Girls between the ages of 13 and 19 are widely exposed to beauty content online that promotes products unsuitable for young ...

Beauty has never been static. Over the past hundred years, the ideal face, body, and overall “look” have shifted again and again—shaped by culture, media, politics, technology, and the changing roles ...

Senior Lecturer in Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation, Course Leader in the College of Health and Life Sciences, London South Bank University Beauty standards have always evolved, but in today’s ...

Plus-size models appeared in only 18% of all global beauty campaigns in 2025, despite representing the majority of potential customers. This stark disconnection reveals something profound about how ...

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — Beauty standards can look different depending on where you’re from, so if some people consider someone to be beautiful and others don’t, who is? The answer is that everyone is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pooja Shah is a journalist who covers fashion, beauty and wellness. In an era where social media fuels our obsession with ...

The looksmaxxing trend is fueling an industry of influencers who promote what experts call toxic male beauty standards - Copyright AFP Chris DELMAS The looksmaxxing ...

Lululemon, Brandy Melville and Turkish nose jobs. These are the indulgent beauty standards of Stanford’s campus. Appearances were once deemed tools of ideological assertion and individual attempts to ...