Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

In the book “The Beauty Myth” published in 1991, the author and feminist Naomi Wolf spoke extensively about the fact that beauty as a universally objective entity does not exist. Also looking back through the centuries we can see that the beauty ideal has changed. And here we all want to have lovely brown tan while in Asia women do everything in order to have a beautiful white skin.

Yet the famous phrase “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” may not be true. Research has revealed that even new born babies look longer at faces which meet the classic beauty ideal. How remarkable! The full article about this can be found here.

For all the mums who are about to give birth; you still have time for a quick trip to the hairdresser for a fresh summer style. “You never get a second chance to make a first impression”…

Regards Jetske.

(Dr. Jetske Ultee – Research Physician Cosmetic Dermatology)

You can also read the blog ‘Babycare‘.