Do you have a hidden yang essence?
Why it’s somewhat rare to have no significant amount of Dramatic, Natural, or Gamine. Bone structure, jawlines, and skulls.
Style essences and the meaning of life?
Are the style essences a hidden roadmap for living your best life? How they symbolize work, play, compassion, spirituality, love, duty, and balancing it all.
The surprising face type these iconic Disney villains all share
Five of the most famous female villains all share the same dominant style essence. Surprisingly it’s not Dramatic.
Why there aren’t “masculine” and “feminine” style essences, part 2: a rigorous experiment
Using Face Recognition to discover if Brad Pitt looks like Brad Pitt and other revelations.
Why scientific research can’t determine beauty: the appeal to popularity fallacy
Scientific research on beauty isn’t necessarily much more objective than People Magazine’s Most Beautiful list. Both confuse the most popular faces for the most beautiful.
How we inherit our style types—and how our genes can help us find our essences
Your style type is coded in your DNA.
Why I don’t use the terms “masculine” and “feminine” to define the style essences
The terms don’t help us figure out who’s who in Heidi Klum’s marriage.