| Copyright (c) 2007 Naweko Nicole Dial | | | | wear a dress that is close fitting on |
| It's Saturday night. You've just downed | | | | the top and waist area but that flares |
| your second post-work apple-tini and now | | | | out below the waist to create the |
| you're surveying your Sex In the City | | | | illusion of a larger hip size. |
| wardrobe for a get-up destined to entrap | | | | On the other hand, if your hips are |
| Mr. Huck-A-Burning-Love later tonight. | | | | substantially wider than your waist, you |
| Hold it! While surveying your garbs, you | | | | will want to accentuate your top by |
| might want to consider other subtle- not | | | | wearing a loose-fitting blouse or shirt. |
| to mention cheap- ways to wile a man to | | | | Then complement the top with jeans or a |
| your trove of feminine offerings. | | | | skirt that reveals the contours of your |
| In fact, an army of psychologists has | | | | lower body. This clothing manipulation |
| already done most of the date-baiting | | | | accentuates your top while contracting |
| work for you. All you need to do is heed | | | | your bottom to pull your overall shape |
| their three kernels of man-tempting | | | | closer to the 0.7 man-enrapturing ratio. |
| advice. | | | | 3. Calm down and you will look more |
| For years, psychologist consumed | | | | attractive |
| hundreds of labs hours dissecting just | | | | Now that you've got your man, you may |
| how men and women make decisions based | | | | want something else, like a chilled |
| on a person's appearance. Though it | | | | Petron margarita or an ethereal foot |
| seems demeaning of human nature to think | | | | massage. |
| that we assess other people based on | | | | Just remember, "Sugar and spice makes |
| some internal algorithm, clinical | | | | everything nice," especially when you |
| studies have demonstrated that humans | | | | want something from a man. |
| are decidedly predictable. | | | | At least that's what researchers Bruce |
| Rather than berate ourselves for relying | | | | Keisling and Malcolm Gynther discovered |
| on our reptilian-programmed minds, let | | | | when they tested "Male perceptions of |
| us take advantage of such canal | | | | female attractiveness". The team found |
| instincts in order to get the | | | | that men viewed physically |
| affectations we need. | | | | "unattractive" women who displayed |
| 1. Create trust with cosmetics | | | | feelings of affection and compassion |
| If you need to get something from | | | | more appealing than physically |
| someone else- like a car loan, job or | | | | attractive women who behaved assertively |
| date- you need to evoke trust with that | | | | and independently. So, play lovable, |
| person. You don't have hours or even | | | | huggable you to get on your man's |
| minutes to create this relationship- you | | | | "Hottie" side. |
| must command trust in a matter of | | | | In short, rejoice in knowing that |
| nanoseconds. To do this, appeal to a | | | | turning a man's head is more than a |
| man's instinctual mind, or as | | | | matter of mimicking a Maxim pinup or |
| psychologists advise, just get your | | | | staying on schedule with Botox |
| make-up right. | | | | injections. Instead, your charm, love |
| That is, apply your cosmetics as if your | | | | handles and fabulous taste in Pacific |
| were Katie Couric getting ready for the | | | | blue eyeshadow all bolster your chances |
| 6 o'clock news, and not a Las Vegas | | | | of finally corralling Mr. |
| showgirl, with all due respect, getting | | | | I-Can't-Believe-You're-Not-Married-Yet |
| ready to open a Wayne Newton concert. | | | | at your favorite watering spot. Happy |
| If you do copy Katie, apparently people | | | | hunting and even happier slurping. |
| will trust you more. | | | | Sources: |
| For example, a study presented in the | | | | Keisling, Bruce L &, Malcolm D Gynther. |
| Journal of Applied Social Psychology | | | | Male perceptions of female |
| revealed men and women perceived other | | | | attractiveness: the effects of targets' |
| women who wore make-up as healthier and | | | | personal attributes and subjects' degree |
| more confident than the same women | | | | of masculinity. Journal of Clinical |
| without make-up. Participants also | | | | Psychology; March 1993, vol. 49, no 2, |
| assumed that women wearing cosmetics | | | | pp 190-195. |
| enjoyed greater earning potential and | | | | Marlowe, Frank and Adam Wetsman. |
| held more prestigious jobs than the same | | | | Preferred Waist-To-Hip Ratio and |
| women not wearing cosmetics. | | | | Ecology. Personality and Individual |
| 2. Hip your way to a proposal | | | | Differences. February 2001; vol 30, no |
| After you get that date, you can further | | | | 3, pp 481-489. |
| entice your man by creating the ideal | | | | Nash, Rebecca et al. Cosmetics: They |
| waist-to-hip ratio. Several studies, | | | | Influence More Than Caucasian Female |
| including one in the Journal of | | | | Facial Attractiveness. Journal of |
| Personality & Social Psychology, suggest | | | | Applied Social Psychology; February |
| that there is a direct link between a | | | | 2006, vol. 36, no 2, pp 493-504. |
| woman's waste-to-hip (WTH) ratio and her | | | | Singh, Devendra. Adaptive Significance |
| attractiveness rating among men. The | | | | of Female Physical Attractiveness: Role |
| ideal WTH number seems to be 0.7. | | | | of Waist-to-Hip Ratio. Journal of |
| Creating the illusion of a 0.7 WTH ratio | | | | Personality & Social Psychology; August |
| is easy. Plus, you don't have to have a | | | | 1993, vol 65, no 2, pp 293-207. |
| 24-inch waist to make this work. In | | | | Naweko Nicole Dial San-Joyz pioneered |
| fact, it might help to have a 38-inch | | | | the acne trigger approach to naturally |
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| Regardless of your natural shape, you | | | | San-Joyz continues to serve the acne |
| can adjust your clothing to simulate the | | | | community by developing customized acne |
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| and waist size are roughly the same, | | | | body. |