I believe pets are good for a lot of things. They're best at being a source of relaxation. Not always, I mean, sometimes they poop in the livingroom or throw up on the carpet. Or they just don't stop following you around the house when you're trying to be productive. But when they lie down in the sunshine and slowly fall asleep... That's when they can make a big difference for their human friends.
This video is for those who do not own such a creature of relaxation. I hope my small friend can help you relax, even if it's just for a moment. And whatever it is that's making you feel stressed: Relax.. Tomorrow is a new day
Lately
I've started feeling a lot more confident. I'm not entirely sure what
'triggered' my confidence, but I am now confident enough to say to
myself in the morning: I look good today. I'll tell you a little
story and I hope with all my heart that this might help someone or
maybe someone can recognise themselves in this.
A
few years I've been struggling with an extremely sensitive and dry
skin (official diagnose of a dermatologist!). This and other things
made me very sad for a while. It took me a good few months to find
the right products that I could use on my face and I had nearly given
up on having a, what I would call, 'normal' face.
A problem
that I encountered was that I couldn't get my face to be moisturised
enough to put on any face make up, because you could see any dry spot
on my face clearly. Besides that, I grew up with a few people in my
environment who strongly believed that make up was not a good thing.
It was a waste of money and time and especially foundation was a big
nope. It was fake. It was being untrue to yourself and it was saying
that you're ugly without it.
I have found that all these things
is not what foundation, or make up in general, is. I believe that
making yourself look just that bit more beautiful can do miracles to
your self confidence. I like looking good, I like wearing make up
because I
think
I
look
nice. It's a thing that I do for myself and that I feel entitled to
now. I used to put on make up for fun, and in stead of making me feel
beautiful it made me feel sort of guilty for wearing it. I am very
grateful to say that this has changed.
Now,
a good year after the whole sensitive skin period of my life, I feel
like I have a good routine in what I do to my face every day. I have found products that are not too harsh for my skin, I have found moisturisers that do miracles. I am
wearing as much make up as I want to. I also go out the door without
any when I don't feel like all the fuss. Of course I have my bad days, sometimes weeks. Sometimes my skin hates me again and starts getting red and dry. But I always tell myself that it will be okay again, like it always is. It only makes me appreciate a smooth skin even more!
I feel like youtube
has helped me with this a lot. That sounds super stupid, but honestly, all
those make up youtubers are so positive and they inspire me. I love
Louise (Sprinkle of Glitter), Zoe (Zoella) and Tanya (Pixi2Woo) so
much. They have taught me that looking beautiful isn't always the
point. It's fun to play with make up and it only creates a better
version of your face, not a different face. What they tell their
viewers in their videos is not to look good for others, or that
you're not good enough without make up. They make us, at least me,
feel confident about the way I look and they inspire me to do fun
things for myself.
This whole text feels very incoherent.
Also personal. I felt the need to share this, since it's a big factor
in my happiness at the moment. That and the fact that I have only one
assignment left before the end of the school year!
I hope this
helps anyone in any way, and I sincerely hope you all can look at
yourself and feel good about it!! Please tell me what your feelings
are on this subject, I'd love to know your opinion.
Have a
great week!
Love, Mia
PS: Sorry that this post didn't involve any cute pictures. Here, have one of my cat (because you haven't seen enough of her obviously!)
