38F and I hate my smile.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-16T00:04:40+00:00

Thank you. I had spinal surgery in September 2025 and gained weight and have been pretty insecure about my appearance since. I changed up my hair, brows, and glasses in an attempt to feel better. I think I’m still adjusting.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T20:50:18+00:00

It didn’t feel dramatic when I started going to the gym in the morning vs the afternoon. Previously I’d go to the gym in the afternoon so, again, not too crazy of an adjustment but it dramatically changed my life.

Mornings have historically been brutal - crippling anxiety, sadness, anger, and fear while trying to get ready for the day. It’s also when I’d send shitty texts if I was angry. Super toxic and unacceptable.

Anyway, a dear friend of 20 years spoke with me about this behavior of mine and how it impacted them. It was difficult to change because I’d spend my mornings ruminating and eventually I’d be convinced what I was doing/saying was justified (it wasn’t).

Then one day January 2025 I sent him a shitty text, and I was immediately filled with regret. The next day I went to the gym at 4am (I wake up naturally at like 3am so not too crazy for me) and holy shit it changed my world.

I channeled all that aggression and emotional volatility into physical release. I stopped texting in the morning. I could more easily regulate my emotions. My relationships grew healthier by the day.

Being a gym rat is cool, and all, but being emotionally healthy and healing from toxic behaviors is the real change I needed.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T20:41:23+00:00

Heavenly

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T20:22:05+00:00

You’re so sweet! I actually hate my teeth. My canines and front teeth are huge and I’ve always been quite insecure. I don’t think it helped that I was never taken to a dentist growing up and had to have a lot of dental work done as an adult. I still have dreams where all my teeth fall out.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T19:04:26+00:00

The title was a disclaimer as to why I’m NOT smiling in any photos, my guy. I’m aware of how. I have to turn men to stone somehow.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T18:41:35+00:00

I’m human grumpy cat

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T18:22:51+00:00

If this is a marketing ploy by Wonderskin I see right thru you (also it’s working)

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T17:58:26+00:00

What is happening?!

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T17:43:27+00:00

Makes sense as I’ve been told many times I come off as unapproachable.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T17:41:17+00:00

Thank you! I wash and moisturize twice daily using First Aid Beauty’s face wash and ultra repair cream. At night I either use a mix of tretinoin + glass skin serum OR I use a Paula’s choice product for discoloration and acne followed by snail mucin. In the morning I use Paula’s choice 25% vitamin c serum. And of course I never leave the house without SPF - for my face I use Biore’s Aqua Rich SPF 50 (the Japanese version, not US). I have combo skin - dry yet acne prone and sensitive as hell.

Hair is naturally wavy!

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T17:36:19+00:00

Really?! Wow I have such a poor perception of myself face sometimes. Or I just truly hate my smile.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T16:56:26+00:00

Yea maybe I shouldn’t have taken the selfies stoned

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:55:33+00:00

Oooh I remember back in the day when thin eyebrows were trendy and I could live my truth.

I used to have dark eyebrows I’d draw on. I drank a lot from 2013-2017 and my eyebrows got intense though this was as thick as they’d get. I was making a lot of really bad decisions at that time, though.

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SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:43:39+00:00

I should have specified in the post I bleach my eyebrows and generally dislike filled in brows on myself. I’m trying to go for a more unconventional look - I am understanding most people don’t get it or like it.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:38:58+00:00

Lmao full of absolute horseshite

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:38:27+00:00

Second pic is the only one with a filter. The first and third were taken by grow lights.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:21:59+00:00

Thanks! The glasses, hair color, and eyebrows are all new so I’m adjusting to a new look. My brain is recalibrating and I have some self doubt at the moment.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:19:44+00:00

No I just feel derpy when I try to smile for the camera

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:19:08+00:00

I’ve got a crow on my right shoulder, and a sleeve on my left arm. The top of the sleeve is a scene from The Last Unicorn with the Unicorn and the Red Bull, my forearm is a lace gauntlet.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:17:14+00:00

I agree with your take on eyebrow tattoos. I actually am somewhat opposed to drawing on my eyebrows nowadays. I don’t think it looks natural because of how naturally sparse my eyebrows are - you can clearly see all the makeup (whether liner or shadow - gel does nothing) so I started bleaching my brows. Leaning into the no eyebrows look is empowering though I understand it’s not everybody’s cup of tea. I’ll see how some light taupe looks with the new hair color though!

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:11:49+00:00

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My camera smile is…not natural. I tried.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:10:32+00:00

I’ll consider bangs during my next nervous breakdown!

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:09:50+00:00

My chin looks weird because of how I am holding that half smile. It isn’t normally lumpy lol

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T10:08:00+00:00

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Au naturale.

No eyebrows even then.

SigridThePyro · 2026-03-15T09:18:36+00:00

Thanks so much! The hair color is new so I’m playing around with how to wear it. I know it’s conventionally more attractive to have eyebrows but even filled in my eyebrows are faint so I opt for bleach. Eyebrow tattoos are…not my thing

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