly and always feel like a slightly more enhanced version of yourself. So that can be doing your brows, mascara, foundation, blush and highlighter and you’re ready to crack on with your day.
- Find a hairstylist who gets you. Once you find him or her, never let them go.
- Find your Holy Grail products. You know – the foundation that makes you look like your face has been filtered, the serum that enhances your curls, the lipstick that makes you feel invincible. Purchase them and re-purchase them, and keep a backup handy just in case they get discontinued.
- Do things that make you feel beautiful. Be charitable. Be kind. Exercise. Be a good friend/wife/sister/daughter/mother. Remember that real beauty is the kind that starts within. It’s cheesy, but it’s true.
Bailey Moss