Step 1.
Consider this: When you love people, they look beautiful to you.
It doesn’t matter what they (or anybody else) might think. To you, they are beautiful.
Step 2.
Do the best you can, letting go of any negative thoughts you have about how you look (including memories of any “bad” pictures you’ve ever taken).
Step 3.
Get in touch with as much self-love, as you can. Also, imagine seeing the world through the eyes of those who may love you.
Step 4.
Look at yourself.
Thanks to all the people I love, including those who appear in — and took — the photos in this post. Many thanks to you, for the beauty you bring here today (especially if you have trouble seeing it).
Exactly, Ann. Perfectly said. And illustrated. And beautiful, too, to me, my friend.
Thanks for the beautiful comment, my beautiful friend.
Wise advice, especially during bathing suit season. RE: cat photo, the definition of pussy-footing.
Wise comment, beautiful Janet.
Do you remember the old move “The Enchanted Cottage?” With Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young? One of those silver screen movies that brings the theme of this post magically to life!
I have never seen that movie! Thanks so much for letting me know about it and for your beautiful visit today.
Somehow try to find it, Ann. It’s right up your alley, I think.
I just found it and ordered it! Thank you.
I’ll await your review….
I watched the “Enchanted Cottage” tonight. I loved it. Thank you SO much for the tip. What a beautiful gift!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Ann. It did seem to fit so beautifully with the topic of your post.
Absolutely.
My first read of your blog, thank you.
You are most welcome. A pleasure and an honor to see you here.
Ann, you have a reddish rug that looks very similar to a rug I have in my living room. I always double-take when I see it in one of your pictures!
Yes how we feel about people changes the way we see them. I once knew a woman whom I thought was gorgeous until her true malicious self came out. Then I thought and saw her as ugly.
Diana xo
Your comments (and your face) always look beautiful to me, Diana. I miss you when you’re not here!
Beautiful post Ann…I’d love the company of these beautiful human beings 🙂
And here I was expecting advice about wearing glasses and applying orange makeup, wearing bold black stripes and applying white paint to tufts of hair.
Val x
I think you should write that blog post, Val. It sounds very interesting. And thanks for bringing your beautiful presence here.
The post would be about the beauty tips from your tiger gravatar Ann 😉
xo
Ha ha ha! And grrrrr!
See, Val? Sometimes I forget how beautiful I am, on WordPress.
You are beautiful inside and out!
❤
You, too, Val.
This is wonderful! Your posts are fantastic–truly inspiring.
Miranda! Thanks so much for this kind and beeeoooootiful comment.
So very true.
I know people who seem more attractive the more I know them & others just the reverse. It’s all from what they give out from within.
Absolutely, RoSy. Thank you for sharing your beautiful insights here.
These are the best beauty tips I’ve seen for some time.
Thank you, Annabelle. Hmmmm. Beauty is multi-kashmillion dollar industry in the USA. I wonder if I might be able to get a piece of that action?
Great post and a reminder to those of us who don’t feel beautiful. It’s harder to see the beauty in others if you don’t see it in yourself.
Great comment, Bradley. Thanks so much for your wisdom (which is also beautiful).
So your beauty tip is that we should each win the love of as many people as possible? Seems like a good plan, and it may involve a big increase in profit for chocolate companies.
Once again, I notice that everybody who looks at you smiles at you, Ann. I think that smiles must be delivery systems for affection. Clearly, lots of people love you and lots of people find you beautiful. I find your thoughts beautiful, so I often smile at you, too.
Aha! I was ready for this interpretation from you. However, I was NOT the photographer for any of these pictures. So everybody was smiling at somebody else!
I still accept this comment (even if it was elicited under false pretenses). Thank you for increasing my sense of beauty today.
They’re smiling at you now, Ann. See? All you have to do is look at your screen.
You got me, again. Beautiful.
If I only kept the pictures where I thought I “looked good” then huge gaps of my life would be missing. 🙂
I also meant to let you know they are great tips! My fingers just got ahead of my brain!
Thanks for the beautiful compliment !
As always, Kate, I find your perspective and your thoughts illuminating and …. Beautiful.
They all look beautiful to me too.
That says a lot about your beautiful eyes, Hilary. Thank you.
Hi Ann, this is just a test to see if I can comment on your post.
So glad we figured this out! I don’t know why your comments got put in my Spam Folder. You, Diana, are the opposite of Spam.
I’m glad too Ann. ❤
Diana xo
I love this.
That makes me feel more than beautiful. Thanks, Aussa.
Ann,, what a good feeling post!!!Pictures of those you love all together is love+++.
& Yes it is so true-beuaty is in the eye of the beholder, and those you love are beauty-filled:)
Thanks to you, beautiful Linda.
This is an awesome post, Ann! I should read it every morning when I get up. I have such huge problems with this. My self image is sometimes quite horrendous…
I am sorry you struggle with this, Melissa. Know that you are not alone.
You helped my self image with the first two sentences of your comment. THANK YOU.
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Ahhh…I have finally found ANN honest list of beauty tips. Thank you! ♡〜ლ(๑癶ᴗ癶๑)ლ〜♡
Ahhh! I have finally found this comment from my beautiful reader, NBC! ❤
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