As we're about to begin the week before Spring Break, I thought I would set a fun challenge to make us feel good, and help with chilling out during study breaks.
This week's challenge is to do things that make you feel beautiful.
Obviously, what you do is up to you! I'm going to provide some suggestions (please add more in the comments!) but the challenge is to do something EVERY DAY this week that makes you feel good about yourself. I know that money is a factor for us poor grad students so I'm including a range of things that are inexpensive and free. You can repeat the same challenge such as choosing pretty outfits rather than trying to do lots of things if that's easier.
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- Get a beauty treatment - a hair cut, manicure/pedicure, facial, wax, tan
- Go shopping for a new outfit or item
- Have a healthy meal out
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- Give yourself a beauty treatment at home, i.e. nails, face mask, cucumber on eyes (this really does work)
- Do a detox such as Amber Shea Crawley's 3 Day Vegan Cleanse. Your diet would consist of mostly raw fruit and vegetables, legumes and healthy fats, but enough to meet your calorie requirements. (By cleanse I definitely do not mean a fast - always eat food!)
- Buy some healthy grocery items that are great for skin such as berries, salmon, walnuts and greens
- Buy yourself a new tea, i.e. green tea
- Get some photos that you really like developed/framed
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- Go to a relaxing exercise class such as yoga - or a cardio class if that's better!
- Have an early night and/or lie in with freshly washed sheets and PJs, maybe light a lavender-scented candle
- Make yourself "detox water" with lemon, orange, mint & cucumber
- Take some time to try out a different hair style or make up look
- Plan to wear your very favorite outfits
- Make a list of all the things you love most about yourself (inside and out). Ask someone you're close to what they would put on the list
- Listen to Lionel Richie and trust that he is singing about you
What makes you feel beautiful?
Favourite challenge yet! Mostly because it doesn't require me to do something out of my comfort zone lol.
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