DeDe here with another beauty tip to make you look and feel your best.
Time for this week’s tip from Dear DeDe!
This week’s tip: It’s all in the smile!
Each week I tell you it’s an essential beauty product. But why? Simply because people who smile are seen as being more confident and approachable.
And smiling has measurable benefits as well. A study conducted at the University of Kansas found that smiling reduces stress. That’s right.You can still have a great deal of stress in your life, but when you smile, you lessen the effects of that stress on your body.
Another study that was published in the journal Psychological Science found that people who smile after stressful tasks show a greater reduction in heart rate than people who maintain a neutral facial expression.
And check this out! Dr. Eric Finzi of Maryland studied people with depression. He injected Botox into the frown muscles of half of the subjects so they were unable to frown. The other subjects received placebo injections. After six weeks, 27% of the Botox patients went into remission for their depression, while 7% of the control group went into remission.
But the best part of a smile is that when we smile, not only do we benefit from its’ positive effects, but so do the people who see us smile. Dr Marco Iacoboni of the UCLA Brain Mapping Center documented in his book, “Mirroring People,” that when we see another person smile, the same neurons fire that do when we smile ourselves. That’s why smiles are contagious!
Watch this short video and let’s see what YOU’RE doing at the end.
So never leave home without a smile!
See you next time!
DeDe you always make us smile,xx Speedy
Posted by speedyrabbit | October 27, 2013, 7:41 AMBOL! Thanks Speedy!
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 7:41 AMYou have a gorgeous smile Dede. I try to smile, but it doesn’t show up very well. he he – guess some cats can do it and others can’t.
Posted by mariodacat | October 27, 2013, 7:42 AMI’m sure you have a wonderful smile Mario!
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 7:45 AMDeDe your smile is so heart warming …I even smiled at a crocodile once and he sure smiled back at me.. 🙂
Posted by fozziemum | October 27, 2013, 7:53 AMi think animals smile at humans…. as long as humans don’t bare their teeth!
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 7:54 AMUs humans really do have a way of threatening creatures with our toothy grins..i prefer not to show my teeth anyway..probably why I smile at everything and it smiles back 🙂
Posted by fozziemum | October 27, 2013, 7:55 AMPurrfect advice Dede! SMILE! who knew all the benefits?! Pawesome! =^.^=
Posted by baileyboatcat | October 27, 2013, 8:07 AMI know! All that from just a little smile!
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 8:20 AMI agree – a smile can be as powerful as a weapon. I’m sadly not a smiling breed, but I can smile with my tail :o)
Posted by easyweimaraner | October 27, 2013, 8:08 AMOh, but I bet you’ve put many a smile on a human face!
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 8:20 AMI agree DeDe, smiling face makes you smile like you always do to us! Thank you very much for the great post DeDe!
Have a lovely Sunday! 🙂
Posted by eripanwkevin | October 27, 2013, 8:49 AMHave a great week Kevin! Thank you!
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 8:55 AMWE like Seeing and giving SMILES.
Posted by Frankie and Ernie | October 27, 2013, 9:20 AMAnd not only is it fun, it’s also good for you! YAY!
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 9:24 AMDeDe, you make me smile! Woooooowoooooooo!
Posted by Kuruk | October 27, 2013, 9:59 AMSmiling also offsets someone else’s grumpiness.
Posted by BJ Pup | October 27, 2013, 10:00 AMIt certainly does!
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 3:06 PMGreat video. Thank you for the post, DeDe!
Posted by Moxie Reviews™ (@MoxieReviews) | October 27, 2013, 10:00 AMDeDe, we LOVE your smile. It makes us so happy, which just proves your point even more! We’re going to smile like it’s going out of style, and see what happens. 🙂
That video was awesome!
Posted by meowmeowmans | October 27, 2013, 10:02 AMThat’s so true and I really loved that video. Just last week, I did a little experiment on my way to the market. I left the house and said I would offer a big smile to everyone I walked past and see if they reciprocated. I pasted 5 people in the park and only one did not, I think she thought I was a weirdo 😀
Posted by Boomdeeadda | October 27, 2013, 12:15 PMAnd yet that person most likely still got a positive boost from seeing you smile.
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 2:52 PMNo one has as beautiful smile as you do.
Posted by digitalgranny | October 27, 2013, 2:58 PMAwwwww…. thank you!
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 3:05 PMLoved the video. Yes i was smiling at the end.
Posted by geanieroake | October 27, 2013, 2:59 PMYAY!
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 3:06 PM“When you smile at me I will understand…” That works if you’re from a certain era. Animals also recognize a smile in humans and I’ve always said it was part of my success in rescuing and fostering cats and kittens.
Posted by Bernadette | October 27, 2013, 3:55 PMI think it is the smile, or perhaps the open heart. Animals see those too.
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 4:42 PMGAH! You guessed it, DeDe! Mom was cracking up during the video. That was awesome!
Love and licks and smiles,
Cupcake
Posted by Genevieve Petrillo | October 27, 2013, 4:41 PMIsn’t that just the best?????
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 4:42 PMI gently suggested to one of my students that her constant frowning was not a welcoming look. I hope she does smile more. It’s a great tip, DeDe.
Posted by earthriderjudyberman | October 27, 2013, 5:44 PMI hope so. I realize it’s not cool to smile, though.
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 6:24 PMTeen angst accounts for some of that attitude I guess. But, from what the girl said, she has very few friends. I think a warm, sincere smile might attract more friends.
Posted by earthriderjudyberman | October 27, 2013, 7:11 PMShe may want to keep others away.
Posted by rumpydog | October 27, 2013, 7:44 PMMom says I am a “natural” smiler and you know what? SHE is too!
Posted by Dakota/Caren/Cody | October 27, 2013, 6:23 PMWhat a fun you tube; I enjoyed it and am still smiling.
Posted by morristownmemos by Ronnie Hammer | October 27, 2013, 6:38 PMCertainly the dog is confident and approachable and that ain’t bad already. Then there’s that contagion thing about smiling, which must be genetic. And that dogs can enter into the human equation like that is something genetic with them too.
Posted by Bumba | October 27, 2013, 6:53 PMGrowing up the mom had a poodle who smiled at everyone, especially as people came in the front door. What a lovely greeting, and one that had all visitors smiling too!
Posted by Oui Oui | October 27, 2013, 7:49 PMNo one has ever laughed or even smiles whiles waiting for a subway in NYC. If they did, they would be stabbed or pushed onto the tracks. Sad, isn’t it.
Posted by Cathy Keisha (@CathyKeisha) | October 27, 2013, 8:55 PMDefinitely need to invite the laughing Buddha there.
Posted by rumpydog | October 28, 2013, 5:01 AMReblogged this on delia1979.
Posted by delia1979 | October 28, 2013, 6:56 AMDeDe you look very confident and approachable and simply marvelous! Love that photo. 🙂
Posted by The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap | October 28, 2013, 8:47 AMDeDe you look wonderful and me and the human were chortling by the end of the video!!
Posted by Austin Towers | October 28, 2013, 9:11 AMI’m for SMILES all day/365 days. Sending you guys Lots of Golden SMILES. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
Posted by goldenwoofs | October 28, 2013, 9:49 AM🙂 🙂 🙂 works for me DeeDee!!!
Sherrie-Ellen & Nylablue too.
Posted by Nylabluesmum | October 31, 2013, 8:16 PM