Facial Analyst Shares Many Interesting Reasons as to Why We’re All Getting Uglier
Portrait of two high school students, seated outside on steps reading. Undated photograph.
If you’re like me, sometimes you’ll see a picture of yourself, and you think “What the hell happened?” Or maybe you see an old picture of yourself when you were young and thinner, and you think “What the hell happened?” Or maybe you casually catch yourself walking by a mirror and think “What the hell happened?”
Maybe it’s not just me. Maybe people in general are not as attractive as they used to be. Sure, there are plenty of good-looking people, but maybe not as many as there once was. Are we evolving in that direction?
If that’s something you’ve thought, the Daily Mail writes that Shafee Hassan, the founder of Sydney, Australia’s, facial aesthetics consultancy firm QOVES, agrees. He’s the guy who posed that very question and many believe that he is actually onto something.
On a YouTube short, Hassan reiterated the person’s question, explaining there are “many theories.” But in his opinion, it comes down to the “functional matrix hypothesis.” That means our faces are the result of what forces we put on them.
He contends that back in the day, an upper and a lower jaw were on average stronger looking. He based this on yearbook photos that allegedly gave birth to the theory, which made high schoolers appear more mature than they were, and also more attractive. You could argue that for many, their high school photo is the best picture they’ve ever taken in their life. It’s probably true for me.
He says some of the causes are poor diets, bad sleep patterns, and our habit of constantly stooping over our digital devices. Our posture is terrible and we’re getting jowls, a double chin, and a weaker jaw far earlier than those who have or do all of these things.
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Responses to the article by the Daily Mail had one person blaming iPhones for taking substandard pictures compared to film, which was used in older yearbook pictures. Good point. Others claimed the vintage yearbook saw “old-man” haircuts on younger people, which throws off how old we might perceive them to be. Another good point.
10 Celebrities With Perfect Eyebrows
Your eyebrows map out your eyes and draw the eyes to your face. Depending on your face shape, eye shape, and personal aesthetic, different eyebrow shapes are better for different people. Straight eyebrows give a more serious and rigid look, while rounded arches make you look more approachable and soft. Meanwhile, angled eyebrows can make you look intimidating, and thin eyebrows can make you look delicate. Where your eyebrow starts affects how close together the eyes look. There are countless videos and charts out there that can help you determine what is the best eyebrow shape for you.
Different Types of Eyebrows
Each decade has its own typical eyebrow style. Every make-up enthusiast can tell just by looking at brows what era those brows were most popular in. For example, in the ’90s and early 2000s, thin eyebrows made a comeback. This style came from the roaring ’20s, but back then, the tail of the brow would extend way down, past the eye. By the 2010s, brows were arched and overly filled in with eyebrow pencil or shadow. By 2020, everyone was brushing their brow hairs up to show off the natural brow hair length, straight and individually defined. To achieve the look, you could use a brow gel or by applying soap on a wet eyebrow spoolie to hold the hairs in place. This style is still the most popular look today. There has been another surge in the popularity of either no eyebrows, bleached eyebrows, or very thin eyebrows, among the more natural, full, and fluffy looks.
Celebrities are no strangers to having fun with eyebrow trends. When we see our favorite stars in Hollywood rocking a new look, it makes us curious to try it, too! We’ve listed the ten celebrities with the most-coveted eyebrows. People are obsessed with them for good reason!
Joel Katz is the Morning Show Personality, Assistant Program Director, Podcast Host, Voiceover artist, audio producer, and Digital Content Writer for Magic 98.3. Joel has been working in New Jersey radio since college and started at Magic in 2002 as the Morning Show Host, “I can’t think of another place where I’d fit more perfectly; it’s just a great company with awesome people.” Joel is married to Kathleen, his elementary school sweetheart (they were each other’s first dates at age 9), shares a birthday with his oldest son, Ty, and has twins, Kiera and Liam. Joel runs at least 3.1 miles every day and enjoys playing basketball, doing laundry, saving his turn signal for when he really needs it, kissing dogs through a fence, using coasters, making that cool noise by rubbing his fingers on balloons, and chasing after ping pong balls on a windy cruise ship.
