The mirror with bad lighting
So the title of this post might actually sound like the worst advice ever. It's not when you don't take it totally literally. When you apply makeup on that mirror in the corner of your room where the lighting isn't exactly perfect, you fail to see some flaws that you would have noticed in that awesome mirror with amazing bright lighting. These flaws, though, are only seen by you, your scrutinizing eyes point out every single flaw in you, like that acne mark that is barely visible or those dark circles that are actually fading away but you pick on them anyway. Guess what? People see you in amazing lighting the same way you see yourself in bad lighting. People don't notice those tiny problems that you see in yourself because you are your biggest criticizer.
The mirror with bad lighting will make you less hard on yourself which is something you actually deserve. Stop picking at every tiny little detail about yourself that you don't like and embrace yourself as whole. I noticed this morning when I was doing my makeup on the "bad" mirror that I'm not taking forever to apply foundation in order to perfectly master the art of clear skin, to hell with that, I look just fine.
Obviously I'm not telling you to do your makeup on that mirror (although it does actually speed things up since you don't notice some things that you would have otherwise found disastrous), all I'm saying is that people and girls specifically should be easier on themselves.
