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How often do get a haircut?

Do you have a preferred hairdresser or do you visit different hair salons?

Do you like to try new hairstyles or do you usually get the same style each time?

Do you ever dye your hair?

Have you ever had a perm?

What is the most extreme hair style you've had?

Do you like to wear jewelry? What jewellery do you usually wear and how often?

What do you think about getting piercings in parts of the body other than the ears?

What is your opinion about tattoos? Do you have any tattoos? Would you like to get one?

Have you ever had plastic surgery? If so what did you have done?

Would you like to get plastic surgery in the future? What would you like to have done?

Have you ever considered getting botox injections?

Do you ever get a pedicure or manicure? If so how often?

Do you like getting a massage? What type of massage do you like?

Do you regularly use cosmetics? If so what cosmetics do you use?

Have you ever seen someone wearing too much make up? What do you consider to be too much make up?

Do you like to wear fragrances such as perfume or after shave? When do you usually wear them?

Do you put on sun screen regularly when you go outside?

Have you had any skin treatments such as skin whitening? Would you like to try it?

Have you ever used a solarium?

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Conversation Questions - Beauty and Self-Care

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Interesting conversation questions about beauty and self-care suited to ESL/EFL lessons

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STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(2)

Who decides who or what is beautiful?

(3)

How often do you think about beauty?

(4)

Do you think you have the same concept of beauty as your friends?

(5)

What are the most important features when determining someone's beauty?

(6)

How would the world be different if we never considered beauty?

(7)

Is beauty in design important in your culture?

(8)

Do you think we are conditioned by advertising to think what is beautiful and what is not?

(9)

What do you think of beauty contests?

(10)

What does "beauty lies in the eye of the beholder" mean? Do you agree?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)

(1)

Do you think the idea of beauty is changing? How?

(2)

Do you think different races have different perceptions of what beauty is?

(4)

Is there beauty in everything we see and do?

(5)

Do you think about your beauty?

(6)

Do you think the beauty industry is important?

(7)

Do beautiful people have better lives?

(8)

Do you think it is important to get your beauty sleep?

(9)

What beauty can you see around you now?

(10)

Do you see beauty in the English language?

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STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.) (2) Who decides who or what is beautiful? (3) How often do you think about beauty? (4) Do you think you have the same concept of beauty as your friends? (5) What are the most important features when determining someone's beauty?

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(Beauty Smith's eyes lighted up at this, and he licked his thin lips with an eager tongue).

Then it was that Beauty Smith had talk with him again about the sale of White Fang; but this time the price offered was in bottles, not dollars, and Grey Beaver's ears were more eager to hear.

"You ketch um dog," were Beauty Smith's words to Grey Beaver.

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(Beauty Smith's eyes lighted up at this, and he licked his thin lips with an eager tongue). Then it was that Beauty Smith had talk with him again about the sale of White Fang; but this time the price offered was in bottles, not dollars, and Grey Beaver's ears were more eager to hear.

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A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.

There is a related set of questions at http://iteslj.org/questions/clothes.html

Who do you think is the most beautiful person in your country?

Who do you think is the most beautiful person alive today?

Who was the most beautiful person in history?

Who is the most attractive in your family?

Does beauty affect one's success in life?

Is it better to be physically attractive or intelligent?

Is it better to be physically attractive or wealthy?

Is beauty related to power?
Can you think of anyone who is in a position of power that is not physically attractive?

Do people spend too much time and money on beauty?

How much time should be spent on making yourself look better each day?

Who would you say is beautiful that others maybe wouldn't?

Do you think people should have cosmetic surgery to enhance their looks?

If so what is the minimum age when someone should have plastic surgery?

How popular is plastic surgery in your country?

What is the most popular feature for cosmetic alteration?

Do you think self-esteem affects beauty?

Do you think beauty affects self-esteem?

How important is beauty in your daily life?

Have you ever noticed anyone ever feeling pressured to be more beautiful?

What do you think of the proverb, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder?"
Do you have any proverbs or idioms from your country that relate to beauty?

What do you think "beauty is skin deep" means?

What are some beauty tips that you could share?

Do you think people with many tattoos can be beautiful?

How many tattoos are too many?

Would you ever get a tattoo?

Do you have a tattoo?

Do you think people with many piercings can be beautiful?

What kind of body piercing, if any, do you feel are acceptable?

What kind of piercing, if any, do you feel are unacceptable?

What personality trait is the most important for inner beauty?

How do you define beauty, using your own words?

Would you ever date someone who was not conventionally attractive?

What makes one person more attractive than another?

Do you think people from different countries than you see attractive the same way?

Is there someone famous that is considered beautiful, that you think is not?

Are beauty pageants good or bad?

Should children be entered into beauty pageants?

Do you think one gender or group worries more about beauty than another?

Would you want your children to be beautiful or talented?

What are some of the drawbacks of being beautiful?

What do you think about plastic surgery?

Would you ever have plastic surgery?

If so, what would you change?

What do you think of celebrities who get plastic surgery?

Do you think it's necessary to have plastic surgery if you are famous in order to be successful?

Do you think skin color affects whether a person is regarded as beautiful or not?

Do you think that fairer skin makes you more beautiful?

What are some advantages of being beautiful?

What makes someone beautiful in your country?
What differs between that idea and the American idea of beauty?

What do you think "beauty is skin deep" means?

How many different adjectives can you think of to describe a beautiful woman or a handsome man

What do these English expressions mean?

Pretty is as pretty does.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty is only skin deep.

What you see is what you get.
If you can think of another good question for this list, please add it. http://iteslj.org/questions/
Thanks to Jim Papple who suggested this topic and contributed the first 34 questions in May 2004.
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Conversation Questions Beauty and Physical Attractiveness

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A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom. There is a related set of questions at http://iteslj.org/questions/clothes.html Who do you think is the most beautiful person in your country? Who do you think is the most beautiful person alive today? Who was the most beautiful person in history?