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Looks a bit dirty. Colors and brightness blotchy. Cheeks, body, forehead, cheekbones - all have different color. Need to fix it. Make b&w and you will see all problem with brightness blotchy.

Iris work is beautiful. If you can keep the whole thing black and white you won't have to deal with the orange-nss or color casts. It would work nicely as a BW. Evenout  asymmetry on the shadows tho.

Too much blue in the high lights

I don't like the coloring at all but the overall retouching is nice.

Viewers of images tend to look at the brightest parts of the picture after doing a quick scan of the image.  There are so many areas of your image that are bright and nearly blown out...that the viewer ends up concentrating on that part of the image.  It distracts the eye.

One way to partially tone down the image... might be to make a duplicate of the overall image on a separate layer.  Put this layer in multiply blend mode...and then reduce the layer opacity of that layer to approx 17%.  If you wanted...you could also add a black mask mask to that layer so that the darkening effect is hidden.  Then... paint on that black mask with a soft, 8% opacity, white brush, over the face and bright areas.  That way you can selectively add in this darkening effect just where you want it... and however intense you want it to be.

In the end...you may need to resort to "curve adjustment layers" to bring down the brightness alot and with good visual control.  Also, if there is no texture in the blown out areas...then you will also need to add in some skin texture for it to look real...you may even have to use a curve adjustment layer to color correct the areas so they match as well.

This image may take some effort.  If it is a trophy image...then spend the time on it.

Wish you the best.

You need to invest in a better monitor. I believe your monitor is a bit too old to display the right contrast and brightness.