Hair & Beauty. Saving Face: Seven Bad Beauty Habits to Break. Tips & Tricks - Beauty Secrets. Beauty at All Women Stalk. Hair & Beauty Products, Hair Accessories - HairBoutique Marketplace. Blogs. Make-UP. Sex Appeal of Plain Women – Walter Kirn on Why Pretty Girls Are Single. They tend to go out on the town in pairs, I've noticed: the conventionally pretty one, all dolled up and shining, and her average-looking friend, who's barely had time to do her hair.
The pretty one, I have a hunch, is generally the instigator. With the plainer one by her side, she thinks she'll look even more dazzling than usual. And the plainer one goes along with the idea because she wants to bask in her friend's glow—or maybe because she just doesn't get out much. I don't know. I do know, however, that when I spot them and manage to push in beside them at the bar, I often feel sorry for the pretty one.
Because she's about to learn she's not the pretty one. "What are you girls drinking? " The pretty one answers for both of them in most cases. "Where in Ohio? " "Akron. " "I love that city," I exaggerate. "Depressing? " "Industrial. " Could I have your phone number? " I ask. The woman who's no longer plain at all says, "Sure. " I nod and hand over a pen. It isn't pretty.
Skin. Clothes.