This explains so much why my natural hair colour is so unflattering on me. My skin is warm and delicate with some pink thrown in, and my natural hair colour is a moisy brown colour that is cool toned without much red at all. Super ashy. It can look great on others, but I warm up my hair and it makes such a difference!
@iremersmusic
2 жыл бұрын
I’m sure your natural color looks good on you though. I’ve never seen a single person that looked bad with their natural hair color.
@euphrasiepolly5575
2 жыл бұрын
Irem Ersan not really. Every hair colour is beautiful, but sometimes your natural hair colour can look good but not the best tor you.
@GreenSnapShot
3 жыл бұрын
This is random but I appreciate how clearly you speak as someone who struggles with English ❤️
@MetalNettle
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I'm so glad you made the distinction between red/green and overall warmth or coolness! I feel so validated as a cool and delicate strawberry blonde/copper head with pale green skin haha. Every foundation ever is either too pink or too orange, usually I have to get the lightest cool shade and mix it 50/50 with a green colour corrector. I've watched all of your videos and I think the red/green balance in relation to the yellow/blue is something you could go more into, I'd love to watch it. It feels way more logical and nuanced than just olive or not olive.
@SueRosalie
3 жыл бұрын
you can combine box hair colours to get the shade you want, e.g if one is too light and the next one is too dark if it's the same product . For example I mix 8.1 with 9.1 half and half to get the right in between shade that matches my natural colour.
@diffsiuhgr4578
3 жыл бұрын
i'm an Olive Warm and Delicate with Rosacea, i just don't know how to act
@elektraeriseros
3 жыл бұрын
I'm loving the chaos this sentence exudes 👌🏾
@kcherre2164
3 жыл бұрын
Oh damn I feel you
@lamondeenntiere5046
3 жыл бұрын
exactly the same😖
@hotkebab3317
3 жыл бұрын
Omg same (still not sure if i am a delicate warm or cold) but olive with rosacea is confusion
@monix373
3 жыл бұрын
Haha same here! Go for colors at the top right quadrant. :)
@Rainbowdust74
3 жыл бұрын
I never thought about bone structure having anything to do with hair color, but I see your point. In the late '80 and early '90s, I'd see a girl with a jet black bob from time to time, and she'd look absolutely amazing. These girls generally had very angular features however. I could never quite achieve the same result myself. I think I might have more of a beveled bone structure, though. My natural hair color seems to look more put together on me than does artificial color, though highlights look fairly okay.
@SaadetOZTRK
3 жыл бұрын
MERRRIIAAM I missed you so much, welcome back to your throne Queen!
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
omg you're so funny! I missed you guys too I was just thinking that. It's nice to hear from long term subscribers again.
@gigglegrl7405
3 жыл бұрын
You look stunning when you pull your hair behind your ears.
@abhaya_ananth
3 жыл бұрын
I wish I had Merriam as a personal stylist! Her inputs make so much sense
@defunct5728
3 жыл бұрын
Merriam used my photo! This is the most exciting thing that happened to me all year 😆
@sheri6089
Жыл бұрын
Usually, I don't prefer your hairstyle, but it looks really good on you! Lucky! Shows how pretty you are!
@galatheal
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a pale olive, warm and delicate, and I finally understand why ashy brown hair colors look better on me than reddish browns! It's the green!
@lisahilton9616
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting yet will need to listen a few times to fully grasp. LOVE your hairstyle and cut. Beautiful style.
@zufaanek
3 жыл бұрын
Great advice! This explains a lot to me. I’m very neutral in my natural colouring maybe slightly warm. My natural hair is a light brown with bronze tones to it but very gentle. I never knew what that colour was I think it was definitely on the red side not the green. Possibly cooler red type: I can get away with many hair colours as long as they’re not too light , too dark , too cool or too warm. Again I have to stay close to neutral middle ground but I struggle as I find it too boring....
@tjae1580
3 жыл бұрын
Your hair looks lovely and luscious and shiny✨
@dariaG90
3 жыл бұрын
So glad to see you back, Merriam! You look awesome in this video!
@eli4shawt
3 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite channel like this because no one else goes deep enough into this stuff!!! Nobody else seems to understand exactly what kind of conversations I want to have. Can we talk about maybe how to strategically contrast the temperature of your hair color to your skin. Like for example sometimes I see these women who look absolutely beautiful with their cool skin and golden blonde hair and I wonder if it has to do with bringing out the natural pink and red in their skin, almost like their natural blush in a way. Or what kind of positive, useful effects we can get out of using the 'wrong colors' for our hair.
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Elijah, it's so good to see you around here again!
@eli4shawt
3 жыл бұрын
@@merriamstyle yes elle fanning is exactly who I was thinking of I agree!!
@starminoui
3 жыл бұрын
I thought I was warm olive but one of my best hair looks was when I had red-violet balayage with my dark brown hair 🤣
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
yes, it's possible you're not olive.
@starminoui
3 жыл бұрын
@@merriamstyle I noticed I only appear olive when I’m at my palest. If a warm and delicate is very pale they would notice the blue in their skin more, so maybe that’s what I saw? Maybe I’m a cool and delicate and I’ve been wrong this whole time lol!
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
@@starminoui sounds like you're super close to neutral, and it is harder to see cool/warm with lighter skin tones sometimes because less pigment = less for the eye to see in general if you're just looking at the skin (but draping is more obvious on less pigmented people). anyway sounds like you're close to neutral, I can't say from just one photo, you don't look obviously warm and delicate to me in your photo, very hard to say since so close to neutral! if peach vs pink doesn't tell you much, also check with olive green (warm) vs emerald green (cool). look for your skin being more even toned. sometimes people like when their skin looks yellower with warmer colors but they don't notice it also looks less even toned. you can see that happening to my skin in my draping video.
@ladybluelotus
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! This is definitely solves more than a few mysteries.
@maepicnic2460
2 жыл бұрын
I could cry…thank you for the advice..
@ready4reiki
Жыл бұрын
I’m have a hard time figuring out if I’m warm red or warm green? Can you do a video with photos of warm red and green and cool red and green and warm red and cool red and cool green and warm green? Things like that so we have comparison? This is a great video and something I didn’t think about.
@rivkaruthgolan
3 жыл бұрын
I was trying on wigs and was amazed that strawberry blonde was the best color for my warm and delicate coloring.
@theweirdsider
3 жыл бұрын
I feel like I'm never going to be put together because my face is always overrun with acne and scarring. It's so deeply depressing. Nothing looks right on me because I just don't look right. I always leave these videos with nothing figured out and extremely hurt feelings. (Not because of the content creators, but because of the state my skin is constantly in lol.)
@Laura-vs6fs
3 жыл бұрын
I understand you. I have acne for almost 10 years now and it was actually okay, when I was in puberty as it did not leave scars and I visited a dermatologist and a cosmetician working with her. The past 5 years, my acne switched to adult acne and it left so many scars and switched from the t zone to mostly my cheeks, jaw and chin, so yeah. I also have rosacea, so I never have a clear complexion, even when my acne calms down for a few days as my scars and redness are always there. My skin is also very yellow and pale, I am probably a light olive, but I just think I am actually too yellow for that, and the redness just stands out even more against it. I hope one day I can find a great dermatologist and have enough money to get treatments done that help scarring as microblading etc
@di3486
3 жыл бұрын
This is such a fascinating topic. I am a light-medium (I think warm and delicate) that can pull off cool and delicate colors. VERY olive undertoned but my brown hair has more red than green in it. Maybe it’s time for a new hair color🤔
@DrHihi
2 жыл бұрын
hey can you help me? I have medium brown hair with golden highlights and medium brown eyes green outline with that I think I have a warm undertone but I have the clear skin I think I have a sub-cold tone (silver me is better than gold / royal blue suits me better than the yellow mustard everything going cold color me better) I do not know if I can be of cold tone with warm hair and eyes?😊
@salbil5511
3 жыл бұрын
Great video with great looks! Thank you Merriam 💕💕🙏
@mildziute
3 жыл бұрын
thank you, this explains why I look good in mango yellow, but bad in lime yellow even though I am cool and bright, but my skin is also pretty red :)
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
yay! mango yellow is what I'd call your reach color.
@mildziute
3 жыл бұрын
@@merriamstyle you are so right:)
@heyderbeebee
Жыл бұрын
I notice most olive skin celebrities have very dark hair, other than Jessica Alba (who looks gorgeous with dark hair but likes to be medium blonde). Even highlights/balayage look sort of cheap and weird on them. The other best hair colours were not caramel/red toned, just neutral very light blonde.
@CocolimeFitness
2 жыл бұрын
This was exactly what I was looking for thank you.
@jo4731
Ай бұрын
Hi Merriam.. firstly you look absolutely stunning in this video - hair colour, make-up and your background are all so harmonious... I'm pretty comfortable with my style and colours but I'm all at sea about my hair. I'm 54 so my hair is very grey these days (when I was young I had very dark hair and eyes and pale skin but these days seem to have lighter eyes, slightly yellower skin) and I have no idea what colour my hair should be (I'm not ready to go grey yet). Do you do a hair colour typing? XX
@roselienchen9886
Жыл бұрын
Awesome Video! Clear to understand! Great job
@pinesnarl9537
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a redhead with cool skin tone & this was super helpful for me 🙂
@rak3151
3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this video very much. I think I’m missing some finer points that may be clarified with pictures of celebs matching your examples. Keep up your fantastic work!
@NEChristo
3 жыл бұрын
Would really appreciate another video to further explain the red green balance..it is confusing.
@aestheticslifeandstyle190
3 жыл бұрын
YOUR HAIR COLOR IS EXACTLY WHAT I AM AIMING FOR! CAN YOU PLEASE LIST WHAT COLORS ARE USED ON YOUR GORGEOUS LOCKS? BTW.. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
aw thank you!! it's just my natural hair color. :o
@aliyaabdalijjh1999
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! You've Alot Of Research On This Type Of Knowledge What I Always Wanted To KNOW About...😊 Also I Admire You're New Look🤩👍👍👍👍👍
@lovefaith1856
2 жыл бұрын
What color hair is the girl on the right in thumbnail photo with the bangs? It looks like a light ashy brown and I love the color
@adrianan7543
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your amazing content. I have rosacea and it is very difficult for me to determine the best colors for my overall skin and my hair. Could you provide any tips for my situation? Thank you.
@katiej823
3 жыл бұрын
I think I’m a light warm olive, and I look great in Burgundy red/purple and dark brown/black hair. Like, dark wine red and plum purple, but also since I’m delicate, dusty lilac looks great. Got a bunch of compliments when my purple hair faded, lol. Also look good in peach. Is this an olive trait? Or nah. I’m also a Soft Dramatic with more rounded facial features than a typical SD. It’s confusing! Lol
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
sounds like warm and delicate! and looking good in peach is a warm and delicate thing especially if you're olive (if you're peachy toned you could look good in peach as cool and delicate but that's why we test orange magenta first, and only test pink vs peach after if needed, a totally different story!).
@jessicagp
Жыл бұрын
Game changer! Thank you❤
@nataliemarie4325
3 жыл бұрын
You look especially vibrant and beautiful! xoxo
@--Valentina-
3 жыл бұрын
I really like your color videos--but I emailed you two weeks ago with two questions before booking a color consult and I never heard back from you.
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry about missing your email! I get such a large volume of emails, that I sometimes must take to going through only my list of booked consults and answering those only. I just can't answer every email I get but I wish I could. I had two Valentinas email me in the past month, so I responded to both just now--one of them must be you so you should see a response from me now!!
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
I just saw a few hours ago that both of the emails i wrote were drafts and I didn't send, and I sent them earlier. hope you received a response and one of those Valentinas was you!
@--Valentina-
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Merriam. I'll pass on the color consult for now, but I wanted you to know I'm a subscriber, I hope you keep posting color videos (you're the best KZitemr in this area imo), and I keep recommending your channel to people. 😊
@ashleyvargas2477
3 жыл бұрын
This was great, I would love to see more examples of this on people
@LuluBowenTarot
3 жыл бұрын
A little confused. If I have very cool under skin tone and skin tone and some redness in my face am I a) avoiding the red/cool (blue) axis or b) I'm aiming for the red/cool (blue) axis colour tones?
@speranzai
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, you look warm to me
@Tink713
3 жыл бұрын
What doing when my hair, eyebrows and lashes natural different colors has? My lashes are black, eyebrows are reddish brown, hair is blonde. I'm a rounded type.
@MsMagicWordS
Жыл бұрын
Hi, i want to get a color consultation but my hair and brows are dyed darker that my natural colours will that affect my results?
@angrytrees7519
3 жыл бұрын
So my natural hair color could be clashing with my skin and features?
@1989leaxy
3 жыл бұрын
You want to know what haircolor you look best in? Your own! 😁
@1989leaxy
3 жыл бұрын
@@damvsv9452 yes. Only my ends have a little bit of blondish grown out pieces but i don't think it shows in the pic
@1989leaxy
3 жыл бұрын
@@damvsv9452 :) that sounds like it would look good on you.. why don't you give it a try! Life is too short to wonder.. if you want to be carefull, don't do a permanent color, instead something that washes out over time or just do like a balayage.. just not all the hair. I hope you will be happy with the end result 😉
@kajeyugen4946
3 жыл бұрын
Hi What colours would you recommend for warm radiant tone (medium to light skin)? For cloths Thank you in advance
@alycallaghan58
3 жыл бұрын
Really happy to not see the "check your veins test" here. I have purple, blue and green veins like a lot of people so using that tests doesn't work for many people.
@theirregularlearner6458
3 жыл бұрын
can I be cool, delicate, olive and look amazing in red (like the more orange color on the far right), hair ?
@florist7743
3 жыл бұрын
You are so pretty! I just found your channel
@hathor9777
3 жыл бұрын
I found my perfect color, but its non existent in store bought hair color. I love blackberry hair. Its a cool black with cool berry red undertones. It really brings out the radiance in my skin and looks great on me. Unfortunately, no one makes it anymore.. Only black in the store has blue undertones, and blue-black makes me look too washed out and sickly. So, now I have to go to Salon every time I want my hair colored. Probably better for my hair in the long run, but not easy on my pocketbook if I just want a quick pick me up between appts to cover greys. Ughh.
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
that sounds like my new favorite color! my two favorite colors are black and burgundy, so adding those together makes your hair color!
@chantelle9988
3 жыл бұрын
I found this very interesting and have watched a few times over again. I am still a little confused...I have natural ash level 6 hair but a lot of pinkness in my skin, so if ash is green and my skin is pink/red what does that mean? Should my hair color have more red to harmonize with my skin? My natural shade has been growing out with grey mixed in too and it doesn't feel quite right. The last hair color I had was quite gold and was just okay not great. I colored it recently with a shade that made my base natural color warmer and blended it to the lighter color, but it's still not quite right. I think I am a warm toned but closer to neutral, what some call soft autumn so warmer tones in clothing looks good but not too warm and not too dark. I haven't seen anyone speaking about this before and I would love to hear this repeated and enlarged upon.
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
how about a warm strawberry blonde or warm auburn? if your skin has pinks or reds to it, something strawberry/auburn would be lovely. even an ashy strawberry blonde might actually work really well because if your natural hair color is ashy, and being so close to neutral like you're saying, it's very easy to go 'too warm' which is more risky than going too cool. so when in doubt, lean cooler (like if you're thinking a warm auburn might be too warm or too rich, better to go for a cooler one and be too cool than too warm).
@chantelle9988
3 жыл бұрын
@@merriamstyle Thanks for your response!
@missme3331
2 жыл бұрын
too low...please raise volume when recording
@burgermister7580
3 жыл бұрын
Important advice
@gaia1577
3 жыл бұрын
Hey. I really enjoy your videos! Still u am very confused about my kibbe type. Are you okay with me sending you photos for consult?
@micheleshertenlieb4856
3 жыл бұрын
Hi again. Question..a couple years back you typed me warm and delicate since then I have darkened my hair from heavily highlighted to a medium brown which brings my contrast up to a medium now and I like it. However, I can never find the right color or tone of brown for my hair. Everything brown i have tried looks blah on me. I am not sure if i need my ash or more warm.. What color or tone would you suggest for warm delicate skin with green eyes? Ty in advance😁
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Michele good to hear from you!
@micheleshertenlieb4856
3 жыл бұрын
@@merriamstyle ty❤
@doubletrouble9441
3 жыл бұрын
Can you talk about idea that height is decisive in body geometry where that comes from I disagree with that fact and I follow your sistem ♡
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
Height is not decisive in body geometry. it only correlates with vertical line, but in theory, if you were seven feet tall and you had a huge head, you could still have a short vertical line. it just doesn't tend to usually happen.
@worldofcricket18
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice 👌👌
@jormon8504
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Dear, I will sughest to put subtitles in your videos, I can barely hear you and must read the comments below to can have an idea of what you've been saying. Also deaf people will love to have acces to this information too. Thanks for your work. Im natural read head (a pretty dark hair colour,like medium brown with red , trough years the red it s vanishing a bit and turning more cooper. I feel like Im losing "bright and fire" hhahaha. Im pale but olive for sure, not sure if cool or warm, or maybe neutral? my veins are blue/blue green and purple. My eyes are deep brown with red/cooper undertones. When I was young, often dyed my hair on dark brown and looked very natural, but now getting old, I fear I will look even older. Do you have any advice for to choose a new colour for my hair or for give some "life" to my natural hair colour?
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry about the volume!
@nunyabizz3518
3 жыл бұрын
Having trouble hearing you, dear
@crowe5130
3 жыл бұрын
What is your hair color?
@yours5396
3 жыл бұрын
I have suppperrrr pale skin with pink undertones, I want to pull off cool tone colors like blue or purple but I only look good with warm tones or ash tones ): i also have a weird face shape so I'm limited with haircut options too 🥺
@Adri-yc3tb
3 жыл бұрын
Every time i want to change something in me, whether it be my wardrobe, my hair color, or to simply understand my body a bit better, I start a marathon on your channel. Seriously, your channel has such a gold premium content that its one of the best of KZitem. Thank you so much for every single video you made because it help us understand ourselves for what we are, instead of us comparing to others that have a totally different body type, hair color or color season and become upset by that. I noticed that you stopped uploading videos as before, I hope everything is alright, we seriously miss you!
@ave_rie
3 жыл бұрын
Finally! An explanation why I dislike warm reddish brown on my warm yellow olive skin. 🙂 I find slightly ashy browns look more natural and harmonious to me than the warm reddish browns often declared as "perfect" hair colors for olive folks by fashipn magazines. I find that the warmth and the redness emphasized the yellow of my skin - it's not that I hate the color of my skin, I just prefer NOT to look like I have jaundice. 🤣 This also explains why muted vomit blonde, as I call it, looks good on some of my college classmates but looks comical on others. Great info! I wish hair stylists knew this as well. A lot of the ones near me dont give much of an advice or ecplanation about color choices. Instead they just open a book of swatches and lets the client go crazy lol. So many washed out and jaundice faces in our city. Tsk
@patrician3821
3 жыл бұрын
Me too! After falling into the reddish brown trap for pale olive girl several times I decided to only die my hair ashy brown. It is actually just a tad lighter than what my natural color was. I was afraid of my little rebellion but I like what I see now. I don’t feel so ARTIFICIAL in the wrong way. I also look super weird in angular modern styles and kept trying my hair. Maybe I found it by accident but I am happy someone who studies the subject recognizes the problem and gives me a explanation that makes sense. Just like the “I can be olive and cool” and “I can be Italian/ portuguese brunette and be cool”. I spent years trying to be golden😁. And every time I bought a yellow, orange, warm brown piece of clothe it remained forever intact in my ( full of dark green, blues and pinks) closet until I passed it to someone else. Your videos are refreshing because I see different things, like this red/green axis I had never heard about. It is very interesting, thank you, I will keep coming back to learn more!
@cinderling5472
3 жыл бұрын
Ha, jaundiced! Loved your descriptive comment. Another warm olive girl who cannot wear red hair checking in :)
@patrician3821
3 жыл бұрын
@@cinderling5472 hahaha Jaundiced is the perfect expression. Pale, yellow greenish. We, green people, must unite!
@SueRosalie
3 жыл бұрын
you may not actually have warm yellow olive skin. Olive skin can be either warm or cool toned. In fact most women who suit "winter" colour type have dark hair and olive skin. Do you suit black, white, clear tones, true red, violet, etc. and look terrible in camel, medium browns and muddy autumn colours?
@ave_rie
3 жыл бұрын
@@SueRosalie Hi! 🙂 could you please explain further? I also thought I may not be warm yellow olive when I watched the video showing Gemma Chan but upon watching Merriam's video on warm and delicate, I related more to Mila Kunis but I'm a tad more yellow green. Still not 100% sure which olive type I am but I can see that I fit in better with the warm delicate olive description. I'm still learning so I'd love to read your thoughts on that 😊
@NEChristo
3 жыл бұрын
Would you explain the green/red balance more please, I don’t really understand it.
@amnbvcxz8650
6 ай бұрын
I understood it fully
@itsmidtrib1569
3 жыл бұрын
This is way too complicated to understand. I wish you had pictures for every example
@monicaemmorey2093
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed! I love the info and am very interested but I would like some visuals. 😄
@katitadeb
3 жыл бұрын
The 2:59 graphic is enough to understand tho I guess not everyone has the eye for seeing and understanding color balances. That's why professional stylists exist, it's their job telling people how do they look and what's most flattering.
@xakirax_8864
3 жыл бұрын
@@katitadeb How are we supposed to take advice if we don't understand it ???
@Do2494
3 жыл бұрын
Check Aly Art's latest video, she talked about the colours with more graphs and explains a little more
@elvillivle
3 жыл бұрын
Experiment or leave it to the professionals.
@blu3j00Ls
3 жыл бұрын
Next step: find a hairstylist that actually listens or know what i need 🤔
@tinybarabo
3 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch your video, I have the feeling you cracked the code! It’s totally spot on!! Finally the olive tone is translated into hair too. I wish this video was out good 10 years ago when I decided to go “natural” red which looked utterly horrible on me 😅😅
@DillyBlue
3 жыл бұрын
Just my observation, but when it comes to unnatural hair colours, I think pastels are often the better choice for rounded types; and for bevelled types, just a streak, or an ombre or balayage that bleeds into the natural hair colour, often works better than an all-over solid colour.
@kuramacabre
3 жыл бұрын
I am planning precisely to buy a sage green wig for several reasons: 1. Green is the best color ever, no discussion. 2. I am a rounded type, so lighter colors with low contrast look better on me. 3. I am also cool and delicate with pink (red) hue, not a single olive spot on me. 4. Green is just the best. 💚✨
@@kuramacabre I’m a soft natural watching this because I’m currently fantasizing about forest green hair (will I ever get it? Who knows, it took me 6 years to get the courage to get a bob but I feel I’m getting better with my over carefulness). My undertones are warm and muted but I think I’m also quite red - or am I, because I never feel like a can put on too much blush. Perhaps the green would help with that, playing off the redness in my skin...ahh, I don’t know. This is my long way of saying, I’ll probably get a wig as well. Green is a scary color, but just like you said, it’s beautiful, and it’s such a vibe.
@kuramacabre
3 жыл бұрын
@@kristinamitrova5210 I would suggest ombre effect on naturals, you really can pull it off. As for the shade, emerald green is all the way, on the other side of the spectrum. Maybe a more muted emerald green.
@kristinamitrova5210
3 жыл бұрын
What you suggested is really along my thoughts of what I would do...that was kind of reassuring, thanks for that :D
@conymalses3151
3 жыл бұрын
You look so beautiful❤
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
aw thank you!
@ave_rie
3 жыл бұрын
Could you also do an eyeshadow and blush color choices video? Some colors tend to age me but some make me look better even if the placement, amount, and tyoe of product is the same. The color is just off sometimes. Happens with blush too. The general advice is muted warm pink or peach blush for warm olive folks. It's very difficult to find such blush that has the right saturation/value. I always either find that blushes typically do not have thia brightening effect or those that are too ashy for my skin. But in some fashion editorial photoshoots, the blush can actually make a person look more awake and bright. Very subtle but I notice it. Can we ever wear muted warm lavender? Is there such a color? Do you notice that too? I'm curious sbout your opinion. Thanks!
@patrician3821
3 жыл бұрын
Once more I agree! We olive people suffer a lot, warm or cool. It is hard to be olive and pale and cool ( and have rosacea that people takes for pink but is only a skin disease). Try to find a blush that doesn’t look completely separated from your face! I admit defeat. I walk around looking like a green ghost because make up is always wrong and a waste of money for me.
@narcissa6581
3 жыл бұрын
Im the palest olive can get i think (im practically the colour of Casper) and i am also a cool and delicate and i agree! Its soooo hard to find colours that are flattering on me 😔
@jansmith3613
3 жыл бұрын
Nature took care of lightening my hair for me. I'm now totally Grey/silver/white haired. However, I actually like it and think the color suits me. With hair loss I wear wigs most of the time and so I have stopped buying them in my natural dark brown/red and gone to my new natural. :) If you wonder what colors suit you and if/when things open up a bit; you can try on wigs to actually see different colors and styles on you.
@1010divajap
3 жыл бұрын
Same here. Alopecia. I am a dark brunette who is wearing blonde, not too cool, not too warm. I took my various wigs (around 12 of them in different blonde shades) to a local salon and paid for the head hair color expert to tell me which colors were best and why. Yes, it cost me $80, but it saves me money in the long run. I like your idea and would love to see that myself on youtube. Have you tried Palm springs blonde by Jon renau or 10/613gr by Henry Margu? My best color I found out is 12FS8 in the Jon Renau, but since you are silver now, those blondes above are blonde but not far from silver.
@kbear6863
3 жыл бұрын
Makes sense, I realise green in my hair is really important. My natural hair is very mousey light brown, dark dirty blonde
@DarylBaboulisGyscek
3 жыл бұрын
It would be amazing to see a redness-in-skin graph like the hair one! Super helpful as usual!
@larissad.9629
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. It would be awesome if you make a video about olive skin hair colors. I'm olive warm and delicated, my natural hair is a cool dark brown which makes me look kinda washed out and sick.
@jeannedarc9222
3 жыл бұрын
Your hair color looks so good tho🤩
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
thank you! my hair naturally doesn't have reds in it because my skin also doesn't have reds in it. the red-green balance in general tends to be similar in a person's hair vs skin but don't quote me it's not like I ran statistics!
@sooyoungfanclub
3 жыл бұрын
i’m somewhat of an olive (although very pale) and a few years ago i attempted to go ginger because i was so mesmerized by people who could pull it off, unfortunately it looked very strange on me and i had to return to my slightly greenish brown hair
@leona5543
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I had a similar experience. The red made me look ill.. something was off
@sooyoungfanclub
3 жыл бұрын
@@leona5543 yeah exactly the same with me. i thought it would maybe work out, because i thought red and green together would make each other pop, but i looked like i was sick... i guess you can’t treat skin the same way you would treat colors on an outfit
@saranox7319
3 жыл бұрын
Same, it washed me out like crazy.
@MuchomorekStudio
3 жыл бұрын
Do you have green undertones or red ? I am super strange :D : also pale (but can tan super quickly), warm, dark brown eyes+ orange freckles , however I think I have green undertones.Weirdly, I look good with rich chocolate brown, bad with ginger, now I am trying golden brown... I am lost too :D I`ve never been ashy brown though.
@saranox7319
3 жыл бұрын
@@MuchomorekStudio for me I tan to a golden brown tan but in winter when pale I look rather ill. My eyes are grey/green with some brown/yellow specks but they definitely got lighter. My haircolor is a dark blonde/light brown with golden shimmer in the sun. (Hate the shimmer) I am a soft autumn I guess? Colors too warm wash me out. Maybe I would be a deeper autumn if I dye my hair darker, but oh well.
@clairekurdelak2913
3 жыл бұрын
My goodness, it looks like you styled your hair, makeup etc in a Natural/ Beveled way today! That looks great great on you! Have you changed your interpretation of your lines?
@clairekurdelak2913
3 жыл бұрын
@Guada Wilkinson I also follow Aly- in what video did she say she is SN? I have been waiting for her to tell us what she now thinks is her kibbe type!
@rockstarkate78
3 жыл бұрын
I haven't watched one of your videos for awhile and wow! I love the new camera and lighting. Makes a huge difference :)
@everything5066
3 жыл бұрын
I always wondered what green-red contrast is .
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
yes, it's a way to create contrast! For example, for me, since I'm high value contrast, a cool burgundy is perfect because it creates contrast with the green in my skin but it's still cool (mimicking my value contrast). Since a shirt is not a hair color, we don't have to consider whether or not it looks natural.
@everything5066
3 жыл бұрын
@@merriamstyle omg tysm I have a similar skin tone to you (also cool and delicate) and i just tried the color and looks so good . Honestly you set me free from the seasons bs , i apperciate your work💖
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
@@everything5066 aw yaaay! I'm so happy to hear that.
@ginadelfina5887
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for acknowledging that some warm-toned people can still handle cool tones. I really love the systematic, clear way you explain things in your videos, with lots of visual examples. After watching several of your videos, I realize that I am warm-toned. When I was younger, I for some reason thought that I should stay away from "hot" colors, or any bright or dark colors at all, simply because I am light-skinned. (Despite studying art for years, I never thought of analyzing my own skin tone.) When I got older & began developing my own style & becoming more adventurous, I realized I was very drawn to warm tones. I now understand why. But I also love to wear deep greenish-blue shades, and do look good in those, too, possibly because I have blue eyes. I wonder what role do you think eye color plays, if any?
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
the eyes definitely play a role and someone who's warm will look better in blue if they have blue eyes than if they don't! also teal blues and teal greens, as well as 'warm purples' look wonderful on warm and delicate because the colors harmonize nicely with their skin, but the skin itself might be a little less glowy since those are still cool colors. but still, i call my system artistic license because if you know the effects different colors have, you can use your 'artistic license' to go for the look you want.
@noway8445
3 жыл бұрын
If warm light colors look good on you, then cool dark colors will compliment you the best. AND,... If cool light colors look better on you, then warm dark colors should work best. The levels of dark and light work in hand with finding your best tonalities. A neutral complexion can wear either combination but usually in muted tones. Use this formula for clothing, makeup, and most importantly for haircolor selection. Try to avoid warm dark with warm light. Also, try to avoid cool dark combined with cool light. Hold up a swatch of warm dark and cool light in one hand and a swatch of cool dark and warm light in the other hand,... look in the mirror and the choice will be obvious. If it is not obvious then you are neutral. I paint realistic portraits with oil paint and my pallet rarely has any brown or tan on it. I use red, yellow, and blue to show the light source temperature and shadows. Try an ashy blonde with warm lowlights. Or maybe a golden beige blonde with deeper ashy root. Red haired people are also light red or dark red. Look to the eyes color compliment for the best combo. Blue eyes typically look great with copper red tones, green eyes look great in true reds, brown and hazel or warm skin red heads usually look great in brown reds or red-violet. Great video subject!
@janitapanos240
3 жыл бұрын
I love how you describe it as “your signature hair colour”.
@amnbvcxz8650
6 ай бұрын
I’ve actually came to similar realisations observing which hair colours look in which ways on different skin tones! You’re the only person who talks about this
@zl7046
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for all the amazing videos Merriam, they have helped me so much in expressing myself. 💕
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
aw yay!!
@cutienerdgirl
3 жыл бұрын
You're GORGEOUS! I've said this before under another video of yours, but this hairstyle suits you so well. The medium length slightly waved hair with side bangs.💗
@sarahali683
3 жыл бұрын
That sudden hair change at 0:41 tho, keep your hair off the face looks much better than way!!
@andrijanaadamovic5545
Жыл бұрын
I am cool toned with frackles, and pink tone, i have grey eyes and dark blond hair but i want to try something different, new. What do you recommend? P. S. Love the video and your voice
@lexiemedina8215
3 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video of hair colors for warm and delicate people...like should I make sure there is grey undertones? Also could you be warm if you look good in baby blue?
@katerinapetrova24
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I’ve alllways wanted red hair like a natural auburn colour. I think I’m a warm and delicate olive and a mixed type. My hair is a medium golden brown and I’m pretty pale. I was thinking of going a more muted and soft auburn but now learning that I have more green I’m not sure that it would be as convincing, but maybe being a mixed type I can pull it off?
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
I think you could pull it off as a Mixed type. Try a muted/soft warm auburn because the auburn will already contrast with your olive skin so it'll create interest in your look as a Mixed type. This would work specifically because you're Mixed.
@katerinapetrova24
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@raylin2057
3 жыл бұрын
This video is genius. 🤔 I should give you my photos to help others look pretty insted of doing what I did by dying my hair gold lol 😭 it's all fun and games until you look bad in gold.
@Maja161
3 жыл бұрын
And what is your skin tone?
@Bianca-nb7by
3 жыл бұрын
In terms of highlights, what would you consider to be the most flattering for someone who is cool and delicate? In the past when I’ve had my hair highlighted at the hairdressers I usually end up with golden highlights on my naturally brunette hair but am now curious if there might be a more flattering option? Highlights seem to make my face look brighter and almost mimics how my hair was naturally in the summer when I was a child which is why I think I’m so drawn to it.
@merriamstyle
3 жыл бұрын
maybe ash blonde if you don't have a ton of pinks to your skin. otherwise strawberry blonde. yes, stay away from golden highlights as cool and delicate!
@Bianca-nb7by
3 жыл бұрын
@@merriamstyle Thank you so much for your reply Merriam! I do have some redness to my skin even though I have olive undertones. I’ve not considered strawberry blonde highlights before but now I’m curious :) I think that even though I love the colour emerald on me and am almost certain that I’m Cool and Muted that I might be close to neutral as golden highlights don’t look terrible on me?
@ooppii1
3 жыл бұрын
How do I know if i have more red or green to my skin? 🤔
@qwertzuiop7578
3 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same!
@starburst9053
3 жыл бұрын
If you have a pinkishness to your skin, you have more red....I think lol
@hjumper9743
3 жыл бұрын
What about a coppery color on someone with warm olive skin?
@Nepparinen
3 жыл бұрын
I am warm toned and a brunette. I have always wondered why I don't really like a "warm" brown on my hair but now I understand that it has been the red-green balance thing. I think that there is this common misconception that all warm toned people suit reddish/orange hair. I actually dyed my hair that way when I was a teenager. I don't really have any red on my skin so the reddish brown always looks a bit fake. Therefore I have lately asked my hairdresser to dye my hair "neutral" brown, not red but not cool. Makes so much sense why I have felt this way and I think I have colored my hair just right without really knowing why I prefer it this way.
@ririimari
3 жыл бұрын
GREEN WARM for me. Light olive skin.
@nancybrewer5871
3 жыл бұрын
Hi there, I'm subscribed to your channel and really like your videos. Unfortunately in many of them your voice is so soft or the volume in recording the video is so low that it's impossible to hear what you are saying. This is really frustrating as I'd love to hear the content.Nope,I'm not hard of hearing and and I have the volume all the way up! I don't have this problem with other channels. Could you please check into it. What I can hear is fascinating and we'll done. Thank you!
@rdpcl
3 жыл бұрын
This is interesting. I seem to be Warm, Soft and Olive with dark brown hair, and since my hair pulls very orange when I bleach it, I thought that reddish tones were better for me than ashy ones. I've been doing light henna applications for years and it left my hair with a reddish tint which I didn't mind, but recently noticed it looked artificial. A month ago I got a "hair botox" treatment and as a side effect it masked/took away the reddish tint making the brown more neutral and I got tons of compliments.
@maidende8280
3 жыл бұрын
I’m super cool toned but my hair pulls very red when bleached too. I have lots of pink & blue in my skin , but no yellow, so I’m kind of mixed in that regard. What’s Hair Botox?
@rdpcl
3 жыл бұрын
@@maidende8280It's a treatment similar to Brazilian keratin straightening, but it doesn't straighten, only takes care of the frizz. People with dyed hair are advised that their color may change a bit.
@maidende8280
3 жыл бұрын
@@rdpcl oh wow. And it’s called hair Botox? My hair is super fine so prone to frizz, though better since I stopped dyeing it. Does it dry out the hair or moisturize it? I need more shine, as my hair is so dry naturally. It doesn’t straighten the hair at all?
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