Mirror Mirror on the wall, how did you become so essential to us all? Let’s face it, we all take a sneaky peek at our reflection when we pass a mirror in a hallway or even a shop window. Do you check yourself out in the car visor mirror occasionally, perhaps? It’s not only a female thing either. Men are just as guilty of that quick sideways look at their own reflection.1,2 Maybe we are all becoming vainer than we used to be, but then again, perhaps this compulsion and even obsession, in some cases, is more embedded in our cultures and psyche than we would care to admit or even realise. One 2012 survey conducted by Simple Skincare suggests that women look in the mirror an average of eight times a day.3 While another survey conducted in 2014 by Betta Living interestingly suggested that the average adult UK man will spend 56 minutes looking at his own reflection every day, whereas British…
