✧・゜: 10 little things that made me feel pretty this week :・゜✧
hey lovelies! mindy here,
i don’t know if you’ve felt it too, but lately i’ve been so in my head about how i look. not in a full-on spiral way, just a dull background noise of “ugh” every time i catch my reflection. i hate when i forget that beauty isn’t just the mirror, it’s the way i feel when i move, speak, breathe, exist. so this week, i started keeping track of anything that made me feel even 1% prettier, and these are the ten things that worked.
not changing myself. just noticing. soft little shifts. let me share them with you 🤍
⋆.ೃ࿔:･ 1. washing my face with warm water, not hot ･:࿔ೃ.⋆
i used to blast hot water like i was trying to scrub off a personality. this week i slowed down. warm, gentle water. i massaged my cleanser in for a full minute. patted dry. my skin looked calm, not red. i looked like i loved myself.
⋆.ೃ࿔:･ 2. adding a pink flush to my cheeks ･:࿔ೃ.⋆
no foundation. just my usual skincare, then a soft cream blush dotted on the tops of my cheeks + a little across my nose. it looked like i had just run into someone i liked. fresh and kind of flustered. so feminine. so alive.
⋆.ೃ࿔:･ 3. actually brushing my hair slowly ･:࿔ೃ.⋆
i’ve been lazy with my hair lately, messy bun, forget it exists. but this week i took my time brushing it out every night, oils through the ends, even trimmed little flyaways. suddenly my reflection looked soft, intentional. kept.
⋆.ೃ࿔:･ 4. whispering affirmations while doing mascara ･:࿔ೃ.⋆
yes it sounds corny. yes it works. i looked into the mirror while curling my lashes and whispered: you’re magnetic. you are allowed to be beautiful. you’re allowed to take up space. i don’t know. it landed. my eyes looked gentler after.
⋆.ೃ࿔:･ 5. walking slower ･:࿔ೃ.⋆
i always walk like i’m late. this week i tried slowing it down just a bit. shoulders relaxed. jaw soft. head up. even just going to the kitchen felt like a scene. being pretty is so much about energy. about carrying yourself, not rushing through it all.
⋆.ೃ࿔:･ 6. switching my perfume to something powdery ･:࿔ೃ.⋆
i rotated out my citrusy scent and went back to my soft powdery vanilla one, and every time i caught a whiff of it on my sweater or wrist, i felt... soft. like someone you’d lean into during a movie. it wasn’t loud. but it stayed.
⋆.ೃ࿔:･ 7. eating fruit in pretty ways ･:࿔ೃ.⋆
hear me out: cutting strawberries into hearts? peeling clementines like a flower? it’s silly, but the ritual of it made me feel delicate. not in a weak way, in a romantic way. i stopped eating over the sink like a raccoon. i ate like i was art.
⋆.ೃ࿔:･ 8. putting on lip gloss before bed ･:࿔ೃ.⋆
no one sees me. no one needs me to do it. but that’s exactly why i did. shiny lips while reading at 11pm = ✨ main character behavior. it made me feel like a girl who loves herself. and a girl who loves herself glows differently.
⋆.ೃ࿔:･ 9. replying to texts like a soft girl ･:࿔ೃ.⋆
instead of apologizing or over-explaining or pretending to be chill, i replied with grace. with pauses. with energy that said: i care, but i’m not begging. and you know what? my voice in my own head softened too.
⋆.ೃ࿔:･ 10. talking to myself in second person ･:࿔ೃ.⋆
“you’re okay.” “you’re doing good.” “you’re so beautiful when you’re just being.”
something about saying “you” instead of “i” tricked my brain into hearing it like it was from someone else. a version of me who believes in me. and that version? she’s always right.
if you’re feeling off lately, not ugly, just a little faded, try noticing what makes you feel pretty again. not for them. for you.
you’re glowing. i swear.
xoxo, mindy 🤍