Mrs. Marple. Be Beautiful

American scientists proved the existence of a rule which was called: Beautiful means good. Surveys show that pupils of middle and high schools, when choosing coevals with which they want to be friends orient themselves primarily on outward attractiveness. It is proven statistically that good-looking criminals receive less punishment for analogical crimes and the beautiful are employed more willingly. Furthermore, the evaluation of one's own looks as repellent is an additional factor of risk for the rise of psychiatric illnesses. However a contrary point of view exists. One of the famous scientists of XX century Alfred Adler thought that beauty is the obstacle on the way to opening one's personal potential.

A person beautiful from birth receives his wealth gratis,not putting any efforts to this. He does not acquire skills related to setting and realization of distant life goals; he cannot fight for the place under the sun. In more simple words, a beautiful girl will always be offered a sweet while the plain girl has to think how to earn it. According to this theory the handsome men and beautiful women more often remain infantile while the people lacking outward attractiveness achieve the real heights in social as well as private life. The life of great commanders can be set as an example: the stump Napoleon, one-eyed Kutuzov, paralyzed Roosevelt and many others. Look at the movie stars! Speaking objectively, Jack Nicholson or Barbara Streisand,who are acknowledged as the most attractive people of the planet, cannot exactly be called beautiful. Turns out that not those who correspond to some kind of abstract ideal are considered beautiful but those who were able to convince the whole word that they are irresistible!

One more problem on the way of searching the perfect beauty is that it is very difficult to find a more elusive notion than beauty. The idea of what is beautiful and what is ugly changes from century to century, from one part of the world to the other. Let's remember the peak of elegance of Japanese women before the beginning of the European expansion specially blackened teeth which created and impression of an empty mouth upon smiling. What about the bandaged legs of the noble Chinese women? You can find miniature shoes-lasts, which from the point of view of modern medicine monstrously deformed the foot, in any museum of oriental art.

According to the facts from modern research, only every fourth man and every third woman actually are not happy with their looks, the palm of supremacy being carried by the weight problem. 55% of women and 41% of men would have liked to lose or gain weight. 17% of women and 20% of men are not delighted with their height and every fifth representative of both genders considers his face too distant from ideal.

However the XX century made its corrections and replaced the word beautiful with the word alluring or sexy. This notion existed at all times but it was expressed in other words there's something in this woman, a woman with a salt, queen of spades and so on. The result of a psychological test on a group of French men aged from 25 to 45 revealed that the main fundamental quality of a woman who is considered to be beautiful is self-confidence; and if the art of seducing is added to this than success is guaranteed. Flirting, the talent of seduction is an important component of sexiness. Men single out the main seducing impulses of women: a long smile, look in the eye, soft mellow voice, gestures of adjusting the hairstyle, a light touch of a man's hand in order to highlight her thought. In one word a tactile woman. (Are you acquainted with this term?) This is why, my male friends, you should watch the woman's Behaviour closely and don't be mistaken. As for women,I advice you to read what comes next.

There is a famous aphorism: A beautiful woman is the one that is loved. Therefore start loving yourself in yourself. The sufferings caused by the missing 15 centimeters of height will not help you to grow. You can adjust your figure (physical workout, healthy lifestyle), but cannot change it! And it is not needed! A beautiful body is not a long exhausted skeleton of a pale girl. Beautiful means proportional. You think that you have short legs? Try measuring their length. The leg, from the bone of the hip joint to the floor, should be equal to a half of your height plus 3-8 cm. Most probably you will find out that your legs are exactly like this. This means you are also long-legged, just not tall. Aphrodite Knidskaya, who along with Venus Milosskaya was in all centuries the standard proportionality and beauty, had the following parameters: height 164 cm, length of legs composes 86 cm (164 : 2 + 4 = 86), circumference of chest 90 cm, bust 94 cm, hips 96 cm, waist 72 cm. (Not bragging or anything! had the same parameters when I was youngl Oh, how many admiring glances I caught!)

However let's return to our days. One young lady/Tashkent citizen, told me a little about how local women look after their face. Imagine my amazement! Some women with dry face skin (or before working in the field) dub the face with sheep's fat or vegetable oil; die their hair with the juice of a plant,and the hair with henna. Foe better hair growth the head is coated with yoghurt or egg yolk for a few hours, and then washed off. Truly, the length and pomp of the hair of some women is amazing. However, I as all the aged people doubt everything.

I think that all these procedures do have a certain influence; however genetic heredity is still the key factor. Nevertheless this is only my opinion. Many women in Tashkent look good thanks to folk remedies or visiting the numerous beauty parlors. By the way in Tashkent cosmetic treatment and surgeries are very qualitative and inexpensive (in comparison to world prices for these services). Here are a few addresses of parlors and clinics, and you can find the beauty recipes from the Mother-Nature.