I find it amusing and confusing when reviewers that had a bad experience with a provider also downgrade her appearance score.  There are countless examples of the providers that have consistent 8's and 9's for looks, and similarly high scores for service.  However, not everyone connects, and so once in awhile, they get a performance score of 5 or 6, but the reviewer also downgrades their looks.  How does that happen?  Did she suddenly turn physically ugly because the service was not as good as the reviewer wanted?  I get the concept that looks are subjective to a greater extent than service -- we all know what constitutes good service, but its curious to me that a provider that may have had an off-day with a particular customer has been downgraded on looks as well.  

....... when the john isn't satisfied he is less likely to have euphoric recall about her looks. Not everyone can be objective when their cock has been sucked really well. The opposite can be when a poor blow job occurs.

That being said, it could be the other way around. He could have soured on her after catching a glimpse, then self-sabotaged his session. You know, half-assed it and made it difficult for the girl. It can be hard to please those who've made up their minds not to be pleased (consciously or not), even if you have stellar service.

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and because of his lack of attraction to her, anything she does sexually fails to really turn him on.

A person tends to look better after a positive experience with them, and worse after a bad one. I had a lover many years ago who was several years older than me and, objectively, kind of homely. But we clicked so well, sexually and otherwise, that she became beautiful to me, and I could spend a long time just looking at her face. ... But when you're writing a review, you have a responsibility, not to ignore or hide those personal responses, but to step back from them and include a more objective view.

her appearance score will be at least an 8. If the session was very good, appearance at least a 7; etc.

A bad day could equal bad preparation i.e. not in the mood to put on make up, dress in lingerie, cheery attitude, which could lead to bad presentation and bad mood setting in the session.  Goes both ways I suppose, although some clients have very bad taste, which I can attest to from reading reviews of some of the local girls with 8s in the looks score.  I've figured out that you can't really trust 10s as there is a good possibility she won't look like that when you see her and around 7 or 8 is just personal preference.  Whether the session was good or not I try to not let it deter me from giving an accurate looks score, then again I compare future scores with previous scores.

for just this reason, among others.

All the above comments are spot on. The phenomenon is something I've also seen in another line of work, lol. During much of my career there was a requirement to grade job performance of others using a system that contained six areas that were graded on a 1-6 scale.  

I've noticed there's a strong correlation between appearance and performance scores.  Typically they are only within a point of each other at the most.  I'm inclined to think the more attractive a reviewer finds the provider to be, the higher the performance score is.  You could give a guy a great experience but if you aren't his ideal type he will knock down both scores.

In many cases a very smoking hot lady with a stinking attitude just doesn't look as good thru the eyes of the beholder...

Hmm that might actually be a good idea to keep the performance rating unbiased. Though I wonder how it would affect women like me who blur their pictures for privacy. The men would either have to hope for the best or read reviews to get an idea of our look rating

On the other hand, the ladies I've seen the most over the years (one over a 100 times), actually become more beautiful with each passing session. And that upsurge in beauty is the reason I return again and again. In all honesty, the lady I've seen over 100 times would probably be rated a 6 in real life. To me she's a 10. The lady I've seen the 2nd most would be a 7, another 10 to me. And the lady I've seen the 3rd most is actually an 8. In one of my reviews of her I said she should be rated an 11 for looks.  

I totally agree with this statement .

Interesting string.  My random thoughts related to ratings and various comments:
1) You have to see at least 10 ladies before you can establish a baseline.  
2) Unfortunately, you cannot change ratings once they are posted.  I sent a message and tried to change 2 of mine.  In one instance, I was going to upgrade and the other downgrade --- to ensure consistency.  See #1 above.
3) Ladies hide stuff in photos.  I've seen ladies who looked great in photos, but so/so up close and personal.  Videos are much, much better.
4) I find myself subconsciously downgrading appearance when the lady either doesn't look like her photos and/or there are inconsistencies with her online image and what she is like in person.  Maybe her online profile screams MILF or athletic body or something else, but in real life that isn't the case.  Or maybe her tattoos don't reinforce her image (note: I do not dislike tattoos by any means).  See #8 below.  
5) I think that the argument that she has to be at least an x in looks to score y in performance makes sense.  I struggle with that rationale, however, given the TER rating guidelines and how ladies score extra points.
6) Ratings are somewhat inflated.  See #1 above.  In hindsight, if I were completely objective, then most of my ratings would all decrease by about 1 point.  Also, if I didn't find a lady attractive, but she was a nice person, then I may have scored her higher on performance because I didn't want to feel as though I was screwing her over.  
7) 10's in appearance are very subjective.  On TER, for instance, I see quite a few ladies that received 10 ratings --- not because they are especially beautiful (subjective), but rather because they have DDD's.  I rated one girl a 10 because I felt that she was naturally beautiful, but I suspect that will be one of the few 10's that she will receive.
8) I don't have a strong preference for a "type" of lady.  Rather, I value consistency.  If she projects the "bad girl" image, for example, then tattoos that reinforce that image, voice tone, and other mannerisms and/or "looks," should be consistent with that image.  A homely type appearance can also be attractive, so long as everything is consistent.  See #4 above.
9) If a lady has around 20+ ratings, then an inconsistency worth noting might be +/- 2 points.  So an 8/8 would have to be out of the 6/6 to 10/10 range for there to be a large inconsistency.  
10) Ratings are all relative.  I would think that most people look at the rater's history.  Is his average a 9/9 or is it a 5/7?  What does that mean?  He does a poor job selecting ladies?  His 9/9's are equal to most 7/7's?  He screens and only sees 8/8's or above?  Something else (see above)?
11) Objectivity is difficult and given the nature of the ratings inherently subjective.  That is why #10 matters.
12) I have actually had a few ladies PM me about their rating.  After I responded, they agreed that it was objective.
13) Appearance could influence performance rating just as performance could influence appearance rating.
14) Ratings often times trend up as guys get better at selecting ladies.  
15) Moving forward, I most likely won't review a lady less than 7/7 unless a compelling reason exists.  No reason to penalize.  Focus on the positive.  Just don't write a review.  

I agree that it seems to cut both ways. The rare occasions I've seen a 3 point or more difference between the scores is when it's something like a 5-2, where both scores are very low.