There are types I like to look at and types I like to imagine myself with. I like looking at jaw-dropping, boner-inducing women, but I could never do a relationship with someone who devotes that much time and effort into their appearance, because I'm a slob (and roguishly handsome to boot -- look me up). Type-wise, well, my month-long diplomacyish trip to Japan felt like a non-stop hottie parade, so let's isolate some things. Dark hair, yes. Short -- I guess, but I've liked tall women too, so I don't think that's a factor so much as the proportions, which in Tokyo were spot-on. Girl doesn't need big cans or a sweet ass, although that helps sometimes.... It's mostly the face for me. Gotta have a sharp-looking face, like, maybe you don't ever go out and accomplish millions of dollars of industrial value, but you look like you COULD, like you're smart and motivated. A lot of maturing Japanese women (talking 20s and 30s) have that sort of look. That, I think, is the thing that I'm going for.... and the body is nice, but it's the face, really. And in the face, perfection is a turn-off. Like, you shouldn't look like you put too much into your looks -- you should look like you've got better things to do than to botox and pluck eyebrows and treat your skin and shit. I dunno. I guess it's not super-common, and if it's not natural it probably takes just as much work, and therefore defeats the whole ethos of the criteria, but my dick isn't smart enough to know better.