Attractive Facial Features

'Luscious lips' are the words that first come to a male mind, the moment someone mentions the name Angelina Jolie. (By the way, 'hot bod' follows a split second later!). In fact, I think I will stick my head out and declare that when it comes to a woman's lips, Angelina's luscious pair is what is used by guys as the 'global lips benchmark', with which all other pairs of lips are compared. Of course, lips happen to be just one among many other attractive facial features that guys look for in a woman. Obviously, not ones to be left behind, women too, have their own set of criteria and preferences when it comes to male attractive facial features. So what exactly are these attractive facial features that members of one gender look for in the opposite gender? Basically, what makes a beautiful face? Let us find out.

Most Attractive Facial Features in Women

Being the flirtatious male Gemini that I am, women's facial features, of course, is what I will begin with! Here are some of the female facial features that men typically find attractive.

• High Cheek Bones: It is a well known fact that men, especially those in the western part of the world, have an eye for women with high cheek bones and slightly inward i.e. concave cheeks. Examples of women with this particular facial feature include Cameron Diaz, Faye Dunaway, Lucy Liu and Keira Knightley, to name a few.
• Eyes: Nothing strikes a man as hard as a woman's beautiful eyes do. A pair of piercing blue eyes to go with long blonde hair makes for a killer combination indeed. At the same time, a pair of brown or hazel eyes has that typical element of warmth about it which instantly puts a man at ease and makes him comfortable.
• Face Cut: If I were to go by majority, then a slightly oval face is what is liked by most men. Yes, round faces with chubby cheeks do look good on certain women, but then these face types have a certain amount of childlike features to them. Long and thin faces, devoid of any face fat, are usually not among the most desired of face types, as far as men are concerned.
• Other Facial Features: A delicate, feminine and narrow nose with a smooth bridge makes a woman look extremely pretty indeed. Contrary to popular belief, pencil-thin eyebrows are not exactly a big turn on for men. A pair of naturally-shaped, symmetric and well-maintained eyebrows is what gives a woman's face that added element of beauty. Last but not the least, nothing works as well as a beautiful smile!

Most Attractive Facial Features in Men

Disclaimer: The following points are based entirely upon the inputs provided by a few of my gal pals. So if any of my female readers disagree with what I am about to write, you know who to blame!

I conducted a small poll wherein I asked all my gal pals to enlist five male facial features that they found to be most attractive. The following are the poll results.

• Face Cut: Most of them chose a 'slightly oval face which narrows towards the chin' as the most attractive face type. Few were in favor of baby-faced cheeks, whereas none voted for long, thin faces.
• Firm Nose: Almost everyone was of the opinion that a strong, firm nose gave the male face a strong sense of solidity and character. However, bent noses, asymmetrical nose bridges, or flat and wide noses were a strict no-no.
• Strong Jaw: A strong jaw, it seems, ranked highly in my gal pals' scheme of things. They believed that a well-defined jawline gives a certain chiseled look to a man's face, making him look incredibly sexy and handsome. (And if I may add, 'yummy' is another word that quite a lot of them used!). One even took the liberty of providing examples - Tom Cruise, Daniel Craig and Johnny Depp.
• Eyes: Eyes too, happened to rank highly on the list of most attractive facial features in men. However, I must confess, there was quite a lot of inconsistency as far as eye color was concerned. Brown and black got the majority of votes, followed by different shades of blue. Also, names that were specifically mentioned included the likes of Pierce Brosnan and Leonardo Di Caprio.
• Facial Hair: Now this facial feature too, had its fair share of thumbs ups and thumbs downs. (I believe a lot of it had to do with their individual kissing preferences!). Some of them preferred clean-shaven men sans any facial hair, whereas for some the idea of a two-day stubble or a well-maintained goatee was a big turn on. And there was this one amazing woman, who refused to settle for anything else but a hygienic version of Captain Jack Sparrow!

Well, my dear friends, that was a short overview of attractive facial features in men and women. Most of you maybe wondering how to become beautiful. Well then, here are some interesting thoughts on how to be beautiful. As I sign off, I leave you with a bit of parting advice. A person's natural beauty, by no means, is defined by his facial features, or for that matter, his outward appearance. It is what he or she is from within, that defines just how beautiful a person he or she is. After all, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!