Hi Josef,
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I have come to a solution to take a picture of myself to save my neck. But I will still have a mirror in front when I paint for tonal reference.
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Don't do this.
In the photo left will become right; in the mirror, left stays left. I made this mistake once and ended up with two right sides of the face. You need to finish the way you began.
I think it will become much easier to get yourself back into position as you practice a little bit.
At this point, I would suggest that you make a decision about whether you will change any aspect of the background, or leave it essentially the way it is. If you will be changing the color or value, you should do it now, because it will continue to influence the value and hue of every stroke you place.
In self-portraits I painted from the mirror, I both took my glasses off, and painted myself without glasses (the latter, just vanity...I rarely wear my contact lenses). I am very very nearsighted, which means two things: first, I can still see well enough without my glasses to read or to paint, as long as I am not too far from the canvas; and second, the strength of my glasses changes the size of my eyes appreciably, making them much smaller. (The opposite happens with people who are very far-sighted.)
When I have painted people with glasses, I have left the frames till the very last. I don't think you can work the underlying shapes very well when you have to paint around frames.
Good luck