How do you make yourself feel beautiful?

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This is selfish, but I am just having a really hard time not feeling ugly right now. I'm not a high maintenance person... I don't wear makeup and feel most at home in high tops... But I'm willing to put in a bit more maintenance to not feel this way.

I'm almost 20 weeks pregnant with my first. Yay! But I've gotten acne really, really bad. All over my face. On my back. My arms. My belly. My bump is definitely here now (officially gained 10 pounds as of this morning), but I don't look like a cute pregnant woman (WHERE IS MY GLOW?!). I can't even bring myself to take cute bump photos for friends that ask because I hate the way my face looks and I can't find an angle to make this bump cute.

I've started wearing tighter clothes this week so I look more like a pregnant woman and less like a blob. I Got a facial last week. I put on mascara. I might even try straightening my hair. But I feel so incredibly unattractive that I hate looking in the mirror. 30 years old and I've never cared about this before!