How To Feel Pretty: 9 Steps (with Pictures) - WikiHow

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  1. Step 1 Understand your own prettiness. 1 Understand your own prettiness. This is the most important step for feeling pretty. You have to understand that your beauty comes from you, not from any outside source. But you have to practice feeling this way.[1]
    • Write a list of all the good things about yourself. This includes things like helping someone carry their groceries, listening to a friend, or being the best at puns.
    • Every morning, when you wake up, go to the bathroom mirror, smile at yourself and say aloud "I am awesome" and "I am happy." The more you say it the more you will convince your brain that it is true.
    • Write a list of things you think are beautiful about yourself. Maybe you have big brown eyes, a cute nose, or full lips, or a great laugh. If you can't think of any, ask a trusted friend or family member.
    • Always remind yourself that you're loved and people love you because if your personality and the pure beauty that comes from you
    • When you start having negative thoughts about yourself, remember your lists.
  2. Step 2 Stop negativity in... 2 Stop negativity in its tracks. Negative thoughts cause our brain to believe the negativity. If we think we're ugly, our brain will be convinced of that. You have to convince your brain that those thoughts aren't true.[2]
    • When you start to have a negative thought, label it as such. Example: "My nose is hideous." Say to yourself: "I'm having a thought that my nose is hideous." It makes it so that thought isn't you.
    • Let the negative thoughts go. You are not your thoughts, but they can be extremely harmful to your self-esteem.
    • Replace the negative thought with a positive thought. Even if you don't believe the positive thought, you can trick your brain into believing it.[3]
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  3. Step 3 Build your self-confidence. 3 Build your self-confidence. Everyone has good qualities, both inside and outside, but it's important to realize that people are more than their outer appearance. It's great to admire people (and yourself!) for their physical attractiveness, but it's even better to look at what's on the inside. There will always be someone prettier, more successful, with more romantic partners.[4]
    • Don't judge yourself so harshly. You are your own worst enemy. Give yourself the freedom to have days where you don't feel attractive. Confidence is about trusting in yourself even on days where you don't feel like it.
    • Don't judge other people. What you think about other people says a lot about you. Try to think positive, kind thoughts towards others. It will affect your positivity towards yourself.[5]
    • Don't compare yourself to others. This will only cause you to lose confidence in yourself. Besides, that person with the perfect hair might be leading a very difficult life in other respects.
    • Fake it until you make it. You can trick your brain into being confident if you fake confidence. Act like you already know you're pretty and you will start to believe it.
    • Don't feel as though you have to have a romantic partner to be worthwhile. Your self-worth and your confidence rely on you and only you. If you place too much self-worth control in the hands of other people, you won't learn true confidence.
    • Indulge yourself in a selfie. You control the picture and you can make it so it emphasizes your most attractive features. When you're feeling less confident, pull it out and remind yourself that you are pretty!
    Ashley Graham Ashley Graham, Model & Activist

    Build confidence by being your authentic self. "The question I get asked the most is always, how did you gain confidence? And I always have the same answer... Confidence comes from knowing who you are and not allowing others to dictate otherwise."

  4. Step 4 Be attractive by being kind and respectful and pleasant. 4 Be attractive by being kind and respectful and pleasant. People may react initially to physical attractiveness, but studies have found that they will re-evaluate their perception of that attractiveness based on personality traits.[6] [7]
    • Listen to people when they talk. You don't have to be a doormat to listen to others and people will notice that you have taken an interest in their words.
    • Kindness is one of the most important traits in rating attractiveness according to Yale psychologist, Paul Bloom.[8] This means helping others out when they need it and not being judgmental about others (see steps above).
  5. Step 5 Decide how you define attractiveness. 5 Decide how you define attractiveness. Remember that beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. Different cultural groups have different beauty norms. The obsession with thin being pretty only really began in the 1960s.[9]
    • Remember that the people in magazines and movies and t.v. shows have a whole army of hairstylists, make-up artists, lighting, and photoshop. Of course you don't look like them. They don't even look like them.[10]
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