Why are all young girl suddenly good looking?

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I'm 40 in the 90s I was reasonably attractive by 90s standards.
I was a size 12 blond curly hair, outfit deom topshop and put on nice make up with some Charlie perfume.
I look at my nieces all identikit long smooth hair, make up perfectly put on with false eyelashes, tiny sized, super stylish all could be models from their insta accounts as could their mates is everyone better looking these days or better tools?
Do I need a make up tutorial from one of them so I'm not such an old dog 😂

Oh, the bleached blonde and boob job look was in in the 90s too...the whole Pamela Anderson thing. And stupid chunky highlights.

I don’t think they look good. But then I don’t like plasticised faces, slug eyebrows, unless that’s how they actually grow, straightened hair.etc.. I think the ‘curated’ look is so controlled and uniform it’s boring.
But I’ve had odds looks from other women who are like this as though they can’t believe I exist.
In my case I’m a natural redhead so have ‘no’eyelashes without mascara, but I got fed up with applying a coat of what is basically dirt to my face and then having to spend ages carefully cleaning it off . Not to mention all the products my skin would react badly to. It was fun for a short while in my teens to paint a picture, but it soon got very tedious.

I see the females at my ds school - all look the same poker straight thin hair, thin lips etc - give them a few years they’ll be getting lip implants etc. Nowt interesting about them.

I look at the boys and they are all identikit as well. My ds feels ugly in comparison to the boys at his school. No idea why.

I looked at my university end of year photo from the mid-90s the other week. Everyone had frizzy hair, blotchy skin and baggy jumpers. Today they'd all look like they were auditioning for the Apprentice. Just different priorities I suppose.

Where do you live? I can’t remember the last time I saw a “tiny-sized” teenage girl. They’re all heavily overweight where I am.

The heavy makeup is just the current fashion. Trends have always existed.

I agree, they are all very beautiful- but sadly they all look the same, long hair, perfect make up and eyebrows. Back in the 90s I would try to look different purposely, and I think everyone did, more individual trends depending on what music you were into.

Well compare your 90s self to a similar aged woman from the 50s and the pattern will be the same - products and beauty tools get better and more accessible/affordable. Filters help too.

I don’t envy them, I love looking back on my dodgy eyeliner & dream matte mousse days 😂 cringey old photos are good.

Most young girls photoshop their appearance to look "more like models". In real life, they still look like we did when we were younger... Some beautiful, others pretty, some plain Janes. Just the right mix...

@Juniper68

I'm older than you but was stunning in the late 80s. There were a handful. I'd be one of many now. I was naturally like that but today they can fake it. I'm not bragging it was just genetics. Parents were gorgeous. Aesthetics mean nothing.

It must have afforded you a lot of luck and privilege but you say Aestetics mean nothing so I guess you don't think you're looks helped that much for happiness?

I agree about clothes sizes. DD is a tall, slim size 6. She recently tried on a hand-me-down short ballgown (first worn in the late 80s) which I'd assumed would be way too big for her (original wearer was a size 12). It was a little loose about the bust but not so much so that she'd need it altering much to fit like a glove!

I don't think you notice as many 'stand out' beauties these days as you would have done back in the 70s/80s/90s. The girls generally look so similar that they're pretty interchangeable to look at.

I have noticed that filters are massively used on social media for flawless complexions but better diets and healthcare regimes now probably mean that they generally have better skin and fewer spots than in yesteryear. Very few girls look much like their highly posed, filtered photos!

I've noticed this too. (I'm in my 50s.) I put it down to filters mostly, but also better products and, tools and more help with things like how to apply makeup, e.g. YouTube tutorials.

But also I think peer pressure is worse than it ever used to be, what with Instagram etc. I don't envy today's young women - it must be very hard to buck that sort of pressure.

It’s a shame so many young girls feel pressured (whether they realise it or not) to look what is perceived as‘perfect’. Where’s the individuality? Social media should be promoting being comfortable in your own skin.

I feel sorry for them thinking they have to live up to all the filter nonesense So happy that I was a teen before social media and all that. Keeping up with the fashions was never important, real life gets in the way :)

Just perception + Internet + cheapness + not as many big stand out styles (mods/rockers/punk).

All improved....... well..... except for one big thing.

Fake caterpillar draw on eyebrows.
Never in human history has anyone going out to find their special someone has said to their pal.....yeah they're hot, funny and have a great personality but just one thing and they'd be perfect.... shave off their eyebrows and draw some fake ones either at the same place or up to an inch higher.

@DartmoorChef As for the current trend in slug like eyebrows I don't even begin to understand how anyone thinks it looks good

Nor me, it's a hideous look. I'll be glad when it goes out of fashion.😁

I think online makeup / dress up tutorials has helped tremendously, also social pressure to look perfect.

I noticed the standard of drawing and painting is a lot higher now than before because you can learn techniques from the Internet while before we need to find books in the library! Imagine the severe lack of materials then than now!

I think there is a lot of not very nice sentiment on this thread. I am the mother of 2 girls and I think they and their friends look stunning. Not all the same, no more than I was as a teenager.

Yes, they have much better products. Yes, they have the same but different pressures. And Yes youth makes girls look beautiful. I didn't appreciate in myself at the time but I do in my daughters and those of their age group.

@ThatNameAgainItsMrPlow

Where do you live? I can’t remember the last time I saw a “tiny-sized” teenage girl. They’re all heavily overweight where I am.

The heavy makeup is just the current fashion. Trends have always existed.

I would agree with this. I think young women are very big these days, tall and broad and very generously proportioned. Interestingly, I don't see many similar sized young men, who are often shorter and slighter than the women.

The range of beauty and hair products are endless now compared to when we were teenagers. You had shampoo, conditioner, probably your mum's moisturiser which promptly gave you spots, hair straighteners hadn't even been invented, let alone YouTube tutorials on how to put your make-up on! I remember the fuss when the first 2-1 shampoo came out and I'm only 45. They aren't better-looking, they just have access to a vastly greater pool of products than we had x

Girls in my area look distinctly average. Nothing wrong with that.
Similarly, adults aren't particularly dolled up either.
One of the blessings if living in a small town, I think.

People in the nearest big city, however...

Tiny- sized teenage girls are rare these days! I totally agree with this, they're so much bigger and don't mind wearing short or skimpy clothes.

My daughters school year book was hilarious, I needed to ask who all the girls were as the filters made them unrecognisable.

Around here most are tall but size 6 to 8 slim.

Watching the BBC documentary about Joan Collins yesterday evening, I was struck by how incredibly slim she was (even by modern standards) in her younger days. Probably not unusual for her generation (and the 60s/70s/80s). But she'd be regarded as a waif by modern standards. Very slightly built indeed.

It's tragic, young people are so beautiful au naturale, they could save all that money and anxiety and just be their beautiful selves

@Annvdb, I think it's worse in the UK, not America.

As it wasn’t a school day, the girls were out in force and I’ve never seen anything like it. They were all airbrushed, identicle faces, hair, outfits-designer bags and so so so tiny!

I think part of the desire to make the absolute most of every minute you can when 'free' on weekends or school holidays comes from the fact that British teens spend the rest of their time wearing school uniforms in schools where most makeup is forbidden.

In the US, public schools are for the most part non-uniform and you don't see the intense focus on doing yourself up when outside of school, or even very much effort to push against the usual school dress codes. It would be exhausting, expensive, and also pointless to go to any trouble beyond the basics of makeup.

I take your No 17 and raise you Constance Carol!