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Those years are long gone when the only pictures you ever saw of celebrities were posed ones. In our paparazzi-riddled era, celebrities are caught off-guard constantly, captured everywhere against their will. This has led to the phenomenon known in the gossip press as "bitchface," that peaky scowl that does not flatter most faces but lends a certain sexy menace to beautifully chiseled ones. Our faces are masks. They're just extremely sophisticated, flexible masks that we can't take on and off at will. We can and do control them. But we have default expressions: the way our faces look when we've forgotten they exist, which -- for most of us -- is most of the time. Read More
mood
There is evidence to support facial expressions changing mood ( smile to feel happy) so perhaps it is good to try and be aware of our facial expressions more often. However, I have found that some people's neutral expressions just look bitchy due to the shape of thier features and there isn't much they can do about it. My friend has deep set eyes and a brow that extends out slightly. If she's not actively smiling she looks peeved or annoyed or really really serious when in fact she is a very calm and happy person nearly all of the time.
The Face of emotions
Since the evolutionry function of emotions is to "communicate information," I am not quite sure if there are "default" expressions; these expressions are simply mechanisms that communicate to ourselves and to others what we are experiencing, and they are universal. When your husband notes one of your defualt expressions, he is actually showing "relationship awareness" as he is tuning into your emotions. For an excellent read on the subject, check out the new book, "The Genius of Instinct," (FT, April 20090
Changing Habitual Faces
Even to a willing ear, pointing this information out for someone can be elusive and hard for them to believe. People will change the look on their faces as soon as their attention goes toward thinking about their appearance. I can remember as a kid noting how my mother when approaching a mirror, would instantly put on what I used to call her "mirror face" the moment she looked into it.
For instance, those with pained, worried and guilty expressions on their faces will tend to attract manipulative predatory behavior. Changing these sorts of expressions will really make the world a different place.
Now that I'm in my fifties, I still pay a silent homage to the ex-boyfriend who, when I was a young woman, smoothed away the worried crink on my youthful brow with an affectionate gesture. Him being there to affectionately remind me how I could stop doing something I couldn't even feel was quite a revelation.
Underground
When you dig with your honesty shovel you find treasures. Sincerely,David
Salma Hayek needs to get
Salma Hayek needs to get divorced from her disgusting billionaire deadbeat dad husband because he is a bum who lacks good morals. Here she was claiming to be a feminist and doing lots of charity work to help women and children while being married to a fool who wouldn't support his son who is the half-brother of Salma Hayek's daughter. Salma Hayek should not be anywhere near this jerk and she should dump Pinault the same way that Pinault dumped Linda Evangelista.
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