How to actually have a hair GLOW UP + look stunning

Your hair is the most important part of any outfit you wear - this is how you are going to have a hair glow up in 2024, by understanding what works best for your features through colour seasons and essences to make your features pop

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🎀 My name is Ellie-Jean, a style analyst and content creator from Norfolk, UK. I make videos that make style systems easy, in order to help you curate a personalised AND flattering wardrobe.

⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 why your hair matters + my hair journey
1:20 why I am using AG1
2:27 your best hair colour
6:48 your best hair cut
7:41 healthy hair routine

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[madyfredriksz]

Love this but would have loved to learn what cuts and shapes work well for different essences and (especially) face shapes!

[belenrobe]

First of all: your eyes with that colour. Omg.

[mherman]

I’m a deep/dark winter (bordering on autumn but definitely winter) and my hair is brown and naturally has warm reddish highlights - I really like the YouTube channel Color Class because they explain that not everyone falls neatly into the prescribed catagories

[TinaB.-frhl]

When I read 'hair for your face', I thought it was going to be about best hair for face shape, which I would have really liked. But I always love your videos and still enjoyed the information given in this one💞

[ashes_to_asher]

just want to add something about unnatural hair colours!! obviously, choose shades from your colour season, but also i've found that matching the contrast level of your natural hair colour works really well. a dusty rose pink is not onky in my colour season but is also the same contrast level as my natural hair colour, and it looks far more at-home with my features! I tried a dark grey once, which is in my colour palette, but is much darker than my natural hair colour, and so therefore looked a little off

[TheShakedGuide]

This video is such a great guide!
I must say the past few months your videos and shorts were so helpful for me! I'm a true autumn, my essences are dramatic and romantic - and I do see your descriptions fit perfectly with what I look best in! ❤️
I look my best when my hair is in its natural brown color with soft highlights - and with my curls I look best with a half up-half down style!

[gilliankirby]

I think it would be helpful to see celebrities with different essences and haircuts that did & didn't work for them. Also with hair colour & season too.

[rosita]

I have greyish hair— it’s white at front, black at bottom back. And pepper through the rest. Plus, it’s curly, making for an interesting look. So yeah, I own it.

[vil]

Love your natural colour! It’s still light but in a way that makes you shine

[RachelMellema]

"Look at this top! I look awesome" Girl I can't wait to have confidence like that hahaha

[byssabyss]

I have naturally medium auburn hair, but am a dark winter. It definitely flatters my skin, and looks good with dark winter coloues, which actually make it look richer and more red. Just a reminder that the natural hair colours that work for a season are different than what will work when done with synthetic dye. Dye pigments can be tweaked, by working with undertones and toners, though. But it would really take someone with an advanced knowledge of colour theory to succcessfuly approximate the look of, say, a natural dark winter auburn on a dark winter with naturally dark brown hair.

[kaitlincrane_]

I would agree with this 100%!! I think I have Natural, Gamine and Ingenue. I hit all of those key words with my latest haircut and I kid you not- I have not had that many compliments in my LIFE lol. Someone said, “It suits your personality!” And I just about went to heaven 😂😂 Also does anyone else feel their essences match their personality? Just me? Okay haha

[sandimcdougall]

I too am a soft summer, gamine & love that I will use your hair color & the word wispy when I see my stylist next week!

[dannyalvarez]

I kid you not when I say this is the video I've been waiting for

[crimsontrace]

I’ll start by saying how much I appreciate the effort and passion you put into your content, and being part of your group has been incredibly insightful for me. That said, I wanted to share some feedback on this video, as it touches on a broader concern I’ve noticed across some of your content.

While the advice in this video is helpful in many ways, I feel it leaned heavily toward Caucasian-centric examples and assumptions about hair. Most of the examples and imagery you’ve included featured Caucasian women and the circular thumbnails of hair colours went with blow-dried, flowy, straight hair, which is often presented as the “default” in these types of discussions. For women with textured, coily, or protective hairstyles, or those who don’t show their hair for religious reasons, the conversation is much more nuanced. These women often face societal biases and increased labour to meet certain beauty standards, which wasn’t addressed in the video.

This isn’t the first time I’ve noticed a pattern. Many of your celebrity style analyses also tend to feature predominantly white women, even though there’s a wealth of non-white women who would offer amazing examples of style and essence exploration. While I understand this may not be intentional, it’s noticeable for those of us forced to navigate the world without the benefit of being anywhere near the defaults.

Additionally, the seasonal rules around hair colours in this video felt limiting. For example, the idea that winters must have dark hair is a more old-fashioned approach. Modern colour analysis has shown that hair, skin, and eyes don’t always fit these rigid patterns. Francesca Cairns, a colour analyst I’ve followed, has demonstrated this beautifully, showing how someone like Simone Biles, with dark skin and hair, can be a summer. She frequently highlights how seasons aren’t determined solely by traditional colour stereotypes, and I think that kind of perspective would add a lot of depth to your content.

I know you encourage us to explore and challenge our inherent biases in areas like body composition and essence, and I’d love to see that same lens applied here. If the goal is to cater to all women, this could be a great opportunity to expand the perspectives and examples you include, spending the time to research how such women have to move through the world, ensuring the advice really does consider all women.

I offer this feedback as someone who truly admires your work and believes in its potential to be even more impactful.

[myssangela]

Ok editing advice here: the list of essences-adjectives in the video should have been said much slower and the words should have stayed longer on screen. I didn't even understand it was an actual list until halfthrough it, they were going so fast I thought it was like a premise for an actual list. You gotta give people time to process what you're saying and let the words leave an imprint on the viewers' mind 😊

I noticed you tend to speak a bit fast in general when listing stuff and to keep words on screen for a short time, maybe you're really fast and it's fine for you but on average words need a longer time to be actually processed by the brain and stick 😊😊 I think it would benefit you a lot

[CristalHernandez]

You have STRONG ingenue Essence. Wavy layers and face framing that accentuate your eyes or land close to your eyes. 👌🏻 Straightish hair does not suit you and youre def cool toned. That recent video you made "gifts theyll actually like or use" with wavy light chocolate hair😯 FLOORED looked soo good.

[marshatolbert]

I ordered your book 📖! Can’t wait to read it.

[LorraineHick]

Your blonde hair was very light, and there was little contrast with your face. I enjoyed watching your eyes pop as your darker hair came in.
But lately, I've been finding the greater amount of contrast between your hair/clothes and your face too harsh for you. I don’t whether you'd actually darkened your hair, but something felt off.

My immediate reaction to seeing you in this video was, "Look at her eyes!" If this is you trying Soft Summer, massive thumbs up! Whatever you've done with your hair in this one, keep doing it! And the top is stunning!

[levieve]

My two primary essences are gamine and classic. I definitely have noticed that I struggle to find haircuts that balance tousled vs. neat. Too tousled and I look like a mess, to neat and I look constrained. I need ideas. I know it would also help if I figured out my third essence. I think it might be ingenue?