My girlfriend. C&C please!

A picture I took of my girlfriend a while ago. Taken through a mirror. I'm more interested on criticism on the post processing. I'll take all comments though!

Wow, very pretty. I think with some post processing, you could turn this already nice picture into something very fantastic!
I'm not a post expert, so maybe somebody else could give some tips. Maybe add a little contrast with curves or levels? And if you have photoshop, try the shadow/highlight tool to move some of the data "up" to make the image a little brighter, with more pop. Curves can probably achieve this too.

Nice.. I would add some light and contrast to it though. Would you mind if I played with it a bit?

Be my guest Maureen. I did some softening on the skin. Here is the original.

I actually liked the PP you did; Ijust added some light and contrast to it and I didn't want it to be too harsh. She's a beauty.

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Great job maureen. That is exactly what I had imagined for an improvement in post.

Very nice lady and picture but the one Maureen Ps-ed is realy good.
Nice work Maureen.

Interesating pose. Nice picture. Good work on the processing.

Would you mind showing you my attempt ?

Go ahead Kallousa. Very nice Maureen

Very pretty subject. Great job Maureen, the blue eyes really livened up in your version.

I have a love\hate relationship with Maureens version. Taking it cool has absolutely made the eyes pop, and in that sense the image is very very nice. At the same time, it also has a un-natural aura about it. Soooo... as art, I love it. As a representation of a real person, if feels worked.... does that make any sense?

You can really notice this more in Maureen's edit because the color balance is correct. This is not a reflection(haha no pun intended) of Maureen's work, because I think her edit is great, and this problem exsists in the original as well. What I'm talking about is the shadow that starts around the undernose point on her face and ends mid chest. They are caused from the lights over the mirror I'm sure. But to me, it makes it look like she's got 5 O'Clock shadow. Try some selective curves on that area to even it out. Your girlfriend is really pretty btw.

OMG Maureen, can I come to your house and watch this happen. Wow! FIrst of all she gorgeous. But with the post work she just expodes off the screen. I also think the lighting is great. There is only a slight shadow under the nose, so lots of light up high and wide. Nice job Maureen, but it was a good pic to start with.

I wish I had a girlfriend that was a model too.