How To Get Out Of A Bad Mood Fast As A Girl And Feel Better

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Are you stuck somewhere you have left, but your mind doesn’t? This is so common. You know, as a woman, we often carry too much, and that is not okay. Constantly worried about everyone’s expectations, along with our own. I know this part is so difficult, but we have to overcome this for your own happiness.

Tell me how many more days you’ll sacrifice your happiness for others? You have one life, right? So live it up to your expectations. Okay, sit down and take a deep breath, or drink maybe some water, and ask yourself, Are you happy with your life? Are you doing everything to live it? 80% of women will answer no. That’s the big No. Isn’t it?

Women are emotionally weaker than men, and that’s the truth, but don’t let your emotions be overpowered. This isn’t about the gender; everyone has to go through bad days, and life is not always fair on our side. Anyways.

I’ve spent my fair share of days under that grey cloud, wondering when the sun would come back, only to realise that I had the power to change the weather all along.

You know, over the past few days, I have realised that we as women don’t have time to waste on hours of negativity, we have a vision, we have goals, and we have a life to live.

In this blog, we will explore 15 simple girly things that’ll help you get out of a bad mood. Are you ready?

1. Get Your Nails Done

I know how this sounds. I know. But just stay with me for a second because I think this is genuinely one of the most underrated mood fixes out there, and you need to take it seriously.

Honestly, my favourite ways to snap out of a bad mood are to get my nails done. It sounds simple, but looking down at a pretty, polished set makes me so happy for a reason.

Go, find a good manicure inspo from Pinterest. Open that app. Now I’m not saying you have to book a fancy nail appointment every time you feel off (although honestly, if you can, do it, treat yourself). But they’re expensive, and honestly, sometimes I just can’t be bothered to leave the house on a bad mood day lol. Do it yourself.

Soak your nails in warm water, cut your cuticles, and file them into the desired shape you want. And then choose a beautiful colour, either in nudes, pinks, or bold, paint them off, and yes, top it off, and you are done. You only need to invest in a mini manicure kit.

One thing I love to do is to put on a show or a playlist I really like while I’m doing my nails. By the time I’m done, I’m genuinely in a better headspace, and I have cute nails, though. Trust me, getting nails is the best level of dopamine for women.

2. Wear Your Favourite Perfume

Your sense of smell is the only sense that’s directly connected to your limbic system, the part of your brain that handles emotion and memory, which is why perfume is genuinely powerful and not just a nice thing to smell good for other people. Okay, it’s more than enough now.

Smelling good is directly associated with confidence, feeling good, and whatnot.

I have a few perfumes, but the one I love hits different. It’s the one I wear when I have somewhere important to be or when I want to feel my absolute best. And on bad mood days, I spray it on even when I’m just at home, even when I’m in my pyjamas, even when the only person who’s going to smell it is me. And oh god, it shifts something. It genuinely does.

If you don’t have a signature scent yet, go find one. It doesn’t have to be expensive. There are beautiful perfumes at every price point. Just find the one that makes you feel something when you smell it, something warm and right and like yourself, and make it yours. It’ll become one of the most useful things you own on a bad day. Trust me, okay?

3. Style Your Hair

Okay, so I want to be honest with you here. On a bad mood day, my first instinct is to throw my hair up in a claw clip and be done with it. And sometimes that’s genuinely the right call. Claw clips are cute, claw clips are valid, claw clips are a whole aesthetic. I’m not here to hate on the claw clip. Anyways!

But I’ve noticed something. On those days when I have to go outside for some commitments, and actually do something with my hair, even something small, even just curling the front two pieces or slicking it back with some gel, I feel so measurably different after like a different person walked into the mirror and the other one stayed behind.

I think it’s because styling your hair requires you to stand in front of a mirror and look at yourself for a few minutes. And when you’re in a bad mood, that’s the last thing you want to do, right? The act of showing up for yourself in that mirror to take these ten minutes and do something nice for yourself, even though you feel rubbish, is the vibe.

If you genuinely don’t know what to do with your hair on low-effort days, Pinterest is your best friend for this. Search “easy hairstyles for lazy days,” and you’ll have 47 options in under a minute. Bookmark your favourites so you have a go-to list when your brain is too foggy to think.

Also, and this is a side note, but an important one, if your hair has been feeling dull and lifeless lately, and THAT’S part of why you’re in a bad mood, maybe it’s time to give it some extra love. A good hair mask once a week genuinely changes the way your hair feels and the way YOU feel about your hair. I started doing this, and it made such a difference. Healthy hair is happy hair.

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4. Put On Your Blush

Okay, I genuinely think blush is the most underappreciated bad mood fix in existence, and I will die on this hill.

Here’s what a bad mood does, and I don’t think people talk about this enough, it changes your face, like physically. Your expression goes flat, everything dulls out, and when you look in the mirror and see it, it somehow makes everything worse.

And blush breaks that loop. I don’t fully understand why, and honestly, I’ve stopped trying to. I just know that the second I tap some blush onto my cheeks, I look flushed and alive and a prettier version of me.

On bad mood days, I always go for cream blush because it needs zero effort and zero skill. You literally just tap it onto the apples of your cheeks with your fingers and blend it out. That’s the whole thing. And it looks so natural and so glowy and so real that people will actually ask you if you’re feeling okay today because you look really good. And trust me, hearing that on a bad mood day? everything.

Don’t have cream blush yet? Go get one, they’re so easy and so foolproof, just fingers and done. But even a powder blush works. Literally any blush. Just put it on. Just try it once on a bad day and see what happens. I already know what’s going to happen, but I want you to find out for yourself.

5. Take A Few Mirror Selfies & Hype Yourself

Okay, I debated putting this one in because I thought people might find it a bit… much? Like “Take selfies when you feel bad” sounds on the surface like it could go either way. But I’ve been doing this for a while now, and I genuinely believe in it, so I’m including it, and I’ll explain why.

Bad moods do something really specific to the way you see yourself. They distort things. When I’m in a bad mood, I genuinely feel like I look terrible; suddenly, everything is wrong with my face, my body, my hair, all of it. And I know logically that’s not true, but the feeling is so convincing. You know what I mean? It just feels real even when it isn’t.

And the best thing I’ve found to deal with that is to literally just look at yourself. Find the good light first, late afternoon window light is my absolute favourite, it makes everyone look warm and glowy and beautiful. Avoid harsh overhead lighting; it does nobody any favours.

Put on a top you love or your favourite earrings or a lip balm with a little tint. And then just take some pictures. Play with angles. Try a few different ones.

You don’t have to post them. You don’t have to show anyone. Just keep them for yourself.

6. Move Your Body

Okay, so I KNOW. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Great, here comes the ‘just exercise!’ advice that everyone gives and nobody actually wants to hear when they’re lying on their bed feeling sorry for themselves,” and I hear you. I really do. Because I am not a workout person. I have never been a workout person. The idea of going to a gym when I’m in a bad mood makes me want to get into a worse mood, honestly.

Moving your body, even just a little, even just for ten minutes, genuinely changes something in your brain. And not in that vague wellness-y way people say things. I mean it in a real way.

Sometimes, a ten-minute dance workout in my room with the curtains closed and nobody watching is enough! Sometimes it’s walking around my neighbourhood with my headphones in and a podcast I love. All of it works.

The dance workout thing, I cannot recommend this enough. So no, I’m not telling you to hit the gym. I’m not telling you to run 5k or do a full workout routine. I’m just telling you to move your body to it. Jump, stretch, dance, walk, whatever feels right.

7. Get Your Eyebrows Done

Can I tell you something that took me embarrassingly long to figure out? Eyebrows are everything. Like I knew they mattered, everyone says eyebrows frame your face and blah blah blah, but I didn’t actually understand it until one day I got them properly done and walked past a mirror and literally stopped and went oh! OH. That’s what my face is supposed to look like.

And now, on bad mood days, doing my eyebrows is one of the first things I reach for. Because here’s what nobody tells you when your brows are clean and defined and sitting right, your whole face looks more awake, more put together, more like you have your life together, even when you absolutely do not.

Now, when I say get your eyebrows done, I don’t necessarily mean book a threading appointment right now in the middle of your bad mood day, although honestly, if you can, do it. But on the days when you just need a quick fix at home, filling them in properly is enough. And I mean properly. Brushing them up, filling in any gaps, and defining the shape a little. A good brow pencil or a fluffy spoolie with some brow gel is genuinely all you need.

If you’ve been putting off getting them shaped properly for a while, a threading or waxing appointment is honestly one of the best things you can do for your face. Go once, get the shape set by someone who knows what they’re doing, and then maintaining them at home becomes so much easier. 

8. Drink Plenty Of Water

Okay, I’m going to be the first one to admit that “drink more water” is the most boring advice in the world. Like every wellness post, every skin care routine, every “how to feel better” article ends with drink more water, and you read it and go yes, yes, okay, I know, and then you don’t do it and nothing changes. I was that person for years.

And then one day, I was in a particularly bad mood, I had a headache that wouldn’t leave, and I just felt genuinely awful for no obvious reason, and my friend looked at me and said, “When did you last drink water?” and I thought about it, and I genuinely could not remember. It had been hours. Maybe most of the day. And she handed me a big glass, and I drank the whole thing and then another one, and I am not even joking when I say I felt noticeably different within twenty minutes. The headache eased. Something in my body just… relaxed.

Dehydration literally affects your mood. So sometimes what feels like a bad mood is actually just your body desperately asking for something as simple as water.

Now I’m not going to tell you to drink eight glasses a day and track it in an app because, honestly, that level of commitment is hard to maintain, and the guilt when you don’t hit your number makes things worse, not better. Just start smaller. Keep a water bottle somewhere you can see it. On your desk, on your bedside table, in your bag, somewhere visible. And every time you see it, take a sip.

9. Put On Your Favourite Jewelery

I think jewellery does something that other things don’t. Like clothes can change your look and makeup can change your face, but jewellery (the right piece), the one that actually means something to you, feels more personal than that. It feels like armour almost.

So when I say put on your favourite jewellery, I really mean your favourite favourite, not the sensible everyday pieces. The ones you save for special occasions for no real reason, the bracelet someone gave you that you love but never wear because you’re “saving it.” Today is the day. Your bad mood is the special occasion.

10. Organize Your Wardrobe

You know that feeling when you open your wardrobe and just stare at it and feel like you have nothing to wear, even though it’s literally stuffed with clothes? Yeah, that’s a bad mood making things worse for you, and you don’t even realise it.

A messy wardrobe on a bad mood day is just more chaos to look at. More things are going wrong. More proof that nothing is right. I’m not asking you to do a full clean out, lol. I know you don’t have that energy right now, and neither do I on bad days, honestly. I’m just saying hang the things that need hanging, fold what got messed up, and please deal with the chair. You know which chair. We all have that chair (full of clothes).

And here’s the part I love, you always find something you forgot about when you go through your wardrobe. That top you thought you lost. That cute outfit you bought and wore once and then buried under everything else. It’s like finding money in an old jacket, except better because it’s clothes.

11. Scroll Pinterest & Find New Inspiration

I want to start this one by saying- I know the common advice is to “put your phone down” when you’re in a bad mood. And yes, okay, sure, if you’ve been doomscrolling for four hours and you feel worse, please put the phone down. I hear that advice, and I respect it.

But also, sometimes you just don’t want to sit alone with your thoughts. Sometimes the phone is actually a comfort, and that’s not always a bad thing. The key is what you’re scrolling. Because not all scrolling is created equal, and Pinterest is proof of that.

Instagram, when I’m in a bad mood? Dangerous genuinely. I’ll see someone’s perfect life, perfect body, or perfect holiday, and I’ll spiral immediately. Twitter is the same, just full of noise, opinions, and things to feel bad about. Even TikTok can be a lot; it’s too much stimulation sometimes, too fast, too loud.

But Pinterest is different, and I want you to understand why. Pinterest doesn’t show you people’s lives. It shows you ideas, dreams, and aesthetics. Things that don’t exist yet but could. Things you want for yourself someday.

When I’m having a hard day, I open pinterest and I just search for things that make me feel warm and excited. Cosy bedroom aesthetics that make me want to redecorate.” Skincare routines that make me feel inspired to take care of myself. Travel boards for places I want to visit one day.

I save everything that makes me feel something good. I make boards. I reorganise them. I make sub-boards. And I know that sounds very extra, but it’s like building a little digital world that’s exactly how you want things to be. And slowly, without me even noticing it happening, I start to feel better. Because I’m dreaming again. I’m thinking about the future again. I have things to look forward to again.

I started doing this six months ago, and it’s one of my favourite things I’ve ever done for my mental health, honestly.

12. Wear A Cute Outfit

Can I be honest? On bad mood days, I want to live in my oversized hoodie and call it a day. And I do. Sometimes.

Basically, your brain takes cues from what you’re wearing and adjusts your mood and confidence accordingly. So when you’re in a ratty old hoodie, your brain goes okay, we’re not doing anything today. And when you’re in an outfit you love, your brain goes oh wait, we might actually be okay.

So, yes, baby girl, put on a cute outfit. I know Ariana Grande makes sweats look like a whole fashion moment, but she’s also got a team of stylists, so that’s a different conversation entirely. For the rest of us, wearing something that actually fits well and makes us feel good is the move. Know your body, know your colours, wear what makes you feel like yourself or better yet, wear what makes you feel like the version of yourself you want to be today.

Also colours! Please pay attention to colours on bad mood days. Go for something warm, something that has life in it. A rust orange, a warm cream, a soft blush pink, a pretty blue. Something that makes your face look alive when you see it in the mirror. It sounds like such a small thing, but I promise you it changes the whole vibe of your day.

13. Try a New Recipe or Bake Something Delicious

Okay, so this one surprised me the most when I first tried it. Because I am not a kitchen person. I really am not. I can make the basics, and that’s about it, and I was never someone who cooked or baked for fun. So when someone suggested baking when I was in a bad mood, I genuinely thought they were joking.

I had some bananas going brown on the counter, and I found a banana bread recipe online and oh god. Something about standing in the kitchen, measuring things, mixing things and actually doing something with my hands completely pulled me out of my head. Like my brain had to focus on the recipe, and there was no room left for the bad mood. It just quietly left while I was busy figuring out how much baking soda is in a teaspoon, lol.

You don’t have to bake a five-layer cake or try some complicated, fancy recipe either. Start easy. Brownies from a box mix, pancakes, pasta from scratch, and chocolate chip cookies.

14. Listen To Soft Mood Lifting Music

Can I tell you what I used to do on bad mood days? I used to put on the most heartbreaking, emotional, cry-your-eyes-out playlist and just sit in it. And I would feel so much worse after, and then wonder why. Like I was basically feeding the bad mood and then being surprised it was still hungry, lol.

Music affects your mood in a way that almost nothing else does. And once I understood that, I stopped using music to match how I felt. And oh god, the difference.

I have a playlist I made specifically for bad mood days, and it is one of the best things I have ever done for myself, honestly. So when I need it, it’s there already.

If you need to listen to one sad song and just let yourself feel it, do that. Give yourself five minutes. Cry if you need to. Feel it fully. And then switch the playlist. Because there’s a difference between processing your feelings and wallowing in them, and music is honestly one of the clearest ways to tell which one you’re doing.

So make your feel-good playlist today. Right now, before you even need it. Add every song that makes you feel warm and alive and like yourself.

15. Buy Yourself Flowers

Okay, so I used to be one of those people who thought flowers were something you waited for someone else to give you.

I know it sounds like such a small thing. And it is a small thing. But bad mood days are won with small things, that’s honestly the whole secret. And flowers are one of those small things that punch way above their weight. They smell incredible.

And you don’t have to spend a lot either. A small bunch from your local market or even a grocery store is more than enough. Sunflowers, daisies, tulips, whatever is in season and makes you smile.

Find your flower, and keep buying it for yourself. You deserve a standing order of pretty things in your life.