so listen as someone who had a huge glow up over the years I know a thing or two about how to completely transform yourself from the girl sitting in the corner of a room afraid to take up space to becoming the most confident version of myself the glow up was real and over these years I've learned all the tips and tricks that you need to become your own it girl in this video I'm going to be sharing 30 Haw girl hacks to actually change your life glow you up and help you become your most confident self if you're new here welcome my name is Lena I have a self-help series here on my channel where we just discuss all things becoming your best self so if you're not subscribed already what are you doing okay what are you doing go subscribe right now so first things first drink enough water daily yep I cannot stress enough water intake is actually so important especially for your digestion you know getting things moving smoothly if you know what I mean and also just for your overall health and wellbeing and when you're dehydrated you will know it because you see it and you also feel it I used to not really care about my water intake and I would always wonder why I had headaches I felt dizzy my skin was looking dull my tongue was dry so research actually says that about 11.5 cups of water is good for women daily and especially if you live in a hot and humid place you got to up that water in takes this it honestly helps when you have a huge water bottle like this is literally the size of my head having it around just helps remind me to drink more water and a little bonus tip you can add some lemon into your water in the morning this is my favorite hack the real ones know how I feel about my lemon water I love to squeeze some lemon into my warm water and drink it on an empty stomach in the morning before any caffeine hits my system and it gets things moving my digestion is Flowing it's just great I highly recommend it daily movement for the Feelgood hormones so guys the day I stopped looking at working out as this annoying chore that I had to do that I was not looking forward to and instead started to see it as a genuine cheat code to life like seriously if you think about it just getting any sort of daily movement in you guaranteed feel-good hormones endorphins and once I started to see daily movement as that getting those free Feelgood hormones my life has changed and I have never been more consistent with working out so that's kind of how you should look at it it's a free way to get some Feelgood hormones and literally all you have to do is set aside a little bit of time out of your day to get some movement in like movement is a guaranteed way for you to feel good and who does not want to feel good and you know that euphoric feeling that you get after you do your workout or you go on a walk that feeling alone is so motivating for you to want to move your body and it could be anything from lifting weights doing yoga Pilates going on a walk going on run stretching as long as it's some sort of movement you're good to go and following up with that have a consistent workout routine that works for you so emphasis on the consistent part of the workout routine don't be expecting yourself to work out 7 days a week all day every day okay it's just not realistic I would know I used to get so ambitious and try to work out literally every single day and then it would only last a week so create a workout routine that genuinely works for you like if you have work or you have school wake up an hour earlier to get your workout in or maybe you are not a morning person you're more of a night owl make sure you pack your workout clothes with you when you go to work or school so that you can get your workout in after just any sort of routine that works for you I personally work out five times a week but three times a week might be more realistic for you and that is totally okay another bonus tip add in a good mix of low impact workouts and high impact workouts so guys this past year I just started doing Pilates and implementing it consistently in my routine and when I tell you the combination of high impact workouts like weightlifting and running and pilates together Chang my life okay you can see in these photos the difference in my body I used to strictly only lift weights and honestly I saw the most change in my physique and felt the most confident when I started implementing both high impact and low impact workouts so high impact is more like running sprinting heavy weightlifting low impact would be Pilates yoga so having a good mix of both throughout your week not only does it spice things up a little bit but you will see a huge difference in your body and following up with that cycle sync your workouts y'all this one is a game changer okay cycle syncing your workouts is basically when you adust your workout routine based on where you are in your cycle so I remember before I knew about this I would just try to power through my periods and do a heavy lifting workout and the next day I would wonder why I felt like completely crap and was so tired and it's because I wasn't working out based on my cycle so here's a chart of kind of the workouts that you should do around what point of your cycle that you're in and when I tell you this glowed me up okay my recovery and my energy levels just got so much better once I started implementing this and you know as women we don't realize how much hormone fluctuation actually affect us and how we feel and then when we feel exhausted during a workout we wonder why and it's because of our hormones so yeah start to cycle SN your workouts around your cycle and you will notice a huge difference in your energy levels how you feel the quality of your workouts everything get 5 to 10K steps in a day this one is a great hack okay and I know it sounds a little daunting a little jarring when you first hear it like 5 to 10,000 steps like whoo when I first heard that I was literally like that sounds insane but listen trust me it's really not that hard hear me out hear me out first of all walk is so underrated like literally it's such an easy thing to do but it helps just get your body moving a little bit and it's so easy to implement in your day let's say you want to grab lunch instead of going to the Chipotle 5 minutes away maybe you can walk to one that's 20 minutes away or maybe you have to pick something up or maybe you have to return a package try to go walk farther to go return that package or if you're going to work instead of taking the train or taking your car by the way if you live close okay maybe you can walk so little things like that trying to sneak in steps throughout your day really really helps and listen your girl I've been working out for like the past 5 years and I've always just had this little like stomach Pooch which I was always so insecure about you have a little stomach Pooch too do not feel bad or beat yourself up about it because it's actually perfectly normal you'll notice that Pooch is a little bit more bloated during different phases of your cycle and also all women have a necessary layer of fat to protect your internal organs so please do not beat yourself up about that little Pooch okay and I still have one I've just learned to love and accept her but before getting consistent steps in throughout every single day I noticed that my Pooch was a little bit more bloated than usual and then when I started being consist consistent with my walks and being intentional about getting a certain amount of steps in every day I noticed it was just way less bloated and had less inflammation so it was honestly less noticeable so yeah if you start to be consistent with your steps and make it sort of like a thing a habit you'll notice a difference on how you look and how you feel when I see that I'm low on steps throughout my day I force myself to go outside go on a walk to run my errands to grab a tea or coffee or something next sleep with a silk Bonnet this one you guys Game Changer okay so I was recently diagnosed with PCOS and one of my big symptoms was hair thinning and my hair literally falling out and my hair was just going through it it was super dry and it was constantly falling out I was so frustrated but through that experience I learned a lot of hair hacks and how to protect your hair how to keep it long healthy and one of them is wearing a silk Bonnet to bed every single night I wear this religiously every night because I noticed how much less frizzy my hair was and how less hair was falling out of my scalp and just visibly my damage was a lot less worse so this is mine I'm going to have this Linked In the description I'm going to have any product that I mentioned Linked In the description to make it easy for you guys but yeah it also helps with hair products to absorb into your hair instead of your pillowcase you could also do silk pillowcases but I've tried it and I hated how my head would always slip from the pillowcase so now I just use a silk Bonnet and I love her silk bonnets for the win do a hair mask oil weekly so this hack was a huge reason that I was able to regrow my thinning hair okay this baby right here is my tried and true this is the myel Rosemary mint scalp and hair strengthening oil I used to wash my hair every day yes I know not anymore okay I try to wash my hair every other day or every 3 days and in between I use a dry shampoo this one is the Monday volume dry shampoo with collagen this one smells amazing and it helps get rid of the oil in my hair so yeah this hair oil is really good if you want to grow your hair or you have thinning hair so basically what I do is I bamboo brush throughout my hair I start from the root all the way to my end so I just brush my hair for like 5 10 minutes really stimulating the blood circulation in my scalp and then I add some oil to my scalp and then I massage it into my hair I also like to use this scalp massager to just really get in there and it feels so good it's just a massage for your scalp and then I add a few drops of oil to the ends of my hair for those split ends and then I clock lip my hair up I go do some chores I clean up my apartment and after 30 minutes to like an hour then I wash all of it out of my hair like this combo right here for your hair chef's kiss okay I Rave about this for a reason especially this hair oil which Speaking of use a hair oil so not only is it good to oil your hair and do hair masks but also just using an everyday oil for your hair when you're just out and about this is the Olex number s bonding oil any hair oil that works for you it just gives your hair that really nice healthy glossy looking Sheen and I love this one I'm very picky with my hair oils okay cuz I hate when some oils make your hair look super greasy but this does not okay it's super lightweight it gives a super nice shine it smells amazing love wear sunscreen every day on your face your neck and your hands okay as a Korean my mom has been slathering sunscreen all over me since I was probably came out the womb and for good reason because sunscreen screen is the reason why my mom looks amazing as she looks today so if you're not already wearing sunscreen every day what are you doing okay what are you doing you have to wear sunscreen I cannot stress this enough please wear sunscreen not just on your face but your neck and your hands because your neck and your hands is actually the first signs of aging and sunscreen is amazing it helps protect your skin from any potential skin cancer sunburns enlarge pores aging and yeah if you wonder why Asians look very young for a long time it's because of sunscreen it is truly because they lather this stuff on religiously and this is by far my favorite sunscreen this is the beauty of Cho Sun relief sunscreen in SPF 50 this is my favorite sunscreen for a reason okay it does not leave any white cast at all it's super lightweight it's not sticky this stuff literally just melts into your skin it's so moisturizing get therapy I love to say this all the time but the best investment for yourself is yourself therapy has genuinely been such a huge help to become my most confident self to transform myself I saw a huge difference in my self-esteem my motivation my confidence so I'm so excited to be introducing today's sponsor of the video betterhelp so betterhelp is actually the world's largest therapy service and it's 100% online and with betterhelp you can tap into a network of over 30,000 licensed and experienced therapists who can help you with a wide range of issues I've actually used better help myself when I was a senior in college and I was really struggling with being in a weird transition period of my life and with friendships my confidence all that it was really helpful to have someone to help me overcome that point in my life the hardships that I was going through so better help connects you with the licensed therapist who 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noticing a theme okay moisturizing moisturizing your skin your hair your lips is so important to just have that effortless healthy looking glow so this is my tried and true the Lan lip mask everyone knows about this one amazing this is the Laton delicious hands hand cream with almond oil this stuff makes my hands so smooth never sleep with make makeup on listen I know we've all done it before okay I have definitely done it many times but always the next morning I regret it because there's a mountain that shows up on my skin and I'm like why did I do this to myself but yeah sleeping with makeup is so bad for your skin you guys bacteria basically just accumulates on your face and it clogs your pores it leads to breakouts so it's just not okay trust me when I say future you is going to thank you for taking off your makeup before bed so bonus tip make sure that you double cleanse so double cleansing is when you use an oilbased cleanser and then a water-based cleanser or you can use a makeup makeup balm I personally love makeup balbs this is the one that I use it's the pharmacy Green and clean makeup Melt Away cleansing balm this stuff is so good it literally just melts away all of my makeup so you just take some into your hands and then you just rub it into your skin and then you emulsify it with water so then you add water to it and then you rub it onto your skin and really get in there get all that makeup off then you wash it off and then you go in with your water-based cleanser and then wash your face and then that is how you get all the makeup off all the dirt off the gunk and double cleansing has helped me not break out like trust me as someone who struggled with acne so much Lil cleansing changed my life get at least 8 hours of sleep so guys I know you heard it already but sleep is so important okay not getting enough sleep is so bad for your health your brain function your skin you age faster it's bad for your recovery your energy literally everything so please please please try to get at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night which Speaking of sleep with an eye mask so I highly recommend to help you sleep better using an eye mask this is a silk eye mask like guys this is literally me every single night I put my silk Bonnet on and my matching silk eye mask and I throw some white noise on and that combination I sleep like a baby my boyfriend said that when I get ready for bed it's like I'm getting ready for war like the way that I look I'm like strapping things on but it's genuinely because your girl needs her beauty sleep okay and I'm telling you silk eye masks help it helps cover your eyes makes it super dark so you just fall asleep faster I'm telling you my sleep has changed because of this little thing take magnesium glycinate before bed guys I have the best sleep of my life when I'm taking magnesium glycinate it's actually a proven supplement to help your body relax this is the one that I take it's from Nature's Bounty magnesium glycinate so I just popped two of these 30 minutes before bed and it just helps me relax helps me sleep a lot deeper and helps me just stay asleep throughout the night I've actually noticed a difference when I take this and when I don't use a sheet mask every day so guys when I was in Korea last year I actually met with my aunt who was my mom's sister and guys she looks amazing okay her skin Flawless and I think she's about 5 years older than my mom but she's looks great and I literally asked her like what is your secret and she told me that she uses a sheet mask every night so since then I was like yes ma'am I'm going to get on it so I've been using a face mask not every night but most nights I try to at least a few times a week and I've actually noticed a difference in my skin it's just so much more plump and moisturized so these are the ones that I use this is from metah heal I have this blue one and then I use the green one it's like a tea tree one and it just really hydrates your skin helps reduce any redness inflammation and there's also anti-aging benefits to it and my aunt is proof of that use pimple patches listen to me okay do not pick at your pimple trust me as coming from someone who has had a lot of acne and I have a lot of pimple scars from picking at my pimples do not do that to your future self okay I know it's super tempting but don't do it you just going to make it worse and it's going to scar your skin so instead use pimple patches these are my two favorites this is the goetter clarifying blemish Patches from zit stia this is the perfect overnight patch it just gets all that gunk out of your pimple like literally overnight it's amazing this is the real Beauty Miracle patch invisible spot cover this patch is so thin you can't even see it so I always wear it when I'm out and about and it helps get rid of your pimple and protect the pimple so I love these okay amazing start tongue scraping this one okay I know this sounds weird but hear me out hear me out tongue scraping is genuinely a game changer if you didn't know bad breath actually mostly comes from the back of your tongue and your toothbrush alone cannot get rid of that so tongue scraping is your answer this is what it looks like you just go from the back of your tongue and then you get rid of that Gunk and it sounds gross but it works okay and when you're not getting that gunk out of your tongue you just basically ingesting it back into your body which is not ideal and you will see tongue scraping really helps with bad breath try for facial symmetry so Studies have shown that the most attractive people have facial Symmetry and the best way to do this is actually fixing up your eyebrows cuz your brows frame your face have you guys ever heard of eyebrow blindness okay well your girl had that all right here the pictures to prove it I had it down bad all right it wasn't until I got my eyebrows threaded and microbladed when I saw a huge difference in my face and the symmetry of my face I highly recommend going to a threading salon they're the best at getting your eyebrows shaped perfectly another way to get facial symmetry is massaging your face this is a traditional Chinese practice that people do to reduce the inflammation in their face cuz you know you could have some bloating and puffiness in your face that makes it kind of asymmetrical I know some people like to use gacha but personally I just like to use my fingers like my Knuckles and I feel like it's good enough and while I'm doing my skincare I just massage from my chin to my jaw and then all the way down to my neck and then I do that a few times and I massage my face and it's a technique using lymphatic drainage I'm going to have a chart photo right here so yeah massaging your face making sure your eyebrows are symmetrical is really going to help with that snatched facial symmetry look have a signature scent so fun fact as humans scientists say that smell and memory is really closely linked in our brains and you know having a signature scent that you are known for is just fun and I don't know about you but I love being known as someone that smells good like my favorite compliment is genuinely when people tell me I smell good so this is my signature scent if you're not into sweet scent you probably won't like this but if you like them like me you will love so my perfume is the Ariana Grande Cloud perfume guys I have a $100 perfume and I still get way more compliments with this perfume than the $100 one okay I can't even explain it but it just smells so good it's sweet it's fun it's flirty I love the scent I always get questions about what I'm wearing it's always this one and the trick to smelling good all day is layering your scents so this is the body spray that I use this is the Brazilian Crush Cherry Rosa pistachio and salted caramel body spray you can see how much I use these because they're literally empty but people Rave about this one for a reason but it's for a reason because it smells that amazing so to smell good I always layer with this body spray and then I add a few spritzes of this perfume and then I put on some body lotion that also smells really good this is the EOS vanilla body lotion in vanilla cashmere listen if you want to be told that you smell amazing okay use this combination it has never failed me do daily affirmations in the mirror so when I do my skin care my makeup my hair whatever I always make sure when I'm looking at myself in the mirror to just hiy myself up you know tell myself some affirmations I just look at myself and I say you are beautiful you are talented you are capable you are blessed and I know it sounds a little weird a little cringy not going to lie the first few times I did it I was like what are you doing but it honestly helps when you think of it as you talking to your younger self like the younger seven-year-old version of you and just telling yourself these compliments cuz honestly we are our own worst critic okay think about it immediately when we look in the mirror we try to look for something that we don't like about ourselves so just getting into the habit of when you look at yourself in the mirror to just say nice things to yourself it really really helps your confidence consume ginang so this supplement is really popular in Korea and I grew up drinking ginang tea since I was young this is the one that I currently use so studies show that ginang actually can help boost your immune system helps lower blood sugar levels improves your brain function helps with inflammation just so many benefits I can't even count it is really like a miracle supplement I also noticed it really helps me with energy without caffeine when I need that extra boost in the day and I don't want to drink another cup of coffee drinking ginang tea is great I'm not going to lie it does not taste the best but it is so good for you take care of your gut health so I honestly started taking care of my gut health when I was dealing with chronic bloating like I was just constantly bloated even if I didn't eat anything so what really helps is taking prebiotics this is the one that I use it's from seed it really helps with good bacteria in your gut also eating fermented foods like sauerkraut and kimchi I literally eat some sort of fermented food every day and when I tell you that my bloating has gotten so much better journaling daily so I stress this all the time but it's because it's true journaling is one of the best self-care hacks that you could do for yourself and I will die on that Hill okay I actually have a whole separate video on how journaling can change your life but journaling is just a small but simple way to check in on yourself and be more intentional with your time and most importantly show gratitude every day which is so important and if you need the perfect journal for this Shameless plug this is my journal the day-by-day journal which are now available it has a whole section of Wellness prompts a section for gratitude free right space all that you need for your journaling needs add clothes to your carbs and so since I was diagnosed with PCOS I was dealing with all sorts of crazy symptoms like extreme fatigue hair loss hair thinning acne all over my face extreme bloating and I learned that one of the best diets for this is a low glycemic diet I'm actually not saying to go on diets because I actually really hate diet culture like the reason why I went on this diet is because I needed it for health reasons but going on this diet made me realize how negatively sugar impacts my body and sugar just in general obviously when you're overdoing it it's not good even if you don't have PCOS so a hack to help this is adding clothes or protein fat and fiber when you're eating carbs or sugar and it's the best way to reduce your glucose spikes and if you don't know glucose spikes increases inflammation in your body and has a bunch of long-term negative health effects so eating protein fat or Fiber before you eat the carbs it's really going to help you not have that huge glucose bike so afterwards you feel drowsy you feel fatigued you feel tired you feel bloated so perfect example of this is if you're having some chicken pasta for lunch perfectly fine but before eating that pasta you can have a salad or even for breakfast if I'm having let's say a fruit yogurt Bowl I'll have my eggs my protein first and then I'll have the yogurt Bowl speaking of which avoid sugary breakfast so I used to start my day with sugar every single morning like I'm talking oatmeal bowls yogurt bowls granola bars protein bars fruit smoothies you name it okay and I'm not saying you can't have those things for breakfast you totally can but actually Savory breakfasts are better for you so that you don't get the afternoon crash because if you start your mornings just only sugar you're going to have that glucose bike and that afternoon crash is it's not fun so now for breakfast I try to eat more eggs avocado and so that way I notice I feel more full throughout the day and I don't get that like afternoon crash because I didn't start my day off with sugar teeth care take care of your teeth so I'm talking have nice smelling breath please tongue scraping like I talked about before mouthwash whiten your teeth monthly I like to use whitening strips monthly and actually a great natural way to whiten your teeth and freshen your breath is with coconut oil and do oil pulling so you just put some coconut oil into your mouth you swish it around your mouth for like 30 minutes to a minute and you spit it out and your breath is clean your teeth are whiter amazing it's an amazing natural way I also always keep mints and gum in my purse after I eat like a good meal I don't want my breath stinking after so I always have those in my bag ready for me like you will never catch my breath smelling crazy have a hotgirl playlist so I'm telling you take the time to curate that playlist all right it is going to be your go-to playlist that you will play and immediately you feel confident you feel ready to take on the world and that you are the main character last but not least be double productive by listening to things that enrich your brain and give you knowledge if you know me at all you know that I'm someone that I constantly always have something playing in the background when I'm doing pretty much anything so when I'm cleaning my place holding my laundry doing the dishes even sometimes taking a shower I like to listen to something that is good for my brain and teaches me something new you know when we're all grown up and we're all done with school we kind of forget sometimes to have that same curiosity for life and to learn things and we are in the age of the internet so we have all the knowledge in our fingertips to learn anything we want at any time so I just think that we need to take advantage of that I'm talking I love to learn about anything like documentaries about the history of Sweden the economics of social media apps fun facts about cats how to make the perfect ice latte Etc I do this because one instead of just doing menial tasks throughout my day without thinking I can be double productive and learn something while I'm doing whatever I'm doing that honestly makes me feel so good being double productive with my time also two knowledge is power and learning about things that are interesting to me or can help improve my life in some way just helps me develop as a person and just be a more personable interesting person so let's say I meet a random person from Sweden I can tell them some facts that I know about Sweden and just have an interesting conversation with them so yeah audiobooks podcasts self-help podcasts documentaries things like that listening to anything that just enriches your brain with knowledge is we love that so yeah it's literally dark dark outside it is nighttime that's how long we've been sitting here talking about haot girl habits but yeah haot girls don't gatekeep so if you have any haot girl habits that you want to share with us that I didn't mention leave them in the comments below we have a whole Community here going on we're each other's hypee woman we hype each other up uplift each other and don't forget to follow me on Instagram and Tik Tok if you're a real one I love you guys so so much and I hope to catch you in my next video bye [Music] guys oh taking toin [Music]