- Hey guys and welcome back to my channel.
My name's Thomas if you're brand new here,
and I make style and hair-related videos
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Welcome to today's video.
We're gonna be judging my subscribers' hair.
Now, I know the title and the image,
everything was calculated.
It was a little bit of click bait.
I'm not gonna be judging people on here,
I'm just gonna be giving my judgments
on what people ask me and what I see in the images.
So, what gave me this idea?
I have a Facebook group called Hairstyles in Action,
and we get lots of good ideas come through there,
and somebody put in there, you should do a video
where you judge your subscribers' hair,
and I thought that was actually
a really great idea, because when I create content,
I always try to go from an engaging perspective,
an informative perspective, and an open perspective,
so I thought I could tick all three of those points
by, A, engaging directly with you guys
with content that you've sent me,
and also, I can inform you by letting you ask a question
and I can answer it right here in real time.
Well, it's not in real time, but like,
you get what I mean.
The idea is you guys have submitted the content
and you're included in this conversation as well.
Now, I put, like, a call-out on Facebook,
on the YouTube community, everywhere,
just saying hey guys, if you wanna be
featured in my next video or in
one of my upcoming videos,
just submit your pictures to the link,
and so many of you did.
There was probably about 160 entries come through,
and I was almost dying of overwhelm
because there was so many to choose from.
And not only that, I liked so many of the hairstyles
and I was like, how the fuck am I gonna pick this?
So, if I go back to being informative,
I actually ended up picking ones that have questions,
because I feel like I could review the hair,
give someone a shoutout, but also give some feedback
for anybody else in the community,
because yeah, I feel like that's really important.
I really, really, really did actually enjoy
sitting down and seeing your faces.
There's something about that that's like, I don't know,
'cause usually it's Kim and I filming the videos,
and I don't really get to see you guys a lot,
like actually see your faces, so to have entries
come in from you directly to me,
it's just like, it's a really weird experience.
So yeah, and I didn't know how long
this video was gonna go for,
so I just picked seven out of the 160.
Now, I just have no idea how long it's gonna go.
I'm very keen to do more of this
if you guys like it.
But yeah, it's just a bit of trial and error,
and I've picked seven lucky ducks.
I did like a lot of your entries,
and thank you so much to everyone who did enter.
I'll be keeping all of them on file
in case we do more of these videos.
But without further ado, let's get into it,
because I'm excited.
Okay, so the first submission is from Franklin.
So, Franklin asked a question,
and before we show his hair, his question was
"I've been growing out an undercut
"and don't know whether or not
"I should cut the back shorter
"to get even with the top.
"Do you think I should?"
Now, when I looked at his images,
so I'll look here at image one,
we'll click that one first.
So, this is image one here.
You can see he's taking a picture of
the back of his head with his phone in the mirror.
It's quite trippy, actually.
Go Franklin.
I can see what you mean here, Franklin.
Like, your hair on top is actually shorter than
the hair at the bottom,
and let's have a look at image two now as well.
So, if we look at image two here,
yes, I can see that that layer,
your top hair is shorter,
it's not matching up with the bottom,
and I think you should keep growing it like that,
because I'll tell you why.
If you get everything cut to the same length,
it makes your head very triangle.
Like, if you make every hair
on top of your head the same length,
it actually doesn't match up at all.
Like, it's terrible.
You're better off getting it layered.
So, I've just been to the hairdresser
to get my hair trimmed up by Josh,
and he actually made these layers in the back
a lot shorter so that my bottom hair
looked a lot longer.
So what you've actually naturally got going on here
seems to be perfect.
All you need to do is get it to the length you want,
and then you go to the hairdresser and get it layered up
so it evens out a lot more.
I really hope that answers your question.
And another thing I wanted to mention about
your hair as well is I really like
the mousey brown colour.
I'm so jealous of people with lighter hair.
I think it's because I've always had such
really, really dark hair, and my hair's so brittle
I can't really dye it because,
on top of it naturally being brittle,
when I dye it, it gets even more brittle,
and it just doesn't work,
so I'm kinda envious of people with lighter hair,
especially the mousey brown, blonds,
like, fuck you all.
The next subscriber whose hair we're judging
is from Nate Matias, I think that's
how you say it, Nate Matias.
Nate also didn't give me his Instagram handle,
so that's a shame, but here's my favourite image from Nate.
I love this hair so much.
So, apart from the fact that
I really like Jay Alvarrez's hair,
and Nate's hair looks very similar to it,
this is why I chose this one,
I just thought the look was really cool.
I love the white sweater, I love the crazy curls
and the surfy look.
It's really cool.
Again, envious 'cause I've never had it.
But if we look at Nate's question,
Nate has actually asked,
"What are the best products to keep your hair moisturised
"during the colder time of the year?"
And I went, when I was looking at this first image,
my favourite one, I was like, that hair looks
quite moisturised and healthy already.
But if we look at image two and three,
we can actually see the hair is a little bit dry.
Now, to keep this moisturised in colder weather,
you're gonna need something a little bit more heavy duty.
I always, always, always use leave-in conditioner,
but the next thing that I found up from that,
especially for curly, coarse hair like this,
is Jane Carter solution.
So, it's like a shea butter.
You can actually, it's moisturiser
that you can use on your hair,
you can use it on your skin,
but you've gotta be very careful with it,
because if you use too much, it looks greasy.
But if you use the right amount, it looks perfect.
And I think something like Jane Carter Solution
would be a really good fix for you.
It enhances curl, it moisturises the hair really well,
and it lasts for a long time as well.
Like, leave-in conditioner will usually buzz off
after 24 hours, but Jane Carter Solution,
you put it in, and then you can go like
three days without needing to add any more moisture to it.
So, I would get on that.
I might leave a link in the description box for you.
But that's my best advice for keeping
particularly what I'm seeing here moisturised,
because yeah, it does look a little bit dry,
and if you bleach it, that's probably
the real reason why it looks dry.
Like, a Q&A that I just did before, like,
I think maybe a month ago now,
when I did the Q&A, my hair looked
very greasy on camera.
In real life, when I was actually filming that video,
I thought it actually looked fine,
but that's the trick.
Like, with Jane Carter Solution,
just a little bit too much, fuck.
Out of pure fear of getting this name wrong,
the next submission is from.
I'd try and say the name, but I don't wanna be offensive,
do you know what I mean?
And that might be more offensive, me not saying it.
I'm gonna try and say it, hold on.
Anubhav, okay?
Anubhav, I think that's how you say it.
Okay, and if I got it wrong, I'm so sorry.
So, this is Anubhav's hair.
So, this is my favourite image from him,
his side profile with his low man bun.
I don't know what it is about this one,
but I think it looks just really, really cool.
The hair looks well-moisturized,
the bun placement is really nice,
and for the first time ever, I actually think
the werewolf bits on this man bun look good.
Like, the werewolf bits that sit down the back.
Like, mine are pretty overgrown right now.
I cannot stand these pieces on me,
but in this image, I don't know,
there was something about the whole side profile
that I really liked, and the werewolf pieces
kinda looked good with this,
and the bun in general, it looks nice and full,
and I think it's a really good job.
So, that is my favourite image that Anubhab sent.
So, if we have a look at image two,
he's rocking his Batman shirt.
I like that, I like a little superhero stuff.
The curls look nice and moisturised in this.
The bottom right here, I can't really tell
because it's a photo,
whether that's a little bit over-greased
or if that's just 'cause it's wet
with a bit of product in it.
For the most part though, I really like
the curl pattern of this guy's hair.
And if we look at image three as well, like,
the curl pattern, it just looks cool and crazy,
like that real crazy bob length.
Really, really a big fan of it.
And I just wish, in this image,
the hair was a little bit clearer,
just so we could really have a look at
how shiny and moisturised they were.
But for the most part, I think it's,
I think that this is cool hair,
and I really love your bun, that's awesome.
Nice job.
So, Anubhav's question was, "After shampooing my hair,
"my hair becomes a curly, unmanageable mess.
"Any tips or products I can use to tame my mane?"
Great question, because I do get that as well.
After I wash my hair, I get this really poof,
it's like, I call it the poof.
I get really bushy hair, and the way I counteract that
is by using a hard hold product.
It'll usually be a mixture of my leave-in conditioner,
and then also one of the BluMaan products.
So, the two that I've gravitated towards the most are
Hybrid Cream Clay and Monarch Matte Paste,
particularly because they give
such a good texturizing feel,
and I call them a grouper.
They group the hairs together,
which is really what you need when you've washed your hair
and it's all big and bushy.
It's because the hair's so clean and,
it goes like that.
You need something to bring it all back in
and group all those curls back together.
So, I really recommend a product like that,
along with leave-in conditioner
to keep that moisture and, yeah,
make it really nice and beautiful.
So, if you haven't tried any of those BluMaan products,
you don't necessarily have to use BluMaan ones,
but Monarch Matte Paste and the Hybrid Cream Clay,
both really two good contenders for grouping hair together
and taming that shampooed poof.
So, I hope that answers your question,
and let's move onto the next one.
So, the next one is from Mylo Hoy.
I really like that name, Mylo.
Can we insert a tin of Milo here?
That stuff's yum.
Hello, Mylo, thank you so much for doing a submission.
Mylo's Instagram handle for anybody
that wants to go check him out is mylohoy999,
and let's go and have a look at
my favourite image from Mylo.
Ah, yes, I really, really liked Mylo's buns
because he's got the lowered undercut.
Now, when I looked at the first image,
I just saw his really long hair,
and then when I saw the third one,
I was like, ah, cool, he's got that lowered undercut.
So, you guys know, when I started growing my hair out,
I was really obsessed with this particular hairstyle,
and since I've grown all my hair out,
I've decided that I wanted to keep it,
but I still really admired that look,
and the reason I chose Mylo's was because,
A, the undercut was really cool,
but also, he's got really long hair,
so if we go and have a look at image two,
we can actually see Mylo's hair is
really similar length to mine,
like it's down to his collarbone.
Usually, most of these entries that came in,
they were all like Nate and Anubhav,
like they have more of the mid-length bobby sort of hair,
but Mylo's hair is actually a lot longer.
It looks like it's even longer than mine.
So, it's cool, he's got really long hair
with the lowered undercut, and I just really dig the look.
For Mylo, when we look at image number three,
I'm just looking at the wave in his hair here.
Now, the top of it looks pretty cool,
but then, as we get down further into the wave,
they kind of go a little bit like this,
and my one tip that I would've had for you, Mylo,
would be maybe try, again, something like Monarch Paste
to give that a little bit more texture.
That's what I think you're lacking in there a bit.
I feel so critical.
You might be perfectly happy with how it looks,
but this is just like, for me, looking at it,
like if I go oh, what would I do with this hair,
that's probably the number one thing I would do
is look for texturizing products
to give you more definition in the hair.
Just try that out if you want.
That's just my recommendations.
Mylo also did ask me a question,
and it's not hair-related.
So, his question was,
"Would you ever visit Northern Ireland?
"Not 100% sure if my photos came through,
"but if I get picked," how would you get picked
without a photo?
Like, come on.
Would I ever go to Northern Ireland?
I have, I think I've been to Northern Ireland before.
I was very young, I was probably about 14,
and my dad took us on a Euro trip,
so we went around to Northern Ireland, Ireland,
England, Spain, France, all those places.
So, I have been there, but to be honest, like,
it doesn't stand out on my list of, like, yes,
Northern Ireland is the next place I'm going!
But when I did visit, it was very gorgeous.
Very green.
So, the next one is from Sreenoj,
another really tough one for me to say, I'm really sorry.
Sreenoj's IG is ramsreenoj or Sreenoj.
I don't know if you pronounce the J or not.
So, this is my favourite image from him.
The reason I like this one is
I cannot believe how freaking full this guy's hair is.
Like, look at it and look at those curls.
They just look so tight, they look so full, so thick,
and it's just amazing hair.
Before we move onto the other two pictures, though,
let's look at his question,
because his question was "I'm having dry,
"curly, and fuzzy hair.
"I need more tips and suggest me something for wet look."
Okay, so once I read that question,
I was kinda like, okay, let's have
a real good look at this hair and see what we got,
'cause the first image, or my favourite image,
like that one's cool, I really, really like the look of it,
but as we look at the other two images as well,
this is like Nate as well,
we can see that dryness, that fuzziness.
And my number one tip specifically for you
is try a keratin treatment.
This, guys, like look at these two pictures,
images two or three, this hair,
this particular hair right here
is ideal for a keratin treatment.
This is the exact type that you wanna do,
because those cuticles,
like especially looking in number three and number two,
you can see that extra fuzz happening,
and what a keratin treatment does is
it shuts those cuticles so that fuzz doesn't happen.
Like, even with my hair right now,
my hair is like this, except it's just
not as thick and full.
But look at my hair right now,
after having a keratin treatment.
Look at that shine.
And all the fuzz, it just pisses off.
And this type of hair is the epitome of hair
that needs a keratin treatment.
All right, moving onto the next one.
So, this one is from Grey Lund.
Grey Lund's IG account is gray_ashleigh.
So, this is my favourite image from Grey Lund.
The reason why, again, look,
we're looking at a lowered undercut,
but this is a different one.
This one's specifically just around the neckline.
I really like this one too.
There's something about it.
There was a trainer that I had when I was at Zone,
his name was Archie, and he had that
in the back of his hair as well.
It looks freaking cool, actually,
and this might actually be
a really good thing to try out
just to test the waters with the lowered undercut,
because if you get it cut, you're not really
missing too much hair, so.
You've given me an idea.
But anyway, I really dig this look.
I love the shape it's given your head,
and I think it looks really trendy.
Let's look at his other pictures.
Okay, so if we look at image number two,
this is Gray's front-on image.
So, another bob length.
I've noticed so many of you are at this bob stage,
like it's just up to about here, which is cool.
And actually, I'm wondering, like,
are you guys growing it longer?
What's the deal with it?
The reason I liked Gray's hair, again,
was A, the length, the colour looks cool,
the curl pattern looks nice as well,
and specifically, like, the winner chicken dinner here
was that undercut.
I just thought it looked so groovy,
and you're giving me ideas, man.
So, if we go and look at image three,
this is him lying on a bench with it dangling over
so we can really see that length.
The curl pattern looks nice.
This photo does look like the hair's
a little bit greasy though.
Have you been using a bit too much
Jane Carter Solution as well?
Naw, I'm just kidding, but honestly,
you could look really good in real life,
and then in the photo it looks so greasy.
But I just, when I looked at this,
it just looked a little bit greasier than the other two.
It looks like in the other two photos,
your hair's quite naturally moisturised,
so yeah, this third image, I don't know if
it's the shine or whatever, but just curious.
Gray's question to me was do you have
any tattoos or do you plan on getting any?
Ooh, okay, no, I don't have any tattoos,
and here's the reason.
So, I just, I don't know if I have commitment issues.
No, I do not have commitment issues at all.
Like, I'm committed to lots of things.
I just think with tattoos, they are
such a permanent thing,
and if you can just take a tattoo off
and put it back on like with clothes,
I'd probably be all for it,
but because it's so permanent, I don't know,
and I'm a real art fan as well,
so I might go and get a big pirate ship
with a kraken taking it down on my bicep,
but then I might go, aw, but maybe a sparrow
would look really good there.
I'm just really indecisive like that,
and not having the ability to customise
really makes me feel a little bit restricted,
so if I were to get a tattoo,
it would have to be something with
a very, very solid meaning,
and yeah, I don't have any right now.
All right, and the final one that we have for today
is from Emil Gabriel Schrauber.
I think that's how you say that.
Again, another one, I just can't get it.
We've actually got a very big variety of people in here.
We've got some people with shorter hair,
some people with bobs, darker hair, lighter hair.
I tried to include a good amount of people.
So, if we go and have a look at Emil's photos,
so this is my favourite image.
I think because, out of all the images that you submitted,
I could just see your face properly,
and I don't know, this one looks like
it's got the most character in it.
But when we go and have a look at image two and image three,
we can see you are rocking a man bun,
it's like a tiny little man bun there.
Looks cool.
And you've also got another one
with your hair out in front of your face with the fringe.
If we go to Emil's question, Emil said,
"Do you have any tips to look
"as masculine as possible with long hair?
"'Cause I already look pretty feminine and that sucks.
"I'm 18 years old, but I wanna get long hair anyway,
"so do you have any tips for me?"
Emil, I do have some tips for you.
So, just upon review here,
I can see that you've got quite a baby face,
and it shows, like, you're 18,
and I guess at 18 years old,
you're not really expected to have this full beard.
So, in these images that you provided,
like, you've got a very pixie cut hairstyle,
and a pixie cut hairstyle is usually worn by girls.
Now, with a baby face and a pixie cut,
it's gonna be a mix-match for that,
and on top of that, you do have really light features,
so light eyes, light eyebrows,
so it's kind of the opposite of
a masculine look so far.
And even the colour.
So, the colour of your hair as well,
it all ties in together to give you your look.
Now, if you've got a baby face,
what you kinda wanna do is focus on
what you can do to sort of enhance
the masculine look of that.
So, my first recommendation would be
to maybe darken your features,
like your eyebrows a little bit.
You could potentially even try darkening your hair,
because this light hair colour as well,
with your light features, it's all very light,
and there's no darkness in there, there's no boldness.
If you're trying to inject a bit of masculinity in there,
I'd try maybe darkening everything,
like all of the features.
And perhaps consider getting some shaven sides,
like an undercut, and maybe growing the top long.
I know that you want long hair.
However, when you consider all your different features,
like being 18 years old with no facial hair,
shaven sides might be the best thing for you right now
until later on.
I'm just trying to think in terms of
how you could sort of solve this problem,
because what I'm seeing here is the light features,
the sort of pixie cut, and the light hair,
they're things that will accentuate the feminine look,
so I know it might not be what you want,
but if you really want that masculine look more so,
you've just kinda gotta weigh up your options,
and yeah, kind of go from it.
You don't need to take my advice,
but that's what I've got for ya.
All right, and that's it.
That's me making my judgements on my subscribers' hair.
How did I do for my first time?
That was actually a little bit nerve-wracking,
because I knew when I went through and picked them,
I was like, oh, I like this about that one,
I like this about that one,
but actually coming and saying it, like,
it actually is a little bit awkward to,
I don't know, like give my opinion directly to people.
Do you know, like, when I sit here
and talk in my own thought, it's very easy,
but when I know that there's gonna be
someone else on the other end of the camera
taking in this information,
I just felt like I didn't wanna be too horrible,
but look, the idea of this isn't to judge people
and bring them down, it's actually to bring them up
and give them my feedback on what I am seeing.
So, it's all in love, not judgement , okay?
Like, I just wanted to make you guys
feel as good as you can, and the real purpose of this
was to just get a little bit more inclusive
with what's going on, and allow us to see our faces.
Like, these guys are you.
Like, that's actually you guys watching these videos,
and to me, being able to see that is just
so rewarding and so cool that
I actually have a network like this.
It allows me to put faces to names
and really know that what I'm doing
is having an impact on people.
So, that's the really big message here,
and I'd love to do so much more with this stuff.
The more ways I can engage with you, the better.
So, amen.
Thank you so much for the submissions.
I'll be keeping all of the ones that came through,
and if this video does well or if you guys
wanna see more of this, I will be
digging back into that pile
and featuring some more of you guys in there,
'cause this was really good fun, and yeah,
I can't wait to see you in the next video.
All right, make sure you hit the subscribe button
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and make sure you check out my first episode
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how to deal with homophobic people.
All the links will be in the description, okay?
Thank you everybody, have a really good day
and a really good week, and I'll see you next time.
Goodbye!
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