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How To Improve Your Look and Self Esteem for Summer

Consider these tips to improve your self confidence and make your vacation count

By Robert CordrayPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
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With summer fast approaching, it’s only natural for one’s mind to conjure up images of summer vacation, and summer vacation often means beach trips. Trips to the beach form the foundation of recreation in the summer season, but it can also bring out any insecurities you may have about your appearance. Before you hit the beach this summer, consider these tips to improve your self confidence and make your vacation count.

Adopt a New Beauty Routine

A lot of self consciousness is derived from the face and perceived flaws therein. That’s why the first step of any beauty routine is skin care. Skin care products are a fundamental part of the lives of many, so consider paying extra attention to the kind of products you apply to your face, do some research, and consider an overhaul of your beauty routine. While it may take some experimentation to find the right products for your skin, it’s never too hard to find a City Beauty coupon, so there is minimal risk involved.

Get More Sleep

More and more people are burning the candle at both ends and for a variety of reasons. However, revamping your sleep schedule can have tremendous benefits for your beauty routine. Getting the recommended 6 to 8 hours of sleep per night is essential for your body to be in tip top shape, and that includes the quality of your skin. Getting a proper amount of sleep is just one part of the equation, however, and sleeping the same amount of time and at the same time of day is crucial for truly restful slumber, which will help to reduce the bags under the eyes that typically mark exhaustion.

Change Your Diet

If you feel like you need to lose weight, adjusting your diet to accommodate weight loss is an important first step. Generally, people tend to associate dieting with low carb diets, and that makes sense. Carbohydrates are the body’s primary energy source, but they also contribute to weight gain.

Avoiding carbs is one way to lose weight, but a better strategy is that of “calories in, calories out.” Simply put, counting calories and ensuring that the calories you burn in a period of time is greater than the calories consumed is the simplest, most effective way to lose weight, and it doesn’t restrict the body’s fuel source in the process.

Try a New Exercise Routine

“Diet and exercise” is a mantra that you’ll hear a lot, if you haven’t already, surrounding fitness and weight loss. This makes sense, because despite a number of fad diets, there’s no getting around the importance of these two pillars of fitness. In addition to aiding in the weight loss process, exercise provides additional benefits.

The term “beach bod” refers to certain transformations of the body in preparation for showing off your body at the beach, and this can be achieved by weight loss, but it can also be achieved by building and/or toning muscle via exercise. While many people workout regularly, it’s often only for the sake of maintenance. Rethinking your workout routine can give you different results, such as a buff or chiseled appearance, just in time for summer.

Fashionable Swimwear

Trips to the beach cause anxiety spikes in some specifically because the beach dress code is more revealing. However, swimwear presents a fashion opportunity that is often left on the table in favor of affordable clothes one doesn’t have to put too much thought into. With a few tweaks, you can present your beach bod in a more fashionable bathing suit or trunks in order to put your best face forward. Swimwear is often pretty tacky, sporting loud patterns and colors, for example. However, choosing more subtle and reserved options can make a fashion statement out of an otherwise kitschy look.

Summer vacation is a time for recreation, but it can cause some discomfort to those who have some insecurities that become magnified in swimwear. However, with these tips in mind, you have the tools to give yourself a glow up in time to hit the beach this summer.

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