25 surprising and interesting facts about beauty

Real beauty certainly touches the soul of a person who sees it, but everyone has different tastes, and, as they say, they don’t argue about them, and therefore, beauty is the concept – relative. In one corner of the planet, a person may be considered beautiful, while in another – a person of a completely unremarkable appearance, without any particular features that correspond to local canons. What does it mean to be beautiful and how have ideas about this concept changed? Our portal has collected interesting facts about beauty, as well as its attributes, and offers this information to your attention.

Attractive is nearby: the most interesting facts about beauty

You can talk about beauty for a long time and a lot, because it is endless. At the same time, for many centuries there have been disputes about what is hidden under this concept. Here are just some of the facts, the most interesting, in our opinion.

The pathologically violent emotional experience that can be caused by the contemplation of beauty, the scientific world calls Stendhal's syndrome.

"I saw masterpieces of art generated by the energy of passion, after which everything became meaningless, small, limited, so when the wind of passion ceases to inflate the sails that push the human soul forward, then it becomes devoid of passions, which means vices and virtues"

Stendhal, "Naples and Florence: Journey from Milan to Reggio"

Surprisingly, the left half of the human face is usually (90% of the time) prettier and more expressive than the right half. This is explained by the fact that the left side of the face is under the control of the right hemisphere of the brain, which is responsible for emotions.

The intelligence level of people with attractive facial features is on average eleven points higher.

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Archaeologists call Queen Cleopatra the first to combine recipes for skincare and hair into a single book. The beautiful Egyptian is also considered the founder of manicure. While slave girls could afford a discreet manicure, noble Egyptians decorated their fingers with a rather bright color of nails.
Eye shadows were used in ancient Egypt as a prophylactic against conjunctivitis.
Rhinoplasty ranks first in the world in demand among men.

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And in Iran, "plastic" on the nose is simply mega popular, both among women and men. In addition, it is considered attractive and somewhat fashionable to wear bandages on the nose after undergoing surgery more than is medically required. It doesn't even matter that the person may not have had any surgery at all, but he or she may walk around with a nose bandage just for beauty.

How multifaceted beauty is, how many talented people it has inspired for creativity and deeds

Operations that correct the shape of the nose, it turns out, were done back in the 8th century.

In the Middle Ages, beauty was considered a manifestation of sinfulness.
In ancient times, in the Celestial Empire, long nails were considered a symbol of wisdom.
To prolong youth, the empresses of China rubbed their faces with a silk cloth.
In ancient Greece, tanned skin was considered unattractive.

It should be remembered that the sun has an extremely strong effect on the skin, and is one of the main factors that accelerate the aging process of the skin.

Proper use of sunscreen and proper skin hydration will make it possible to maintain a young and healthy appearance for many years. Modern medicine has a wide range of cosmetic products to preserve the skin in the fight against photoaging. Do you know how to make friends with the sun?

In the 17th century. in England, a venous network that was clearly visible on the open parts of the body was considered a sign of a high origin and attractiveness of a woman. Therefore, ladies, in order to emphasize these qualities, drew veins on their shoulders, neck, arms and chest with a blue pencil.
When Queen Victoria, by her royal permission, forbade women to use cosmetics, they very quickly found a way out of this situation: in order to emphasize attractiveness, without being able to use either lipstick or blush, the ladies began to pinch their cheeks and bite their lips.

International Beauty Day is celebrated annually on September 9

In the 16th c. artists were specially invited to apply makeup on a woman's face. The ladies tried not to wash their faces for several days after putting on beauty. It turns out that you can look effectively without makeup!
In Rus', women had a custom: to maintain their beauty, they washed themselves with dew collected from fragrant flowers. In the modern world, there are more effective remedies for washing, make-up removal and facial skin care

The most popular plastic surgery in the world today is liposuction.
Most men find more attractive those of the fair sex, whose faces are endowed with the features of children.
In Turkey, girls with blue eyes and blond hair are a priori considered beauties., and as you know, the look is the mirror of the soul!

A Bushwoman is called a beauty if her buttocks are naturally hypertrophied.
In many African countries, in order to be considered beautiful, sexy and to attract a future spouse, women deliberately scar their bodies.
A true beauty from the Congo shouldn't have teeth at all.

Muslim women have the strictest taboo – eyebrow plucking. And, in principle, a Muslim woman can make any changes in her own appearance only with the permission of her husband.
Attractive-looking adults are more trustworthy in children.
In the history of international beauty contests, the main crown most often became the property of the representatives of Venezuela.

The above facts about beauty only once again prove how large-scale this concept is, on the one hand, and on the other – sometimes, subjectively.

Well, beauty – the concept is indisputable, but it often varies greatly over the centuries and, most importantly, among representatives of different countries and nationalities.

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