Starting Over Talk - Peer Coaching Support Site

ceilidh wrote:

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I never worry about "makeover" day, it's just one day, after all.
Andi only does the makeup...it was pretty obvious, today that
Sommer picked her own dress...wasn't going for any of the
suggested revealing clothes!! ...

I'm glad Sommer didn't let Andy railroad her into choosing any of that Sluts R Us crap. From Andy's comments in the dressing room, that the dress looked better than she'd thought it would, Sommer obviously stood up to her. And, made her own choices.

doxygirl wrote:

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They make a huge thing out of makeovers showing on the outside the changes the housemates went through on the inside and then they wreck the makeovers. Some of the makeovers are so stange they'll embarass people later like high school yearbook pictures do. Andy had Sommer try things that were way too low and too tight so Sommer decided to cover up instead and I don't blame her. But there was nothing to flatter her new body and even boots covered her legs.

This is how I see the makeovers as well. They are there weeks changing, transforming themselves into better women than the ones that walk through the door.. one way to show this new way of being is by transforming the outside to reflect how they are on the inside. To show they are different to the people they rejoin when they leave the house.. it IS a big deal.. when you look good you feel good and it's all about feeling good and proud of how far you've come and all you've accomplished, the end of a struggle to find themselves and come into their own.. ready to go back home and show everyone their 'new' selves!!! So NBD as one puts it.. absurd to me I don't buy it for a moment. It's a huge deal for each and every one of them.. and they'd ALL give in to the process more if they'd seen great results each time, but more and more curtail Andy's involvement in it. And thank goodness they do. Each deserves to feel at their best on this important day for them.

Mystique wrote:

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doxygirl wrote:

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They make a huge thing out of makeovers showing on the outside the changes the housemates went through on the inside and then they wreck the makeovers. Some of the makeovers are so stange they'll embarass people later like high school yearbook pictures do. Andy had Sommer try things that were way too low and too tight so Sommer decided to cover up instead and I don't blame her. But there was nothing to flatter her new body and even boots covered her legs.

This is how I see the makeovers as well. They are there weeks changing, transforming themselves into better women than the ones that walk through the door.. one way to show this new way of being is by transforming the outside to reflect how they are on the inside. To show they are different to the people they rejoin when they leave the house.. it IS a big deal.. when you look good you feel good and it's all about feeling good and proud of how far you've come and all you've accomplished, the end of a struggle to find themselves and come into their own.. ready to go back home and show everyone their 'new' selves!!! So NBD as one puts it.. absurd to me I don't buy it for a moment. It's a huge deal for each and every one of them.. and they'd ALL give in to the process more if they'd seen great results each time, but more and more curtail Andy's involvement in it. And thank goodness they do. Each deserves to feel at their best on this important day for them.

It would be a pretty big deal to me to have my hair chopped up, and my eyebrows steroidally enlarged, and to be stuck in some godawful outfit - all on national television, and at a ceremony to celebrate and reward positive achievement. Who wants to look bad at all, much less at an event and on T.V.? And big dark CHP boots, in May, with an Asian-inspired robe? It's just too dorky to be the work of an actual stylist.

valtina wrote:

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And big dark CHP boots, in May, with an Asian-inspired robe? It's just too dorky to be the work of an actual stylist.

It's the era of CHiPs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Some people had such a great time in the 80's they just can't leave!!!!!!)

grizzlys4 wrote:

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valtina wrote:

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And big dark CHP boots, in May, with an Asian-inspired robe? It's just too dorky to be the work of an actual stylist.

It's the era of CHiPs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) :laugh: :woohoo: :blink: :ohmy: :P

(Some people had such a great time in the 80's they just can't leave!!!!!!)

Was Andy trying to make her look more like Ponch, or more like John, ya think?

Whoooo - that's a whole new cycle of bad retro I could do without.

You actually know their NAMES Serena?

The answer to your question is, whichever one had the biggest eyebrows, of course!