The Mission
The goal of the Operation Beautiful website is to end negative self-talk or “Fat Talk.” If this little blog only does one productive thing, I hope it helps readers realize how truly toxic negative self-talk is — it hurts you emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
Through my own experiences fighting Fat Talk, I’ve realized the power behind an anonymous act such as Operation Beautiful. When I post a note, I’m saying, “I CHOOSE to be positive!”
I began Operation Beautiful by leaving positive messages on the mirrors of public restrooms — at work, at the gym, at the grocery store. I scribble down whatever comes to mind — "You are beautiful!" or "You are amazing just the way you are!" My personal goal is to leave as many Operation Beautiful notes as I can. Maybe some people read them and just smile, but I bet some people are truly touched by the effort of a random stranger.
Operation Beautiful is simple: all you need is a pen and a piece of paper. If you want to join the mission, send me an e-mail at OperationBeautiful@gmail.com with a photograph of your Operation Beautiful note or a description of your experience, and I’ll post it on the Operation Beautiful site for thousands of others to read and enjoy!
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I’ve known so many people with problems of how they look, and coming across this website showed me that there’s hope. I think this is very inspiring. Thank you.
I found out about this site last year and it has really helped me. Everyone says I’m really skinny and beautiful but there’s just part of me that feels like they don’t mean it. But this site has helped a little with my confidence and I started putting the daily quote on my laptop and I’m going to start putting the quotes in my classes and in the bathrooms at school. <3
me and my bestfriend are doing this, but we have loads of post it notes with ‘you are beautiful!
’ and operationbeautiful.com written on them and we’re going to go around our town and stick them to things. 
i just wanted to say that THIS is an amazing thing to do, and im going to start doing it whenever i can by carrying sticky notes and a pen/ pencil around with me. I saw one of these a while ago, and it made me oh so happy. you dont even understand. I wish i took a picture to send to you, but im sureonce this starts up where i live around, ill be seeing this more and more.
you are the type of person that gives me hope for this world
for that, i thank you.
i just found this website tonight because i saw an article of it in glamour and it made me think how much people at my school and in my house would feel better about themselves!! so i went around and put sticky notes in my familys books and on their mirrors thanks i will spread this around at my school thanks sooooooo much!!!
everyone is beautiful ~ colleen
I just found this website, because my bestfriend send it to me, just for inspiriation for our essay. Your mission inspires me, just because I know the the pressure that many women feel, so do I, to must be beautiful. Thank you & keep up the good work!
someone in my school left a note saying ‘you are beautiful, don’t let others judge you, be your own person’ on the bathroom mirror,
it didnt mean anything to me, because people dont usualy get through to me very easily, but just the fact that someone made the effort to write that had me smiling for the rest of the day
I just found this site off GivesMeHope.com, and, because a while ago I decided I’ma try to be nicer to people, I’ve decided I’m going to try this when school starts again, and at climbing. (Currently holidays.)
it’s my birthday today and im home alone doing nothing, i came across this page through somebody’s profile on nexopia.com spreadlove. that had a comment from drededlove? saying “this page made me smile hard core. it makes me think there is some good in the world. everyone should check out operationbeautiful.com as well.:) ” and i’d have to agree with her, it made me smile, i was curious so i looked and started reading some comments when i came across your comment with the website that had also made me curious so i went to take a look, im still reading all the stories on the page, but i’d really love to thank you for posting that website
it’s made my night it gave me happy tears 
Thank you
i this by chance and i’m really glad i did
It’s a beautiful mission
I used to hate myself, i still sometimes do, but now i want to make people not go through what i did…
so this is a good start to making someone smile ^_^
I think this is so absolutely awesome. Such a great idea. I’ll definitely try it out.
i have found these notes all over my bathroom walls and mirrors they really make me feel good!
i have found these notes all over my bathroom walls and mirrors they really make me feel good!
i love this!!
my friend alexis told me about this website, and i felt really touched when she told me i was beautiful. ive had to fight the “fat talk” as well, but i never was able to conquer it. operation beautiful has made me relize that i am beautiful! i am beautiful just the way i am!.. so not only would i like to thank my best friend alexis, but i would like to thank operation beautiful for helping me feel happy and giving me my self confidence back!!
I found a note at the school gym today, posted on the scale that stated, “You are BEAUTIFUL, just the way you are.” and then this web address written in at the bottom. I took a picture of it and smiled to myself. I truly had no intention of weighing myself because I find that the number on the scale promotes my own negative self talk. I stopped weighing myself a month ago when I found that working out 3x a week was actually in creasing that number, even though I was seeing improvements in my body. The real goal IS to live healthy. If my body is happy at 200lbs (at 6 feet tall) then so be it. I love this message. Thank you.
Me and a friend of mine started doing this, leaving post-its around our school, hoping to brighten someone’s day. Even though it goes against the rules.
Rules are made to be broken–this is coming from a teacher!
I found a note on my classroom door at school today. I was touched to get a sweet message from an anonymous person. I knew it was probably one of my students. I have been having a rough year with being sick. Seeing this note touched my heart and soul. Later in the day I think the student who left the note nearly broke her toe falling down the stairs at the school (right after leaving the note). This made me feel guilty. She made my day. I hope her toe isn’t broken!
Love your Love, Love your Lover, Lover Loves you ………Love each other…
You know, I was thinking about doing something like this in my daily life because I think people need this sort of motivation. Finding this site gave me the extra push I needed to put sticky notes everywhere I see fit for one (or more!!). =]
I see these notes all over my school, and i always think back to when I would hurt myself and how I felt. Whenever I see those notes now, it makes me remember. How i feel about myself isn’t very high, so what you guys are doing really does touch people. I know that when i’m having a bad day I like seeing those notes to remind me.
I used to cut myself and truly hate who I was.
Then I started to grasp the fact that I’m on this earth for a reason and that every single person is beautiful in their own shining way.
I love you! :]
I found a link to this website from Six Billion Secrets and have spent the past half an hour reading about the mission. It made me want to join. I can’t wait to start posting messages in the bathrooms at my high school! I hope I can help people to feel beautiful.
I was at a marching band competition the other day and in the girls locker room at the high school, me and my best friend saw these note put randomly on the lockers. It made us feel really good about our selves, even when we did know who put them there.
This is truly amazing! I saw sticky notes all over my high school’s girls’ bathrooms, and they brightened up my day. I had to check the website out, and now i’m joining the mission. You are all beautiful!
I was having an awful day and was feeling pretty low and then I walked out of the mall and found a post-it note on the garbage can.
“you are beautiful no matter what the scale says. operationbeautiful.com”
Thank you to whoever left that note. It made my day a little bit better.
It seems to me that this past month I have spent finding one blog after another that is really doing something to touch people and make them smile. Make them all feel real and beautiful. And now I’ve stumbled across this site and I’m going to do this too, I think it’s such a wonderful idea.
Thank you!
Jade
Well I was at borders n I found one of these notes… u guys made my day so I decided I wanted to let other people feel as fuzzy as I did… sooo i decided to be a part of this operation beautiful
saw one of these coming out of restroom at hospital where i work,it said you are amazing and i smiled and thought to myself yes i am.
I suffer from bipolar, and on Monday my friend forced me to go to a lecture at uni even though I was feeling pretty bad. I found a post-it in the restroom. It helped me get through the rest of the day with a least a bit of a smile on my face.
I posted a picture on my facebook profile that says “Be Your Own Kind Of Beautiful”. My friend immediately told me about this site. From this day forward, my little town will have these special little notes all over the place. Thank you for helping all the women of the world to truly embrace all the beauty that they have within themselves and share with all of us.
I just found this site off of GiveMeHope (: I’m so glad I did. I’ve actually been putting up notes on mirrors, walls, windows, and in books for ages because some one left a note in a public bathroom and I thought I should spred the love (: I’m so glad I found this site.
I saw this article in glamour magazine and was truly inspired!!! it was almost like a lightswitch how instantly my mindframe changed from self disgust to pure acceptance!! i dont know how to explain it. im just making a promise to remind myself everyday, “im ok with who i am.” and im pledging to share and inspire others everyday, because im proof that a random reminder left somewhere unexpectadly can change and tranform your whole outlook on life and breed happiness in others!!! THANK YOU
I did this before I knew about this whole thing. I just thought it was a cute idea. Then someone told me about this.
Just started noticing quotes, such a great idea. So many people are so truly beautiful and are too afraid to show it because of how they’re treated. Wonderful cause!
Operation Beautiful is really great, it made me think better about myself and no doubt other people. i keep finding them everyday on the bus and everyday it’s got a different message. it makes everybody feel happy.
I was Six Flags Magic Mountain yesterday, and saw a post it with “You are beautiful just the way you are. operationbeautiful.com” and it made me smile so I took a picture of it and it’s now the wallpaper on my phone so every time I look at my phone I am reminded, I personally have body issues and seeing that post it, and now this website and inspired me to start letting go of my insecurities and realize how beautiful I am. Thank You so much for what you are doing.
I saw this site during the summer holidays and since I’ve been back to school I posted some post-it notes saying ‘Don’t worry. You’re Beautiful.’ They were taken down by the next day and I was worried people weren’t seeing them, so I posted more. Today on facebook I saw someone had posted a picture of my note and the caption said ‘Whoever posted this at MB, you gmh!’ It absolutely made my day that someone had felt better because of my note.
These notes are the greatest thing i have ever seen…i spotted the first one on a day i did not even feel like looking in a mirror. thank you.
I read about this in a magazine and think it is the greatest idea ever! I posted a few in the bathrooms at school.. Hopefully someone will be inspired by them.
brilliant. i just love this idea. thank you for spreading more empowerment to women.
My friend Abbie and I have really commited to changing the fat talk, we are starting with the girls in our youth group and school.Our first step was posting notes around our church so when the girls came in for youth group that night they would see them, our next step was to hand out post it notes and send the girls out to post them everywhere and start making a difference. All of us girls struggle with this, but I confident that taking little steps can really transform our thoughts. This website was a God send to me in a wordl where they are constantly telling you that you are not good enough. God is constantly telling us that we are good enough, we are made in his image and he makes no mistakes. Praise God for your beauty!
i found out about this site through kidsgivemehope and i absolutely love the idea of ‘changing the world, one post-it at a time’. i’m definately going to start this at my high school. <3
there are hundreds of these in the girls bathrooms idk who theyre from but they have changed the way i look at life. thx
my mom showed this to me late last nite,and now i am super excited!
it truely is disgusting how media tells us what we ‘need’ to be like,
how refreshing to see this!
thank you!you are all beautiful!(;
This website as inspired me to go around my school and put up as many signs as possible I will even ask the teachers and princible to get involved. I understand how most girls feel even though I’m only 11. My main goal is to when people cut you down and say you ugly I want people to think:”just because they say I’m not beautiful doesn’t mean I am. If I want to be beautiful then I am! It’s the inside that really matters. It their loss not mine.”
AND YES YOU ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!! Love to you all- Linzy
I found this through that mystery google thing… Only it isn’t called mystery google now haha. I’m definitely gonna do this at my school!! It’s needed.. People need to stop thinking so badly of themselves and others. I love this idea, thank you for it
I would just like to say, that today my friend came in and told me about this website. We have now posted at least 100 sticky notes all over my school. Teachers love the idea, and it makes us feel like we are making a difference in the world. Thank you Operation Beautiful!
My friend rachel told me about this one day and I looked at her and was confused. Now i see what an impact it has on my life and everyone else’s. I LOVE YOU
I just saw one…well, several of these notes in the girls’ bathroom at my school today. I suppose I was more of the ‘see it and smile’ girl, but it made me feel better about the ‘mood’ of my school. It made me feel like we were trying to make a difference in the way we see each other. With enough effort, I think this could completely change the way that we, as Americans (or whatever nationality you are) socialize. I totally support this group with all my heart. Oh, plus, it doesn’t matter who you are, these notes ARE meant for YOU to read-because WE ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL.
I just read an article about a school sponsored club called: Redefining Beautiful: One Girl at a Time. It’s a great story about young women chosing not to wear make-up every Tuesday at school. Proving that they are beautiful just as they are. (It was from this article that I found the link to this site. It was a great discovery!)
I’m so inspired by reading everyone’s stories. Thank you for sharing the love.
I was thinking how it would be fun to place a post-it note in all the library books I read and share the love that way. Then the next person (guy or girl) that takes the book out will get a message of love. I think I’ll go post a message in our office restroom and share the love.
Thanks again for all that everyone is doing.
In my school, there’s really a big problem with bullying and ‘negative talk’. I was totally shocked when I walked into the bathroom to find an operation beautiful note on the mirror. I was even more shocked to find ANOTHER in the other bathrooms. I am totally in love with the message that’s being sent to everyone and its amazing that it can have such a positive impact:)
This website is so true, so many people judge at our school and not how people are, but how they look. First thing Monday i’m done with makeup and am going to put a post it note up!
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