(cheering)
Fiona is the young lady who wrote in
and nominated our candidate today
for this very special mother of all makeovers.
Her auntie, Maureen.
Hi, my name is Fiona O'Connor.
My grandparents both got custody of me and my sisters.
My aunt Maureen was in college when I was born,
and chose me before anyone else.
She chose to live with me, with my grandparents,
to help be the mother role in my life
and devoted her life to take care of me,
with my two younger sisters.
I would love to see her get a makeover
to thank her for all the wonderful things
she has sacrificed for me and my sisters, thank you.
You're gonna be on Rachael Ray.
Shut up. Yeah.
(clapping)
I'm Maureen, I'm from Long Island, New York,
I'm 38 years old, and my niece Fiona
nominated me for a makeover.
Fiona was two when she came to live with us.
I had just graduated undergrad with my English
and Film Degree, and I chose to stay home
to help my mom raise her.
My choice, 'cause I wanted to be a part of her life,
and I've been there ever since.
And yeah, she's my world.
So are her sisters, but we have a very special relationship.
My aunt is the one person that I always go to.
Without her, I wouldn't be who I am today.
They didn't ask to be in the situation they were in.
Life happens, and I think that's why
I chose to stay with them.
I just wanted them to feel loved.
I just started a new job.
I go to school at night.
My weekends are spent going to the girls'
volleyball games and activities,
so I don't really go out much.
I am a P.E. teacher, so I wear sneakers,
t-shirt, hoodie, sweats, pretty much every day.
My idea of getting dressed up is
if I have to go to a wedding or a special occasion,
or as Fiona likes to say, Christmas,
is like the only time she sees me dress up.
When it comes to styling my hair,
it's either down or pulled back, mostly pulled back.
I barely wear makeup.
Fiona always makes fun of me because I have like
one palette of eye shadow, and it's like silver and white,
and I barely wear that once in a blue moon.
I think now is a good time for a change,
because I'm finally starting my career,
doing something for myself, but it's also for the girls,
because I want them to be proud of me.
My greatest hope for my aunt is to start a family
of her own, and to feel as much love as she's given me.
(applause)
Fiona's here, and I don't think Maureen knows this,
but we stacked the deck.
We've got the whole fam.
Yeah, we stacked the deck.
We've got the, your siblings are here,
grandparents are here, come on out Maureen.
All right, get ready everybody.
(applause)
(cheering)
You look so hot. Thank you.
Oh my god, you're gorgeous.
What the.
You are gorgeous, look at her hair.
Look at you.
What the heck.
That hair is everything, those shoes.
(clapping)
Do you like it?
I love it.
Dude, your hair, your makeup, wow.
I love everything.
I feel wonderful.
You look amazing, Greta, the hair.
Oh my god, we had our amazing team from Oscar Blandi,
Oscar Blandi himself who loves you and loves the show.
And when he heard this story, he was like oh,
give her to me, so he, Miguel did the color,
who is incredible, and Faith did the blowdry.
So this can be worn back, however,
a lot easier to style this hair now at this length,
and a lot more flattering because
really, that long hair was dragging her down.
On the color, what I love what Miguel did,
he did sort of a golden rose, and really ended up,
because her hair and her skin Rachael were very similar
in tone, and so it was really dragging her down,
and one of the tips they say is it's like adding blush
to your hair color, to give it that little bit of gold,
and little bit of copper, which really made her skintone
come alive, and then of course, we took her out
of her white and silver shadow.
I'm really sorry, but I don't think you're gonna miss it.
And on that dress, you know, she doesn't have a wardrobe
full of dresses and fun, like, you know,
girls night out or date night clothes.
She needs a little black dress!
Thank you, little black dress,
show off the gorgeous shoulders, but,
tell her what you love most about it
because she will relate.
It has pockets, my favorite thing ever.
(clapping)
And a patterned shoe goes with anything,
but it makes you feel fun and alive.
You know, we need to get her a moto jacket
to go with that, wouldn't it be adorable.
Yes, yes, absolutely.
And she can wear it all year round.
Told you, every season.
Gotta love it, that's a great idea.
I'm gonna pull that in the back.
Make sure she gets a leather moto, please.
(laughing)
Oh, this is fun, too.
We have one more thing for a mother's day gift for you.
We know that you love the theater, so get this,
our friends at Broadway direct are giving you
four tickets to any Broadway show, any,
anything on Broadway, even Hamilton.
Anything you want, four of 'em.
(clapping)
(magical sounds)