8 Science Approved Ways To Make Yourself More Attractive

4. Destress

Talking to someone you like can be scary, but if you just relax then you'll probably be more successful. Research at the University of Abertay Dundee found that women can spot a high-stress guy and, what's more, they don't like it. When hetrosexual women were asked to rate the attractiveness of 39 men, some with high levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, and some with low, they consistently found the chill guys more attractive.

This wasn't just because the chilled dudes happened to be hotter either, as the faces of the men were blended together to produce high and low stress composites. It was found that women were also likely to find relaxed guys even hotter when they were at their most fertile.

As if it wasn't enough that she can tell your stress levels from your face, it's also been found that women can literally smell fear too. Creepy.