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I’m sort of a sucker for face products. Oh, I know I could – and I have friends who do – whip up home potions with avocado, eggs, olive oil and such. But I’d just wind up smearing a salad on my face and probably break out because of it.

So I’m a sucker for good/new face products. I love to learn about all the new and improved beauty aids out there, only I’m too cheap to actually try many of them. I know what I like and I stick with those. Also, I know in my heart that it is all the same stuff, just different packaging. Well, I’m no chemist or anything, just cheap and skeptical.

But seeing as how I ran out of my favorite face cleanser and I couldn’t find a place to buy it, I went to the local pharmacie (here in France, they spell it with an ‘ie’) and talked at length with the pharmacist.

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Researchers have found the key to what makes women beautiful, at least for men. A great body or smooth skin doesn’t hurt, but what really signals beauty is a face with the “golden ratio.”

What is this golden ratio you ask? Scientists have found that women are considered most attractive when the space between their pupils is 46 percent of the width of her face from ear to ear.

The other key measurement is when the distance between a woman’s eyes and her mouth is 36 percent of the overall length of her face from hairline to chin.

So who are some celebrities that have this magic, perfect, golden ratio? Jessica Alba, Liz Hurley and Shania Twain, just to name a few.

Experts who conducted the research at the University of Toronto said there is still hope for women that don’t have the golden ratio.

The right haircut can manipulate the ratios because of how much or little of a woman’s face is shown. That’s why some people immediately look unattractive or vice versa after a haircut. Just something to think about next time you go to the salon.

On the silly side of things…I bought this new fangled mascara invention called “beauty tubes”. Supposedly, when you apply the mascara, it makes these tubes around your eyelashes and makes them look thicker and longer. Who wouldn’t want that, right? Especially after a night of no sleep, anything that makes my eyes look brighter and more alive is welcome.

I bought L’Oreal’s because I’ve been using their mascara for decades now and I must say that it actually does work, kind of. My lashes definitely look more full but I honestly don’t know if it’s because of the tubes or the amount of mascara that is required – they have this clear coat that goes on first, then the black stuff.

However, I got quite the surprise when I washed my face – I looked in the mirror and saw what I thought were all of my eyelashes running down my cheeks. I mean, tons of these little black lashes…and I was washing them down the drain. What would I do without any lashes besides look freakishly tired ALL the time?

As it turns out it was the tubes – they mysteriously detach in perfect tube form when you wash. I know, I know, “what price beauty…blah, blah, blah” but this is one very strange invention.

In other beauty news, I’ve been hearing good things about the ReJuv line of beauty products. There’s a good ReJuv Anti-Aging Skin Cream Review on SavvyTracker.com.