How does Hairline & Cranial Top affect Hairstyles? 

Now I understand why I love my sunglasses pushed on top of my head, a look that is hard to replicate any other way. It adds volume and hides my crown height. I used to cut super-short layers into my own hair because I couldn’t get stylists to understand why I wanted that. I didn’t understand either until now. I just knew it looked better.

This is gold 🙌 Now it makes sense why I look like a balding man when my hair doesn’t have enough volume in the roots. (Square forehead+low cranial top). I literally look like 2 different people. It’s even worse if my sides are super tight too, like those tight low buns. You are right! NO ONE else is talking about this stuff.

Can your next topic be about asymmetrical faces and how to balance it out with hair and makeup

Your Client looks so great with the new hair style!

Finally! Something tangible to explain my long-standing intuition! I've always noticed that I just couldn't do certain hairstyles that looked so beautiful on others. Even if I replicated them exactly, they never looked good on me because they always created a much different shape. I've always intuitively blamed my head shape/hairline but it was too vague and abstract to be able to pinpoint the cause exactly. But now I have an actual concrete explanation for this occurrence! It makes me sad that this means I'll just never be able to accomplish certain looks no matter how well they're executed, but at least I know definitively where that line is drawn and why!

Holy smokes. Your recommendation for your clients haircut TRANSFORMED her. MAGIC!

I almost got surgery to create more balance, but after finding out that Marilyn Monroe and Kim both changed their hairline with Electrolsis I also did that and laser and I have to say, my face is way more balanced and feminine making my jaw appear smaller. I always had a two head, now I finally have a forehead

A tip I have: Bumpits help you achieve the high cranial top!!! Hats, bumpits, etc has helped me a lot!!!!

Omg this is why I look good with a high bun/high pony tail, even though I have a longish face!

Thank you! This is something I once discovered myself - I have a low cranial top, so the hairstyles that suit other girls do not always suit me. Then I began to make a small wave above my forehead and this immediately refreshed my image. I wish I knew this before.

I love the pixie cut on your client! She looks very elegant :)

As a hairdresser your channel is a great resource of morphology analysis for my clients 💘 keep up the great content!

Her pixie cut looked so good!

I'm not certain how you showed up in my RU-vid feed, but I sure am grateful! This particular video verified why I prefer wearing my hair the way I do and why it makes me look younger. I have a flat cranial and a high hairline though my face is average in length and width. I've worn bangs for most other past 30 years and my hair always looks better with some height on top. Thank you for the advice. I appreciate you, Jenn.

This was so helpful! I have the same length on my upper third and middle third (smaller lower third), but I always feel like my forehead looks big- but it's because I have a small cranial top! I had no idea and this is so good to know for me styling my hair. I always thought I favored lots of volume and a 90's style blow out, and now I know why.

We all seem to agree that the subject matter is awesome. You have educated us for sure but I also want to compliment that the content is well thought out, the graphics are spot on, as well as your voice is well modulated and pleasant. I noticed the length of the video was perfect with the speed and rhythm being just right to be able to take in the information. I like your conciseness and the fact that the video is not to wordy. It is as if you said, to us the audience, I respect your time. I’d say you are a natural born teacher. Congratulations on an overall phenomenal video! ❤

Ok you client is actually really stunning I love her transformation

A lot of middle part people end up having the lower third of their face look wider because hair draping over the upper and middle third of face creates and upside down triangle. Especially with curtain bangs.

I’d love a video on the M/ widows peak. I have a very messy hairline, 2C wave, small head and short cranial top, although pretty well balanced in each third. Finding a hairstyle is exhausting.

Love the unique ways you cover beauty.✨🌸✨ That pixi cut looks so great on your client!👏🏻🥳

This was so helpful! I have never encountered this type of information and this makes so much sense! Thank you!

Always impressed with your detailed analysis!

Love the Pixie cut with curtain bangs on your client.

Girl, this hit differently ... So helpful and timely! Thank you!

Well, I'm pretty sure that I just learned more from this one video than I did from all four years of high school! This was exceptionally informative, well explained and generously helpful! Subscribed, and looking forward to diving into your channel! Thank you, Jenn!

Well done! Great explanation that is often overlooked!!

Thank you for using Kim as an example because I also had the same experience where I was younger I had a lower hairline than when I’ve aged older, so that was very helpful! Thanks!

Love it. Thank you for your efforts, Jenn.

Hi Jen, this video just might've saved me!! I've known that I have a square face, but I had no idea I have a low cranial top and a square hairline as well! I've just kind of given up and got accustomed to the "fact" that "my forehead is huge and my hair looks like it's thinning at the temples"... I'm in my 30 and I've always felt like my face looks ugly and disproportionate. But now I have the words for it and can look for better styling 😭❤️ THANK YOU!

This has been so helpful and this is the first video I've watched of yours! I'll definitely check out your other videos. I know you said that you can't provide advice on specifically which hairstyles work given that everyone's face is different, but is it possible to have another video on suggestions on how to balance out proportions in the middle or bottom section of someone's face?

Mind blowing. I’m going to be experimenting with some hair looks tomorrow...

yep, low cranial top is also one of the reasons why I need volume in my hair. too bad it can't be naturally big and fluffy 😅😂

I see myself in this video. I have horizontal balance, but a broader forehead, prominent nose, and a low cranial top! i always knew that hairstyles seemed to look better with some lift at the roots and occipital area. Getting my hairdresser to work with me on cutting for volume in those areas is another issue. Thanks for more good advice.

Can you do a video on hairstyle recommendations for low cranial top?

I have always wanted to improve how my hair looks and this channel is what I needed ❤❤❤

Wow, this video is amazing! 😮🔥 So much new information 🙌🏻

Another informative video. Thank you sooo much . I love your channel

I finally understand why I like myself with a bit of volume on the top of my hair. I thought it was my forehead but it’s a low cranial top!

moooore on lower cranial top..pleeeaase! thanks for this video, it was so helpful!

You are a brilliant wizard! I can't tell you how many different hair stylists I've been to over the decades who just have zero understanding of, or even ability to see proportions! And walking out of pretty much every salon I've ever been to, looking like Mr Ed or Secretariat because i have a long mid-face, as well as a small, sloped forehead... as well as the curse of an almost non-existent "cranial top" And unfortunately with limp (and now wispy, thinning 😭) hair and an angled forehead making mid face even more prominent, most days I end look like I styled my hair with a melting snowball. I swear, on those rare days where the stars align and the Gods are smiling on me, my hair has a bit of oompf in juuuust the right places to change the shape of my cranium and I easily look 10 times more attractive! Any of my favourite photos of myself, it's the hair resting juuuuust the right way and it COMPLETELY alters the shape of my face. And everyone always says, "That doesn't even look like you!" (Gee, thanks. Shut up) You are the first genius I've ever encountered who understands it so well and have explained it so well for all of us! All Hail Jenn the Geometry Genius!!! When I tell hairstylists that it's all about the geometry, they think I'm bananas. I even got pulled over by the police once for a minor infraction on what I refer to as a "good face day" (which means my hair is poofed in just the right spots to make my head shaped well to perfectly balance and enhance my facial features) and the officer gave me a very hard time because he didn't believe it was actually me in the license photo because the photo was me with my everyday flat and narrow cranial top with extremely long mid face making me look horsey, or like I've got my face up close to the peephole in your door for the fisheye lens effect 😆 and looked nothing like this stunning goddess standing before him who had just made an illegal turn! I've actually been considering traveling abroad to get a cranial implant recently because aging is lengthening the mid face even more and those elusive "good face days" are becoming increasingly rare but i KNOW there has to be some kind of hair styling sorcery that could at least result in a better look a little more often at least! You have given me hope. Three cheers for Jenn The Geometry Genius!! 🎉

I’ve always gotten side bangs because they looked good on me and I didn’t know why, I have the same face shape as olivia so it makes so much sense now! This video is so informative, thank you! Gonna binge watch the rest of your videos now lol

Thank you soooo much for making this vid!

Thank you for the knowledge that you give.

This is really enlightening. I can't believe what an amazing different this hairline and cranial top affects what looks best in terms of side part or middle part etc. Your examples are really good too. I like watching your videos.

this really explains why i only like how i look when my hair is fully voluminous. Interesting stuff :)

Such an interesting topic!

I have a long face with slightly more length on my lowest third, and a low cranial top. I find I always need volume on top (despite the longer face) and on the side (to counter the longer face) so basically volume everywhere 😂

Things I never thought of were mentioned here. I will watch more

This is so interesting! I now have words to describe observations I made over 20 years ago. I recall trying to explain my meaning when I said I liked my coworker's sort-of vertical hair parting. I could tell she thought I was a bit weird! But I have such a low cranial thingy myself...I couldn't help noticing. Also, I have never seen Olivia Cooke before but she's SO pretty with that short, side-parting bob.

This is such an interesting video! I actually just went and measured my horizontal proportions 😂 basically all 3 sections of my face are pretty balanced, with the top third being slightly longer and the middle and bottom third virtually equal. Am someone who is hopeless at styling my hair plus i want my hair off my face haha. So my go-to hairstyle (if it can even be called a hairstyle!) is a slicked back ponytail 😄😄 However i have noticed that this classic look doesn't make me look polished and sleek like it does on others, but kind of bald 😬 especially in photos! The reason being a very low cranial top! Alternatively, if i just leave my hair loose (i let it fall in my natural part which is slightly assymetrical - think this looks better on me than a dead centre or deep side part) i look MUCH better and the effect is very noticeable in pics too. Btw, i remember styling my hair once in awhile with a sleek bun/ ponytail and deep side part as is shown in 8:45 back in the day! Looking back at my pics from that era - VERY unflattering look 😂😂

I was told by beauty operator once that a high cranial top on women is more attractive to men and in general. I've got to agree especially having a very flat long skull and long facial features, I'm constantly trying to "bump" the top from just behind my hairline back. This offsets the prominant pitch and bend of bridge of my nose, in profile. Itsa lotta work

I love your videos! They’re so informative and I learn quite a lot! It’s super easy to follow along! 🙏 Which hairstyles do you recommend for black/biracial women with low cranial tops and curly hair? Specifically type 3 hair textures? We have a lot of volume but we require different approaches than straight hairstyles (although I will be saving these tips for when I straighten my hair) Thank you!! xxxx

this is seriously some kind of magic, how did I never notice that. I have a super short distance visually from my hairline to the top of my head, like I have a sorta "flat" head I guess? and unless I have some layers and bangs to fluff it up in the top, my face starts to look so round and heavy on the bottom. Now I know why! gonna go sign myself up for an overdue haircut, time to get the bixie

So cool!! I always wear a side part 😅 I have a small crown, a wide hairline, my forehead is smaller than my nose and mouth that are seemingly the same size 😅 idk what to do with myself so I just wear a bun 🤣

Waiting for the high cranial top video! I have a high cranial top and round hairline, with a shorter forehead compared to my middle and lower thirds. But I don't like to fully show off my forehead, Idk why! 😬Logically I should open it up to balance off my cheekbones but I feel like I look worse with slicked back or super tight buns, even worse than with bangs!

You answered questions I didn't know I had 😅😂❤❤❤

Very interesting for me, as my hairline and crown is extremely similar to Olivia's

Interesting. Thanks!

I think I heard Kim used to have a widow's peak and later regretted removing that. She said it was a unique feature and she could have looked more ethnic

i´m liking all your videos! thank you so much for explaining so good. I hope I can have a consultation with you soon, cuz I am a singer from mexico and I really think I need some personal styling advise. Also I´d like to share with you that years ago I was in a profound quest for Knowing myself in a spiritual or energetical level. Now I am swimming in all these videos of superficial image but I am fascinated about it. So maybe you can make a video about this. About how get in touch with your natural features can honor your existence as a body in this world. something like that haha. love, Aldonza

Thank you so much ❤

If you have a big forehead and a small cranial top you can 1.add a lil of volume to the hair, 2.style some curls 3.try side bangs 4.contour the face

Since I discovered that I have a low cranial top along with a small-ish sloped forehead (the top of my head basically does not have any curve at all), I've been wearing only deep voluminous side parts. I've never gotten so many compliments in my life! Seriously, thanks!

You have great instincts and advice! Kim kardashian has changed so much over the years, she used to look like a cute woman and now she barely looks human…

Super great video!! you explain everything so well. I was wondering what would you say for a high cranial top, smaller forehead, but very long lower third. what would you suggest for parting and/or bang style.

what to do if you have a low cranial top? Sorry if you've already answered this question, just discovered your channel and loving it !

Hi Jenn, can you please consider doing a video on what to do if you have a short neck?

What about how to manage a front cowlick, which hairstyle to have?

Thank you so much. I wonder if there are any tricks to add volume to top of our head? I discovered that using head bands, especially the ones with a knot in the middle really helps.

I have an extremely low cranial top, big forehead and neck on the shorter side, but i never had a name for the cranial top bit until i came across this video. I’m so insecure about it, and even though this video was enlightening, my hair type (4b/c, the complete opposite of straight) is hard to manipulate into anything that would look flattering whilst elongating the top of my head, so i ademantly avoid low ponytails, buns, cornrows or thin hairstyles (basically anything that would emphasise the top of my head) I wish somebody with my head and hair type would come up with a natural style that suits me, but until then, scarf wraps and protective styles are my go to - i just rely on face card to get me through since my hair can’t do much lmao Absolutely not your fault though lol, you can only do your best. Thanks for this video!

Very useful thank you. I now understand why a blunt fringe (British name for bangs) doesn't suit me and what works better

Kim should have a middle part with shorter length haircut like shoulder or collarbone length

Can you make a video on how to balance a long middle third?

Hi Jen, I have the same face shape as you (oval), so I think it is flattering to part our hair a little lower than how you are wearing now so you can give it more balance, just saying.

I need a stylist! I never know what to do with my hair.

I have a high forehead which is completely rounded and very prominent. and a low cranial top. I also ruined my hairline a bit by having them in extremely tight pony tails for YEARS. Got over torturing my head with that just a year or two ago and I keep my hair in low ponytails or braid them at all times now, i will never do a High pony tail ever in my life! My head is literally traumatized 🤧 don't know what my highschool and middle school self was thinking. Looks like the best option for me to add volume would be to get bangs, though I'm not sure which sort of bangs.. curtain bangs? I've gotten bangs before and they're so annoying! But Looks like getting bangs will be the best choice for me to add volume to my hair, as well as widen my face from the sides because i also have a long face. Uff, tough descision to make! Thanks for your videos! I'm so grateful that you're providing this information for free! I can't believe you have ONLY 19k subscribers??? That's NOT RIGHT.

Really great work. Do have advice for a female with thinning head & a receding hair line 🙏🎉

Yes i have low cranial top

This is quite fascinating. I can look at the photos and see which one is more flattering, but would not know why without your explanation. Jenn, is there a name for this particular discipline of facial analysis? Also, it explains why I look better with some volume at the top of my head...not crown specifically, as I wear it off my face, but immediately from the top of my forehead all the way to the top of my head. I guess I kind of still like big hair. ;-D

A middle part doesn’t work that well for me because my nose is a little asymmetrical from being hit in the nose twice when I was in elementary school-once by a basketball and once by a bully who hit me im the face with his satchel full of books. To complicate matters, I have a cowlick in my hairline and a high forehead. I part my hair at the side, at the exact spot where the cowlick is, which thankfully isn’t too far over. That’s all I can do because anytime I get bangs, they look like they’re cut crooked because of the cowlick, and they emphasize my nose, which isn’t small.

Can your next topic be about visual weight or facial gender?

Liked and subscribed

Can you do a video on chin and jawline? I for example have a protruding chin and I really have no idea how to make it less prominent/visible 😅

i have a triangular shaped forehead but not as narrow as selmas. although u recommended, i find a middle part makes forehead look longer brcause the sides are at an angle and the center of “triangle” is at the peak. i hate my hairline! lol

How do you check different hypothetical scenarios on face???

You didnt give examples of short/low forehead. 😢 i was hoping to see that

im self-conscious of my forehead and how wide my checks are, I try to part/frame my hair to make it look smaller, so that i'll have illusion of having an oval face

It’s also her actual head shape that makes those styles unflattering or a bit awkward, not just her hairline

Kims face was cuter with the original hairline. Could you do rihanna

The curtain bangs don’t suit her face. Her eyes are already vivid, her forehead shape is lovely and she looks better with the hair off of her face or skimming the sides of it. I’d go with pixie cut but with hair pulled back/ up, bob or shoulder length blunt cut.

God, now I know why my hair always looks so awkward on me!! I've ALWAYS had the feeling something was off, since I was a teen. I've always felt very self-conscious about my hair and cried many times about how weird it looks, and no one really got what I was talking about. I have a very round face and a low cranial top + the back of my head is flat (rip). For horizontal balance, the lower third is slightly longer than the middle third and lower third, which are the same length. I've tried so many things, and all of them didn't fit me. I'm growing out my hair, but the only style that looks good on me is a ponytail! I'm thinking about a bob, perhaps. This is so frustrating 😭

I hate my cranial shape. It's small, sloped back and to add to it my hairline looks originally to what Rita Hayworth's hairline was before she got it removed with electrolysis. Any tips for waxing a hairline to balance out the face proportions?

Where is your tank top from? So cute!!

Kim has a men's hair line

my hair line is UP there so my cranial top is very very teeny tiny (like 1cm - 0,39inches - from a front-view) and then my top part is the longest part of my face (with middle being the smaller one and bottom is like in-between) Guess I gotta try for more volume (also thinking about getting curtain bangs) hmmm a lot of decisions to make lol

Hi, Jenn! Which haircuts would best suit an oval shaped face with a longer lower third and a rounded forehead?

Pls suggest a hairstyle if someone has almost equal proportions but low cranial top

Took me 50 years to realize the importance of the hairline shape. It makes the difference between an oval face or a squarish face. It’s all in the hairline and a bit in the jawline but if your hairline is m shaped, you won’t have an oval shape face.

Do you have any suggestions for a woman with sparse hair on the top of the head by the forehead but thick hair on the sides/back? It isn't getting any thinner but it is so embarrassing... Should I just do medium length and wear it up all the time? I always look like I am in the process of balding so I have to wash my hair almost every single day to not feel embarrassed about my hair :(

Do you have any hair styling tips for a prominent widows peak?