Posting Profile Photo

I went to networking website and event rather for first time. Vainly trying to find a nice profile photo. Became interested in Photoshops.

So I have been following two videos on youtube on:
1. How to smoothen face:

1. Use Spot Healing Tool
2. Filter/Blur/Surface Blur
3. Duplicate layer with black fill. Pass those thru with White brush.
4. Filter/Sharpen/Smart Sharpen. Then do step 3.
5. Lights - duplicate with Quick Layer Edit (bottom left corner).
6. Duplicate layer and set "Normal" to Saturation -> Duplicate Layer (Ctrl-J) set to Soft Light and Overlay. Play with Opacity. 

2. Another method

1. Copy Red Channel over. Set RGB channel back to liven up.