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Why Sunglasses Make Everyone Better Looking
Newser ^ | June 29, 2014 | Matt Cantor

Posted on 06/29/2014 7:24:46 AM PDT by Enterprise

There is, somehow, an instant attractiveness boost conferred by sunglasses. But why is it that covering up our eyes creates this effect? Believe it or not, there is an expert on the topic (it was the subject of her PhD), and UK professor Vanessa Brown explains the situation to Science of Us. The Guardian notes Brown's research spun out of her catching sight of her own reflection one day—walking into a supermarket in scruffy painting clothes but looking, she believed "quite cool," thanks to her sunglasses. That may be because, first of all, symmetry makes us look better, and sunglasses hide asymmetry around our eyes. They also suggest a more attractive bone structure: one that's "chiseled" rather than "soft."

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: appearance; eyes; mysterious
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To: jocon307

Probably true. I imagine if Liv Tyler met me she wouldn’t be nearly as happy to see me as I would to see her, and if she weren’t wearing sunglasses, it would sure as hell show!


21 posted on 06/29/2014 7:58:20 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: VanDeKoik

I wear my sunglasses at night.


22 posted on 06/29/2014 7:58:38 AM PDT by Salamander (He ain't heavy, he's my Boa.)
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To: headstamp 2

Do NOT light a match around that hair! You would need an oil rig disaster crew to put out the fire.


23 posted on 06/29/2014 7:59:36 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yep. That’s EXACTLY what I look like when I wear mirrored sunglasses.


24 posted on 06/29/2014 8:00:47 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Texas Eagle

She should contact V. Stiviano for face covering tips.


25 posted on 06/29/2014 8:01:31 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: tet68

She ain’t exactly Dorothy from Kansas is she!


26 posted on 06/29/2014 8:02:18 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: dinoparty

I tend to agree with that. I have seen many people who looked much better without them.


27 posted on 06/29/2014 8:03:01 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: VanDeKoik

I started wearing them AFTER Obama got elected.


28 posted on 06/29/2014 8:04:12 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Enterprise

29 posted on 06/29/2014 8:06:47 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

LOL - she makes those SUN GLASSES look bad.


30 posted on 06/29/2014 8:08:20 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Enterprise
Oh, she just needs sunglasses?
31 posted on 06/29/2014 8:19:08 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: CatherineofAragon

I think she pastes it down with mayonnaise or motor oil.

Her ugly goes bone deep and that includes her soul.


32 posted on 06/29/2014 8:25:32 AM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

This is what she needed.

33 posted on 06/29/2014 8:26:25 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Texas Eagle
Best line from the movie, "Tootsie," in which unemployable actor Dustin Hoffman dresses in drag to further his career:

[Dorothy Michaels' screen test]

Rita: I'd like to make her look a little more attractive, how far can you pull back?

Cameraman: How do you feel about Cleveland?

34 posted on 06/29/2014 8:42:34 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

What we have hear is a failure to communicate!


35 posted on 06/29/2014 9:00:35 AM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: Sioux-san

What we have HERE is a failure to communicate.

I know it wasn’t this guy that said that, and I wish the spell checker was better here at FR (


36 posted on 06/29/2014 9:02:48 AM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: Texas Eagle

Boy does that woman need an orthodontist.......doesn’t she know they straighten adults teeth now?


37 posted on 06/29/2014 9:05:23 AM PDT by Arlis
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To: dinoparty

I think the idea of the study/article is that sunglasses make “less than” attractive people look attractive. Or at least more attractive or less unattractive.

Those who are pretty attractive to begin with look fine with or without. The sunglasses can give definition to a face that might not have great bone structure. But absolutely nothing bets a pair of beautiful eyes.


38 posted on 06/29/2014 9:12:02 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Sioux-san
I know it wasn’t this guy that said that, and I wish the spell checker was better here at FR

Spell checker works well, you need a grammar checker... synonym use checker...correct actor checker...Hey, you should have just followed hidabeast's lead and used the reset button.

39 posted on 06/29/2014 9:12:32 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: Enterprise
Rex Kramer. Rex Kramer tells it like it is, with sunglasses.
40 posted on 06/29/2014 9:32:50 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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