00:00I would describe my style as 80s punk with a mix of neon stuff and the new wave of punk.
00:08Normally I'm a really shy person so when I'm all dressed up I feel powerful.
00:15Today I'm being transformed from an alternative punk to a mainstream look.
00:21I'm not sure what to expect.
00:24Trying to make me look normal, I guess.
00:27Are you ready?
00:28Yes, I'm ready.
00:32And I'm going to hopefully surprise my friends and family with my new look.
00:36My new look.
00:54My everyday look if I'm going to stay home will be just a bold eyeliner and red lips.
01:00If I'm going out it gets more complicated.
01:03I will get double eyeliner, I will put designs in my face like hearts or dots,
01:09more things around my eyebrows and a lot of colourful eyeshadow.
01:14My name is Yasmin and I'm from Heredia Costa Rica.
01:17I would describe my style as 80s punk with a mix of neon stuff and the new wave of punk.
01:23I love going to punk shows, I love punk music, I definitely love all the scene.
01:27I do my look including hair, makeup and clothing.
01:31It will be around three hours, three hours and a half, something like that.
01:36I think the key piece that makes me punk is definitely my hair.
01:41Because it's not that often that you see a girl with a mohawk.
01:45I love the attention it gets even though it makes me feel weird sometimes because I get too much attention.
01:52But yeah, it's really important to me. It makes me look strong.
01:56I started dressing like this when I discovered punk when I was in high school.
02:01So maybe I was like 17 years old to differentiate myself from my sister.
02:06Because people always thought we were like twins.
02:09I guess my favourite piece of clothing in my wardrobe would be my vest.
02:14I got this almost 10 years ago and I put everything by hand.
02:18My everyday outfit looks like shorts, a t-shirt normally like a bank t-shirt, braces sometimes,
02:25all the time, definitely a vest and some belts.
02:29I also have latex items.
02:32I really love this because it's not really common to have latex in Costa Rica especially because it's a really humid and tropical country.
02:39But I really love how it looks.
02:41I feel strong when I wear my outfits.
02:44I feel happy and I feel beautiful because I feel like myself.
02:49Today my friend and makeup artist Diego is coming to transform me from an alternative punk to a mainstream look.
02:56I'm not sure what to expect.
02:59They are going to try to make me look normal, I guess.
03:02I'm actually really nervous because I don't know what they actually send me to wear.
03:06So I can't wait to see.
03:08I think I will never wear like really tall heels or really short dresses.
03:13Like too short, like tight things.
03:16Or too long, like something that goes to the floor, no.
03:21No, maybe the pattern is not that bad.
03:25No, I don't wear that, I would never wear that.
03:28And this, no, no, no, no, definitely no.
03:31I actually don't even know what the heck is this.
03:34Oh, it's a dress, a long dress.
03:37No.
03:39I normally wear neon things or really colorful things like yellow, green.
03:44Definitely I will never wear like white or anything pastel pink or pastel purple.
03:50I don't like anything like that.
03:52Oh no, tiny socks.
03:54No, I will never wear this.
03:57No, it actually looks weird.
04:01I guess this is the shoes.
04:04I think this is the only thing that is not that bad.
04:08I hate white, but in shoes, I can't bear with this.
04:13But the rest is just like no, not my style at all.
04:21I will feel really weird.
04:23I feel, I don't know, nervous to be in transforming a mainstream look.
04:28It's not something I would normally wear, but I would love to see it, like just for fun.
04:32Just for fun.
04:57I'm feeling excited, kind of nervous because I don't know how it's going to turn out,
05:00but I actually really trust Diego a lot, so I know it's going to look really good.
05:08Do you get judged on the way you look or dress?
05:12I definitely get judged.
05:14My look definitely stands out here in Costa Rica.
05:17People stare at me, take pictures, or I get people calling me names.
05:22Like people think I'm a criminal or like, I don't know.
05:26My friends and family, they are used to it by now.
05:28At first, my family was really shocked, like especially my mom.
05:33But now, they are just used to it now.
05:44I think I will look weird.
05:46I'm feeling anxious and excited at the same time.
05:49I'm definitely going to be surprised.
05:51Are you ready?
05:59I feel like my grandma.
06:07The dress is awful.
06:09It makes me look like a potato sack that I'm going to church or like this.
06:17I don't feel like myself.
06:19I actually feel ugly with this.
06:21Like the makeup is really good, but like the outfit is just like, I don't know.
06:26It looks...
06:29normal.
06:32I'm revealing the look today to my mom, my sister, my best friend, and a neighbor who is almost like my aunt.
06:38I know they will react shocked and they're going to laugh, I guess.
06:55Oh my God!
06:58Oh my God!
07:05This dress is not shit.
07:11That's pretty awful.
07:13No, old lady.
07:15I like the makeup, the wig maybe because I like blonde, but the dress, it looks like a bombing.
07:25With the shaved hair, with her paintings, but not like that.
07:31Oh my God!
07:33It took me so long to get used to her style,
07:37to see her like this.
07:39I don't like it.
07:41I prefer her as she has always been.
07:45Dressing like this makes me feel happy, makes me feel like I'm myself.
07:49This is who I am.
07:51I will definitely keep this look forever, as long as I can.
07:53It's part of me.
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