The best part is that you can find these just about everywhere, from suit stores like Suitsupply and Banana Republic to more casual stores like the Gap and even Old Navy , which is where the photo pictured here came from. And if you need help finding something to layer under your blazer, check out my post about the nine most stylish types of sweaters , many of which you can wear under your jacket. If the handsome devil is indeed in the details, then you need to make sure your look is on-point all the way from head to toe.
Shop M. Beckett Simonon. Then, pick up a shoe shining kit like this one , which will have pretty much everything you need to restore the sheen to your shoes. In between, keep an eye out for scuffs, mud or anything else that might make your shoes look less than ideal.
Making sure your clothes and grooming are on point will go a long way toward making you look more handsome. But in order to really stand out ,you have to stand tall — or at least as tall as your frame can muster. There are a lot of ways you can convey confidence, strength and attractiveness simply by using your body language effectively. Like, a whole lot. Generally speaking, the men who are considered most dominant and thus, most attractive share a few physical traits:.
They stand up straight, occupy a lot of physical space by adopting a wide stance or spreading their arms, and move slowly and deliberately. As Amy Cuddy famously noted , adopting a powerful position with your body can actually make you feel more powerful. That effect extends to other people as well — carry yourself like a young George Clooney, and other people will subconsciously take notice.
Stand with your feet shoulder width apart, keep your back straight, your chest out and your arms open rather than crossed to convey confidence. But if you really want to stand out from the crowd and optimize your appearance, you need to know how to out-dress the other guys. In my post about how to dress better for guys I put together a three-part plan for doing just that. It includes three over-arching strategies you can use to dress better, and 27 specific tips that you can implement into your wardrobe.
All of the strategies and tips I recommend to help guys dress better complement and build upon the handsome hacks listed above. Using them in tandem is the best way to really optimize your overall appearance, and present the best possible version of yourself to the world. Click here to read the full post about how to dress better for guys and learn how to take your look to the next level. I will never send you spam. Unsubscribe at any time. In my experience being seen as handsome or attractive has a lot more to do with how you carry yourself than with your face.
And yet he frequently plays a leading man who romances Hollywood beauties, and we in the audience have no trouble buying it. So think of the tips in this post as window dressing. Using them will certainly help your case, but if you really want to seem handsome and attractive, look within. Sorry — I know that was probably my corniest line yet.
Still true though! Great tips, thanks Dave. Love your point about the hair product. I think I need to cut back. Wow, this is great. Like how you back up the more out-tehre tips i. Definitely above and beyond most style blogs. Thanks Edward! Characteristics like muscularity are "cues of genes that increase offspring viability or reproductive success," say authors David A. Frederick and Martie G. But Frederick and Haselton took away another telling finding: Less-muscular men were thought to be a better fit for long-term relationships.
So if you want to catch a woman's eye and hold her attention, you may be better off not going overboard. One of the best documented findings in psychology is the halo effect, a bias where you unconsciously take one aspect of somebody as a proxy for their overall character.
It's why we think beautiful people are good at their jobs, even when they aren't necessarily. As psychologist and writer Scott Barry Kaufman notes, the halo effect works in other ways, too. In a Chinese study , more than young people looked at images of men and women's faces and rated them on attractiveness.
Each face pictured was paired with a word that described either a positive personality trait — like kindness or honesty — or a negative personality trait, like being evil or mean. A cross-cultural study — with participants from China, England, Germany, and the US — found that women are most attracted to men wearing red. In one experiment from the study, 55 female undergrads looked at a color photo of a man in either a red or green shirt, and then rated the man's attractiveness. Sure enough, the man was rated significantly more attractive when he was wearing a red shirt.
The results were similar when researchers compared the red shirt to other color shirts as well. Interestingly, participants generally weren't aware that the man's clothing color was influencing their perceptions of his attractiveness.
Multiple studies indicate that women are more attracted to men who can make them laugh. Interestingly, men generally aren't more attracted to women who can make them laugh. In one study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, researchers asked undergraduate students who didn't indicate their sexual orientation to say how much they valued a partner's ability to make them laugh and their own ability to make their partner laugh.
Results showed that women valued both their partner's sense of humor and their own ability to make their partner laugh; men valued only their own ability to make their partner laugh. In a experiment from the Ruppin Academic Center in Israel and the University of Michigan, Israeli women read vignettes about men.
Some of the men were described as "cads": They would cheat on their partner and get into fights. The other men were described as stereotypical "dads": They would work hard at their job and take good care of their kids. Whenever the story featured a cad who owned a dog, women rated that man as a more suitable long-term partner than a cad who didn't own a dog. Cads with dogs were even rated slightly more attractive than dads with dogs. The researchers concluded that owning a pet signals that you're nurturing and capable of making long-term commitments.
It can also help you appear more relaxed, approachable, and happy. In a study , researchers at the University of Sussex asked about 1, women whose average age was 28 to listen to simple and complex pieces of music and rate the attractiveness of the composer.
The results showed that women preferred the more complex music, and said they would choose the composer of the more complex music as a long-term partner. In , Australian researchers studied undergrads participating in a speed-dating session, and found that mindful men tended to receive higher attractiveness ratings from women. Before the session began, 91 students were asked to fill out a mindfulness questionnaire in which they indicated how much they agreed with statements like:.
After each interaction with an opposite-sex partner, students privately indicated how "sexy" they found their partner and how much they'd like to date that person. Results showed that men were generally more drawn to physically attractive women. Independent coders had rated the students' attractiveness beforehand. But women were generally more attracted to mindful men. A study led by researchers at the University of Alaska at Anchorage found that women are attracted to men who take what the researchers call "hunter-gatherer risks.
More than undergrads filled out questionnaires about how attractive they would find a partner who engaged in certain risky behaviors, as opposed to a partner who engaged in low- or no-risk behaviors.
Hunter-gatherer risks included mountain biking, deep-sea scuba diving, and extreme rollerblading. Low- and no-risk behaviors included biking along paved paths and carefully handling chemicals in a chemistry-lab class.
Results showed that women said they would be more attracted to men who engaged in hunter-gatherer risks — the kinds that were similar to risks faced by ancestral humans. Women said they would be less attracted to men who engaged in modern risks, which might seem just plain dumb. Simply knowing that you're wearing a new fragrance can make you act more confident , and even make you seem more attractive to other people. In a small study published in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science, researchers gave one group of male undergraduates a spray with antimicrobial ingredients and fragrance oil, and provided another group with an unscented spray that didn't contain antimicrobial ingredients.
Over the next few days, the men who used the scented spray reported higher self-confidence and felt more attractive.
The strange part? In truth, when you focus on appearance in a healthy way, you send a message of confidence, which can translate into sophistication and magnetism. It will help you improve your personal appearance in a straightforward, easy to understand way. The chart below offers a preliminary overview on looking attractive with the 10 steps. First, you have to get your mind right.
Looking handsome starts with your brain, not your body. In other words, attractiveness is part of a mindset. We cannot exhibit what we do not possess. Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is just trying to sell you a bag of goods. Believing in yourself generates a strong, ritualized self-care routine that ultimately broadcasts attractiveness to others.
There are a number of reasons for this, especially societal norms that are strongly connected to gender stereotypes. Those traditional stereotypes are fading. Proper facial care includes everything from learning to wash your face on a regular basis with the right products to proper moisturizing.
Other critical products include firming masks designed to clean pores and brighten up dull complexions. If you are like most men, chances are you lack a good education on this topic. Be sure to check it out! Proper grooming includes a facial routine that takes care of your skin in the present, but also prevents problems in the future. Do you use a moisturizer with sunblock? If not, you should start now. The ultraviolet rays from the sun zap your skin of the anti-aging protein collagen.
In turn, your skin begins to form deep lines and creases. Translation: wrinkles. Think about how gnarly an old sailor looks after a lifetime of weathering the elements. If you are interested in learning more on how to stop the visible signs of aging in men, check out this wrinkle prevention guide.
One of the areas most neglected by men is the skin around the eyes. In my experience, most guys have no earthly idea how to focus on this area.
Many women know this and pay attention. Moreover, baggy eyes with dark circles instantly make you look much older. Guys, the effort you put into your eyes now will go a long way in helping you look more handsome. Just daily focus. If you want to learn more about making your eyes look more attractive and less baggy, read this guide on how to get rid of dark circles and bags for men.
Does your face look blotchy? Do you have dark spots covering your cheeks, forehead, or nose? Are some of these brown or black? There are a variety of blemishes that can draw attention away from your more attractive features. You have to address them. Worse, some blemishes can be downright unattractive. If left untreated, these spots tend to multiply and grow in size, thereby chipping away at self-esteem.
The good news is that you can treat many of these imperfections at home. Be sure to check out this post on how to get rid of dark spots on the face. What they struggle with is how to take care of their hair and create a look that highlights their best features.
Rather than find a truly great solution, many simply opt for a crop cut and call it a day.
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