by SLLawson

Created on: October 19, 2009

Have you ever noticed that certain personalities usually share common facial features? That's been one of the most intriguing phenomena I've witnessed in life. Could it be that having delicate facial features may help give you a sweet personality, or a big nose can make you appear mean like a witch, or a big mouth can make you - well - a loud mouth?

Maybe it's people's reactions to our looks and our reactions back that create a certain stereotypical way of being. Perhaps a child who gets teased because they have a big nose might react by being mean to others out of frustration. And a young girl who has very pretty and delicate facial features gets treated like a princess so she learns to be nice to others. And, perhaps someone who has a large mouth just naturally projects more when they talk so it seems like they are loud.

Whatever the case is, there seems to be a correlation between facial features and personalities. Is that a bad thing? Of course not. Our diverse ways of being adds color and flair to our world. It would be pretty boring place if everyone acted or looked the same now, wouldn't it?

So let's examine a few more types of facial features and the typical personality traits associated with them.

A round face with pudgy cheeks. Often, these facial characteristics are combined with someone who doesn't smile a lot. Even if they aren't considered overweight, when their face has extra weight on it they can often be teased, which sometimes makes them become an introvert. If they learn to develop their confidence on the other hand they can become jovial and the life of the party.

A square jaw is often associated with virility and strength, especially on a man. If a man has a strong jaw line women often find him attractive, which draws more women to him, which creates in him more confidence. It's not the jaw line at all that creates the confidence, it's the women's reaction to his looks that does it.

High Cheek bones in a woman are a coveted asset. Women like Faye Dunaway, Raquel Welch, Cindy Crawford, Christie Brinkley, to name a few, all rose to fame in great part because of their facial bone structure.

Thick lips on a woman are also a great asset, so much so that people pay big bucks for collagen injections to plump their lips. No one knows for sure whether Angelina Jolie utilizes such injections but her lips have been the dreams of many a man. Has her personality been molded around those lips? Not necessarily. Does she use them to tease and taunt and

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