Problem: Article: Getting your beauty sleep is the first step to looking your best! Aim to get 8-10 hours of rest before your photoshoot, if you can. Your skin will likely look great and your eyes may not look droopy. In addition, sleeping well may decrease dark circles under your eyes. If you have short hair, comb it backwards before your shoot. If you have medium-length hair, tuck it behind your hair or tie it in a ponytail or bun. If you have long hair, avoid laying your hair across your shoulders. Instead, either put all your hair behind your shoulders, in front of your shoulders, all on 1 side, or in an up-do. This way, your face is the focal point, rather than your hairstyle. Concealer is a makeup product that easily hides blemishes, red spots, or uneven skin tones. To look your best before your photoshoot, dab a dime-sized amount over any imperfection. You can do this in the morning before your shoot or right before you get your picture taken. If you'd like, apply foundation over all of your face. This way, your skin tone is completely even. If you'd like to wear more makeup, define your brows and lash line to accent your face. To do this, use a brow pencil to fill in your eyebrows. Draw a light, even line over your natural eyebrow shape to fill them in. Then, apply mascara to your upper and lower lash line. Mascara lifts your lashes, giving you a brighter eye. If you have blonde hair, use a taupe pencil and brow mascara. If you have medium brown hair, use a medium brow pencil and either brown or black mascara. If you have dark brown or black hair, use a dark brow pencil and black mascara. Keep in mind that if you are at a professional shoot, there will likely be a hair and makeup team who will style your look. In your photoshoot, avoid wearing complex clothing with a lot of design or patterns. Busy clothing takes away from you, the subject! Instead, choose a plain-colored top and bottom that makes you feel great about yourself. This way, you'll be comfortable in front of the camera. For example, wear a cream shirt with navy pants. You can also wear a tan dress, for instance. If you are going to a professional shoot, you'll likely have your outfit chosen for you. In that case, wear neutral clothing to the shoot and change when you get there.
Summary: Get a great night's sleep the day before your photoshoot. Style your hair away from your face to focus on your features. Hide blemishes with concealer. Accent your eyes by filling in your brows and applying mascara. Wear neutral, attractive, confidence-boosting clothing.

Problem: Article: Although you can technically play Mother May I with only three people, it will be more fun if you have more. One benefit of Mother May I is that it's a game that works for the whole family. Young children enjoy it, but grandparents have also been known to participate too! However, the game is generally recommended for children between the ages of 4 and 9. The game is popular with adults because it teaches children manners. Mother May I is a game of imagination. You need more than 2 people to play it, though. The game works best with fewer than 10 participants. " One player needs to be given the mother designation, and it doesn't matter whether it's a girl or boy. The game is sometimes called "Captain May I" with the word mother replaced with the word captain at all times. If the "mother" is a male, you could use the word captain and call the children "crew members." Everyone else, no matter their actual age, receives the designation of the "children" in the game. It can be fun for actual children to get to play the mother and vice versa. As an alternative, you could use the name of the player designated as the person in charge for "mother." The goal of the Mother May I game is for the children to reach the mother first on the other side of the room, lawn or field. Whichever child reaches the mother first wins the game and then, in turn, is designated as the mother, and the game starts all over again. Alternatively, stand on the opposite sides of a field or in the back or front yard. The mother should be far enough away to make the game interesting but close enough that the children can hear the mother and vice versa. The mother should stand about 1020 feet (36m) away from the children. The mother should stand facing away from the line of "children" and selects a child either at random or in order. Mother May I can be played either indoors or outdoors. The game is also a great way to get children interacting with each other and adults, and to get them moving around and outside.
Summary: Gather a group of people together. Designate someone as "mother. Stand on the opposite sides of the room.

Problem: Article: Along with giving you a moment to take a break, deep breaths help your body to decompress. Breathing deeply brings more oxygen into the lungs, which activates the body's natural relaxation response. Pay attention to your breaths as you are taking them. Concentrate on how the breaths make your body feel rather than the argument itself. Stuffing down your emotions in the middle of a fight usually results in outbursts that you may soon regret. Instead, recognize what you are feeling. Then you can remove the intense emotions you are experiencing and think more rationally and clearly. For example, you can tell yourself, "Yes, I'm angry. But it will soon go away and I'll stop feeling so upset." Saying this can help you to feel more comfortable knowing that this emotion will soon disappear. If you can't get your anger under control, wait until later to have the conversation. Touching and looking at objects during an argument can help to keep you calm. Noticing the sensations you feel can help you to stop thinking about how upset you are, allowing you to focus on what is going on instead of your emotions. For example, touch a table or chair around you and pay attention to how it feels. Look at a picture on the wall in the distance to help you feel like you have more space than what you actually do. This can help you feel less cornered and under pressure. Flashing a genuine smile during the disagreement can help to put you and the other person at ease. Take a moment to grin when the argument calms down some. It can relax the both of you and your kindness may help the situation resolve.
Summary: Take deep breaths. Acknowledge what you're feeling. Use your senses. Smile.

Problem: Article: Smiling costs nothing and it helps you to glow. Smiling helps you to feel better. And it's one of the best things you can give another human being. A smile will always make you look amazing. Change the things about you you're not happy with, but only because you know you can do or be better, not because someone else prefers you to be something else. Learn how to spot the difference; if you feel pressured, it usually means that someone or something else is raising your expectations to change, not you. That is a recipe for losing yourself, not gaining the best from yourself. Happiness is fleeting, contentment and fulfillment are enduring. Contentment with life isn't about getting stuck; it's about appreciating what you do have already and knowing that, in spite of setbacks (of which there will be plenty throughout life), you have the ability to keep going and to continually grow stronger. As the saying goes, everyone in life is doing it tough somewhere, some of the time. Kindness can be the helping hand that another person needs, and kind people are awesome. If that isn't about looking amazing, then what is? Be nice to the people you come across in life. It takes the same amount of energy to be nice as it does to be mean, with the difference being that kindness opens up opportunities, while meanness shuts them down. Moreover, a mean-spirited heart carries many a burden that a kindhearted person doesn't have to bear. Being kind and thoughtful towards others has its own attractiveness; you can feel like a role model for the better world we'd all like to live in.
Summary:
Smile a lot more. Accept who you are. Seek to be fulfilled. Be kind to people.