Beauty in the Eyes of the Thais

There are massage & beauty parlors everywhere in Bangkok. Services like waxing, facials, mani+pedi are about one third of the price of the same in the US. Farang women certainly spend a lot of time in such beauty places, but in general, Thai women are very particular about their appearance and take a lot of time to make themselves look a certain way. I've noticed that women will pull out a compact mirror any chance they can get to look at themselves to reapply makeup and fix stray hairs as necessary.