Sunday, December 27, 2009

What does it mean when someone say Beauty is only skin deep; don't skimp on skin care?

That sounds like an advertising slogan to me. The original saying, ';beauty is only skin deep';, means that physical beauty is superficial and a person can be beautiful on the outside and ugly on the inside. Following that statement by saying not to skimp on skin care is encouraging people to enhance that illusion. If it's not an advertising slogan, then it's probably intended as an ironic comment on human nature. It's easier to change your outside than your inside, so whoever said that is suggesting that if you're a terrible person you should work harder at looking good. If that's the case, it's more of a joke than serious advice, because no external makeover can hide a person's true personality.What does it mean when someone say Beauty is only skin deep; don't skimp on skin care?
Obviously it means that since a person can only see you from the outside (Meaning they can't see who you are and how you act on the inside), you should try your best to make a good first impression with the way you look.





Basically, it's saying 'No matter what you do, people initially judge you based on the way you look. You might as well invest a little bit of your time making yourself look nice'What does it mean when someone say Beauty is only skin deep; don't skimp on skin care?
The beauty of a person only skin deep, the outer look only,


the goodness is all of him deep inside, that we normally do not try to see in him
Beauty is only skin deep





Meaning





Physical beauty is superficial.





Origin





Proverb. First found in a work by Sir Thomas Overbury's, 1613:





';All the carnall beauty of my wife, Is but skin deep.';





What his wife thought isn't recorded. There is a fanciful work attributed to Overbury called A true and historical relation of the poysoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, 1651. Perhaps she had him worried?





'Skin deep' is now also used to allude to anything superficial. An early use of this was also attributed to Overbury in 1613, in Ordinary Fencer Works, 1856:





';His wounds are seldome above skin-deep.';





http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/59200鈥?/a>





what matters is a person's character, rather than his/her appearance.





http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beauty_is_鈥?/a>





http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Beau鈥?/a>





http://www.answers.com/Beauty%20is%20onl鈥?/a>





Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder:





http://www.chinapage.org/story/beauty.ht鈥?/a>





http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/59100鈥?/a>





Beauty in eyes of beholder, study confirms:





WASHINGTON: When it comes to something pleasant, it seems that the phrase ';easy on the eyes'; may hold more truth than earlier believed, for a study has found that objects or people appear more attractive when the mind can process their looks faster.





http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic鈥?/a>





Scientists ponder beauty and the eye of the beholder:


Evidence increasingly suggests the human brain is hard-wired for aesthetics.





http://www.sigidiart.com/Docs/beauty.htm

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