Tag: beauty

There’s no feeling quite as amazing as hearing a child say, “Mommy, you look beautiful!” — especially when, right up until that moment, we feel anything but. Motherhood leaves little time for primping and prettification, but we thought we’d suspend reality for a moment and cruise through the collection we’ve curated of four adorable dressing tables from the days when perfumes came in atomizers and people actually used powder puffs with little bows on them. Sure, that was then and this is now, but aren’t these suckers cute?

First, there’s the scrumptious silver vanity from Maison du Monde, above. Although it’s technically made for daughters, we say moms get first dibs.

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It is the subject of poetry.

It is the cause of many a bad day.

It is more than a $7 billion industry.

Hair.

Most women have a love-hate relationship with their hair. In my case, it’s mostly hate when I live in humid climates, mostly love when I live in dry climates.

But society also has something to say about how women feel Read more…

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.

Here’s an interesting story for all mothers and daughters. Thanks to evolution, scientists say that women – but not men – are becoming more attractive over time.

Scientists at the University of Helsinki found that attractive women have more kids than less attractive women and that more of those children are girls. When those daughters grow up, they are more likely to be attractive and the pattern is continued.

Unlike women, men are not getting more attractive because good-looking couples are less likely to have a son than a daughter. Scientists say that men are as unappealing (aesthetically speaking, at least) as their caveman brethren. Yikes.

Researchers at the University of Helsinki followed more than 2,000 American men and women over a forty year period. The scientists discovered that good-looking women had sixteen percent more children then less attractive women.

Another study at the London School of Economics found that beautiful parents are much more likely to produce daughters.

According to the researchers, physical beauty increases the reproductive success of women more than men. Since attractive parents have more daughters and beauty can be passed down to your kids, it follows that women over generations are gradually becoming more beautiful.

[via: Telegraph UK]

photo credit: DownTown Pictures