Math and Beauty!

Many mathematical principles are based on ideals, and apply to an abstract, perfect world. This perfect world of mathematics is reflected in the imperfect physical world, such as in the approximate symmetry of a face divided by an axis along the nose. More symmetrical faces are generally regarded as more aesthetically pleasing.


This image that many women and men have about what the perfect face should look like is something that I see everyday in my job.  I work for a very reputable make-up company that may subliminally endorse this perfect ideal.  We have a face chart (blank template of a perfectly symmetrical face) that wer follow when we recreate make-up looks.  This gives many people the wrong impression or unrealistic ideal in which they beleive they must have the same face in order to have the perfect face.  The distance between their eye brows, the contours of their cheek bones, the length of their eye lashes, the shape of their lips are all math related!


The above picture is a template we use of the 'perfectly symmetrical face'.  Clients often refer to this template as a guideline to guide their desired symmetrical look throught the use of make-up.