my face and my body looked seperated based on the kibbe body types. and i thought i was just the only one... until i realized that the kibbe body types are very *euro-centric* (especially with facial features) and i'm asian. and so i take the facial features with a grain of salt. btw! i'm soft natural after much examining of my body. i hope that makes more sense! 🤞💕

Amy Adams and Isla Fischer!

Ugh, thank you so much for that video. I always thought Selena was a soft gamine because her face is so cute. And now I really understand why I personally look so different in oversized (more soft natural) clothes. People kept telling me I was too skinny when I wore those lines and whenever I wear soft gamine clothes, people are more likely to tell me I look great (yet they don't understand why I prefer that type of clothes). I think the untrained eye can still see if someone looks their best or a bit off but they can barely put their finger on the reason. They might just say "Oh you can wear anything, that's so unfair." and that's bugging me. I wish people could just see the beauty in themselves too. Every body type is amazing and is blooming in certain clothes or drowning/overpowered/looking off in other clothes. I really don't like the fact that there's this beauty standard that makes some people think they are not beautiful enough. That's basically just not true. Maybe you don't look too great in SN or R clothing but maybe you look amazing in D clothing, just try it out and embrace yourself.

Finally! I think you nailed it. Other experts haven't put this together as you have. Even read somewhere to "dress the face" (and don't consider the body type??) Although this is complicated to figure out- it makes perfect sense. Notice that a smaller head makes the person appear taller. A larger head gives a shorter appearance (more doll-like) as Aly Art has pointed out. I really appreciate the work you've done on this. Thank you!

Mila Kunis & Sarah hyland is a good one 🙂

I like your analyses. I am SN and that style is depicted as boho, unconstructed. I wonder if you could make an analysis where different body types look the best in their contrast? Like the most glamour look for natural, the most casual look for dramatic as well as their signature look with more photos.

Your voice is calming . Your explanation and take on things is thoughtful and respectable. I love your videos.

Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley?

I thought I was dramatic classic, but I have such a baby face so when I wear clothes that are what I consider to be dramatic classic, I just look like a kid playing dress up. My face definitely doesn't match my body type.

10:00 Selena looks so incredible in the black and white stripe shirt. There are very very subtle differences between Selena's outfit on the right and Sofia's on the left. Selena has no sleeves and more fitted pants, but that doesn't look bad nor does it fit with the Soft Natural type. The only thing I can think of that makes both of these outfits work for Selena is the color being carried from the top half to the bottom.

Can you do a video on soft classic vs romantics?? I’m on the edge between those two

Please contrast soft gamine with soft classic; (especially if you have quite narrow shoulders, yet lean more toward soft classic in body, although a little hippy for classic, FACE is more toward soft gamine. In addition, please begin to use some MUCH older women in all your examples I am nearly 70!). -Also, in doing color analysis, please include natural grey/silver haired women in your examples and explanations, as I find it often makes a huge difference in what colors do for you, overall, -although most color analysis that I am familiar with seem to discount this changing your best colors (I am medium to dark olive skinned...(STRONGLY green undertoned) but with long natural grey hair... that I am keeping! And yes... women my age definitely care about getting their best look, and there are a lot of us out here! Keep up your excellent work, Merriam!

You should do more videos about soft natural

Enlightening!!! Thank you for this ♡

Merriam you are doing a fantastic job of drawing out Kibbe's typing system. I come here to learn about the types and I am really starting to 'get it" so THANK YOU! Would you consider making a video on the Kibbe test? I know you go into it in many of your videos and that you refer us to Aly's test video but YOU do such a great job of explaining and getting to the actual real deal about how to correctly and accurately complete the questions, that if it was here on your channel it would be a real asset to us all. And also a series on each type as a guide to what's what and what's not from your perspective would be a real hit. PS I don't know why you don't have way more thumbs up considering how on point you are and the number of views. I wish people were more generous in appreciating the work you are putting in.

This is incredibly clarifying, especially the plentiful photos of them dressing with and against their lines. I've also noticed there are many celebrities who I resemble in the face but not the body, and this was such a good exploration of that. Thank you so much!

Hi Merriam, thank you for this video and all of your content! I could not have found a better video to clarify which type am I. I was switching back and forth from SG and SN. I also have a SG face like Selena and have been called "looking like a teenager" my whole life! I guess others were typing me by my face. I now can have some peace of mind that I am a SN and will try to keep this in mind when purchasing clothes. Thanks again! xoxoxo - Jenny

It really helped me! My answers are quite similar to hers, I have a soft natural face but it doesn't apply to my body. I thought I was FG because of some misinterpretation of my body features but I really don't look good on geometrics and I actually look quite soft regarding bust, butt, face and waistline LOL I was right in the beginning, went too far but I came back to SG. Thank you!

Love this! Please do more videos on soft natural :)

A lot of this is done on Hollywood hotties. Could you do one typing famous (female) politicians from around the world? Like Golda Meyer, Margaret Thatcher, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, Erna Solberg, Inger Støjberg, Margot Wallström, and so forth? They might be more relatable to us regular women than the hotties.

I love this video, really helped to understand this

I can’t learn anything when you say “answer D”. Is it possible that you could use the adjective too? Great video!

Thank you so much! 💕

That helped me soo much, thank you!

Know this is an older video but do you think since kibbe has typed Selena as a TR this video still works?

I can't thank you enough for your brilliant explanation

Great video! My body is definitely more of a romantic type while my face has some soft classic elements. I guess they kind of go together? 🤷 It's hard to figure it out!

Hi Merriam, Great video. I hope one day I can get a report from you. 👍

What I notice with Naturals is that their skeletons, limbs especially, tend to be proportionate to their overall height and appearance. With Gamines, there are one or two bone structures that don't look proportionate to the overall appearance. It may be either too short or too long, or too small or too large. As for SG vs TR, SG has a dominant Yang on Bone Structure and Facial Bone, while TR has a dominant Yin on Bone Structure and Facial Bone.

selena has now been typed TR by kibbe

It would be amazing if you did more videos like this. I think there are alot of us out there whose face/ body do not match. I am 5'2 have a mixed bone dellicate, small, slightly ingenue face and very bone wide romantic body. Theatrical romantic looks aren't quite right, gamine looks do not work, so I end up leaning into soft classic. There are so many possible combos of face and body not matching ... noone is really putting out videos on how to create balance. Just a thought :)

Can you do a video on hair colors for each season?

Thats such a good point! What about best makeup/hair? For someone who has “face does not match body kibbe type”, if they want to look their best on a photo that is showing just their neck and face, then they need to match their makeup and hair to the kibbe type of their face only? but for them to look best overall (when the full body is shown) they need to use the gamine makeup/hair instead?

Great video! I still have a problem typing Soft Gamine and Soft Natural: they both have a yang bonestructure and yin flesh? I think I am a SG, and I don't feel comfortable in SN clothes, but I'm scared I'm not seeing myself objectively, because I gravitate more towards colours and patterns etc. Any advice?

Love this! Can you do a video comparing soft natural vs soft classic? My face appears to be soft natural while my body is soft classic, but I feel way more like myself dressing as a classic than a soft natural. So is it possible to be a soft classic with more natural facial features?

I love the video, this is exactly my problem

Very interesting video as always, Merriam! And I agree that Selena Gomez and Sofia Solares are different types because they have very different body types. But both of them are very beautiful anyway! :)

Am I the only one who thinks Selena and Sofia don’t really look that similar? 🤷🏻‍♀️

more on SN.... it can be confused because make up can change el appearence of the face proportions....

Thank you your videos are so helping I want more soft gamine videos!

This is fun! I look like Aurora in my face, but we have a different body type, I'm Gamine and she's a Natural, probably soft as well. Totally different lines! I can't have a low contrast face like hers, I need the contrasting make-up of a Gamine haha

Can someone explain to me why their noses are answer B? Is it because of the height of the bridge? They look soft and round to me but there could be tiny bit of bluntness I guess, though overall they look soft.

Hey Merriam, love your videos. I was wondering if you could do more videos on colour analysis. I found an interesting photo on Instagram with several women wearing lavender gowns and it didn't seem right on any of them. What season can pull off lavender. Can there be shades of warm and cool in lavender?

Please do classic! :)

The conclusion from comparing these two examples seems to be that it’s your body, not your face, that determines your Kibbe type. However this doesn’t sound right. Still confused.

I love your videos but I feel like I still have a really poor understanding of which lines are for each body type? Pretty please could you do a video explaining what the lines are for each type? I'm really struggling to find this info. Thanks!!!

Great video ;) Could you tell me what body type has Alexis Bledel? I was thinking about FG...

Can u do the difference between dramatic classic and flamboyant natural

My face is soft dramatic but my body is flamboyant natural, don't know which one to go with

I've watched this video so many times! Could you do one of these videos on Nina Dobrev and Victoria Justice? They are literally twins but still somehow different

I have a theory that my sister might be a SG with an SN face, like Sofia here. I originally thought she was SN, but her vertical line is short and she looks daintier. Her quiz answers are similar to mine, and she had a mixture of Yin and Yang answers. Her answers for facial bones and flesh are the same as Selena and Sofia's, except her eyes are answer A. It's interesting to see, because she looks good in Gamine/Soft Gamine lines, and cute and small in Natural lines.

So what I did is google weight, hight and messurments of celebreties and compared the ones that where the closest to my bodys measurments. They are all TR which also fits the tests I did and what looks good on me. I am slightly too tall for soft gamine...

Wow, I can hardly tell these two women apart.

I have soft dramatic body but classic face like how ???

I an curious about vertical line - what about celebrities who are tall but look short? For instance I am 5’10 but I think if you saw a picture of me by myself you’d guess that i’m 5’3 or 5’4

I always thought Selena had smaaaaaaall shoulders! But really they can handle the fashion portrayed. Bone structure is so freaking diverse I’m learning…because if Selena had a narrow face everything would look different

What about dressing your body for the lines in your body, but doing your hair to match your face?? My face has more blunt angles, while my body is sharp. I think my face looks bad in sleek sculpted hair. Would it look bad to have FN hair, but dress dramatic?

Theatrical romantic

Selena’s features are more refined than Sophia’s .

I have a question about the flesh portion of the test, I'm not quite sure what it's dependent on, on how much fat is there? Could it change if someone lost weight or became more muscular?

I am definitely soft natural and if I knew it when I was younger I had never made so many style mistakes over the years. v :-D

Some people have been comparing Beyoncé and Kim kardashian lately. I would love to see a deep dive since Kim is often classified as romantic or SD. I see her as SN with surgical enhancements!

Hi my body is romantic inginue but I have no idea what my face is?

Can you do a video on romantics?

I'm 1.63 cm, flat chest, moderate waist, long arms, muscular legs, the meat in my bones is just moderate with long slim arms and regular feet, sloped but tapered shoulders, straight but wide hips, slightly close together eyes (bedroom eyes) roftly rounded nose, slightly full and rounded lips, moderate jaw and cheekbones, and soft cheeks. What am i?

Hi! A video request : What if you get the majority answers D? I have not found any information online other than others also noticing that Kibbe (?) doesn't say anything about type D's. I have 7D, 3C, 3E, 3B and 1A/B, and I have no idea what that makes me... I love your Kibbe videos, and I would love if you made one on type D's. Love from Sweden 🧡❤️🧡

I always get between 57 to 69 which doesn’t have a kibbe body type! Any advice for someone like me? What if you don’t fall into one of the 13 types?

What if we have large ankles as a TR?

Hey, I retook the Kibbe test and got: A-5, B-1, C-2, D-5, E-3. I am so confused. What types could this be?? My measurements are Bust-35, Waist-32, Hip-44.

I have TR face with equal amount N and G for body. What type am I? Help plz.

I feel like my face is far more yang than my body. I feel 90% sure I’m an SN, but my nose and chin (think Jennifer Aniston chin) are prominent. My nose is fairly sharp and my cheeks lean towards “flat” than broad or rounded due to high, somewhat prominent cheekbones. It’s an odd feeling.

Two (sort of) celebrities Look Alikes! Me (Takai Desu) and Shelley Duval! 😹❤️

It would be interesting to also know what type Sarah Jeffrey is. She is their triplet.

So I have heard that soft naturals have medium -small hands and feet, arms medium-shorter but my hands and feet are quite big (7.25 inche hands, US size 9 feet) and long arms (longer than my height which I heard had to be the same) my shoulders aren’t broad but not sharp either. I think I am a soft natural because soft natural lines look good on me imo. I feel so disproportionate 😢

My face has primarily, if not all C answers, & my body is D & E answers. Since I don't have Yang answers to make a gaminish contrast, what am I supposed to do? Even Aly Art didn't have a category for this in her video test.

zoey deschanel and katy perry!

Hmmm what about Ariana grande? Do you think she’s a gamine (soft/flamboyant)? 🤔🤔

My face is Soft Natural and my body Dramatic Classic, what I am? 😂

I originally typed myself as TR or SG. Now I am leaning towards FG or SG but the reddit group typed me as SN. Help!

Hi, sorry that my question is not related to the vid, but can a Gamine wear Soft Gamine clothes and still look somewhat okay?

I used to think I was TR, but now I think I'm SG... Oh gosh... Haha

i‘m a soft gamine but i love natural clothes and i don‘t know how to wear them without drowning in them :(

I know you've said that people shouldn't dress themselves just for their face (like Sofia dressing herself for her soft natural face even though she's a soft gamine) but what about dressing yourself for your body? Or dressing yourself for your body and doing your hair and makeup for your face (if what I'm saying makes sense)?

Damn they look almost identical

So I think the SN face did match her body, but the gamine's face did not. Is it therefore safe to say that having a mismatch in face and body is squarely a gamine thing?

This is super helpful. My face is obviously gamine but my body is a mix of A, C, and D answers and I'm 5'9." NO answers in E or B. I'm not sure if I'm flamgam or dramatic classic. Either lines seem to work for me.

please do zooey deschanel and katy perry!!

Could you talk more about soft dramatic . Or could you add pictures of viewers and type them??? I don’t know what to type myself. I did the test about 4 times the first two times it came out as soft natural, but then the last two came as theatrical romantic. But I think I’m a soft dramatic I’m about 5’5”

I'm so confused. I took the test and came up as Soft Natural (I'm pretty sure it's right) , but I'm only 5 1' (1,55) and feel like a lot of SN clothes don't really compliment my hobbit height. Any help? :(

So if you’re a soft natural you still can look good on flamboyant natural lines?? 🙂

I am a FN, and I am always thrown off when Selena Gomez is listed as a Natural because her face looks so soft, plump, and youthful to me (like a SG or SR). I appreciate this video in noting that sometimes the face and body "Don't match," but to be sure to dress with the entire body in mind.

I still see Soft gamine with Mila Kunis head

this didn't aged well in terms of selenas typing..

Whats devon aokis body type

what is D in the test, please?? I've got mostly Ds, and there is no explaination. :)

Jlo, shakira and beyonce

Please compare Zoey Deschanel and Katy Perry.

I think the English actresses Louise Lombard and Michelle Dockery have similar facial features

I don't understand why she has B answer on cheeckbones, answer B is supposed to be structured cheeckbones and Selenas cheeckbones look very flat to me. Struggling because I have the same bone shape.

My face is totally dramatic but my hair is curly and my body is gamine , tiny and I am only 1,63.