~TYPES OF SMILES~

There are different types of smiles that we can observe in daily life which are :

1. The Tight-Lipped Smile
2. The Twisted Smile
3. The Drop Jaw Smile
4. Sideway-Looking-Up Smile
5. The George W Bush Grin

SO, LET'S GETTING TO KNOW THESE DIFFERENT TYPE OF SMILES

1. The Tight-Lipped Smile
   
People who use this type of smile usually stretched tight across the face to form a straight line and the teeth are concealed. It has meaning behind this smile which is the smiler is actually has secret that they will not be sharing with you. Women always use this kind of smile to hide that she is actually does not like someone but only another women can read this signal of rejection clearly while men are oblivious to it.  This smile also can be seen in magazine pictures or even the cover of magazine of successful businessmen who are communicating " I have the secret of success and you have to try and find it out by yourself". Meanwhile, in the interview, the men only talk about the general principle of success and he will not reveal the details on how they succeed.

Tony and Cherie Blair were "tight-lipped" about Cherie's last pregnancy.

 

This woman is "tight-lipped" to show that she has a secret but she would not tell anyone.

2. The Twisted Smile

This smile show opposite emotions on each side of the face. It is peculiar to the Western world and can only be done deliberately which means it can send only message of sarcasm.

In the picture A above, it can be seen that the man raises his left side eyebrow, the left zygomatic muscles and left cheeck to produce one type of smile on the left and while the left brain pulls the same muscles downward on the right side to produce an angry frown. When we place a mirror down the middle of picture A at angle of 90 degrees to reflect each side of face, we will see two different faces of opposite emotions. when we mirroring the right side of face, it reveals the picture B which is cheesy grin but when we mirroring left side of face, we will see picture c which is angry frown.

3. The Drop-Jaw Smile.

This smile is used to show impression of the person is laughing or playful. This is a favourite of people, such as The Joker, Bill Clinton and Hugh Grant, all of them use it to show the expression of happy to their audience or to win votes.

4. Sideways-Looking-Up Smile

It is one of the smiles that Princess Diana used to captivated the hearts of people. This smile made men want to protect her as well as made women want to be like her. It is common when the smile is regular in women's courtship repertoire to attract men as men read it as seductive and powerful "come-on" signal. Now, Prince William also use this kind of smile not only to winning people's heart but also reminds them of Princess Diana.

 Princess Diana's sideways-looking-up smile has powerful effect both to women and men.

5. The George W Bush Grin.

  

President George W Bush always has a permanent smirk on his face. It has been found that smiling among middle-class people is most common in Atlanta and most Texas. Bush is a Texan and they smile more than American. Thus, in Texas, unsmiling people will be asked " are you angry about something?" while in New York, the smiler will be asked " what is so funny?".

I end my post with these quotes :

“Beauty is power; a smile is sword.”

“There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all.” 

~Facial Expression~

~THE MAGIC OF SMILE~

Did you know that a natural smile produces some wrinkle lines around the eyes? Insincere smiles only includes of smiling lips. People who smile sincerely do not only pull up their lips corner but also produce some wrinkle lines around the eyes as resulted from the contraction of muscles.

A French scientist, named Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne made a research on how to differentiate between smiles of enjoyment with other types of smiles. He pulled face muscles from many different angles to record which muscles caused which smiles. He found that smiles are controlled by two different muscles which are zygomatic major muscle and orbicularis oculi. 

Zygomatic major muscles are consciously controlled and used to produce FAKE SMILE to look friedly. That is the true fact!. Meanwhile, scientist use a method called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), which was devised by Professor Paul Ekman from University of California and Dr Wallace V Friesen from University of Kentucky to differentiate between real and fake smiles. 

People can fake their smiles even they seem to smile sincerely. A real and sincere smile includes of fleshy part of the eye between the eyebrow and eyelid, the eye cover fold, moves downwards and the end of the eyebrows dip slightly. 

As our habit, photographers always ask us to say “cheese” because this word pulls back zygomatic major muscle. However, it turns out to be fake smile and insincere looking photo. Generally, smile and happy face is signals of happy feeling to show that the person in happy mood.

As we smile, we attract more new friends, improve health and colour our life. Laughter increases the amount of oxygen in blood that cause face turns to red. It also lowers the heart rate and burns up calories.

so, PEOPLE, LET'S SMILE SINCERELY AS THE WORLD WILL SMILE BACK AT YOU. SHOW OFF YOUR AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL SMILES !!

~WORST Handshakes???~

The TOP Eight WORST Handshakes!!!

Have you ever noticed that there are some kinds of handshakes that are unacceptable and irritated? Basically, there are eight types of handshakes that are considered as worst and annoying by many people.  So, I will show you all the worst handshakes but please avoid them for your own sake. 

1.     The Wet Fish

Credibility: 1/10

There are some kinds of handshakes that are as uninviting as WET FISH, especially when the hand is cold or sweaty. The soft feel of WET FISH causes it to be unpopular. For your information, 1 in 20 people are suffering from hyperhydrosis where a genetic condition causes chronic sweating. So, I advise you to bring along your tissues or handkerchief anywhere to dry your palm before any handshaking.  

 2.    The Bone-Crusher

Credibility: 0/10

It is the most fearful handshake as it leaves an indelible memory on recipient’s minds and fingers. The bone-crusher is a handshake that usually done by people who are overly aggressive, without warning, and attempt to demoralize his opponents by grinding his knuckles to a smooth paste. Attention to women especially when you involve in business dealing, please avoid to wear rings on your right hand as bone-crusher can draws blood and leaves you to open your business dealing in state of shock.

3.    The Vice

Credibility: 4/10

Men always use quietly persuasive style in business and reveal a desire to dominate and assume early control of relationship or put people in their place. The vice includes of present the palm in the down position with one sharp downward pump followed by 2 or 3 vigorous return strokes and a grip that potentially stop blood flow to hand.

4.    The Finger-tip Grab

Credibility: 2/10

The finger-tip grab usually occur in male-female greetings where the person mistakenly grabs the other person’s fingers. The main goal of this style of handshake is to keep the recipient at comfortable distance. It also can happen because of the personal space differences between people in the handshake. If the finger-tip grab happens to you, take other person’s right hand with your left and place it correctly on your right hand.

5.    The Stiff-Arm Thrust

Credibility: 3/10

It is also used by aggressive person and its main aim is to keep you at a distance and away from their personal space. It also has been used by people raised in rural areas which they have larger personal space and want to protect their territory.

 6.    The Socket-Wrencher

Credibility: 3/10

It is popular among power players and common cause of watering eyes and even torn ligaments. It involves forcefully gripping the receiver’s outstretched palm, then simultaneously applying a sharp reverse thrust, attempting to drag the receiver into the initiator’s territory.

7.    The Dutch Treat

  Credibility: 2/10

This style is originally from Netherlands, where a person can be accused of “Geeft”n hand als bosje wortetsljes’ means “giving a handshake like a bunch of carrots.

8.    The Pump Handle

Credibility: 4/10

The pumper grabs pumpee’s hands and commences an energetic and rhythmic series of rapid vertical strokes. The pumper will cease pumping but continue to hold receiver’s hand to avoid them their escape but few people try to pull away their hands.

~HANDSHAKE STYLES??~

                                  Did you know that there are several styles of handshakes? And the handshakes can be categorized into positive and negative handshakes. 

          1.    Lower Arm Grasp Handshake

It has been used to check for concealing weapons and it is actually original Roman method of greeting. They will hold their arm s with exposed palms to show there is no weapon.

        

         2. Dominant Handshake

This style can be used to determine who has power by observing the way they shake hands. Dominance is showed when you turn your hand (striped sleeve) so that your palm faces down in the handshake. The palm is not necessarily faces down but is the upper hand and communicates that we want to take control of the encounter.

3. Submissive Handshake

 It is the opposite of dominant handshake which is to offer your hand with your palm facing upward, symbolically giving the other the upper hand. This style can be used to give some control or allow other person to feel that he is in charge of that situation.

4. Equality

This style uses handshake with both palms in the vertical position which creates a feeling of equality and mutual respect. This style also creates comfort within the person itself as the person thinks “I feel comfortable with this person”.

5. Cold and Clammy Handshake

       This style of handshake usually occurs when we meet strangers our new people. It turns out to be our hands lost temperature and begin to sweat, making them feel cold and clammy which is resulted in handshake that feels like a wet salmon. So, please keep a handkerchief in your pocket or handbag so that you can dry your palms before shakes hands with someone important to avoid bad first impression.

6. Double-hander Handshake

This kind of handshake increases the amount of physical contact by the initiator and gives control over the receiver by restricting his right hand. It is also known as “politician handshake”.

7. Handshake of Control

      

Any two-handed handshake is to show sincerity, trust or depth feeling for the receiver.

·        Left hand is used to communicate the depth of feeling of initiator wants to convey and it is related to the distance of initiator’s left hand is placed up the receiver’s arm. It is more likely to embrace and initiator’s left hand is like thermometer of intimacy.

·        Initiator’s left hand is an invasion of receiver personal space. Generally, wrist hold handshake and elbow grasp handshake are acceptable only where one person feels close to another. The shoulder hold and upper-arm grip show close intimacy. 


In the next post, i will tell you about the TOP WORLD EIGHT WORST HANDSHAKES!