WITH her iconic mohawk and alternative punk style, Yaz, 33, from Costa Rica attracts attention when she is out and about. Yaz feels strong and truly herself when she is dressed in this look which she describes as ‘80s, new wave punk with a mix of neon’. Today, she is switching up her style and trying out a ‘mainstream look’, including having her makeup done by her friend and makeup artist, Diego. Yaz said: “I feel… Nervous to be transformed into a mainstream look. It’s not something I would normally wear but I would love to see it, just for fun.” How will Yaz look after swapping the mohawk for long locks and the studs for florals? She will be revealing the look to her mum, neighbour, sister and friend… What will they think of the transformation?
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Videographer: Maria Fernanda Camacho
Producers: Adam Fleet, Emika Berry
Editor: Sonia Estal
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Follow JDiego Makeup (Diego) here:
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https://www.facebook.com/JDiegoMakeUpArtist
Follow Natalia here:
https://www.instagram.com/natymetal/
https://www.facebook.com/NaTyMeTaL.AltModel
Follow Georgina here:
https://www.instagram.com/geito09/
Videographer: Maria Fernanda Camacho
Producers: Adam Fleet, Emika Berry
Editor: Sonia Estal
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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.