the highlighted brightness gives her a "spotlight" effect, which is really cool, and I don't know why everone make a fuss about blow outs.. nonsense to me.. I see professional magazine covers with blow outs.. that what my eye sees also, when I look at bright refected light.
Nicely done! It has a lovely illustrative art quality to it. All of that directional texture makes it seem as if it were done in charcoal pencil. And the woman is magnetic. The stairway draws my eye up but is immediately and irresistably drawn back to her. If the highlights weren't a bit blown, I don't know if she'd have quite the same effect. Bravo!