College Lifestyles Inspires with Beauty by Confidence

College Lifestyles women believe that beauty is defined by confidence. Check out the CL Beauty by Confidence campaign video. Each person has a unique way of developing their assurance and morale. Be true to yourself and get inspired to live with integrity, respect and beautiful confidence.

CL’s CEO and founder, Shelly Redmond and her interns spill how they live with Beauty by Confidence:

• Beauty by Confidence means seeing yourself the way you want people to see you. It’s believing in your strengths and working past your weaknesses. It emphasizes more good than bad. It’s trying to have a positive mental attitude in all aspects of your life. I try to look in the mirror and name at least three things I like about myself. If a negative thought crosses my mind, I make myself find three more things I like about myself. Girls must remember that confidence emits inner and outer beauty. -Nicole Smith

• The road to learning to love yourself can be a tough one. As long as the media controls the situation and tells us how we should look, no one will ever be just right. It doesn’t matter what you are labeled as, or what your hair looks like . Nothing screams beautiful more than a woman who carries herself with a confident air. The most attractive thing that a woman can wear is confidence. It’s so crucial to love who you are because it’s the only you that you have! -Tiana Blue

• Similar to many other young women, I have struggled with body image and self-confidence since my early high school days. In an attempt to ‘shape up’ and lead a healthier lifestyle, I lost quite a significant amount of weight with a healthy diet and light exercise. I thought that all of my body image issues would dissolve with my weight loss. I was definitely wrong. I became more critical of what my body looked like and forgot about what was truly important- the personality on the inside that makes your outside shine. To me, Beauty by Confidence means knowing that no matter what you look like, you are beautiful, unique and talented. It means being proud of the person you are (inside and out), and sharing that person with the world. To help me become more confident in myself, I don’t let the scale influence what I think about myself. I eat healthy foods and indulge every once and a while, I compliment my natural beauty, I practice healthy exercise habits and I continually remind myself that no matter what I look like (sweatshirts and glasses included), I am always beautiful. -Meaghan O’Connor

• Beauty by Confidence means going to the beach with no makeup or jewelry on and ending up with salty hair and smelling of sunscreen. Those are the traces of a good day. I achieve Beauty by Confidence in my life by looking as beautiful and as natural as I can. I choose what to wear because I want to wear it and I give smiles away anytime that I can. -Monica Perez

• Beauty by Confidence means knowing that you are beautiful, being confident in your body, and letting your confidence project out onto others. When you think and know you are beautiful, other people will recognize that and think so too. I achieve Beauty by Confidence in my life by working on becoming more and more confident in myself every day. I eat healthy and am regularly active because that makes me feel confident about my body. At the same time, I don’t stress myself out over maintaining a perfect body. I love my sweets too! I recognize that everyone is born with a different body type. I am given one body that I will live with for the rest of my life so I better learn to love and accept it. By accepting my body for what it is, I can stop worrying and enjoy my life! -Kathryn Oliva

• Beauty by confidence is an outlet to let other girls know that we all share in the same body image struggles and we all deserve to feel confident and beautiful. Girls should not feel bad or weird for feeling a certain way about their body image. – Jennifer Velez

• To me, Beauty by Confidence means embracing the body God gave you and valuing your uniqueness. I achieve Beauty by Confidence in my life by making sure I feel comfortable and pretty in my clothes. If my clothes don’t fit how I want them too, I know I will feel less confident and beautiful. When I feel good in my clothes, I like I can conquer the world! I also achieve Beauty by Confidence by figuring out what makes me unique, such as my freckles in the summer, the birthmark on my stomach or the scar on my knee. These things set me apart from everyone else and therefore I love them! They are part of my beauty! – Christina Hedges

• Beauty by Confidence means achieving what everyone wants in life: happiness. Looking good doesn’t have an impact unless you FEEL good about yourself and that is what this campaign pushes classy co-eds to do. A confident girl is not only beautiful, but happy! I achieve Beauty by Confidence in my life by reminding myself of the things I’ve accomplished daily whether it be eating healthy, working out or staying on top of my busy schedule. – Sana Ashraf

• Beauty by Confidence means that I am confident in my own body and happy with who I am as a person. I think beauty is more than just what is on the outside. In order for someone to be truly beautiful they need to shine inside and out. The recipe for beauty is love, happiness and confidence. I achieve Beauty by Confidence by reminding myself that I am healthy, happy and beautiful even when I am having a bad day. I try to focus on what I love about myself, rather than what I would change. I think my inner happiness – not what I am wearing or how skinny I am – is what truly makes me beautiful. Be silly, be happy, be a little crazy, be willing and be thankful, and your beauty will always shine through. – Jessica Fecteau

• To me, Beauty By Confidence is loving who you are and accepting your body for what it is. Everyone is beautiful inside and out. I achieve beauty by confidence by loving my imperfections and everything about who I am. If someone doesn’t like you because of an imperfection, then they weren’t truly a friend in the first place and aren’t worth your valuable time. – Michele Drago

• Beauty by Confidence is not only being comfortable with who you are, but owning who you are! When you do this, you will radiate! -Shelly Redmond, College Lifestyles CEO and founder

Be confident. Be beautiful. Be yourself.

Maggie Young believes Beauty by Confidence is a lifestyle women should strive to achieve. Life is to be lived and enjoyed. Women can reach a higher quality of life with beautiful confidence.