It takes 13 milliseconds to determine if you find someone
attractive, which really works both to your advantage and
disadvantage. Of course it's easier when you're at a party
to determine the girl you want to spend your time
chatting up. But it also means women are judging you in
less than 1 split second. So what can you do to make sure
you’re looking good during that critical first impression?
9. Smile Slower: As a general rule, smiling makes you
more attractive when you're looking directly at someone.
So when you’re facing someone, smile. However, while
happiness is one of the most attractive female emotion
expression, it's one of the least attractive in males. In
contrast, pride is showed to be the most attractive male
expression, and one of the least attractive in women.
Want to improve your smile? Smile slower. It's proven to
be perceived as more authentic.
8. Act Confident: Guys, you need to move right, keep
cool (women find low-stress men much more attractive
since it signifies the ability to be calm in times of crisis)
and be confident (contrary to what you may think, being
humble actually makes you seem less confident and more
weak).
7. Emphasise Your Height: You don't have much to
worry about if you're tall!
6. Keep Your Voice Deep: Deep and dominant. Not only is
it more attractive to women, but it's also a strong
predictor of the number of sexual partners you've had.
Also of note, men are subconsciously more attracted to
women with more feminine voices (perceived as more
flirtatious). Don't let that sweet voice get your brain all
mixed up now..
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5. Keep Your Chin Up: Yes, both in the sense of
encouragement, as well as in the purely physical act of
literally looking upwards. But could it really be this
simple? Yet another study shows that male faces tilted up
were judged to be more masculine, and tilted down
judged to be less masculine. So it can't hurt, right?
4. Grow Stubble: Guys with stubble seem smarter and
more sociable, a new study has found, after thousands of
photos were uploaded and judged by users. Since
sociability is related to confidence and women like
confident men, it also means you'll be perceived as more
attractive to women. If you don't believe us, a study
published in Evolution and Human Behavior found that
women prefer men with beards -- specifically 10-day-old
beards. And if you're trying to nail down "the one", men
with full-beards were perceived as better and more
protective fathers. Lastly, women actually rated smooth
faces as the least attractive.
3. Wear Red: Different colour clothing says different
things about you; studies show red seems to mean sex. It
makes men more attractive to women. It makes women
more attractive to men. According to a recent study,
wearing red also makes women perceive men as higher
status than they may actually be, which is in turn
attractive. However, the influence of red appears to be
specific to women’s romantic attraction to men -- the
colour doesn't influence men’s perceptions of other men.
So, unfortunately, you won't get any closer to that
promotion by wearing that red sweater you've got in the
bottom of your closet.
2. Get Your Sleep: Beauty sleep? Yeah, it’s real. Get
some. Sleep deprived people appear less healthy, less
attractive and more tired compared with when they are
well rested, according to this study. So if you're
wondering why you're not meeting anyone this weekend,
it's probably because you're better off going home,
sleeping it off, and trying again the next night. The girls
you're going for are more sensitive than you think to your
sleep-related facial cues, my friend.
1. Bring A Less Attractive Friend: Is none of this
helping? Here’s a trick that doesn’t ask you to change
anything about yourself: bring along a friend who has your
basic physical characteristics (similar colouring, body
type, facial features), but is slightly less attractive than
you. It works. Just, maybe, don't tell him why you're
bringing him along...