Shaved eyebrows on women are evil. Unibrows on men are even more sadistic.
For women, I think it is having gums that seem to go to the forehead, the way Katie Couric looks when she smiles.
And short hair.
Other than that, red/orange hair and freckles, and big ears.
Smell is important, too. There are some who have the most unpleasant odor, from too much perfume, to too many spicey foods.
Also the voice, got to have no accent, and no whining.
Artifice is my #1 turn-off. I hate make-up. I find woman’s attractiveness to be inversely proportional to the amount of make-up on her face. I cannot express this in terms any other way than to say that ANY AND ALL MAKEUP IS UNATTRACTIVE.
Equally so with fake breasts, perms, colored hair (especially frosted hair. Ick. If your gonna color it PICK ONE), or anything else meant to cover-up a woman’s natural traits.
I have extensively polled men on this subject, and have NEVER met a man who has found a woman more attractive when she was wearing makeup than when she wasn’t. And yet, many women still do. WHY?
Other than artifice, there is no singly physical trait, body type, hair-color, or anything else that I find specificly unattractive.
Jayron: your poll results are faulty.
First, I should say, so it doesn’t look like I’m being defensive, that I do not wear makeup. Once in a very blue moon I’ll put on a whisper of blush and use a smidge of mascara. But I’m blessed with excellent coloring.
My point is: while many men SAY they don’t like makeup, and some mean it, the women they pant over in movies and photos are ALWAYS slathered with it, even when it doesn’t seem that way.
So unless you are telling me that all those same guys also find Letitia Casta, Mena Suvari, Elle Mcpherson, Cinfy Crawford, Winona Ryder, and even the “super-natural” types like Susan Sarandon less attractive that the makeup free girl down the block, they are full of it when they talk about hating makeup.
Professionally applied makeup can look fabulous. But most women (including me) have no clue how to use it right, so they shouldn’t use it all.
Gee…I have no idea why I cared enough to write all that.
Getting back to topic:
I am with the majority here: any and all thigns which indicate poor grooming have my vote: skanky smells, green teeth, running sores, etc.
But assuming everyone in the room bathes regularly?
COMB OVERS. God help us all.
stoid
jayron 32:
Any and all artifice is unarttractive… Maybe you think so,but I doubt the vast majority does.
If I’ve got a zit, that I don’t want people to notice and I cover it up, am I less attractive than I would be with a big pussy boil on my face?
Other times makeup can be used for specific effect to complement an outfit.
Think goths.
As for hair colour… It’s fun to have blue (or whatever) hair, relax, try it and if you don’t like it… Dye it again!
A few responses to some responses:
Stoidela said:
But, Stoidela, you missed the part of my post when I said:
The point being that while I may find Laetitia Casta with makeup may be more attractive than say, that “less attractive make-up free girl down the block” I would find Laetitia Casta with no make-up FAR more appealing than Laetitia Casta with makeup. I never said that one girl is more or less apealing than another solely on account of make-up, but no girl looks better with makeup than without.
Oh, and every girl carries this no-makeup stuff too far. Whenever I say I like a girl “natural” they always say “what about that unwashed hippie chick with the dreds. You find her more attractive than me?” NO. I have certain minimum standards of hygene and cleanliness, but a woman is at her most beautiful right out of the shower (no, not naked and out of the shower. I mean she is most beautiful if she skips the make-up in the morning)
Sophocles said:
No, I expect a certain level of skin maintanance comisserate with good hygene. I have horrible acne. I know what it is like to have pimples. Since the age of 12, I have not gone a minute without a pimple. BUT, I also don’t have hideous gops of pus dripping down my face either, or giant scabs all over, and yet, I don’t wear make-up. Acne does little to influence me one way or another with how attractive a woman is. It’s how she takes care of her acne that makes the difference.
Sophocles said later:
For the record, I dig unnatural hair color. Blue hair is pretty cool. But then again, it’s not “artiface.” You’re not walking around expecting everyone to think you were born with hair that color. It’s people who attempt to dye their hair auburn/black/blonde/whatever and expect the world to think that it’s their natural color. So to clarify: dyeing your hair an unnatural color is cool, because there is no pretense associated with it. You know it doesn’t look real. I know you know it doesn’t look real. It can be kinda cute. It’s when people try to pawn off some suicide blond color as their own that I don’t like.
First off, I have been laughing my ass of in the public library reading this. I have nothing original, bad teeth, oh and not to pick on men who grow long hair, but take care of it, get a trim on those split ends for criminy’s sake. Men who’s every second word is F***, or chewing tobacco, yuck!! Bert brow aka monobrow or unibrow, bad use some tweezers, men or women and women who pluck their whole eyebrow then draw in a weird line. Women of the classic cinema could do it because they were suposed to look unusual, exotic and glamourous, in real life, freaky.
Damnit!
All I’ve got to say is that whenever I see a really thin woman, ribs showing, collarbones sharp enough to slice bread, well, wow. It just makes me want to grab her right there, take her somewhere private and feed her.
Yup…there is something unsettling about seeing things (from the rear) that dangle.
I was coming out of the shower the other day, and picked up a sock on the floor. I caught a glimpse of myself in the full length mirror that was behind me.
Suffice it to say, my wife found me rocking back and forth in the corner of the bedroom under a pile of laundry.
Jayron…I’m exactly the same way. Now, obviously, for film work, makeup needs to be present to get it to look natural on screen. I think my wish for a clean face is that I like to touch my girlfriend’s face, and I hate the taste of lipstick when I kiss it. I despise fake breasts. There are some people who can get quality implants that are the right size, and make them look fairly natural, but most fake breasts look nasty. They look like balloons stapled to the chest. It’s just gross. I can see a really hot woman, and if I see that she’s got fake boobs, it really ruins everything for me.
Jman
Graeme -
goes blind 
laughing hysterically
composes herself
Okay, what would be on my list of unappealing physical traits . . . ? I think, presuming everyone has mastered basic cleanliness, that I would choose the following:
Yellow, untrimmed toenails
Untrimmed nose and ear hair
Unibrows
Acne (especially my own!)
Buttlessness a.k.a. flat butt syndrome(ack!)
Convex breastbones
Poor posture
Heavy women who have too-large breasts that make you seasick as you watch them going baaaack and forth, baaaaack and forth when they walk (shudders There but for the grace of God . . .)
Liplessness a.k.a. reeeeeeeeeally thin lips
Hair loss that’s being fought every step of the way with desperate determination (visible hair plugss! Eeeew)
I could go on . . .
but I’m starting to feel bad about how judgmental this is . . .
After all, I don’t feel all that comfortable throwing stones.