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9 Tips for Dealing with
Glow-Up Pressure
It always happens at different points throughout the year. Whether it’s early Summer or after you’ve been wrapped in knitwear over the festive season, it feels like there is always a reason to undergo a “glow-up”. We’ve all been sitting inside for over a year waiting for the day when we could be in the sun again, and so this time there is one hundred times the pressure to come out of lockdown and the pandemic looking and feeling like the best version of ourselves.
But, this is not always the healthiest way to be. Sure we might want to be looking our best for seeing friends and loved ones again, or maybe to re-enter the dating scene after a year off, but feeling like you have to be the best version of yourself is no way to get back to normal, and can lead to some pretty damaging consequences. We’ve teamed up with the team at skincare wonder-brand Bioré to bring you some key tips on making sure you are FEELING your best, because it’s not always about looking it.
We’re all in the same boat on this one. No one has been outside, no one has got a pre-summer holiday tan, everyone has been sitting inside eating and drinking too much because we were bored. You might have been one of the lucky few that could get a hair appointment when they reopened but that might be about it. The point is, there isn’t going to be anyone out there feeling 100% their best, and so there is no reason why you should be.
- Understand that you aren’t the only one feeling this way
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Repeating a positive statement in the mirror will help to write that pathway in your mind. Repeat it enough, and you’ll really start to believe it. Try saying one of these affirmations a few times when you wake up in the morning and when you go to bed;
- Try some mantras that will reinforce your self-esteem
I am loveable and loved’ ‘I am beautiful inside and out’ ‘I am strong and I am powerful’ ‘I am capable of dealing with what life throws at me’ ‘I am talented and smart and nothing will change that’ ‘My skin does not define me’
Or why not make up your own?
- Spend time around people who love you for you, not for what you look like
The best way to avoid the pressure of glowing-up is to remove yourself from people who might put that pressure on you. If you are lucky enough to have family, close friends or a partner that you feel comfortable and safe with, spend time with them. They will love you for who YOU are, and not what you look like.
Self-care is about more than just looking good, it’s about feeling good about yourself too. Taking time for yourself to do what you enjoy, or what relaxes you, will help you de-stress, and make some space for good thoughts and feelings. Whatever it is that makes you feel better, book in some time one or two nights a week to do it, away from your phone, away from others. Just a bit of space to breathe can work wonders.
- Get a good self-care ritual together that’s about making you feel good, not only looking good
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Yeah, we know it sounds cheesy, but being confident in yourself is beautiful. Knowing who you are and what you want and what you are passionate about is what we should all be striving for, not having the best tan, the most expensive haircut or the clearest skin
- Know that having confidence in yourself is beautiful…
- … But it’s not going to come overnight
Self-love is a journey and it will have its ups and downs. We all think it would be great to wake up one day and feel incredible or like we can embrace the parts of ourselves that we don’t like. But, it will come, eventually. We promise.
Wanna find out more about your skin? Read our guide to the Science of Skin here.
You can explore more from the campaign between Bioré and Ditch the Label to boost skin esteem here.
