Great video, Jenn! I think it should be noted that looking at selfies can be misleading about visual weight due to the distortion a selfie photo has. As someone with low visual weight features, I often like my selfies more than regular photos because I can get the high visual weight look that is popular.
That is a great point, maybe it could also be part of figuring it out. I have high visual weight and I always dislike my selfies because it’s just too much and makes me look weird. I thought everyone felt like that.
There was an article out last year about the rise in rhinoplasty because of selfies. The way cell phone cameras are built are that they focus more on the center and anything in the center is enlarged 30% ( average), so your nose is seen and captured as 30% larger than it actually is when you take a selfie, you don’t get an accurate sense of what your face really looks like. The most accurate photo of someone’s face is 5 feet away from the camera- this is according to the article.
This makes a lot of sense to me as someone with low visual weight features. Dramatic eye makeup always looked bad on me and I didn't know why. Sometimes I've tried to go with dramatic lip colours instead, but that doesn't look as good on me as it does on many other women either. So I will never have big eyes, but I can wear natural or hardly any makeup and look more harmonious, so now I know why and that makes me happy.
I don't think soft looks look bad on me, but dramatic looks look better on me which makes sense because despite having tiny eyes I'm too angular and have deepset eyes so more dramatic looks (no fake lashes) look more harmonious with my too sharp angles. :(
@@Call-me-Al she didn't talk about angles really but you should go witih the look that makes you feel confident. My face is more rounded with chubby cheeks even when I'm thin, so that could be another reason why softer and more natural looks are more harmonious for me, which is also reflected in the lines of my clothing.
Im the same… what an epiphany & a release from the constant search for makeup colours that actually enhance instead of the total opposite… as in it’s not me entering a room but a weird mask like face… saving so much money with this new understanding 🤩❤️❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
i feel like people with high visual weight are those that are regarded to be the more 'model' or 'siren' types of faces while people with low visual weight are more on the 'angelic/ ethereal' looks
At University we learned that visual weight is literally about weight. For example in a life drawing class we were drawing a nude. The lecturer would come around to each student and would give direction on what they could improve on. This is one of those moments that stuck in my mind because it has made me a better artist. It was life changing He said: To ground (visual weight) the person in my drawing, I need to see and define where the heavier parts of the object is and make it darker or emphasis the area, such as a thicker line or a shadow at the base of the hip so it doesn’t look like the figure is floating in the air. So yes it’s about your eye being drawn to a more defined area but it’s more about contrast level and saturation as well. If you look at seasonal colour analysis Winter= high contrast (high visual weight and soft winter(medium to high.). Some soft winters may be like summers with a lower visual weight) Autumn 3 types of Autumns are the same as winter in visual weight. The higher the contrast and the thicker the lines such as eyebrows and hair, then the heavier the visual weight. Certain shapes have visual weight or the effect of visual weight. Rounded curved lines are softer in appearance so therefore lighter in visual weight. Small rounded Ingénue types of women are lighter in visual weight regardless of body weight. Natural body types like Jennifer Aniston has a heavier visual frame. Blunt angles are heavier in visual weight. But Jennifer is a Summer so she has a blended aspect about her too which is lighter as well. Whatever dominates will be the focus.
You just explained the points I was thinking about while watching the video very nicely, thank you so much! I think people who have at least a bit of an artistic background will automatically view people and objects a bit differently than anyone who has absolutely no relationship with anything artistic. I used my background in drawings, paintings, photography and videography, also in doing hair, make up and choosing outfits for people. But I was never able to do those things "right" for myself. That's how I got interested in Kibbe, Kitchener and seasonal color analysis. To be able to look at myself from another perspective. Things like your comment help me tying everything together as I like to combine any aspect of visual influence. E.g. I feel like my entire face has a pretty high visual weight, but I am a light spring and also a flamboyant natural with a heavy influence of gamine essence (and a few others that can stick out more or less depending on the surroundings). However, I can also add more emphasis to the ethereal and ingenue parts of my essence blend, but that never feels quite right as soon as I move (it works nicely in photography and videography, as long as it's a controlled scenario). When I add to the gamine part of my essence blend and don't overdo it, it looks balanced and "at home". I always feel like my Kibbe ID sits a bit more in the background but gives me the freedom to add some ease into my outfits and my make up. Like adding only slightly defined lines and shapes rather than very structured and staccato lines a Kibbe gamine would need. It's finally fun to play with my own looks rather than just doing it for others. I also wanted to note: I never did any of the things meantioned above professionally besides videography. But I had a lot of hobbies incorporating all of these things and I always got asked to help style models, do make up, assist in photography and lighting and choosing outfits for the models. It was a lot of fun and taught me a lot. Visual weight also occurs in interior design, clothing designs/outfits, nature and basically anything else we can see with out bare eyes. And if we really learn to understand and use it as a tool, we can create literally any impact we want in anything we can visually influence. It's a fun tool and I think I always used it without even knowing.
i must be low visual weight - nothing is striking about me. But that's precisely why I have to accentuate my eyes. When I do, I become visible all of a sudden. People compliment me for my eyes. But without make up, there is nothing to compliment : I have cold brown eyes, uneven eyelids and light and short eyelashes.
I like Dear peachie’s videos! But I didn’t understand very well about visual weight, now I understand better with your video. And I’m glad to see asian examples because is frustrating to see only withe european/caucasian examples with other content creators!
4:14 this is a PERFECT explanation of why i thought big lashes did not suit me. I'm black and i'm sure you've seen in social media that big lashes are usually used to exaggerate our eyes. The look is gorgeous, but once i tried it on me i realised that it was 'too heavy' for my face. I switched to cat eye lashes which are usually lighter and people would compliment me much more with them on! Soon enough, i found the perfect kinds of falsies for me where whispier, 10-11mm lashes that i'd often cut to 3/4 length! They just work so much better amongst my low visual weight/ ingenue features!
Get what you're saying. I've seen quite a number of individuals that, when wearing heavy or dramatic lashes, their eyes look smaller. I'm not sure if they recognize this or not.
I have low visual weight and low contrast features with light blonde hair, light lashes, light eyebrows, light eyes. None of my features really stand out, but I honestly like it since it looks overall very harmonic. If I wear make up I look drastically different and if it's just a tad too much I look borderline clownish. I save SO much time in the morning cause I only apply bit of rouge and lipstick and I'm ready to go. However, sometimes I really envy women who can pull off heavy make with smokey eyes or bold lips, they can play around with different looks without looking like a circus pony.
My features have low visual weight. This is awesome because if I wear more makeup than usual, I simply look like I have a lot of makeup on but don’t necessarily look better.
The only feature on my face that adds any visual weight is my somewhat prominent nose. I always feel like I look best when I go easy on the makeup. Whenever I try to apply more, I feel like it’s too much and that I need to back off.
Thank you so much for your videos! I have been watching a lot of long-form content about color seasons like dear peachie's content, and those have its merits as they go in depth and full detail. But briefer videos like yours are an excellent summary to wrap up and review the most basic highlights (or to introduce people to the concepts).
I absolutely love your videos! I have learned so much about facial features and how to style them in the most flattering ways. You go into it to a depth that is not widely discussed and known only to a few. Keep it up!
Yep, I love Dear Peachie. You two apparently nail so many of my concerns! I love the emphasis on harmony and proportion. God really did think us through in every little detail.
Makes so much sense. I’m a low weight face, my sister high weight face. When I do very light makeup with special care to make my skin look healthy and she does a dark smoky eye and red lips, we both look equally done up. I’ve never bothered to learn how to do better eye makeup and wished I had that skill, but now I don’t have to stress about nailing that bold look. I’ll find more examples of glowy, soft for my coloring with I think is deep, soft autumn.
I’m a relatively new hairstylist (3 years) and I have really felt like I’ve struggled to develop an eye for face shapes and determining what hairstyles and cuts best suit them. This channel has made it all click for me in such an easy and digestible way. Thank you so, so much for this information! I’m excited to apply this all on the floor, and actually be able to customize with intention, and explain with ease. You’re a gem!
I don't think you have an idea of how GREAT your content is. I swear, not only are you sweet and down to earth, you're VERY knowledgeable and wise. You're the few channels that I consider are absolutely full of quality material. Not only because you give useful information, but you teach things in such an easy way to grasp, and you also don't fluff things up with opinions or make it about yourself (and when you do, we're grateful to know about you!). I'm just very happy that you make these videos. Image and beauty is an important topic and it's great and refreshing to see it through the eyes of someone who has a more scientific point of view and not materialistic (you know, more facts and less opinions). So thank you so much!! I look forward to some day being able to have a consultation :D
@@stylemejenn I agree with this comment and wanted to add that I love all of the photos and drawings you use as examples... you choose amazing examples to show exactly what you're teaching us! Great job and thank you so much!
So far I've seen all your videos and I'm amazed by your knowledge and unique point of view regarding beauty. I have high visual weight and usually stick to more natural makeup but I'm going to try something heavier for once to see how I'm going to like it.
I love how easy to understand and informative your videos are!! You explain it so perfectly and everytime I'm like OHH thats why this or that looks off on me lol Thank you so much as always for this Jenn 🌸❤️🌷
I'm so glad I finally got around to watching this one! I have a lot of low visual weight features -- fair skin, blue eyes, light brown hair, very pale and thin brows, small lips and not very defined cheek or jaw bones -- but I have a long middle third and a prominent nose. I'm like a combo Hailey Beiber and Renee Zellweger. I'm learning from you that the best thing for me to do is create visual width and to bring subtle emphasis to my eyes. I've also figured out recently that the competing energy of my yin features and yang nose looks best if I contrast the yin and harmonize the yang. So a more natural makeup, bob hair and Ray-Ban glasses will make my nose look in proportion, my yin features more delicate, and give overall a kind of cool vibe. But if I harmonize the yin with more feminine glasses, heavier makeup, longer or softer hair, it just makes my yang features take over and instead of looking pretty and feminine, I look dowdy, frumpy and matronly. It's been a real game changer that's given me the confidence to take some risks that I've always wanted to explore but wasn't sure how.
At first I thought the video was going to be too long considering the topic, now I realize it wasnt long enough - you only got to scratch the surface! 😆 Very informative and interesting, thank you!
Thank you Linda!! I’ve been sharing some of the IG reels on YT shorts (ones that are less than a minute) but I plan on sharing more practical makeup tips through the IG account ❤️❤️❤️
This was well explained. So easy to understand. I have high visual weight in my eyes , eyebrows , cheek bones and lips . My eyes are always the prominent focus because of the contrast. I don't look good with short hair in particularly. The shortest hairstyle that suits me is a gradient ,angled lob cut. Anything shorter or straight blunt cuts make my face look fat and babyish.
Short hair can really depend a lot on your facial features and proportions apart from just visual weight! My video this week will explain some of those factors :)
That's a crashing knowledge. I understand now much better why I am choosing what I am choosing. Bangs are just best for me with my high forehead. Thank you so much 💙 great content!
I like this video, thanks! I analyzed my face and I have medium visual weight in my eyes and mouth, high weight in my wider nose. My eyes are smallish, deeply set, and high contrast and my lips medium size/contrast, on a round oval face. What I like best for my type of face is basically the Marylin look or a French style, a bold lip and accentuating the outer corners of the eyes. I like to keep the brows defined but soft with light or medium contrast. All I need if I'm in a hurry (besides concealer) is a bit of eye liner on the outer corners, mascara, and most importantly lipstick, which doubles as my blush :)
This is really interesting, thank you! It seems to me that faces with low visual weight draw greater attention to the hair and skin. That “clean girl” look with of shiny, simple hair and clear skin and very minimal makeup, is one I really love, but doesn’t seem to work on me, and I think it’s because my face has high visual weight.
That is right, I have low visual weight and before I knew it I barely spent money on makeup. Instead, I always spent on skincare and time, effort and money to my hair because I felt so ugly when using makeup that I preferred to take care of my skin and hair to balance due to not being able to use makeup. And people (even before startin skincare and hair care) always the first two things that complimented me were skin and hair. And of course, after taking care of them, those are always the first compliments I get, and then when people met me they started complimenting my eyes, or my lips, that is why I always felt ugly because since my skin and hair always got the compliments, I thought there were the only features that made me beautiful.
I have low visual weight, and this is why I prefer bleaching my hair to light blonde - I can look done (harmonious) with barely any makeup. Saved me so much time!
@stylemejenn I'm a "True Winter" with pale skin. Seasonal color (and systems like Kibbe) is good as a reference but it's not set in stone, and there's confliciting and confusing info because it's flawed. One can pull off colors that are not their season if they can match their makeup and clothes to harmonize the look (but whether worth the effort or not is another matter). Like your skin color... you can pull off both cool and warm colors not due to having neutral tones (it leans more warm for sure!) but because your skin is more dusky vs clear. So even if you pick a cool color, as long as it has grey added that match your chroma it will harmonize.
Hello, I really enjoyed your video as always. I was wondering if you could create a video tutorial for various bun styles suitable for different face shapes, such as high buns, low buns, buns with bangs, or buns with face-framing pieces, etc. Most tutorials seem to focus on open hair, but I believe many girls wear buns on a daily basis.
I'm a case of low visual weight but with deep contrast. Genuine makeup technique suits me the most but using my winter colours instead of pastel colours. That being said, bold makeup would not make me look bad either because I naturally has smokey eyes and lips already. It just that my cheeks are quite fleshy and my features are not well defined. I don't have a high visual weight despite the natural contrast I have in my skin and features. So, balancing technique works the best on me. Though sometimes if I want to go bold in either only the eyes or lips, it's not a problem either. The difference is not big between balancing features or emphasizing features on me.
It's all about balance! Even though I have darker coloring and features, I can identify with SJP or Julia Roberts because of the prominence of my nose. I gravitate towards eye liner and deeper, smoky eye colors in the crease (pale colors of shadow look dreadful). I wear tinted moisturizer and a bit of concealer, but I rarely use blusher and never use contour. Sheer color with shine on my lips works the best for balancing my overall appearance. I was trying to wear my hair with long layers and long bangs, then I went to a lob. But, all my travel photos make my broad forehead steal the attention from my eyes, and I feel like it just accentuated all of my wrinkles. Now, I am sporting a pixie with bangs, and I feel like I look more youthful and my features are more balanced...my eyes, smile, cheekbones and jawline really shine. Guess I have a medium to high visual weight?
Based on your description and your profile pic I feel like you have high visual weight Andrea! A pixie also draws our gaze in an upward direction which is helpful in drawing more emphasis to the eyes :) I actually explain this exact concept in the video coming out this Friday! ❤️
I just find you and I have been enjoying your videos. I have noticed you use the same celebrity analysis in so many of your videos, not everyone has their hooded eye issues, so please venture out and analyze other celebrities. Also, I was hoping you could make videos on each season and making multiple examples of celebrities for each season. I am mostly curious about “bright winter”. I would really appreciate that. Thank you.❤
This is make so much sense!!! I have big round eyes and I always thought that I should make them pop more by doing cat eyes kinda make up to my eyes. But it's always looks so bad and age me like 10 years older 🥴 I thought that I just not that skilled yet so I just draw my eyeliner in kinda straight way so it's easier, and tbh it's suit my appearance more. Sometimes less is more, girls!!!
Thank you for including the Lucy Liu analysis. I also have high cheekbones and freckles and everything you said clicked into place when I saw that example. I think I have medium to low visual weight, as the eye is drawn to my eyes, cheeks, and freckles. I find that my eyes look best when I draw attention to them with subtle warm tones, like dusty rose, coral, tangerine, and brown. I enjoy the jet-black winged eyeliner on occasion, but I think the coolness of the black and the sharp lines age me. I don't know if you've done a video on this, but I was recently thinking about the impact of sharp, distinct lines and blurry, soft lines in our faces and bodies. For example, I think maximalist outfits look better on me because the eye can move around to look at textures and prints, just like it does on my low-weight face. However, if I wear something minimal and stark (think corporate, like navy suit), then those harsh, precise lines and strong color contrasts don't look as good, because the outfit is stark and contrasts or draws attention away from my face and body, which are softer, more textured, or more. . . muddied.
I love this concept, it’s all coming together! I think Lucy Liu looks great either way, but the first set of pics on the right had very cold lighting and colors that didn’t suit her
This was such an interesting concept! I used to have really beautiful eyes when I was young, the shape, the spacing etc. but now that I'm 59, not so much lol. My daughters eyes look like mine when I was young, they are almond and tilt up alot and slightly wide set, like Anya Taylor, some people may not like them but I think they look cool.
Wow, I knew what you meant by high and low visual weight in faces before I ever watched your video even though I have never heard anyone use those words to describe faces but I had in reference to art and design. I have blond hair and blue eyes and very delicate features. I have had makeovers and I felt prettier when I walked in. I always look my best at the pool or beach, but I never feel right going without makeup or under made up at dinner or when I was young out at a club. I have tried so hard to figure out how much makeup it takes on my eyes before the beauty goes right out of them. Dyed lashes look much prettier on me than mascara but I got afraid of the dye and stopped using it. I had a "famous" makeup artist do my makeup about 10 years ago or so at my hair salon. I tried to explain the concept to him but he acted like I was talking nonsense. Also they made up one side of my face and not the other and compared the two which I found humiliating because I knew I didn't look better in the made up side. It felt hopeless. I have known I look prettier with less makeup since I was about 20 but I never understood why till now. I can't begin to thank you enough for helping me crack this code. I wish I had this when I was younger.
Same for me, in my case, it really affected my self steem by having low visual weight. It all started when teenager I wanted to look pretty with makeup like my friends but never looked good. I knew something was different with my face but I couldn’t figure it out. I soon realized that the more natural I looked, the best I looked. So people were always complimenting my natural beauty and advising that if I looked this good natural, I should doll up but they could never understand why I always refused. All my beauty washed away with makeup. And I always felt uncomfortable on formal situations I just wanted to look that good with the standard makeup and clothes like high visual weight women (which I did not know it at that time). And I always felt ugly for that. I even considered specific plastic surgery to make me more “beautiful” but those surgeries were only to add high visual weight on my face now that I realize. If I should have known this low/high visual weight before, I think my life would’ve been so diferent.
Oh my gosh now I know why I feel I look so weird without my dark eyeliner and mascara! I have big eyes but also nose and I feel like my mascara and eyeliner give more emphasis to my eyes instead of drawing the attention to my nose!
Love this video! And i love how you always analyze WOC too, including some of my favourite k-drama actresses 😊 Can you please please do a similar video focusing on brown/ South Asian actresses as well?? I find that as a general rule of thumb, brown women can pull off more dramatic makeup looks...but on the other hand, how to do a minimalist/ no-makeup look on someone like Priyanka, Deepika Padukone or Kareena Kapoor??
@@stylemejenn thank you! Please do analyze a few brown/ South Asian celebrities like Priyanka Chopra Deepika Padukone Alia Bhatt Katrina Kaif Aishwarya Rai Freida Pinto Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Simone Ashley Charithra Chandran ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I think I'm lucky in this subject. I'm no striking beauty that makes heads turn in the street, but after listening I think I have a heavier visual weight but my different features are harmonious. I don't really wear make up anymore and I have no problems with that but when I do, I can put some mascara on for a Bambi eye effect and I look all nice and sweet or I can go with a heavy smokey eyeshadow with or without bold lips and rock that style. Same with the hair with the exception of not going shorter than my shin/jawline.
I used to feel like there was *too* much going on around my eyes: they're dark brown, and I'm very pale, so there's a lot of contrast, and glasses brought more attention up there. On top of that, I like having bangs. Not all the time, I periodically grow them out and cut them back, lol. I got a bunch of lip piercings, and now I feel there's more balance overall. Not that I'd recommend that to people who aren't into alt-styles or piercings! It's just something that worked for my style.
I never could understand why I Iooked so different from other European-descent American females of my age until, as an adult, I saw some of my school-age group photos. My head, face and features are about a quarter to a third smaller than the average girls in my classes were. It makes sense, I have very tiny frame, too, but was not super-short, just narrow-boned (lost 2 inches from aging now, age 63). The resulting musculature is proportionally lighter, too. This gives me a delicate look that belies my normal weight and good health, except for that ghastly, pasty, Euro-pallor, which I can’t seem to do much about. So I suppose my face has lower visual weight, my contrast level of coloring is low to medium. My later classmates called me bird-bones, which I didn’t really understand at the time. Of course, I later learned that birds have not only delicate, but literally lightweight bones. Petites size clothing works a lot better on me, I never had the shoulder or hip width for regular sizes, my frame is very narrow.
to all my fellow balanced low visual weight faced friends: if you want to go for a bold look go for it but kinda everywhere. If i have a dark smokey eye i NEED to have darker and more prominent lipstick as well as something on the cheecks to make it "one". if its about balance and you dont want to go super natural all the time just make a colorful, grunge, glamorous, whatever you like balance! lots of love and thank u jenn for this amazing channel :))
I have to try this out. I always feel like something is off when I try bolder eye looks cause I usually prefer the rest of my face to look more natural. Also is it a low visual weight thing to feel like makeup can overpower your face? Cause I have that issue too
@@Karinavision23 I guess so, I feel the same way but I don't see it as a bad thing, I just need less makeup than others to make it look bold and dramatic. I am also a deep summer so I never go for black but dark brown or purplish grey something like that. it's not about what exactly you wear, more about how it makes you look :)
I agree! This strategy works for me too. I have high contrast between hair and skin but my eyebrows are much lighter than my hair, so darkening my brows and putting colour on my lips totally brings my face into focus.
I think that lighter hair color suits to people with low visual weight more, because dark hair creates the contrast between accentuative hair and non-accentuative face. Although people with high visual weigh pull out dark hair, because it accentuates their face even more.
But even in the video, Sarah Jessica Parker can pull off blonde hair. I think I'm low contrast, and blonde was the worst look I ever had, that with any caramel colour. Nature knows best. Most of the time, natural hair looks better.
@@tuscanleather3209 i don't think that natural hair always looks better. Nature created hair to help you to warm your body and not for aesthetical uses, so nature doesn't care what your hair color is and how well does it compliment your face.
@sashaj1 The function of hair doesn't matter when we're talking about harmony. High contrast people will have a much bigger difference in hair, eyes, and lips than those with lower ones. Rarely, you see a person on the street and think to yourself, I hope that hair isn't natural.. It looks so dull. I've seen a woman with natural highlights. She was quite soft in colouring, but the hair looked marbled, and it was all natural. Besides...nature does care about beauty. Ever looked at male peacocks... There is so much beauty in this world, not only man made one's. If we were to look at all nature's beauty, there is a purpose. If our looks are 'to attract attention of the opposite sex', then it would make a lot of sense that we evolved to match our appearances.
This has always confused me, but I think I understand it a lot better after watching your video! However I'm still not quite sure what side I fall on. I have somewhat prominent, round, dark blue eyes, and a lot of natural contrast between my face and my hair/brows, so I'm leaning towards higher visual weight. But the arch of my brows and the placing of my eyes can pull them slightly apart (much less extreme than Anya Taylor Joy but I related to a few things you said about her), and my lips are also rounded and noticeable, so they pull some of the attention, too. I have an average nose, fairly equal thirds, and a face somewhere between an oval and a diamond, so nothing else really grabs the attention. I think my best looks are classic and glamorous, with both eye and lip emphasis. Way too much eye makeup (like a super dark smoky eye) can feel too heavy, however if the makeup is too minimal or nude it doesn't do me any favors, and I can look sickly. Nude lipstick is terrible (though that may also be due to my coloring - I'm a bright spring). I try to find that sweet spot of makeup that can help emphasis my natural contrast without going overboard, though I can have fun playing around to an extent. I feel like I need striking but harmonious at the same time. Would this put me in the middle or is that more on the high side?
@@stylemejenn thank you so much! That's so helpful, and the more I think about it the more it makes sense. It's something I will keep in mind when I watch future videos, and I think I'll go back through some of the previous ones where you refer to this concept too now that I understand it better!
East Asia tends to be more in favor on low visual weight while Asian-American are more focused on high visual weight. I’m a low visual weight Korean, and I would overall prefer low visual weight.
Hey girl I'm new here I think ur some sort of genius already though. I still can't tell if I have high or low visual weight or where it is if I do have it. If you get time could you tell me lol
This is why I never looked good with super heavy eye makeup on my top lid! I always felt sad about that, but now I’m just happy I save money on eyeshadow 😂
Welcome to the channel! I think that glasses act as a way to draw more emphasis to the eyes, but also can make the eyes smaller (depending on your prescription) so the two effects offset each other!
@@stylemejenn Thank you! That's interesting... I see what you're saying about glasses. Can't wait to delve more into your channel (when I get some time!) and hear more of your thoughts! I need so much help with this stuff and you explain it so well!
as somone who covers there gace on a daily baisses its always intrszting to see how humans care so much about appearence while simutaniously hiding that fact
I’ve always felt kind of lost, I think all of my features individually are somewhat pretty but just do not look good all together 😭 Experimenting with all this weight stuff to see if I can artificially create more harmony
What I've figured out recently is that my eyes are the most assymetrical so no matter visual weight of my other features I think i'll withhold from good-old eyeball accentuating looks.
New subscriber here, binge watching. Learning so much... REQUEST: Please explain when high-contrast lip liners are beneficial. I have seen it on celebrities but less often in fashion magazines. Is it the control or lack of control of lighting from povarizzi flashes vs. studio lighting (not to mention photoshopping)? Or is the high contrast a magician's misdirection? Whenever I see a friend with high-contrast lip liner I have to bite MY lips to stop myself from telling them that their lip color has worn off in the middle. I do not understand the aesthetic intention and I feel uncomfortable about the sexual message whether intentional or not.
I just think it's a trend that's made a comeback! I've never been fond of the style myself but it does add more edge to the overall look which I think can be often suitable for editorials or on celebrities whose styles are very "out there"!
I have a very square shaped face and I never look good in selfies. I look good in photographs taken either with a professional camera or when I'm not posing. Selfies distort my facial features a lot, my forehead looks superbig and my jaws look really big as well.
Jenn, my eyebrows are the LEAST contrasted part of my face!!! I have fair skin, dark blue eyes and Auburn/darker red hair, but my lashes and brows are white blonde. I've been tinting them brown for 20 years to match my medium/high contrast level, but it's annoying that I feel like an alien without them 'done' :( Maybe at least when I go grey I will look harmonious...
I rather like the lighter eyebrow look!! It doesn't bring as much definition as darker brows but I think it creates a particular "ethereal" vibe which I think is so unique and gorgeous ♥♥♥
Please a video on tips for people with big bulgy nose and how to reduce the visual impact and draw attention to other features . I feel like Nothing is working in favor.. 😣😣
My eyes have low visual weight but i have thick arched eyebrows so when i do any dark eye makeup or enhance the eyes it looks so weird and makes my other features less noticeable
My eyebrows are dark snd thick. I think that's what people see on me first. I've never touched them , I'm thinking of cleaning it a bit tho. Bit because of my eyebrows my stylist (well, the woman in the neighbourhood who also does my hair from time to time) says dark colours on lips doesn't suit me at all
If you decide to pluck your eyebrows, only pluck from the bottom to remove stray hairs. Leave the top as it is because Mother Nature usually knows what she’s doing, giving you a near-perfect shape. People who mess with the tops of their eyebrows are usually remorseful. Remember, thick eyebrows read as young, healthy and strong because they can thin as you age. Also, keep in mind that, if you pluck your eyebrows, they might not grow back, especially if you pluck them over and over again because plucking traumatizes the follicles. Something many ladies learn the hard way. :-(
Awesome video! I think I might have high visual weight since I look kinda sickly with no-makeup makeup. I have dark brown eyes and black eyebrows and light-ish skin, but my eyes aren't that big. I feel like I have a facial configuration kinda like Anya's where both the lips and the eyes call the eye (in my case, probably the lips first) but I also have a longer middle third that I feel creates some empty space in my face in my cheeks and below the eyes. What could I do to bring more attention to the eyes and mouth and away from this space? Bolder eye makeup and bold lipstick? I thought of perhaps always wearing glasses that go low on the cheeks as well, but I'm always unsure about my blush placement relative to the glasses.
Def take it with a grain of salt because I’m not Jen but I think plumper, shinier lips that cover more of the bottom face, and, since your brows pull the eye upward by being black, a bit of an upturned eye will be really good. I personally do the aegyo Sal thing as well, but not everyone benefits from it. It does take out some of that middle third length though, in case you do like it ! 😊 hopefully I’m not leading you down the wrong path
@@shirin9452 Thank you so much for taking the time to answer! I think that what you said makes a lot of sense. I noticed that when I wear darker lipstick my face looks more balanced (as opposed to 60s makeup looks). I'm definitely also trying aegyo sal, ty so much once again for the tips! :)
I agree with the aegyo-sal highlight like the reply, although it's not for everyone as she said! If the emphasis is drawn to your lips first already, I think matching the level to your eyes with bolder eye makeup would be a good choice. On my IG I'm also releasing some makeup tips on glasses this week so take a look there for some practical tips for wearing makeup when you wear glasses! :D
I feel like I have high visual weight eyes but my colouring (lighter then even lightest foundations, with rare exceptions) makes me low visual weight because most colours overpower my own. I don't know what makeup is right for me, since my colouring seems to change a lot
But that could be a look itself!! Idk I’ve been really into light eyebrows these days, even though lots of people tell me I look better with darker brows 😆
@@stylemejenn I hate it on myself. Maybe if I had a smaller forehead or lighter hair that made it make more sense, but I've always hated how they look on my face
Maybe that’s why I love collars so much, they seem to make my small face more apparent or substantial, if that makes sense. At least they draw the eye to the face.
This is the video I really need!🎉🎉 I have big eyes with prominent Korean eye bags (but double eyelids turned into hooded when I smile), medium size nose that looks a little big because my nose bridge is low, a plump medium size lips that fits my face, and a lot of cheeks. I always thought that my visual weight is high because I have big eyes, but because my eyes can’t really take on bold makeup I got confused. Seems like I just have a big eyes but somehow still got low visual weight? But your Asian examples of low visual weight always have the “delicate” impression which I don’t relate? Is it because of your example pictures or do I actually have high visual weight that couldn’t go for gold makeup? 😂
Hmm it's really hard for me to say without seeing the face, but it may also be the specific style of makeup? Especially if your crease lines are narrow (which I assume since you mentioned that your eyelids turn hooded when you smile), bolder styles that completely close off the crease lines can seem off on you!
This explains why bright lipsticks never look good on me. I have very heavy visual weight on the bottom half of my face and the eyes are drawn to my lips and chin. I started gravitating towards nude lipsticks and was so confused why everyone talks crap about nude lipsticks when they look good on me.
I tried to figure out my visual weight, then I put my glasses on and realized that I didn't really matter because even being on the small side draw all the attention away from my features.
I have small eyes but bold dark eyebrows I also have really long bottom lashes that are dark so k don’t know if that would bring up my visual weight ? The rest of my features don’t really stand out other than my nose which is a little long.
Long bottom lashes do add more vertical length to the eyes and make the appear bigger! If you have bold dark brows they also brings up the level of visual weight as well :)
Would it be possible for someone to just...fall in the medium vidual weight catagory? For example, my eyes are large and round and most likely have highest visual weight, but when you look at my face overall nothing immediately draws attention, and just kind of wafts over the face? Nothing is extremely soft or extremely sharp or out of proportion
I disagree that maximalism is a response to 21st century minimalist movements , because maximalism can be found as a core element in the arts for centuries, like in Islamic arts and Catholic arts
Just when I thought I'd cracked the code on facial visual weight, you throw in a curve ball at the end about hair! Ffs! 😂 I thought(obviously incorrectly) that if you had strong visual weight then you needed long hair to soften the look and vice versa. I think some of my thinking on this comes from Kibbe because I see Naturals as having high visual weight compared to say Romantics. I also see lots of models with strong angular features that are very photogenic Flamboyant Natural types, but that look better with big hair than say a Gamine. That said, Gamines have some angularity in the sharp cheekbones, so I suppose that might count as visual weight? Don't worry, I'll await the next video to solve this mystery 😂. I also agree that Lucy Liu looks pretty when she's most natural with her freckles on show, and heavy make-up detracts from her beauty.
Haha yes it can be confusing! It's because short hair not only has to do with the visual weight but also on other factors like your proportions. If I were to make an attempt at connecting the dots to Kibbe, it's the Yin & Yang balance - Naturals are more Yang dominant which a shorter hairstyle accentuates more so longer hair can balance it out and for Gamines vice versa! With regards to angularity and sharp cheekbones for Gamines, a very short haircut like a pixie remove the contrast around your facial outline which softens the sharpness. I'm just educating myself with Kibbe these days but mostly focusing on body than face atm - I'm planning on making a video about it eventually! :D
Great video, Jenn! I think it should be noted that looking at selfies can be misleading about visual weight due to the distortion a selfie photo has. As someone with low visual weight features, I often like my selfies more than regular photos because I can get the high visual weight look that is popular.
Such a great point! I saw that TikTok has a new filter on what you actually look like vs in a selfie 🤳
That is a great point, maybe it could also be part of figuring it out.
I have high visual weight and I always dislike my selfies because it’s just too much and makes me look weird. I thought everyone felt like that.
Hello, I have the opposite situation, my selfies have less dimension and i love it😂☺️💕
@@stylemejennhow is the filter called?
There was an article out last year about the rise in rhinoplasty because of selfies. The way cell phone cameras are built are that they focus more on the center and anything in the center is enlarged 30% ( average), so your nose is seen and captured as 30% larger than it actually is when you take a selfie, you don’t get an accurate sense of what your face really looks like. The most accurate photo of someone’s face is 5 feet away from the camera- this is according to the article.
This makes a lot of sense to me as someone with low visual weight features. Dramatic eye makeup always looked bad on me and I didn't know why. Sometimes I've tried to go with dramatic lip colours instead, but that doesn't look as good on me as it does on many other women either. So I will never have big eyes, but I can wear natural or hardly any makeup and look more harmonious, so now I know why and that makes me happy.
Yes, I agree with you as I feel the exact same.❤
I don't think soft looks look bad on me, but dramatic looks look better on me which makes sense because despite having tiny eyes I'm too angular and have deepset eyes so more dramatic looks (no fake lashes) look more harmonious with my too sharp angles. :(
@@Call-me-Al she didn't talk about angles really but you should go witih the look that makes you feel confident. My face is more rounded with chubby cheeks even when I'm thin, so that could be another reason why softer and more natural looks are more harmonious for me, which is also reflected in the lines of my clothing.
Im the same… what an epiphany & a release from the constant search for makeup colours that actually enhance instead of the total opposite… as in it’s not me entering a room but a weird mask like face… saving so much money with this new understanding 🤩❤️❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yes that's exactly how I feel with too much makeup, like I have a weird mask like face!
i feel like people with high visual weight are those that are regarded to be the more 'model' or 'siren' types of faces while people with low visual weight are more on the 'angelic/ ethereal' looks
so in kibbe language... dramatic has high visual weight and gamine has low visual weight. hmm actually it does make a lot of sense!
At University we learned that visual weight is literally about weight. For example in a life drawing class we were drawing a nude. The lecturer would come around to each student and would give direction on what they could improve on. This is one of those moments that stuck in my mind
because it has made me a better artist. It was life changing
He said: To ground (visual weight) the person in my drawing, I need to see and define where the heavier parts of the object is and make it darker or emphasis the area, such as a thicker line or a shadow at the base of the hip so it doesn’t look like the figure is floating in the air.
So yes it’s about your eye being drawn to a more defined area but it’s more about contrast level and saturation as well.
If you look at seasonal colour analysis
Winter= high contrast (high visual weight and soft winter(medium to high.). Some soft winters may be like summers with a lower visual weight)
Autumn 3 types of Autumns are the same as winter in visual weight. The higher the contrast and the thicker the lines such as eyebrows and hair, then the heavier the visual weight.
Certain shapes have visual weight or the effect of visual weight.
Rounded curved lines are softer in appearance so therefore lighter in visual weight. Small rounded Ingénue types of women are lighter in visual weight regardless of body weight.
Natural body types like Jennifer Aniston has a heavier visual frame.
Blunt angles are heavier in visual weight. But Jennifer is a Summer so she has a blended aspect about her too which is lighter as well. Whatever dominates will be the focus.
Thanks for sharing with such detail
@@CrisOnTheInternet you’re very welcome 🌸
This makes so much sense, thank you!
@@lilymulligan8180I’m glad to help, you’re welcome. 🌺
You just explained the points I was thinking about while watching the video very nicely, thank you so much! I think people who have at least a bit of an artistic background will automatically view people and objects a bit differently than anyone who has absolutely no relationship with anything artistic. I used my background in drawings, paintings, photography and videography, also in doing hair, make up and choosing outfits for people. But I was never able to do those things "right" for myself. That's how I got interested in Kibbe, Kitchener and seasonal color analysis. To be able to look at myself from another perspective. Things like your comment help me tying everything together as I like to combine any aspect of visual influence.
E.g. I feel like my entire face has a pretty high visual weight, but I am a light spring and also a flamboyant natural with a heavy influence of gamine essence (and a few others that can stick out more or less depending on the surroundings). However, I can also add more emphasis to the ethereal and ingenue parts of my essence blend, but that never feels quite right as soon as I move (it works nicely in photography and videography, as long as it's a controlled scenario). When I add to the gamine part of my essence blend and don't overdo it, it looks balanced and "at home". I always feel like my Kibbe ID sits a bit more in the background but gives me the freedom to add some ease into my outfits and my make up. Like adding only slightly defined lines and shapes rather than very structured and staccato lines a Kibbe gamine would need. It's finally fun to play with my own looks rather than just doing it for others.
I also wanted to note: I never did any of the things meantioned above professionally besides videography. But I had a lot of hobbies incorporating all of these things and I always got asked to help style models, do make up, assist in photography and lighting and choosing outfits for the models. It was a lot of fun and taught me a lot.
Visual weight also occurs in interior design, clothing designs/outfits, nature and basically anything else we can see with out bare eyes. And if we really learn to understand and use it as a tool, we can create literally any impact we want in anything we can visually influence. It's a fun tool and I think I always used it without even knowing.
i must be low visual weight - nothing is striking about me. But that's precisely why I have to accentuate my eyes. When I do, I become visible all of a sudden. People compliment me for my eyes. But without make up, there is nothing to compliment : I have cold brown eyes, uneven eyelids and light and short eyelashes.
Its the opposite for me i have to do less
I like Dear peachie’s videos! But I didn’t understand very well about visual weight, now I understand better with your video.
And I’m glad to see asian examples because is frustrating to see only withe european/caucasian examples with other content creators!
I'm glad you liked the examples! ❤ Thanks for the comment!
4:14 this is a PERFECT explanation of why i thought big lashes did not suit me. I'm black and i'm sure you've seen in social media that big lashes are usually used to exaggerate our eyes. The look is gorgeous, but once i tried it on me i realised that it was 'too heavy' for my face. I switched to cat eye lashes which are usually lighter and people would compliment me much more with them on! Soon enough, i found the perfect kinds of falsies for me where whispier, 10-11mm lashes that i'd often cut to 3/4 length!
They just work so much better amongst my low visual weight/ ingenue features!
I feel the same way about false lashes! I always have to use a more natural style and cut it about 3/4 length as well :D
Get what you're saying. I've seen quite a number of individuals that, when wearing heavy or dramatic lashes, their eyes look smaller. I'm not sure if they recognize this or not.
I have low visual weight and low contrast features with light blonde hair, light lashes, light eyebrows, light eyes. None of my features really stand out, but I honestly like it since it looks overall very harmonic. If I wear make up I look drastically different and if it's just a tad too much I look borderline clownish. I save SO much time in the morning cause I only apply bit of rouge and lipstick and I'm ready to go. However, sometimes I really envy women who can pull off heavy make with smokey eyes or bold lips, they can play around with different looks without looking like a circus pony.
I'm certain you can look great in more dramatic looks, worst case you might just need some temporary dye for your hair, eyebrows etc
I think you might be able to do a smokey eye look but with much lighter colors, for example, medium and light shades of grey, brown, and/or taupe.
@@rachelmilloy7640 Great point!
My features have low visual weight. This is awesome because if I wear more makeup than usual, I simply look like I have a lot of makeup on but don’t necessarily look better.
I can relate! Even a little more makeup looks like a lot on me, but it's not necessarily for the better :)
The only feature on my face that adds any visual weight is my somewhat prominent nose. I always feel like I look best when I go easy on the makeup. Whenever I try to apply more, I feel like it’s too much and that I need to back off.
Thank you so much for your videos! I have been watching a lot of long-form content about color seasons like dear peachie's content, and those have its merits as they go in depth and full detail. But briefer videos like yours are an excellent summary to wrap up and review the most basic highlights (or to introduce people to the concepts).
I'm glad you're enjoying my content! Thank you for the thoughtful comment ❤️
I absolutely love your videos! I have learned so much about facial features and how to style them in the most flattering ways. You go into it to a depth that is not widely discussed and known only to a few. Keep it up!
Thank you! I'm glad you're finding my content helpful ♥ ♥ ♥
Yep, I love Dear Peachie. You two apparently nail so many of my concerns! I love the emphasis on harmony and proportion. God really did think us through in every little detail.
Makes so much sense. I’m a low weight face, my sister high weight face. When I do very light makeup with special care to make my skin look healthy and she does a dark smoky eye and red lips, we both look equally done up. I’ve never bothered to learn how to do better eye makeup and wished I had that skill, but now I don’t have to stress about nailing that bold look. I’ll find more examples of glowy, soft for my coloring with I think is deep, soft autumn.
I’m a relatively new hairstylist (3 years) and I have really felt like I’ve struggled to develop an eye for face shapes and determining what hairstyles and cuts best suit them. This channel has made it all click for me in such an easy and digestible way. Thank you so, so much for this information! I’m excited to apply this all on the floor, and actually be able to customize with intention, and explain with ease. You’re a gem!
Thank you so much for the compliment ❤️ I’m glad you’re finding the content helpful!!
I don't think you have an idea of how GREAT your content is. I swear, not only are you sweet and down to earth, you're VERY knowledgeable and wise. You're the few channels that I consider are absolutely full of quality material. Not only because you give useful information, but you teach things in such an easy way to grasp, and you also don't fluff things up with opinions or make it about yourself (and when you do, we're grateful to know about you!). I'm just very happy that you make these videos. Image and beauty is an important topic and it's great and refreshing to see it through the eyes of someone who has a more scientific point of view and not materialistic (you know, more facts and less opinions). So thank you so much!! I look forward to some day being able to have a consultation :D
Thank you so much for the sweet compliment ❤️❤️❤️ gives me so much encouragement! 🙏
@@stylemejenn I agree with this comment and wanted to add that I love all of the photos and drawings you use as examples... you choose amazing examples to show exactly what you're teaching us! Great job and thank you so much!
So far I've seen all your videos and I'm amazed by your knowledge and unique point of view regarding beauty. I have high visual weight and usually stick to more natural makeup but I'm going to try something heavier for once to see how I'm going to like it.
I'm glad to hear you're finding my content helpful! ❤❤ Yes it's all about trial & error so try something different!
I love how easy to understand and informative your videos are!! You explain it so perfectly and everytime I'm like OHH thats why this or that looks off on me lol
Thank you so much as always for this Jenn 🌸❤️🌷
You are so welcome ❤️ Thank you for the kind comments as always @uchi3v!
I'm so glad I finally got around to watching this one! I have a lot of low visual weight features -- fair skin, blue eyes, light brown hair, very pale and thin brows, small lips and not very defined cheek or jaw bones -- but I have a long middle third and a prominent nose. I'm like a combo Hailey Beiber and Renee Zellweger. I'm learning from you that the best thing for me to do is create visual width and to bring subtle emphasis to my eyes. I've also figured out recently that the competing energy of my yin features and yang nose looks best if I contrast the yin and harmonize the yang. So a more natural makeup, bob hair and Ray-Ban glasses will make my nose look in proportion, my yin features more delicate, and give overall a kind of cool vibe. But if I harmonize the yin with more feminine glasses, heavier makeup, longer or softer hair, it just makes my yang features take over and instead of looking pretty and feminine, I look dowdy, frumpy and matronly. It's been a real game changer that's given me the confidence to take some risks that I've always wanted to explore but wasn't sure how.
thank you so much! this video is really useful!! Finally I understand the visual weight! you're the best! thanks again! love.
I'm glad you found the video helpful!
At first I thought the video was going to be too long considering the topic, now I realize it wasnt long enough - you only got to scratch the surface! 😆 Very informative and interesting, thank you!
I'm glad you liked it! 😍
Hello, Thank You so much for every video Jenn, everything is so helpful and interesting, such a need☺️😍💖💕💕
I'm glad you're finding my content helpful! ❤
Great topic once again! I followed you on Instagram! I look forward to seeing great things happen there too!
Thank you Linda!! I’ve been sharing some of the IG reels on YT shorts (ones that are less than a minute) but I plan on sharing more practical makeup tips through the IG account ❤️❤️❤️
This was well explained. So easy to understand. I have high visual weight in my eyes , eyebrows , cheek bones and lips . My eyes are always the prominent focus because of the contrast. I don't look good with short hair in particularly. The shortest hairstyle that suits me is a gradient ,angled lob cut. Anything shorter or straight blunt cuts make my face look fat and babyish.
Short hair can really depend a lot on your facial features and proportions apart from just visual weight! My video this week will explain some of those factors :)
@@stylemejenn I have my ideas, but I can't wait to hear your hypothesis
This was so helpful! Helped me understand why bangs really suit me.
I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤
Your videos are so wonderful! Thank you!
I'm glad you find the content helpful!
That's a crashing knowledge. I understand now much better why I am choosing what I am choosing. Bangs are just best for me with my high forehead. Thank you so much 💙 great content!
I'm glad you found the video informative! ❤
I like this video, thanks! I analyzed my face and I have medium visual weight in my eyes and mouth, high weight in my wider nose. My eyes are smallish, deeply set, and high contrast and my lips medium size/contrast, on a round oval face. What I like best for my type of face is basically the Marylin look or a French style, a bold lip and accentuating the outer corners of the eyes. I like to keep the brows defined but soft with light or medium contrast. All I need if I'm in a hurry (besides concealer) is a bit of eye liner on the outer corners, mascara, and most importantly lipstick, which doubles as my blush :)
This is what I've been WAITING FOR!! I needed this explained to me
I hope the explanations provided some clarity for you :)
Thank you, your videos are sooo interesting and informative!
You're welcome! I'm glad you're enjoying my content 😊❤
This is really interesting, thank you! It seems to me that faces with low visual weight draw greater attention to the hair and skin. That “clean girl” look with of shiny, simple hair and clear skin and very minimal makeup, is one I really love, but doesn’t seem to work on me, and I think it’s because my face has high visual weight.
That is right, I have low visual weight and before I knew it I barely spent money on makeup. Instead, I always spent on skincare and time, effort and money to my hair because I felt so ugly when using makeup that I preferred to take care of my skin and hair to balance due to not being able to use makeup. And people (even before startin skincare and hair care) always the first two things that complimented me were skin and hair. And of course, after taking care of them, those are always the first compliments I get, and then when people met me they started complimenting my eyes, or my lips, that is why I always felt ugly because since my skin and hair always got the compliments, I thought there were the only features that made me beautiful.
I love your videos! Always super helpful for me
I'm glad you're finding my content helpful!
such a great video! I immediately knew my face had a low visual weight as soon as you got into the examples - makes so much sense
I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤
I have low visual weight, and this is why I prefer bleaching my hair to light blonde - I can look done (harmonious) with barely any makeup. Saved me so much time!
It could also be your color season and contrast level!
@stylemejenn I'm a "True Winter" with pale skin. Seasonal color (and systems like Kibbe) is good as a reference but it's not set in stone, and there's confliciting and confusing info because it's flawed. One can pull off colors that are not their season if they can match their makeup and clothes to harmonize the look (but whether worth the effort or not is another matter).
Like your skin color... you can pull off both cool and warm colors not due to having neutral tones (it leans more warm for sure!) but because your skin is more dusky vs clear. So even if you pick a cool color, as long as it has grey added that match your chroma it will harmonize.
You never miss 💕
Hehe thank youuuu ❤️ glad you liked the video!
I always learn so much from your channel.❤
Thank you Julia! I'm glad you find my content helpful and informative ❤❤❤
Excellent video, thanks!
You’re welcome! I’m glad you liked it ❤️❤️❤️
Hello, I really enjoyed your video as always. I was wondering if you could create a video tutorial for various bun styles suitable for different face shapes, such as high buns, low buns, buns with bangs, or buns with face-framing pieces, etc. Most tutorials seem to focus on open hair, but I believe many girls wear buns on a daily basis.
I'll add different styles of updo's to my list and see what I can come up with! :D
can't wait for the next video
Never heard of this before and now I want to book a consult with you! 😊
I'm making some structural changes to my services rn so my calendar is closed, but it will be open soon! :)
I'm a case of low visual weight but with deep contrast. Genuine makeup technique suits me the most but using my winter colours instead of pastel colours. That being said, bold makeup would not make me look bad either because I naturally has smokey eyes and lips already. It just that my cheeks are quite fleshy and my features are not well defined. I don't have a high visual weight despite the natural contrast I have in my skin and features. So, balancing technique works the best on me. Though sometimes if I want to go bold in either only the eyes or lips, it's not a problem either. The difference is not big between balancing features or emphasizing features on me.
It's all about balance! Even though I have darker coloring and features, I can identify with SJP or Julia Roberts because of the prominence of my nose. I gravitate towards eye liner and deeper, smoky eye colors in the crease (pale colors of shadow look dreadful). I wear tinted moisturizer and a bit of concealer, but I rarely use blusher and never use contour. Sheer color with shine on my lips works the best for balancing my overall appearance. I was trying to wear my hair with long layers and long bangs, then I went to a lob. But, all my travel photos make my broad forehead steal the attention from my eyes, and I feel like it just accentuated all of my wrinkles. Now, I am sporting a pixie with bangs, and I feel like I look more youthful and my features are more balanced...my eyes, smile, cheekbones and jawline really shine. Guess I have a medium to high visual weight?
Based on your description and your profile pic I feel like you have high visual weight Andrea! A pixie also draws our gaze in an upward direction which is helpful in drawing more emphasis to the eyes :) I actually explain this exact concept in the video coming out this Friday! ❤️
I just find you and I have been enjoying your videos. I have noticed you use the same celebrity analysis in so many of your videos, not everyone has their hooded eye issues, so please venture out and analyze other celebrities. Also, I was hoping you could make videos on each season and making multiple examples of celebrities for each season. I am mostly curious about “bright winter”. I would really appreciate that. Thank you.❤
Happy Friday, Jenn! ☺️
Happy Friday and Happy weekend!! ☺️❤️
This is make so much sense!!! I have big round eyes and I always thought that I should make them pop more by doing cat eyes kinda make up to my eyes. But it's always looks so bad and age me like 10 years older 🥴 I thought that I just not that skilled yet so I just draw my eyeliner in kinda straight way so it's easier, and tbh it's suit my appearance more. Sometimes less is more, girls!!!
Thank you for including the Lucy Liu analysis. I also have high cheekbones and freckles and everything you said clicked into place when I saw that example. I think I have medium to low visual weight, as the eye is drawn to my eyes, cheeks, and freckles. I find that my eyes look best when I draw attention to them with subtle warm tones, like dusty rose, coral, tangerine, and brown. I enjoy the jet-black winged eyeliner on occasion, but I think the coolness of the black and the sharp lines age me.
I don't know if you've done a video on this, but I was recently thinking about the impact of sharp, distinct lines and blurry, soft lines in our faces and bodies. For example, I think maximalist outfits look better on me because the eye can move around to look at textures and prints, just like it does on my low-weight face. However, if I wear something minimal and stark (think corporate, like navy suit), then those harsh, precise lines and strong color contrasts don't look as good, because the outfit is stark and contrasts or draws attention away from my face and body, which are softer, more textured, or more. . . muddied.
Interesting observation! Thanks for sharing ♥
I love this concept, it’s all coming together!
I think Lucy Liu looks great either way, but the first set of pics on the right had very cold lighting and colors that didn’t suit her
Fair point about lighting!
Wow ❤ great video I get it now ❤
Glad you found it helpful! ❤
You are a gem! Love from India ❤
Thank you! ❤❤❤
This was such an interesting concept! I used to have really beautiful eyes when I was young, the shape, the spacing etc. but now that I'm 59, not so much lol. My daughters eyes look like mine when I was young, they are almond and tilt up alot and slightly wide set, like Anya Taylor, some people may not like them but I think they look cool.
I love Anya Taylor Joy’s eyes! They’re so beautiful 😍
Wow, I knew what you meant by high and low visual weight in faces before I ever watched your video even though I have never heard anyone use those words to describe faces but I had in reference to art and design. I have blond hair and blue eyes and very delicate features. I have had makeovers and I felt prettier when I walked in. I always look my best at the pool or beach, but I never feel right going without makeup or under made up at dinner or when I was young out at a club. I have tried so hard to figure out how much makeup it takes on my eyes before the beauty goes right out of them. Dyed lashes look much prettier on me than mascara but I got afraid of the dye and stopped using it. I had a "famous" makeup artist do my makeup about 10 years ago or so at my hair salon. I tried to explain the concept to him but he acted like I was talking nonsense. Also they made up one side of my face and not the other and compared the two which I found humiliating because I knew I didn't look better in the made up side. It felt hopeless. I have known I look prettier with less makeup since I was about 20 but I never understood why till now. I can't begin to thank you enough for helping me crack this code. I wish I had this when I was younger.
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Same for me, in my case, it really affected my self steem by having low visual weight. It all started when teenager I wanted to look pretty with makeup like my friends but never looked good. I knew something was different with my face but I couldn’t figure it out. I soon realized that the more natural I looked, the best I looked. So people were always complimenting my natural beauty and advising that if I looked this good natural, I should doll up but they could never understand why I always refused. All my beauty washed away with makeup. And I always felt uncomfortable on formal situations I just wanted to look that good with the standard makeup and clothes like high visual weight women (which I did not know it at that time). And I always felt ugly for that. I even considered specific plastic surgery to make me more “beautiful” but those surgeries were only to add high visual weight on my face now that I realize. If I should have known this low/high visual weight before, I think my life would’ve been so diferent.
Oh my gosh now I know why I feel I look so weird without my dark eyeliner and mascara! I have big eyes but also nose and I feel like my mascara and eyeliner give more emphasis to my eyes instead of drawing the attention to my nose!
Hi very interesting. Never thought about it but now am 💃🏾🍰☕️
Love this video! And i love how you always analyze WOC too, including some of my favourite k-drama actresses 😊
Can you please please do a similar video focusing on brown/ South Asian actresses as well?? I find that as a general rule of thumb, brown women can pull off more dramatic makeup looks...but on the other hand, how to do a minimalist/ no-makeup look on someone like Priyanka, Deepika Padukone or Kareena Kapoor??
Thank you for the suggestion! Let me add it to my list and see what I can come up with 😊
@@stylemejenn thank you! Please do analyze a few brown/ South Asian celebrities like
Priyanka Chopra
Deepika Padukone
Alia Bhatt
Katrina Kaif
Aishwarya Rai
Freida Pinto
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Simone Ashley
Charithra Chandran
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I think I'm lucky in this subject. I'm no striking beauty that makes heads turn in the street, but after listening I think I have a heavier visual weight but my different features are harmonious. I don't really wear make up anymore and I have no problems with that but when I do, I can put some mascara on for a Bambi eye effect and I look all nice and sweet or I can go with a heavy smokey eyeshadow with or without bold lips and rock that style. Same with the hair with the exception of not going shorter than my shin/jawline.
I used to feel like there was *too* much going on around my eyes: they're dark brown, and I'm very pale, so there's a lot of contrast, and glasses brought more attention up there. On top of that, I like having bangs. Not all the time, I periodically grow them out and cut them back, lol.
I got a bunch of lip piercings, and now I feel there's more balance overall.
Not that I'd recommend that to people who aren't into alt-styles or piercings! It's just something that worked for my style.
Maybe a bolder color or a glossy finish on the lips would be alternatives if you're not into piercings! :)
I never could understand why I Iooked so different from other European-descent American females of my age until, as an adult, I saw some of my school-age group photos. My head, face and features are about a quarter to a third smaller than the average girls in my classes were. It makes sense, I have very tiny frame, too, but was not super-short, just narrow-boned (lost 2 inches from aging now, age 63). The resulting musculature is proportionally lighter, too. This gives me a delicate look that belies my normal weight and good health, except for that ghastly, pasty, Euro-pallor, which I can’t seem to do much about. So I suppose my face has lower visual weight, my contrast level of coloring is low to medium. My later classmates called me bird-bones, which I didn’t really understand at the time. Of course, I later learned that birds have not only delicate, but literally lightweight bones. Petites size clothing works a lot better on me, I never had the shoulder or hip width for regular sizes, my frame is very narrow.
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The lows are prettier btw in the thumbnail than the high
to all my fellow balanced low visual weight faced friends: if you want to go for a bold look go for it but kinda everywhere. If i have a dark smokey eye i NEED to have darker and more prominent lipstick as well as something on the cheecks to make it "one". if its about balance and you dont want to go super natural all the time just make a colorful, grunge, glamorous, whatever you like balance! lots of love and thank u jenn for this amazing channel :))
I have to try this out. I always feel like something is off when I try bolder eye looks cause I usually prefer the rest of my face to look more natural. Also is it a low visual weight thing to feel like makeup can overpower your face? Cause I have that issue too
@@Karinavision23 I guess so, I feel the same way but I don't see it as a bad thing, I just need less makeup than others to make it look bold and dramatic. I am also a deep summer so I never go for black but dark brown or purplish grey something like that. it's not about what exactly you wear, more about how it makes you look :)
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I agree! This strategy works for me too. I have high contrast between hair and skin but my eyebrows are much lighter than my hair, so darkening my brows and putting colour on my lips totally brings my face into focus.
I think that lighter hair color suits to people with low visual weight more, because dark hair creates the contrast between accentuative hair and non-accentuative face. Although people with high visual weigh pull out dark hair, because it accentuates their face even more.
But even in the video, Sarah Jessica Parker can pull off blonde hair. I think I'm low contrast, and blonde was the worst look I ever had, that with any caramel colour. Nature knows best. Most of the time, natural hair looks better.
@@tuscanleather3209 i don't think that natural hair always looks better. Nature created hair to help you to warm your body and not for aesthetical uses, so nature doesn't care what your hair color is and how well does it compliment your face.
@sashaj1 The function of hair doesn't matter when we're talking about harmony. High contrast people will have a much bigger difference in hair, eyes, and lips than those with lower ones. Rarely, you see a person on the street and think to yourself, I hope that hair isn't natural.. It looks so dull. I've seen a woman with natural highlights. She was quite soft in colouring, but the hair looked marbled, and it was all natural. Besides...nature does care about beauty. Ever looked at male peacocks... There is so much beauty in this world, not only man made one's. If we were to look at all nature's beauty, there is a purpose. If our looks are 'to attract attention of the opposite sex', then it would make a lot of sense that we evolved to match our appearances.
This has always confused me, but I think I understand it a lot better after watching your video! However I'm still not quite sure what side I fall on. I have somewhat prominent, round, dark blue eyes, and a lot of natural contrast between my face and my hair/brows, so I'm leaning towards higher visual weight. But the arch of my brows and the placing of my eyes can pull them slightly apart (much less extreme than Anya Taylor Joy but I related to a few things you said about her), and my lips are also rounded and noticeable, so they pull some of the attention, too. I have an average nose, fairly equal thirds, and a face somewhere between an oval and a diamond, so nothing else really grabs the attention. I think my best looks are classic and glamorous, with both eye and lip emphasis. Way too much eye makeup (like a super dark smoky eye) can feel too heavy, however if the makeup is too minimal or nude it doesn't do me any favors, and I can look sickly. Nude lipstick is terrible (though that may also be due to my coloring - I'm a bright spring). I try to find that sweet spot of makeup that can help emphasis my natural contrast without going overboard, though I can have fun playing around to an extent. I feel like I need striking but harmonious at the same time. Would this put me in the middle or is that more on the high side?
Based on your description I think you lean closer to the high visual weight side! :D
@@stylemejenn thank you so much! That's so helpful, and the more I think about it the more it makes sense. It's something I will keep in mind when I watch future videos, and I think I'll go back through some of the previous ones where you refer to this concept too now that I understand it better!
East Asia tends to be more in favor on low visual weight while Asian-American are more focused on high visual weight.
I’m a low visual weight Korean, and I would overall prefer low visual weight.
Hey girl I'm new here I think ur some sort of genius already though. I still can't tell if I have high or low visual weight or where it is if I do have it. If you get time could you tell me lol
Excellent !!!!!!
Thank you so much! ❤
This is why I never looked good with super heavy eye makeup on my top lid! I always felt sad about that, but now I’m just happy I save money on eyeshadow 😂
We all have style that suit us :) ❤
So interesting! I'm going to subscribe! One thing you didn’t mention was glasses... how do they play with the visual weight of a person's face?
Welcome to the channel! I think that glasses act as a way to draw more emphasis to the eyes, but also can make the eyes smaller (depending on your prescription) so the two effects offset each other!
@@stylemejenn Thank you! That's interesting... I see what you're saying about glasses. Can't wait to delve more into your channel (when I get some time!) and hear more of your thoughts! I need so much help with this stuff and you explain it so well!
great topic! i just subbed. i luv ur perspective esp coming from an asian :D
Welcome to the channel! ❤
Could you talk about pamela Anderson no makeup look and why ot worked or not?
Daytime make-up is minimal for me, but when it comes to a girls night out, that's when I wear more make-up (eyes and lips).
as somone who covers there gace on a daily baisses its always intrszting to see how humans care so much about appearence while simutaniously hiding that fact
I’ve always felt kind of lost, I think all of my features individually are somewhat pretty but just do not look good all together 😭 Experimenting with all this weight stuff to see if I can artificially create more harmony
What I've figured out recently is that my eyes are the most assymetrical so no matter visual weight of my other features I think i'll withhold from good-old eyeball accentuating looks.
New subscriber here, binge watching. Learning so much...
REQUEST: Please explain when high-contrast lip liners are beneficial. I have seen it on celebrities but less often in fashion magazines. Is it the control or lack of control of lighting from povarizzi flashes vs. studio lighting (not to mention photoshopping)? Or is the high contrast a magician's misdirection? Whenever I see a friend with high-contrast lip liner I have to bite MY lips to stop myself from telling them that their lip color has worn off in the middle. I do not understand the aesthetic intention and I feel uncomfortable about the sexual message whether intentional or not.
Thanks. I am new to the channel and I find everything very informative and relevant. I will look for that video.@@irisellie5139
I just think it's a trend that's made a comeback! I've never been fond of the style myself but it does add more edge to the overall look which I think can be often suitable for editorials or on celebrities whose styles are very "out there"!
Paparazzi flashes definitely affect how good a celebrity looks!
I have a very square shaped face and I never look good in selfies. I look good in photographs taken either with a professional camera or when I'm not posing. Selfies distort my facial features a lot, my forehead looks superbig and my jaws look really big as well.
Jenn, my eyebrows are the LEAST contrasted part of my face!!! I have fair skin, dark blue eyes and Auburn/darker red hair, but my lashes and brows are white blonde. I've been tinting them brown for 20 years to match my medium/high contrast level, but it's annoying that I feel like an alien without them 'done' :(
Maybe at least when I go grey I will look harmonious...
I rather like the lighter eyebrow look!! It doesn't bring as much definition as darker brows but I think it creates a particular "ethereal" vibe which I think is so unique and gorgeous ♥♥♥
Please a video on tips for people with big bulgy nose and how to reduce the visual impact and draw attention to other features . I feel like Nothing is working in favor.. 😣😣
I do have a video called "Hair & Makeup Tips for Prominent Noses" which you should check out next!
Lucy lui is so stunning
Haven't watched the video yet (about to), but the thumbnail kinda give me the feeling that you gain visual weight when you wear makeup
My eyes have low visual weight but i have thick arched eyebrows so when i do any dark eye makeup or enhance the eyes it looks so weird and makes my other features less noticeable
could have just say more natural look vs more makeup look which suit your face more
Mine is medium. I got told high a few times because i have dark eyes, but my skin is tan and my hair is medium brown.
My eyebrows are dark snd thick. I think that's what people see on me first. I've never touched them , I'm thinking of cleaning it a bit tho. Bit because of my eyebrows my stylist (well, the woman in the neighbourhood who also does my hair from time to time) says dark colours on lips doesn't suit me at all
If you decide to pluck your eyebrows, only pluck from the bottom to remove stray hairs. Leave the top as it is because Mother Nature usually knows what she’s doing, giving you a near-perfect shape. People who mess with the tops of their eyebrows are usually remorseful.
Remember, thick eyebrows read as young, healthy and strong because they can thin as you age. Also, keep in mind that, if you pluck your eyebrows, they might not grow back, especially if you pluck them over and over again because plucking traumatizes the follicles. Something many ladies learn the hard way. :-(
How do large frame glasses affect visual weight?
Especially when they make eyes look smaller
Awesome video! I think I might have high visual weight since I look kinda sickly with no-makeup makeup. I have dark brown eyes and black eyebrows and light-ish skin, but my eyes aren't that big. I feel like I have a facial configuration kinda like Anya's where both the lips and the eyes call the eye (in my case, probably the lips first) but I also have a longer middle third that I feel creates some empty space in my face in my cheeks and below the eyes.
What could I do to bring more attention to the eyes and mouth and away from this space? Bolder eye makeup and bold lipstick? I thought of perhaps always wearing glasses that go low on the cheeks as well, but I'm always unsure about my blush placement relative to the glasses.
Def take it with a grain of salt because I’m not Jen but I think plumper, shinier lips that cover more of the bottom face, and, since your brows pull the eye upward by being black, a bit of an upturned eye will be really good. I personally do the aegyo Sal thing as well, but not everyone benefits from it. It does take out some of that middle third length though, in case you do like it ! 😊 hopefully I’m not leading you down the wrong path
@@shirin9452 Thank you so much for taking the time to answer! I think that what you said makes a lot of sense. I noticed that when I wear darker lipstick my face looks more balanced (as opposed to 60s makeup looks). I'm definitely also trying aegyo sal, ty so much once again for the tips! :)
I agree with the aegyo-sal highlight like the reply, although it's not for everyone as she said! If the emphasis is drawn to your lips first already, I think matching the level to your eyes with bolder eye makeup would be a good choice. On my IG I'm also releasing some makeup tips on glasses this week so take a look there for some practical tips for wearing makeup when you wear glasses! :D
I feel like I have high visual weight eyes but my colouring (lighter then even lightest foundations, with rare exceptions) makes me low visual weight because most colours overpower my own. I don't know what makeup is right for me, since my colouring seems to change a lot
My eyebrows are so light naturally that it creates a 'negative space' effect on my face =(
But that could be a look itself!! Idk I’ve been really into light eyebrows these days, even though lots of people tell me I look better with darker brows 😆
@@stylemejenn I hate it on myself. Maybe if I had a smaller forehead or lighter hair that made it make more sense, but I've always hated how they look on my face
@@stylemejennI always think you look great with those lighter eyebrows and it was made clear well in that particular video you talked about the issue.
Maybe that’s why I love collars so much, they seem to make my small face more apparent or substantial, if that makes sense. At least they draw the eye to the face.
Do you also like chokers? I feel like chokers make me feel more “me”/ I get the most compliments on how I look when I wear chokers/ turtlenecks.
This is the video I really need!🎉🎉 I have big eyes with prominent Korean eye bags (but double eyelids turned into hooded when I smile), medium size nose that looks a little big because my nose bridge is low, a plump medium size lips that fits my face, and a lot of cheeks. I always thought that my visual weight is high because I have big eyes, but because my eyes can’t really take on bold makeup I got confused.
Seems like I just have a big eyes but somehow still got low visual weight? But your Asian examples of low visual weight always have the “delicate” impression which I don’t relate? Is it because of your example pictures or do I actually have high visual weight that couldn’t go for gold makeup? 😂
Hmm it's really hard for me to say without seeing the face, but it may also be the specific style of makeup? Especially if your crease lines are narrow (which I assume since you mentioned that your eyelids turn hooded when you smile), bolder styles that completely close off the crease lines can seem off on you!
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You didn’t even say how to know if you have high or low😭😭. You left it for us to guess
This explains why bright lipsticks never look good on me. I have very heavy visual weight on the bottom half of my face and the eyes are drawn to my lips and chin. I started gravitating towards nude lipsticks and was so confused why everyone talks crap about nude lipsticks when they look good on me.
All depends on your own features! ❤
I swear every time I see Renee Zellweger she looks different from the last time I’ve see her on screen. It’s like viewing a different person each time
I tried to figure out my visual weight, then I put my glasses on and realized that I didn't really matter because even being on the small side draw all the attention away from my features.
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I have small eyes but bold dark eyebrows I also have really long bottom lashes that are dark so k don’t know if that would bring up my visual weight ? The rest of my features don’t really stand out other than my nose which is a little long.
Long bottom lashes do add more vertical length to the eyes and make the appear bigger! If you have bold dark brows they also brings up the level of visual weight as well :)
I still don't understand but my eyes have a higher visual. I am still learning so...
Would it be possible for someone to just...fall in the medium vidual weight catagory? For example, my eyes are large and round and most likely have highest visual weight, but when you look at my face overall nothing immediately draws attention, and just kind of wafts over the face? Nothing is extremely soft or extremely sharp or out of proportion
Yes it's all on a spectrum so medium visual weight is definitely possible! :)
I disagree that maximalism is a response to 21st century minimalist movements , because maximalism can be found as a core element in the arts for centuries, like in Islamic arts and Catholic arts
Great video! Would a less weighty face be considered delicate?
I think it depends on the bone structure!
Just when I thought I'd cracked the code on facial visual weight, you throw in a curve ball at the end about hair! Ffs! 😂 I thought(obviously incorrectly) that if you had strong visual weight then you needed long hair to soften the look and vice versa. I think some of my thinking on this comes from Kibbe because I see Naturals as having high visual weight compared to say Romantics. I also see lots of models with strong angular features that are very photogenic Flamboyant Natural types, but that look better with big hair than say a Gamine. That said, Gamines have some angularity in the sharp cheekbones, so I suppose that might count as visual weight? Don't worry, I'll await the next video to solve this mystery 😂. I also agree that Lucy Liu looks pretty when she's most natural with her freckles on show, and heavy make-up detracts from her beauty.
Haha yes it can be confusing! It's because short hair not only has to do with the visual weight but also on other factors like your proportions. If I were to make an attempt at connecting the dots to Kibbe, it's the Yin & Yang balance - Naturals are more Yang dominant which a shorter hairstyle accentuates more so longer hair can balance it out and for Gamines vice versa! With regards to angularity and sharp cheekbones for Gamines, a very short haircut like a pixie remove the contrast around your facial outline which softens the sharpness. I'm just educating myself with Kibbe these days but mostly focusing on body than face atm - I'm planning on making a video about it eventually! :D