Beauty is something that men and women everywhere worry about and try to achieve daily. Men tend to not admit that it is important to them while women state out loud that it is. It doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman there are many reasons why being beautiful is so important to so many people.

Knowing these reasons will help you see why it is a good idea for everyone to strive for this. Here are the most common reasons why being beautiful is a good thing for anyone no matter how old you are and no matter whether you are a man or a woman.

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1. Makes you feel good - Looking beautiful can make you feel beautiful also. This will make anyone feel good and allow you to walk with pride knowing that you look good.

Everyone likes to look good whenever possible and there is nothing wrong with that like many people think there is. Looking good makes you feel good so why would you not want to be as beautiful as you can be?

2. Raises self confidence - When you look good and you feel good this is going to raise your self confidence level. You will know that you are looking your best and your confidence will reflect this to others. They will see the change in your self confidence easily.

3. Provides attention - Many people want attention and looking beautiful will give them that attention. Some people don't want the attention but get it anyway because of looking good. It is true that things that are beautiful attract attention whether you want it or not.

4. Gives you pride - Knowing that you look good is something that you can take pride in. There is nothing wrong with taking pride in how you look as long as you are not mean about it. Taking pride in how you look is a good thing if you use it to help boost your confidence.

5. Makes you happy - This is one of the most important reasons because being happy is important for anyone and looking good will definitely provide a good way for being happy. Anything that makes you happy is always a good thing.

Now that you understand the reasons why beauty is so important to so many people you can see why it is highly sought after every day. Being beautiful has many advantages for anyone no matter how old you are and can give you a lot of pride in yourself which is always a good thing.

Cleopatra was renown for her beauty. She seduced Julius Caesar and then Mark Anthony. That alone should be proof that she must have been the most beautiful woman in her time.

Yet British archeologists unearthed silver coins that say otherwise. Her image on those plains were far from the ravishing beauty one expects to see. So why did the two most powerful men in her time fall for her?

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For one thing, she was the queen of Egypt. Then again, her suitors ruled the Roman Empire. They could have had any woman they wanted.

There are several possibilities. Maybe society's perception of beautiful features in those days are different from modern society's view. Look at the 17th century paintings of nude beauties drawn by Ruben. In those days, those women were considered great beauties. Today, women like that would be considered fat and not beautiful by modern standards. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

One thing remains the same through the ages. Beauty is linked to healthy skin. The women in Ruben's paintings had gorgeous skin that glowed. Cleopatra and other egyptian queens are known to follow beauty regimes that focus on giving them beautiful skin. Baths in milk and honey. The use of aloe vera for their skin. All these treatments result in smooth, beautiful skin.

Let's start with milk and honey. Cleopatra is said to have bathed in milk and honey baths. Milk contains lactic acid, a form of alpha hydroxy acid which you would find in today's beauty products. It exfoliates the skin, removing the dead skin cells, causing the younger skin to emerge.

Honey is a humectant. It attracts water which makes it a wonderful moisturizer.

Bathing daily in milk and honey would give you smooth, younger, softer skin. If you have a bath tub, you can indulge in a milk and honey bath yourself.

1. Fill the bath with warm water

2. Add 4 cups of full cream milk powder for a really rich milk bath.

3. Add 1 cup of honey.

4. Wash yourself with soap and water and shampoo and rinse your hair before you enter the bath.

5. Relax and soak in the milk and honey bath for as long as you like.

The other beauty treatment that Cleopatra is said to have used have used aloe vera on her skin. So did Queen Nefertiti.

Aloe vera gel actually heals the skin from eczema or other skin diseases. It even clears the skin from acne, thanks to the sulfur and salicylic acid found in it. Both sulfur and salicylic acid are used topically to treat acne. Aloe vera itself is rich in anti-oxidants which are known for their anti-aging properties. That's not all. It has anti-inflammatory properties, anti-bacterial properties and heals the skin without leaving scars. Using aloe vera topically also leads to clearer, fairer and healthier skin and healthy skin is considered beautiful throughout history.