5 ways to enhance your beauty

Photo credit - Animesh Nautiyal

Looking beautiful is every woman’s dream or I can say every person’s dream. But if you think I will discuss makeup tips here you have arrived at the wrong place. What I will share are ways to look beautiful – inside and outside.

     1)    Put on your Smile:

We always smile while portraying for a photo. Why? Because we look beautiful when we smile but why confine our smile to that one moment. Lets smile and spread smiles. Agreed, red, pink or purple shade might adorn your lips, but not as much as your beautiful smile does. You don’t even need to worry if it’s smudged or gone. And it doesn’t even harm your pocket ;).

      2)   Wear your confidence:

It doesn’t really matters which brand clothes, shoes or jewellery your wear, whether it cost 500 or 5000, whether it’s western or traditional. What is important is how comfortable you are with your choices. Confident people radiate energy that is infectious.

3) Shed self criticism:

It is more important than shedding those extra calories you worry about. If there are people who criticize you for being overweight, remember they will be the first one to advise you to eat healthy if you lose weight. Too tall, too short, too thin, too fat…there are plenty of people out there to criticize you, don’t add yourself in that unwanted crowd. I am sure you would like to look real and real people have flaws. Be the person who has maturity to appreciate and see beauty everywhere. And start with seeing that beauty in yourself.

      4) Appreciate your age:

Getting older? Congrats. Everyone does. My 5 year old is going to get old and so is my new born going to. Those thin lines starting to peep from your forehead, does that bother you? Well it shouldn’t. They are just a witness of the path you have travelled, the hardships you have survived and the wisdom you have gained in those struggles. Age brings grace, but only to those who don’t fear it.

     5)  Don’t worry too much about looking beautiful:

Sounds odd? Specially in this post... But believe me no one is going to observe the slightly darker shade on your forehead or the slight crow feet appearing around your eyes except you and except people who are born to criticize.  So stop worrying about small things. Worry takes away that special glow from you face that makes you beautiful.

Beauty is not about flawless skin or perfect figure, beauty is how you feel about yourself. If you think you are beautiful you are, if you think you are not, still you are, because you are a creation of god and no creation of god can be flawed.  So admire yourself and have a beautiful day ahead.

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In Search of Love

Photo credit - Asha Dimri

For long she wandered in search of love, acceptance and happiness but what she found never satisfied her for it was always incomplete.

In a long silent moment she connected with herself trying hard to find the answers of the unanswered questions. Where was she wrong? What was the reason for the overwhelming emptiness inside her? Why was she never sure she was loved and cared for?

And then she realized that she had failed the single relation in her life that was the most important – her relation to herself.

She had been able to and sometimes not able to fulfil what other desired of her but did she even know what she wanted from herself?

She had been able to or not able to keep others happy but did she even know why she was never happy?

Because in loving others she forgot to love herself, she had compromised with her identity then how could she expect others to understand her? And the emptiness inside her grew manifold when she realized she had lost herself, a mere reflection of her real self was left.

She had cried innumerable times while she failed to gain love and acceptance outside but for the first time she realized what she had lost and she cried for herself. But this time it was different. Her tears didn’t carry only pain.

With the first tear she shed self doubt and self criticism.

With the second tear she shed her search for love outside.
With the third tear she shed the fear of rejection.

And it didn’t end here, she freed countless negativity with each tear…and then…after long… she smiled…a true smile and promised to accept, respect and most importantly love herself. And happiness had no choice but to follow her for she had found a long lost friend; herself. 

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