The phrase "surface beauty" refers to the physical appearance or attractiveness of something or someone. It emphasizes the looks on the outside rather than focusing on deeper qualities or inner beauty. Full definition
How can you dissuade his eye in a crowd from seeking out the cheek with the acne, the infirm hand; how can you teach him to respond to the inestimable greatness of the race, the harsh surface beauty of life; how can you put his finger for him on the obdurate truths before which fear and horror are powerless? (religion-online.org)
I would like to do a post on my little blog sometime in the future and was wondering if you would mind if I quoted one line from you, «Your home and what is in it should have soul, not just surface beauty.» (theinspiredroom.net)
Despite the surface beauty of planets and stars, what lies beneath is increasingly seizing astronomers» attention. (discovermagazine.com)