We women, and increasingly men, spend lots of the green stuff to improve our looks. It doesn’t stop with creams, treatments, makeup and hair products. It escalates, the older we get - to botox, fillers and plastic surgery.
Yet, the one thing that makes the biggest difference in our appearance, we often forget about or neglect – our smiles.
Seriously, how often have you really not noticed someone only to be blown away the minute their face is altered by a big, warm smile. If they are an older person, like me, you may see the wrinkles around the mouth stretch out and disappear. It’s a rare person that can smile engagingly and not have that brightness reach their eyes. So, suddenly, a furrowed brow and pinched look are transformed into the glory of happiness and therefore a little bit of beauty appears right before our eyes.
The other advantage to frequently smiling is that it exercises your face muscles, bringing a glow back to your face. There’s nothing like the aliveness of skin that’s enhanced by a rosy glow.
Okay, sure, this all sounds a little Pollyanna to you. I don’t blame you. But I do challenge you. Sit in front of a good mirror for ten minutes and practice breaking into a smile. See how many years evaporate from your visage and how over the full ten minutes of smiling, you somehow manage to fake it till you make it and suddenly find that the smile isn’t an effort anymore.
I’m telling you – it’s cheap, it’s easy and everybody loves it – your smile. Cherish it, but use it.
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