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Hello beauties. Today I'm sharing
something that can truly transform your
everyday look. How to style your hair to
enhance your face shape and natural
beauty. What can feel confusing and have
you secondg guessing will end today. As
a hair stylist of 18 years, I'll help
you determine your head shape, your
hairline, as well as your facial
structure that will allow you to
understand what hair part, styling
products, tips, and tricks will work to
create a hairstyle that elevates and
enhances your hair like never before.
Let's go. So, I recently did a video
that briefly touched on head shape, and
you guys loved that segment and asked
for more on it. So, ask and you shall
receive. To recap, because it can be a
little confusing, your head shape, the
top of your head, is known as your
cranial top. This refers to the height
and shape at the top of your skull. And
cranial tops are either high or low. A
high cranial top is when the visual
distance of your hairline in the top of
your head, so your crown is long. This
distance is typically longer than the
distance of your top third, which is the
distance between your hairline down to
right in between your brows. I dive into
facial proportions more in my previous
video, and I highly recommend that you
watch that if you haven't already. I'll
link it below. It will help you
understand the points that I'm making in
this video a bit more. So when your
cranial top is high, it creates a long
visual length through the top of your
head. Celebrity examples of high cranial
tops are Jennifer Aniston, Kendall
Jenner, and Laura Durn. As you can see
in these photos, they clearly have
distinct length through their part line.
High cranial tops create the look of
volume in the hair because of the height
and shape of the head. A low cranial top
is when your part line is shorter in
length and it creates a more flat
appearance in the top of your head.
Celebrity examples of low cranial tops
are Megan Markle, Olivia Cook, and
Carrie Washington. These women have less
visible length within their part line
and less height through the top of their
head rather than curving or rounding up.
It's definitely more flat looking. And
here you can see the difference
comparing high cranial tops versus low
cranial tops. High cranial tops I
suppose are what is the more desired
look. But this is not to say that low
cranial tops look bad. It all comes down
to how you choose to style your hair and
paying attention to your facial
proportions as well as what it is that
you want to minimize or enhance.
So, now that you understand high and low
cranial tops, you'll want to next
consider your face shape and facial
structure. This is important because it
allows you to figure out what works for
you over what works for someone else.
The rules of avoid this if you have that
are not a onesizefits all. So, we're
going to start with high cranial tops
and go over styling options that enhance
or minimize things within your face and
hairstyle. And don't worry, I will also
be going over low cranial tops as well.
And later in the video, I will be
breaking down easy and simple ways to
create the perfect hairstyle for you at
home on your own. Laura Durn, as
previously mentioned, has a high cranial
top and she has quite a bit of length to
her face. I would consider her an oblong
shape. Her entire body actually is quite
lengthy. She is 510 according to Google
and she has a long slender look, lots of
straight lines so to speak. If you share
a similar face shape and proportions to
Laura Durn, the rules would typically
advise that you avoid a middle part.
With your face being longer in length,
one would say that you don't need to
enhance or add to the length that you
naturally have. Majority of her facial
length is in her top and middle third.
However, she has a widow's peak, which
comes into play as to why a middle part
can work for her along with how she
chooses to style her hair, which this
will apply to you as well if you share
similar features as she does. So,
because of her widow's peak, this
automatically parts her hair at the
shortest point in her forehead, making
it appear shorter than it actually is.
But because of the natural length to her
face, as well as that high cranial top,
she still though keeps balance within
her face. You don't look at her and
think that she has a short forehead. A
middle part does however I think enhance
the narrowness she naturally has within
her face, which is again one of the
rules that apply to her face shape. But
as you can see in these photos, choosing
to wear her hair with texture, soft
waves, or even tucking adds to the
illusion of more width. This creates
balance, which is always the ideal goal
when it comes to styling your hair. A
side part shows off the highest point in
your forehead if you are like Laura
Durn, if you have similar features to
her, which one may consider to be a non
no, but it also allows for more of your
face to be seen and gives the illusion
of more width through your narrow shape.
The biggest thing that I noticed with
her when searching for photos is that
she most often wears her hair with a
deep side or offcenter part. usually
worn with some sort of waves. I think
that this works best for her over
wearing her hair straight. With her long
slender body and natural length in her
face, her hair worn with the waves
really balances her features best. The
angles that a side part creates along
with the waves complement the long
straight lines of her body and face.
They give her more contrast as a whole,
which is always the goal. and she is a
great example of how not following the
rules can work for
you. So now let's move into low cranial
tops and we're going to use both Carrie
Washington and Olivia Cook for our
examples. They both share low cranial
tops which is when the distance in your
part line is visibly shorter looking.
Low cranial tops have a flatter look to
them than high. So, while they both have
low cranial tops, they have very
different face shapes. Carrie Washington
has a length and narrowness within her
shape compared to Olivia Cook who is
more round and wide. And each of their
facial proportions are for the most part
quite even and their foreheads are both
a prominent feature. And Olivia Cook
specifically, her forehead is the widest
part of her entire face. In the previous
video I've referred to, I made the
mention of how low cranial tops when
wearing sleek straight styles parted
down the middle sort of make the face
appear a little larger. This is because
there is not that added height in the
top of the head as there is with high
cranial tops. So the eye sort of just
only has the face to directly look at.
This doesn't mean that you need to
completely avoid middle parts, though.
Your style will just need to be tweaked.
I'm going to show you some styling tips
that you can apply to yourself at home
in just a bit, but I first want to
explain a little bit more on why certain
styles work better for certain facial
proportions and prominent features. If
you are similar to Carrie Washington and
you have more length in your face than
width, a sleek middle part complements
and balances the imaginary horizontal
line that a low cranial top can create.
This type of horizontal line is more
visible in shapes like Olivia Cook
because you have more width than length
through your shape. It's almost like
having parallel lines over
perpendicular. Hopefully, this is making
sense to you guys. With a low cranial
top, one may automatically think that a
side part is the immediate answer, and
it can be, but this is where your
prominent features come into play for
choosing styles. So Olivia Cook
naturally has the most width through her
forehead and her face naturally curves
in a little at her jaw. One could say
that she is sort of a mix of both round
and heart shapes. When choosing to wear
a deep side part, it ends up enhancing
her forehead, which is already one of
her more prominent features. The side
part shows off her width and the natural
inward curve of her jaw only increases
the appearance of her forehead. Your eye
more so goes directly to this area. I do
think though when she has more length to
her hair, it's a little less noticeable
as there is more hair for the eye to
move around to. Carrie Washington. While
her forehead is a prominent feature due
to her face overall being less wide, a
side part in her case doesn't add any
excessive amount of width to her shape.
So whether she wears her hair more
waved, straight, or with a heavy side
bang, it adds to the illusion of more
height in her cranial top while creating
soft angles in her face as well. Bangs
are also a great option if you have
features similar to her. They will
minimize the height in your forehead as
well as bring the eye up a bit further
through the top of your head. This gives
the illusion of more height through the
head, giving those high cranial top
vibes. The best style for shapes and
features like Olivia Cook, I think, are
still actually opting for a middle part
with some sort of soft curtain style
bang or face frame. This helps to
minimize the natural width you have in
your forehead, creating those soft
angles that complement the natural
angles you have through your jaw. You
sort of get that diamond feel through
your face. It may not give you the most
height in your cranial top, but it still
helps to balance your other features.
So, you don't want to just focus on one
set aspect. You want to look at the
whole picture. Also, her opting for a
style with her hair pulled back and up
with a curtain bang or even a full bang
really compliments her as well. She has
the added height in the top adding to
the illusion of that higher cranial top
which now leads us into our final
segment of styling tips for you low
cranial top ladies. I am excited for
this part.
So, the goal with low cranial tops is to
add the illusion of height in the top of
your head, which is going to require
products and tools that create volume in
your hair. Volume products are going to
create the texture needed to lift and
plump the hair. So, a volume mousse is
the most ideal product to use for this,
and it works for all hair types. If you
have fine thick straight hair like
myself, you might do well pairing a root
lifter with it as you need a little
extra boost. But any other hair type, a
mousse is going to be your best bet. So
when your hair is wet, you will apply
your volume products to the top section
of your head and make sure that you're
working the product into that back side
of your crown as well. You want to apply
your mousse first and then apply your
other styling products if you need
something for frizz control or something
that's going to maybe tame down your
wave. And I will link some of my
favorite options in the description and
pinned comment below if you guys are
looking for any suggestions to try
during your blow dry. When you get to
this top section, you want to make sure
you are lifting the hair straight up.
Whether you just rough dry, if you use a
blowout brush or a separate round brush,
be sure that you lift that hair to
create the most volume here to help add
that illusion of more height in your
cranial top. And you want to do this
regardless of where you part your hair.
So, if it's on the side or middle, you
are going to blow dry the same way,
lifting up. After your hair is dry, I
like to break out a hot tool I can't
live without, which is the Volu. This is
going to create that extra level of
volume here to help give the illusion of
more height in your shape. Paired with
your volume products, this is going to
create and hold your volume in your hair
much longer than teasing alone would.
And it's much less stressful on the
hair. You don't have to take massive
precaution brushing out your hair post
use like you do with teasing to be sure
you're not breaking up your hair. It's
just much more gentle. You're going to
use this in your top sections by simply
closing it onto your hair in sections
similar to how you hold a flat iron, but
you're not gliding it through your whole
hair. And the only concern with this
tool is that you want to be sure that
you leave enough of your hair on your
top section where you part it to cover
the texture created by a volu. You don't
want the texture to be visible. When I
first started using this tool years ago,
it did take me a couple of times to
figure out exactly how high up I could
bring it along my part line, but once I
got it down, I just have found it to be
one of the easiest ways to create volume
and added height in the hair. Here you
can see a sideby-side comparison of me
using it to create that added boost of
volume and height within my hair. You
can apply as little or as much volume as
you want to your own hair. It's very
easy to use, very customizable. And a
bonus tip for adding the illusion of a
high cranial top. If you are posing for
photos, simply angle your head down just
ever so slightly. This paired with your
volume products and hot tool will have
everyone fooled into thinking you have
that high cranial top. I so hope that
you all enjoyed this week's video. Be
sure to leave a heart emoji in the
comments if you did and let me know if
you would like to see more videos on
this topic. In the meantime, I will
leave you with this video right here to
find out what type of curls work best
for your face shape. Thanks for watching
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