A smile is a serious beauty inviter. People react better to pretty much everything if there’s a smile involved. First, try adding the smile for small exchanges and see how much better people react to you, making you feel prettier. Here are a few suggestions for warm-up targets: the check-out lady at the grocery store, the crossing guard, the receptionist at the gym, and sandwich artist at Subway.

 Once you’ve gotten the casual-safe-place smile down, try moving up to teachers and coworkers, and that guy who always goes over the 30-minute limit on the elliptical machine. When you’re ready, bring your smile to family brunch and see how your beauty radiates through cousin Gino’s screaming babies and Aunt Dora’s drooling, sad stare. Add a splash of white wine, and you’ll be gorgeous! Your family will think you have that secret love-affair glow. 

***Do not throw your smile around recklessly. The guy in the Save-on parking lot making strange gestures between his figures and pointing at you does not need a smile. If you cannot determine between responsible smiling and reckless smiling, do not smile at all.