When you’re young, you come to know quite quickly who’s pretty and who isn’t. If you’re pretty, people will tell you often and upfront. And if prettiness isn’t your overwhelmingly defining feature, ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It is totally subjective and what is breathtakingly gorgeous to some can be average to others. Still, there are some people who are considered "universally pretty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. In a world that remains highly fixated on outward appearances, the phenomenon ...

Sometimes it feels like we are investing too much time and effort into trying to be beautiful. After all, we live in a beauty-obsessed world and the beauty business is a multi-billion dollar industry.

The boy pretty vs. girl pretty TikTok trend divides women into two categories: “Girl pretty” women are attractive to women, while “boy pretty” women are attractive to men. The first social media post ...

Kelleher is the author of The Ugly History of Beautiful Things, an essay collection that illuminates the darkness hidden behind our prettiest purchases The other week, my four-year-old daughter and I ...