The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday roundup of how much we paid for beauty this week.

• 71 percent of women feel fat, according to a new Glamour Magazine survey.

• Only 46 percent of those women are actually overweight, says the same survey. Which makes me sad, because yet again, we’re reminded how distorted the average woman’s body image is. But I also don’t like how the media coverage on these two stats is framing the other 25 percent: Does being legitimately bigger (in the eyes of Glamour, mind you) mean it’s somehow okay that they’re feeling bad about it? Sigh. (Via CBS News.)

• 17: The average number of Volatile Organic Compounds detected in fragranced consumer products but not listed on the label, according to a new University of Washington study.

• 23 percent: How much sales of women’s fragrance have declined since 2005. Gee, maybe we’d buy more if fragrance manufacturers would be honest about the sketchy stuff they put in their products. Just thoughts. (Via Cosmetics Design)

Photo: Scanned into Flickr’s Creative Commons pool, from a dated-yet-not self-help book called Food For Life, Love and Looks (Woman Alive, 1974) by modashell, who also included this tidbit:

from Ch. 5, Dieting for Looks: “Do you need to pare down a few inches around the midriff? To find out, take a long, hard, and honest look at yourself in a full-length mirror. Try to see yourself objectively, as others see you, from both the front and the back views–then make a decision.”

Whatever else you do with your weekend, please, let’s not follow that advice.

PS. Two quick plugs for amazing women doing amazing work:

• Women’s Garden Reopens in Kabul (Via the awesome Abigail Sugrue at DipNote)

• Got $3? Make a pledge to help the Glamour Bees children’s show build their puppets, so they can teach your kids about kindness and sharing in adorable bee form.