- Ah, prom.
- A time for dresses we now regret.
- Hairspray that took weeks to get out.
- Dancing with your crush.
- And, having great memories that'll last a lifetime.
- It's Ladylike, and today we're reliving
the glory days and giving four deserving
high school students their dream prom makeovers.
(whooshing)
(squeaking)
(upbeat, energizing music)
- We're back in high school, everyone.
Look at baby Freddie and baby Chantel,
doing their work.
We're doing it.
- My name is Engy Damien.
- My name is Samaria Ramirez.
- My name is Keren Arenas.
- My name is Crystal Sanchez
and I'm in the 10th grade at Hawkins High School.
- So today we're partnering with United Way
to give these high schoolers their dream prom makeovers.
- These students were first brought to our attention
when they made dresses using geometry,
which is wild.
- In this class, we start with simple art pieces.
And we applied elements of a geometry.
When they get to be more confident, doing things,
they have more ideas, that's when we get
to put it in a sweetie garment.
- So United Way connected them with us
and now we're here, together, as one.
- My name is Devin Desjarlais.
I am director of communications and content
for United Way of Greater Los Angeles.
And what's really exciting is that these students
are now getting the chance to not only go to prom,
but getting a full makeover from BuzzFeed.
So not only did they get the experience
of creating their own outfits,
but now they get the experience of being ones
to wear beautiful outfits as well.
- My regular style is just whatever's comfortable,
like this sweater's not very stylish, but it's comfy.
- I really don't have a specific style.
I'm all over the place, I'm a mixture of anything.
- I could wear whatever, it doesn't matter.
- Ever since I was little, I'd just be comfortable,
or I would go outside and play sometimes.
Either sweats, jeans, tights, shorts, tennis shoes.
That's what I prefer.
- I wore a white dress that might
as well have been a wedding gown.
- An aqua marine, sea foam green, blueish dress.
- Royal blue prom dress.
I got it, 'cause I had just
got accepted to Michigan, go blue.
- I wore a dress to prom.
Looking back, I think I would've preferred
to wear a nice jacket and cool little tie.
- It had a lovely broach, nice halter top.
And a little piece of lace that my mom sewed in
so that the cleavage wouldn't leak out.
- I liked it because it had lots of sequins on it,
it had some little revealing cut outs on the side.
- Prom is sort of a moment where
you dress up nice and the idea is that,
hey, look at me, I'm grown up.
I can look nice.
- My ideal prom dress would be
a long dress, a long sleeve also.
The color should be light pink,
'cause that's my favorite color.
- I would probably wear something
like Lotila fashion kind of thing.
But not like the super puffy thing,
just kind of a little simpler
and I love those little cute accessories
and head pieces and nice shoes.
- Black or red dress.
I don't like anything poofy,
so I just want just a straight thing,
and nothing that shows my skin, so all covered up,
maybe like a long sleeve possibly.
- Blood red, so it's something kinda darker.
And then I'd want the top to be lace,
the lower just just like a simple silver bow.
And just to give it a pop, and then yeah.
- I wanna get them made up
and I wanna send 'em off to prom, like a proud mama.
- (blowing air) Impact push, over to the action.
Woah!
- It's prom day! (cheering)
- They're here!
- Yes, they're here!
- So exciting!
- Let the makeovers begin, y'all.
- Ooh. - Let's do it!
- [Kristin] Let's do it!
- Hi, we're all here doing hair
and makeup for GLAMSQUAD today.
- We're gonna be doing hair
and make up for the prom today.
(energetic, funky music)
- Hi, I'm Tanique.
- [Crystal] Hi, I'm Crystal.
- Hi, I'm Sarah, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.
- Nice to meet you, Samaria.
Have a seat.
- Are you excited?
Tonight's the big night?
- Yeah.
- Tell me what you wanna do with your hair,
- I was thinking of kind of curly,
but not like too curly, more of a kinda relaxed curl.
- Sounds like you like more of a wave.
- You like the nice soft wave, with a crown braid?
- What do you wanna do with your hair?
- Oh, okay.
Well, maybe first you gotta straighten it.
And then, I was thinking maybe curls at the bottom.
- Okay.
- [Hair Stylist] Our goal as a team is
to empower women to make them feel confident
and to be able to come to them
at any time, anywhere, any place.
- [Kristin] Hi everybody.
- Hey, how are you? - How's it going?
Oh my gosh, - Good.
- look how smooth your hair is!
- I know, it's gorgeous.
- Look at how pretty!
I've been watching this slowly,
in real time, I'm just like,
you're turning into a princess!
- Hey buddy. - Hey.
- How you doing?
- I'm good, look at you!
You do look a little bit like Rock Lee.
- (laughing) Yeah. - From Naruto.
- I am amazed with how you're looking like a mermaid.
Look at this hair!
- Sarah is actually the person
who did my hair for my wedding.
- Oh, okay!
- Yeah, and she also did my husband's hair too.
- Yeah.
- I'm definitely not including maturity
in my hair with the pigtails.
- That's fair enough, oh, these are so cute!
- Yeah.
- Look at you!
Oh my gosh, you look like a straight-up goddess.
- Thank you.
- I cannot wait to see the end result.
It's gonna be great.
- Do you realize that we kind of asked you to prom?
- Yeah. - Ladylike asked you to prom?
- Mm-hmm. - That's good.
Because I had to ask all my dates to prom.
Manipulate, actually.
But yay, you don't have to do that!
Wippee!
- So the dress is where you're
gonna get the elegance, maturity.
And the hair is where we're gonna be like, we're having fun.
- Yeah, yeah.
The dress is where I'm gonna pretend to be a singer.
And then this is everyone's gonna know I'm not a signer.
- Yeah.
- I'm so excited to see your whole look put together.
- Me too.
- [Tanique] We're all done.
- [Samarira] Thank you.
- You're welcome. (laughing)
- We're all set,
you look amazing! - Thank you.
It was so fun to do your hair,
- It was, thank you. - Thank you so much.
- I'm so happy I got to work with you too.
- Aw, it was my pleasure, hon.
- I'm so grateful that you did this, thank you.
- [Tanique] (laughing) Give me another hug.
- Oh my god, what a transformation, you look gorgeous.
- Thank you.
- Do you like it?
- Very much.
- Think it's beautiful.
- Thank you.
- What are you doing now?
- For my make up?
- Hi, how are you?
I'm Karen.
- Samaria.
- Hi, I'm Jenine, how are you?
- Good, and you?
- Good.
Are you excited for prom?
- Yes I am.
- So you're going today,
the big day? - Yeah.
- Are you excited? - Yeah.
- What color are you gonna wear tonight?
- Imma wear red.
- Red? - Yeah.
- Do you know what kind of look you're gonna go for?
- No, I've actually never had makeup,
so I wouldn't know how to--
- We'll start from the beginning
and we'll go through it with you.
- How's it going? - Hi.
- Oh my god. - Getting her glammed up.
- This is coming together.
- Hey, Crystal.
- Hey buddy.
- Wait, let me see your eyes.
Oh, they look amazing!
- Hey girl.
- Hi.
- How are things, how's it going?
- Good.
- You look incredible.
- Hey buddy. - Hey.
- How's it going, are you having fun?
- Yeah, if I were laying down,
I'd probably be asleep right now.
- Oh same, definitely.
- The smokey eyes, I feel like
the first time you see it, you're just like,
(gasping) my eyes are the size of moons!
I'm excited, work your magic!
- Well, I will see you in your final look.
- Woo! (laughing)
Bye Crystal, bye. - Bye!
- I'll probably cry.
I cry at everything.
But, I'll probably cry at this too.
- You enjoy, don't fall asleep!
Kids!
- Okay, so take a peek and see what you think.
- Alright, I'm in love with it.
- All set, you look beautiful.
Is there anything you wanna
change or add? - No, it's fine, thank you.
- [Karen] You look stunning.
- She decided to go with a red lip
and a really natural face.
All right, you're all set.
Have fun tonight. - Thank you.
- I really love this.
- You love it?
- Yeah. - You look beautiful.
- Thank you so much. - You're so welcome.
Well now you can go get ready
and get your dress on, get styled!
- Thank you so much. - You're so welcome.
- Thank you! - You're so welcome.
Have fun tonight.
- Alright. - Thank you, so much.
- You're so welcome.
- I'm so in love with it!
- [Kristin] Oh, you look so beautiful.
- Thank you. - I love you,
it looks natural on you.
- Oh, really? - Yeah, it does.
- So, you saw the different pieces,
you saw your makeup, and you saw your hair.
But you haven't seen all the outfit together, right?
- No.
- Ooh, I'm excited for you to see it all!
- My name is Mika.
I'm a costume designer and I'm here
to style our girls for their prom.
We want to make sure they feel comfortable
and work on their confidence.
- Prom reveal! Prom look!
- Are you ready to see yourself?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
- You look amazing.
- Yes, we're so excited! - Thanks.
- Incredible. - Thank you.
- Oh my goodness, Engy.
You look incredible!
- Sweet, sweet Engy.
- Thank you! - Beautiful, enchanting.
- You look like you belong on somebody's red carpet.
- You really do. - You do.
- Are you ready to see yourself?
- Yes. - Let's do it!
- Doo ba-doo ba-doo ba-doo ba-doo!
- Woah!
Wow!
Wow.
I love it. - Look at yourself.
- Look at it, do a little spin,
do a little spin. - Yes, spin for us,
spin for us.
Yes! - Oh my gosh.
- It's beautiful.
- Thank you.
- You look great!
- That's you. - You look beautiful.
- Woo! (drum roll-style slapping)
Boom! - Oh my god.
I look nice.
- Yeah, you do!
- Yes, you look (hysterical laughing)
- You look like a damn princess!
- It all works together so beautifully.
- It really does. The dress,
I love the beading on this dress, and.
- I feel like you have such a unique perspective
and a unique sense of style.
And I can really see that.
- Look at your hair!
- You look so pretty. - Mermaid hair!
For days.
- Oh my gosh, you're gonna make me cry.
- Of course.
- I like it a lot, because it's still
very simple and still very natural.
And you just have, your eyes are
really poppin' and your lip is poppin', so.
- Thank you. - Yeah, it feels kinda
very you, also, just like this subtle boldness.
- [Freddie] Yeah!
- Or like, you don't expect it,
but then you're like, I look great!
- Yup.
Also, didn't notice this neck-cessory at first.
- Oh, don't, here, okay, I have to--
- No crying, no crying, no crying.
But also, I just wanna point out,
the sassy part of this outfit, which is your shoes!
- [Kristin] (gasping) I didn't even notice the shoes!
- Look at these Cinderella shoes!
- Oh my gosh.
- And those are your shoes, right?
- [Samaria] Yeah.
- Speechless.
- You look stunning. - You look beautiful.
- Thank you. - You look stunning.
What was your favorite part about today?
- The hair? - Yeah.
- Yeah, this hair is phenomenal.
- Yeah, your hair is beautiful, look at those curls.
- You look like a legit mermaid.
I love it.
- From hair to makeup to styling, they looked incredible.
- You look great,
get in here. - We're so happy!
I don't wanna mess up your hair.
- [Chantel] I know.
I'm like, I'll keep my-- - Outside hug!
- [Chantel] Get in here, Fred, get in here, Fred.
- Shimmy hug.
- It's not a trick mirror.
- It does not lie.
- [Devin] You look stunning.
You really do. - Thanks.
- Alright, now do a high kick.
- Wait, no. - Just kidding.
- Alright, it's picture time!
- Picture time! (cheering)
- I'm so proud!
- It's not prom without cheesy photos.
- Not prom.
- Come take all of our prom pics with us.
- Come this way, come this way.
Funnel through.
(camera snapping)
- The classic prom train.
So I'm sorry, but you have
to put your hands on my hips, yes.
- I think it's really easy to look at women
in red carpet situations and be like,
I could never have that hair.
But you know what?
Little bit a elbow grease.
It's right there, you had it the whole time.
- Group hug! - Yay!
(cheering) - Thanks for letting
us do this!
- So these dresses and accessories
and everything are also yours to keep.
So you get to keep 'em forever.
- Thanks. - Thank you.
(all talking over each other)
- Being called a nerd or bookworm,
has actually paid off
and I think I'm very excited to do this.
- And I just didn't think I would
be able to go for free.
And when I given this opportunity,
I was like, yeah, sure, why not?
- This is our final surprise,
so this is what you're going to prom in!
This big ole stretch limo!
You're welcome. (laughing) (cheering)
- I'm excited to hang out with my friends
and have a good day with them.
- I'm just kinda like, expect the unexpected with prom.
Let's see what I can make out of this night.
- This is a great opportunity, I've been blessed.
- (gasping) Wow!
Wow.
- They didn't really know what
to think of the whole experience.
It was just kind of like night and day,
seeing them leave today.
You know? - Yes.
- Feeling confident and proud of themselves, it was good.
They were like, look at my shoes!
- Yes! (laughing)
- Bye! - Thank you!
- Bye! - Night ladies!
- We love you.
- Dream prom makeovers:
- Lady tested, lady a-prommed!
(cheering)
- Dance, dance, dance!
- They grow up so fast, you know?
Before you know it, they're going off to prom.
(fast-paced, upbeat music)