Good looking people are commonly thought of us being a little brighter than the rest of us, but recent research is suggesting that attractive people have higher than average IQs. Using data from the London School of Economics (LSE) and the US’s National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, researchers found that attractive people had IQs [...]

A study in the British Medical Journal has found that the amount of sleep a person gets is directly related to how attractive he or she is seen as. It confirms everyone’s thoughts – that looking tired is not appealing! Participants of the study were photographed on two occasions: after getting very little sleep and [...]

Recent research conducted by Kings College London found that people with a higher percentage of moles age better. Researchers found that not only do moles create a more youthful appearance but those with a larger percentage of moles appear to experience fewer signs of aging skin, like wrinkles and age spots. The reason why this [...]

There are a lot of skin concerns out there – from smoking and sugar to the sun’s rays, and now you can add driving to the list. A recent study from German scientists has proved that exposure to traffic-related air pollution over time can be linked to skin aging. This is down to carbon particles, [...]

A recent study suggests that young people who tan on a regular basis, in the sun or on sun beds, can show patterns of behavior similar to those displayed by substance abusers. The survey looked at students who tan and found that those who tanned the most also tended to display addictive behaviors in other [...]

A new study has found that men spend longer getting ready than women, despite popular belief. Men spend a total of 83 minutes a day on personal grooming, such as cleansing, toning and moisturising, shaving, styling hair and choosing clothes. Women have their take nearly 5 minutes less, spending 79 minutes on personal grooming. The [...]

Will you be going to a Christmas party this year? How long do you think you’ll spend getting ready for it? 10 minutes? 2 hours? How about a whopping 13 day, which i what a new study is claiming we spend getting ready. This includes 72 hours of shopping, 63 hours talking to friends for [...]

The UK National Sizing Survey has revealed that women’s body shapes have changed dramatically in the last fifty years. In the 1950s the average British woman’s figure was petite: the average height was a dinky 5ft 2in, and women rarely weighed over 9st 10lb. Even women’s  feet were smaller at size 3 1/2. The average [...]

Have you ever heard of the ‘Lipstick Effect’? The term was coined to describe how the economy directly effects the sales of lipstick and beauty products – but it does not signify a lessening amount of sales. The first to suggest the relation between beauty products sales and the state of the economy was the [...]

According to a new survey from Zeno, maker of blemish treatment devices, stress is the number one reason why adults get pimples. Something I personally can vouch for! The Zeno Blemish Anguish Index was conducted in February and March 2009 by Harris Interactive and surveyed 5,151 adults and 900 teens nationwide. Here are some acne [...]