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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Someone posted a note up on the mirror of the girls toilets in my school today and it really cheered me up. I’m definetley gona spread the word
Oh, wow! This sounds like a wonderful thing! I just found this site on Mystery Google/Seeker. I’m going to post notes, and tell my friends about it:)
When I was little I was sooooo self conscious of my weight and how I looked, but I think if I had seen one of these notes, it would have made me really happy:)
Gonna start bringing whiteboard markers instead of postits (;
that’s an awesome idea! that way you can just write on the mirrors but its easier for the janitors to clean up and no trees die!
smart smart smart! thx 4 the idea!
I am truly in LOVE with Operationbeautiful. I try everyday to make people feel better about themselves, and now I have one more tool to add to my repertoire. Thank you. <3
i found this on mystery google, i am going to tell all my friends, and pick up a packet of post it notes at the store.
thank you Mystery Google
when i saw this today ona bathroom mirror it changed how i look at my self! im so enspired by it!
i think your idea i GREAT! I read about u in this month’s issue of CLEO magazine (Malaysia).
anyway,i’m gonna start doing this at work and i hope u dont mind if i put it on my website.
This is great! I will spreading the word!
i saw a note on the girls bathroom door at school that said “you are beautiful,operationbeautiful.com” and i came here. i will def participate, i love it.
I’ve been reading GMH nonstop tonight, and I found the link to here. Thank you for this! I’ve been trying to think of a way to help all my girl friends who think they’re fat or not pretty enough that they are gorgeous. As soon as I go somewhere, and when school starts back, I’ll have sticky notes everywhere. :]
This is an amazing idea.
I know that everyonce in a while I think Im not pretty,
Or I believe that Im fat.
Im going to carry sticky notes and a marker everywhere I go.
This could help a lot of youg and older girls.
-Thank you soo much
I saw some of these notes in my school washroom, and I thought they were wonderful. Little did I know that it’s global endeavor! Thanks
-Becky
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I found this site on GMH and Operation Beautiful is truly inspirational. Post-it notes and a pen are going to be permenant fixtures in my pocket.
I found a sticknote at Pac Sun and I thought that the shirt I picked out was ugly on me but I kept on reading that note over and over and couldn’t stop thinking about it so I bought to of the shirts! I feel much better now that I know I’m not alone!!!
u look GOREGOUS in those tops Honey!
THANKS! I was in a shop today and I tried on a pair of jeans that didn’t quite fit, so I was feeling a bit sad and as I left the changing room, I saw an operation beautiful note and it made my day.
Left my 1ST sticky note today! so excited!
I, along with my best friend Rayanah, are totally doing this! she’s a little lazy, so i’ll have to force her, but it’ll be worth it!
you are wonderful for creating this ^^
aawwwww, someone do this in Maryland :] im gonna start:]
Im in the Military any i ran across this website.im stationed in Italy..prepare to go International.this is brilliant
Thanks for this. I just saw a postit in my school’s toilet. Made me smile. Thanks guys!
oh my god! I just found this wedsite from mystergoogle.com
my best friend and i started doing the same thing a few weeks ago! im glad a lot of people are doing the same.
Today I walked into the girls’ bathroom during first period and saw a strange little sticky note on the mirror. i ignored it at first, but curiosity took over and I just had to check it out. I stepped closer and read the note:
I plan on posting as many sticky notes as possible tomorrow. I thank all who use this website, for I know if one little sticky note made me feel better, I can only imagine what millions have done. Keep it up please! 
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL JUST THE WAY YOU ARE <3 operationbeautiful.com
I was immediately inspired; that sticky note made my morning.
This is truly the sweetest thing i have ever heard of, im gonna do this everywhere i go from now on.
its brilliant, 3 words that could make someones day
today my best friend did operation beautiful. she posted a note on the girls bathroom mirror at our school. its nice to show someone you care
aww!
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me and my bestfriends are going shopping just for post its and sharpies.i told them about this website,and they love the idea.
were gonna go to the mall and try to put one in every dressing room.
it makes me smile when i write them, because i know someone else is going to read it and smile too.
MY & friends and i were walking 2 THE MOVIE THEATER BATHROOMS ON R WAY OUT FROM SEEING 2012 as we slowly aproched the sinks we saw a BIG HEART SHAPED POSTED NOTE ON THE MIROR IN FRONT OF US======ooo…=====))))) …IT SAID “beautY,
they
take it
AS LOOKS
THEY TAKE IT
AS FASHON, BUT,
THE MOST IMPORTAINT
THING OF ALL IS WHAT COMES
FRom the !!!HEART!!!! beauty is not about how u look or what age u r.. its about the
way that u fell about ur self AND THE SELF CONFIDENCE U HAVE ,SO NEXT TIME U SEE A NOTE LIKE THIS LOOK @ THE VARY BOTTOM for the WEBSITE!!!!!
==========)))))))))))))…<<<<<<<<<333333..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!you R lOveD!!!
PS.AND WHEN MY FIREND READ IT SHE bursted into ntears of HAPPYNESS!!!!!! ===)))!
I have been struggling with anorexia for almost two years. Recently I have felt at my lowest, with no hope. This website is the first thing that I have seen to give me some hope back. Thank you so much. I am going to write as many post it notes as I can to help as many people as possible.
I printed business cards from vista prints.. 250 for $5 and then post them on the mirrors and even sometimes hand them to people I think need cheering up. plus i have even put them on a few cars for people.
I am totally going to do this at my school now. I live in an all girl dorm and I’m going to put it in all the bathroom and probably on my neighbor’s doors as well. This is the most amazing idea I’ve ever heard. I saw it on a flair on facebook. It made me happy.
Keep up the amazing work.
I have recently begun doing this. I made a whole post-it note pack worth of beautiful comments and posted them around my school. My school is seriously too uptight about looks, and I’d love to make someone’s day.
I think this is a great idea and I’m tired of fat talking myself!
NO MORE FAT TALK!
H3LLooo000OOOO000oO OPERATION BEAUTIFUL PPL ========))))))))) … (((((== i jusy wanted to say that the amount of ppl in shool that ARE POSTING NOTES THROUGH OUT THE SHCOOL IS incredible!!! i CAN NOT beleve that HALF OF THE student body is POSTING MORE THAN 44 post-ITS in all 4 GRADE LEVELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =====OOOO !!! … all of my teachers LOVE LOVE LOVE this wonderful idea that CATLYN MADE UP!!!!!!!!!! PS.========)))))))
!!! KEEP ON POSTING AND spread the love through out all HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE schools!!!! i love u alllllll BYEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! ….( )
lol the comment that i just sent was a MESS UP!!! I MISSED SPELLED SOME WORDS OOOOOOPPPPSS!!! ====00
This site is truly making a difference. I have recently become addicted to diet pills. I’m 14 years old and I weigh 107lbs. The pills caused me to lose three more pounds. Now I weight 100lbs after a month. I was never happy with the way I looked until now. After this site, I stopped taking the pills and see myself as a gorgeous girl for once.
I’ve never seen anyone do this at my school. So, I’m going to be the first.
My friend told me about thsi website and I’m extremely glad, sometimes its hard for me just to get up in the mornings. Because I know I’ll have to get up and face myself.
Face-to-face, in the mirror.
Its an extremly scary concept…and, oviously, its only magnified by the fact I do not like my body.
I’m 12, I’m still growing, learning and developing, but at night my thoughts are usally scattered but, more often than not, I’ll end up thinking about one particular thing…
My future.
And more importantly, my body IN the future. What it will be like, what it’ll look like, if I’ll like it or not, if I’l be fat…etc.
I’m hoping by starting to write some notes that I’ll be able to put a smile on my face, and hopefully heaps of other tweens, like myself, teenagers and older women.
:]
Dee.
tomorrow, i’m going to the store and am buying some post it notes. and when school starts monday, i am so spreading this around. no one at my school has ever done this before, so i feel great to be the first one to start. i know it’ll make some of the girls day. i’m so excited!
I was mysterygoogling about operationbeautiful, and someone else was doing the same thing, and I got this…
You are gorgeous, don’t ever forget that! operationbeautiful.com
Keep spreading the word! I love it!
i saw one post it note on the bathroom mirror at school, and it made my day. now all my friends i and i post these notes everywhere.
i love operation beautiful, so much.
i now truely believe that i am beautiful.
thank you so much .
I heard of Operation Beautiful when surfing Mystery Google and someone had put “you are beautiful! Smile!” I think this is a wonderful idea. I go to an all girls school so the more sticky notes the better!
I think this is a beautiful thing to do… I will always keep a pen and my post its with me
I went to walmart earlier today and bought a whole bunch of post its. I can’t wait for school tomorrow.
Hey!
I love this, I just thought you would like to know we’re making it happen over here in England too!
I saw this website and posted a few around in the girl’s toilets at college and found the best place is on the back of the doors!
A couple of my friends commented on them and wondered who was doing it and couldn’t believe it when I said I did it!
Now we’re on our own little mission to make everyone feel better including the guys with comments like “How are you doing today handsome?” and even the teachers by slipping post-its in our work saying “You’re doing a great job teaching us, keep it up!” or “You inspire us, keep on smiling!” Sometimes we just hand them out to random people in the street and people always smile once they read it.
WE LOVE THIS PROJECT!
I found one today on the mirror in the girls toilets at college
It really made me smile, i took note of the address.
Wouldn’t it be funny if this was the same college?
xxx
I saw tiny, bright pink post-its on every mirror in a large hotel restroom yesterday with lovely things written on them and I was truly touched by the effort.
Toxic speech is something so few people think about, but almost all engage in. Bringing it to the forefront of people’s thoughts (especially women) is a brave a beautiful gesture. Thank you for starting this. May it touch every caged bird and allow her to fly. <3
I was having a rough monday today and during a washroom break I saw a post it note on a mirror. One said: “You are beautiful” and the other said “great shoes” both with the website on them. I went in with a frown and a low mood and left a little higher and a smile on my face. Those post its were in the right place at the right time.
thank you
I began to see all these post-its in the main bathroom off the commons in my large and over crowded high school, people were saying it was stupid, but i think that its above and beyond, especially in high school where everything is centered around looks for a female.
I love this idea!
okay so i started leaving notes around school and i discovered that they were being taken down i feel discouraged but im still going to do my part with operaton beauty!
keep posting! as long as one person finds them, that’s all that matters. maybe post around town, too!
Maybe I should start something like that in Germany too. All these teenage girls which are really beautiful and thin and thinking they would be ugly and fat!
Really good work!
this is amazing, i’m going to bombard my whole town tomorrow with post-it notes : )
So many of my friends think that they are fat. I’m going to start this in hope that they start to believe in themselves. Im quite big, should you say, and there are many people who call me fat. But to be honest I LOVE the way I am, and I don’t really want to change the way I am. I just hope that my friends realize that they are beautiful no matter what any one says. This is a great inspiration to me. Hope it is to friends, family and others.
this was my first time on this website, i’ve never seen the post-its, but tomorrow, i’m getting a post-it note and writing “Since we don’t have mirrors, just remember you’re beautiful!” where our locker room mirror should be ;D
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