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 love this idea
cause i myself have somewhat of a low self esteem
i keep thinking things such as, “woah, she’s so pretty” “she’s so thin” “she has a great voice, why dont i have any talent.”
~and people need to know that they’re beautiful for who they are, not what they are. there’s so much pressure from peers, media, etc… we at least need something to remind us that “YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL”
I do that too, but this is changing me. I hope I have school tomorrow!
I love this! My friends got me into writing notes. i’ve left several around town. And multiple at my school.
My friend and i also put one i our lockers to remind us of how beautiful we are! It’s a great reminder. 
But Operation Beautiful is absolutely Amazing!! I plan to keep posting notes. 
it’s really hard to leave post-its around the place BYU-I, because there’s not even grafiti in the bathrooms. I left a few tonight, and I’m just hoping that whoever cleans the bathrooms tonight will leave the notes. I know the feeling of finding a “happinote” on a bad day; it’s one of my favourite emotions ever. Please keep posting, ladies, it does someone a world of good.
i am going to start doing his tomorrow. I would love it if i saw one at school, so im gonna make girls happy by putting some up in the bathrooms. As long as they understand what they are for and dont laugh about it.
The main editor of my school’s newspaper put up a note – in the school newspaper. I love the mission and it’s something that i totally believe in.
Everyone has body image issues. Even those that you wouldn’t think of as having a problem, like the skinny/fit ones (me).
I decided as soon as i finished reading the editor’s column to come here and join the crusade.
found a note @ panda express! this place is AWESOME! thx a lot!
This site is amazing. It has a really good message that i think everyone should follow. This monday i’m going to go around my school and put up sticky note that say, “You are beautiful on all the mirrors.” Maybe a few other saying too, I want everyone to know that they are beautiful.
I had nothing to do one day so I went on mystery google and soon it brought me to this website. Now I bring sticky notes with me everywhere and post them on bathroom mirrors, stalls, and somtimes even toilets(:
I think this is a really fantastic idea…I posted one the other day at my school that said “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and it gives you a good feeling, like you’re making SOMEBODY smile out there.
I think this is a wonderful mission to pursue. All I want sometimes is for someone to tell me I’m beautiful, even though I know everyone is in their own way. As a 16-year-old in a high school hierchy
I accidently sent that without finishing it. xD The point is, girls in high school rarely get a positive compliment, and I just think Operation Beautiful is an amazing idea. Can’t wait to start leaving post-its.
you are great. High school is hard, but you will be fine.
Hey, me and a few friends dicovered this site just a few hours ago. We thought it was very inspirational and life changing. We are now making plans to go around and spead the love.
Oh my gosh I was having a horrible day and then I walked into the bathroom and saw this on the mirror and it totally made my day.
Thank you.
I’ll be sure to pass it on.:)
:*)
I found this website page open on one of my school’s computers and immediately went to find some post-it notes. I got to the bathroom and found two other girls writing messages and sticking the post-its to mirrors, doors, hand dryers, and even on toilet paper rolls. This website is truly changing lives.
Hey, my friend Luke Dowler told me about this, and he bought a pack of postit notes, and he said he was going to put them subtly around my school. My opinion was along the lines of ‘okayyy, if you say so’ (he’s a bit eccentric). Today, I was walking to English, and I saw one, and throughout the day, I saw about 6. That doesn’t seem like much, but I know he’s used most of them, so Imma keep on hunting lol!
i found one of these messages in the bathroom of masterman in philly. after i read it i felt good so im gona start leavin notes EVERYWHERE!! i cant wait to start tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!
Today I went into school, after having a really rough weekend, only to find a post it on my locker saying “Smile, someone loves you”. It instantly brought a smile to my face and made me feel as if someone cared. It was the best morning I’ve ever had at school. I want to thank the person at my school who is spreading operation beautiful. You’re amazing
This is truly amazing. it makes me want too go around with a huge microphone screaming att the tops of my lugs ” YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL” because no matter who you are, what you look like, you. are. beautiful. : )
Psalm 139:12014 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
GOD made EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US beautiful!!! And if you think that doesn’t sound special enough, think about this… That verse says he knitted us together. I’m a knitter, and it takes me 12 hours to knit a scarf, and I know every inch of it. How much more intricate is a person? God knows every little thing there is to know about us…and we are wonderfully made
Oh my gosh! You literally made my day. I was looking in that mirror at Dorthy Perkins feeling too fat, and ugly, and then out of the corner of my eye i saw this little yellow sticky note, with the most simple message. ‘SMILE! You are beautiful!’
xx
THANK YOU! I love the wonderful spontinuity of your kindness. YOU MADE MY DAY!
I’m joining the campaign!
i was having a really bad day when i found one of these in a bathroom stall at school… sometimes all it takes is a little something to cheer someone up
What a wonderful idea! This kind of thing would work perfect on my sister. Heck, I would love to find notes telling me I’m beautiful!
I’ve always hated how I looked. I’ve been called names at school, parties, at home by my sisters friends. Soon I just didn’t want to do anything. I tried being more social but all my attemps felt hopeless. I was at school and over-heard some girls talking about OperationBeautiful was lame and stuff so I went home and looked it up and I was inspired. It made me more confident and now I’m spreading the word. <3
I’m from the Philippines and I haven’t really encountered such a sweet thing like this. I’ll start to post though operation beautiful notes in the city where I live , from now.
Hi I found one of your post-its at my job today.
We have a big pen display that I’ve been putting post-it notes all around it so people will write on those with the pens to try them out rather than the display lol. It made me happy to find one that was kind and happy than the usual badly-drawn penis or “KAYTIE WUZ HURR.” hahah. 
Thanks for inspiring people to leave nice notes!
I just found this through a website!!! Oh my gosh! I’m so excited to go post these… I’m making them right now! I’m going to post them ALL over! This website made my day! :]
I actually just talked to my english teacher about this campaign and awesome message it sends people… I have to do a project for her class, and while I already had an idea she encouraged me to work on spreading the love through these post-its! I told her that I wanted to do this voluntarily, and she told me to pursue this project instead! I’m so excited to get working on this! I’m going to start tomorrow when I go shopping! YAY! :]
I would love to encourage you to listend to an all girl band called BarlowGirl. They have some awesome music that speaks to girls! One song is called “Mirror” and here are a few words:
“Mirror, mirror on the wall have I got it?
Cause mirror you’ve always told me who I am.
I’m finding it’s not easy, to be perfect.
So sorry you won’t define me, sorry you won’t own me.”
They really encourage girls to be who they are and not try to live up to the standards of this world. They really rock!
One of the girls in my band, Tara Lynch
started posting these notes on the bathroom mirrors and it truely left an impression on, not only me, but many girls. I’ve heard so many people talking about it, it’s crazy! Thanks so much for making a difference!
i’m a guy and i wanna help…. how/where can i post these notes so i can help ppl too? if you don’t beleive me that’s fine but i’ve got a friend that showed me to this site because i’m one of the ‘nice guys’ at my school and i hate it when people talk down about girls -.- let me know girls!
we’ve had tons of guys post! they like to put notes in grocery stores, malls, post office boxes, etc… everywhere! spread the love
men need it too!
I am the president of my school’s Key Club and we have decided to devote a week kust to Operation Beautiful.. Some of the ideas for the week that we are trying to organize include: dropping inspiring notes in every locker in the school, covering the mirrors in the bathrrom for a day, saying inspirational quotes over the loudspeaker, and possibly a walkathon!
i absolotly love this
this is amazing idea
sometimes you just need that little pick me up to get you through the day
im gunna start doing this to
I’m truly inspired by the work that your doing, I’m going to start posting these lovely messages everywhere, and hopefully it’ll inspire somebody else to do the same. Everyone is beautiful & unique in their own way!!
This is so awesome! I may just have to leave a post-it at denny’s today. Certainly my teachers wouldn’t object if I wrote on the wall, now would they? After al I’m helping others!
Always use post-its and usually no one objects!
Me & My Friends Maddie & Hannah Posted Some In Our School Library. We Put Them In Some Teen Girl Books. We Also Put Some Up In The Bathroom. And The Other Week I Wrote The Website Address And ‘You Are Beautiful’ On The Inside Of The Art Supplies Cupboard.
P.S: Don’t Forget You Are Beautiful. ?
Thanks, my friends and I are going to start Tuesday! (no school until then…)
I saw notes posted all over the girls restrooms in SJSU. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.!…I walked out with a smile, and even took a picture of a note and uploaded it to my twitter.! lol…
-you guys rock.! =)
i saw a note in the stairwell at school, and it just made my name, & now i make notes all the time(:
some people in my school actually did this. i walked in the bathrooms and i read the post notes and they were so inspirational. i can’t even describe how happy it made me feel. so every time i walked in the bathrooms i always read them, call me weird but it was very inspirational and i seemed to gain more self confidence every time i read the post notes.
I’m happy to say that I have seen these post-its around. Truthfully, this is such a clever way to inspire young girls such as myself because when i look in the mirror i begin to judge myself. therefore, continue posting these inspiring notes on mirrors. IT WORKS!
My friend and I are doing this, in every bathroom at my school… there are HUGE self esteem problems at my school, but noone acknowledges it, i’m so excited. This is so incredibly inspiring.
Eep! Me Too! I Thought This Was Such A Great Idea, And With Exams And Everything Coming Up, Everyone Around My School Is Never Happy Enough, So I Though Why not Leave A Few Notes Around, Even If I Get Just One Person To Smile From My Notes, I Feel Like I’ve Made A Huge Difference
My best friend and I are making note cards with little notes saying “You’re Beautiful!” and tossing them around school. Both of our schools have major self esteem issues, and we’re so excited to help. :]
Thank you so much for this website!
i think this is a GREAT, AMAZING, FANTABBYTAST idea.
i was feeling down with my looks, i mean REALLY down, and then i go in a public bathroom, and theres a postit note that says ‘you are beautiful’, it really touched me, and made me think positivly about my looks! it really lightens me up, thinking bout it
There is a stall in one of the bathrooms at my school where is is completely covered in these quotes. It has been there since the beginning of the school year, so the custodians don’t mind us writing all over it. Literally every time I go in that stall i can’t help but smile because people really care.
i wanna join. I’ll be happy 2 make people happy, and i like being happy. i think it’s a great idea. “you’re the most beautiful person i’ve ever seen” is what i’ll write. this is cool. plz, i’m making my own website, so please check out http://www.webstarts.com/snowclanonly (I have no idea how i came up with that name…)
Today is my birthday and I feel wonderful! This website is so inspiring and when I go to school tomorrow I’m taking my post its with me. I’m also encouraging my friends to spread the love. Eventually, I hope to have a stall covered with Post Its like Olivia’s. I hope you all had an awesome valentine’s Day and that you LOVE YOURSELVES for who YOU are and not what the media tells you to be!
Stay Beautiful!
~Writer
Omg i just found out about this website but I’m so excited to go to school and do this
a post it note and a pen will ALWAYS be in my purse 
What a wonderful idea. I am in my early 30′s and sadly often still look in mirrors and feel less than lovely. I would love a note that I posted could change such a day for someone else! I am in! I will begin this ASAP!
If you are reading this, know that you too are lovely and special!
Soooo i just found “You Are Besutiful” post it notes all over the girls bathroom at my highschool and it made me so happy. I believe everyone is unique & beautful in their own way! Its so inspirational to see other people at my highschool have the same beliefs as me.
I’m gonna try to start posting notes soon!
- <3 Liddy
This website made me smile just hearing the name. It’s such an amazing idea, and the first thing I did when I read about it was find all of my post-it notes. I know that if i found a positive message on the mirror of the school bathroom, It’d make me smile, and that’s what I want for the rest of the girls at my school.
you are awsome….. marry me
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