- Getting ready for a night out can be a thing.
(groans)
- Is it better to do everything on your own,
or hire a squad?
- One of us will get a stylist, and professional
hair and makeup.
- And one of us will thrift shop and do our own makeup.
- Is it bad?
- [Both] We're gonna find out which option is
more worth it.
(funky music)
- Hey, what's up?
- I'm excited.
- Yeah, I'm nervous.
- Why are you nervous?
- Uh, well, there's a 50 50 chance one of our days
is not gonna be real fun.
- I'm excited for both options.
- Yeah.
- I like... (laughs)
- I'm not someone who is very good at their own makeup.
So, all the assistance I can get,
I generally feel like I could use.
- I have insecurities that
I need to deal with on my own.
And I don't need a stylist bringing them to light.
- [Interviewer] So, Nina, you would rather
do stuff yourself.
- I would, I think.
Because I need to be in control.
- [Interviewer] Are you guys ready to find out
who's getting what?
- Yes.
- Let's do it.
- [Interviewer] Okay.
So, Nina, you're getting professional.
- Oh. - Shocking.
- Did you just decide that because I said
I didn't want to? (laughs)
- Whee.
- Good luck to you.
I don't think you'll need it.
I'll think you'll turn out very lovely
in the end. - Thank you.
Good luck to you, but you will be fine.
Because you won't have
to do anything. (laughs)
Alright, let's do it.
- Yes. - Yep.
- Let's do it.
- Boom.
(classical opera music)
- My name is Nadia Beeman.
I'm a fashion stylist based in Los Angeles.
And today, I'll be styling Nina for her night out.
- Hi, I'm Nina.
- Nina, Nadia.
So nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.
- I've pulled a few selections for your night out.
- Okay.
I feel like I'm seeing a lot of very nice pieces here.
They're all also things that I could never wear.
- How would you describe your personal style?
- My personal style is pretty subdued.
I wear 90% black.
Crop tops are probably the trendiest thing that I do.
- Well, I think I have some things that'll
really push you today.
- [Nina] You're gonna push me? (laughs)
- Yeah girl.
Do you trust me?
- I trust you.
- Awesome.
- I trust you, 'cause you look cool.
- So our first stop is to find me an outfit.
We're at Iguana Clothing, a vintage clothing store.
I have vintage shopped before.
It's a little tough when you're a bigger size.
'Cause a lot of these places don't sort by size.
Sometimes they don't even have tags.
So I'm just gonna go into that jungle there,
and see if I can't pull me out a dress.
(techno music)
The tough part about vintage shopping when you're plus size,
is that plus size clothes only got good in the
last five years or so.
Before that, it was a lot of stuff like this.
They're like, "Okay, we'll just give you a swatch of things,
"sew it together, and then give you pockets,
"and you'll buy it, right?"
And we had to, because we didn't have other options.
But now we do.
So stuff like this is relegated to the sale rack
at the vintage store.
So we just left Iguana.
I got myself a dress.
It was 65 dollars.
It was kind of a diamond in the rough.
I don't think I would have found this if I'd gone
to just a normal store.
While we had to invest about an hour to find this dress,
it was worth it.
- I just got my outfit picked out by Nadia,
and now I'm about to go get a blow out.
They don't wash it, 'cause that's why they call it
a dry bar, right?
So-- - Or they wash it
and they dry it. - I think they do wash it.
- Do they wash it?
I've never gotten a blow out before,
so I'm excited to see what it's all about.
(dance music)
- Hi, I'm Leann.
I'm currently a blower slash manager at Blow Hollywood
in the heart of Hollywood.
Hi, have a seat. - Hi, I'm Nina.
- Leann, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you too.
- I want to suggest our Hollywood Glam.
How does that work? - Oh wow,
that's really pretty.
- Come on over.
- I'm going for a classic blow out.
Nina's actually at Blow right now, getting her
hair done, blown out for her.
So I'm gonna see if I maybe can make
the same thing happen for my hair,
but with no help at all.
(♫ Nutcracker Suite)
I don't know if I achieved the blow out look.
It doesn't feel bouncy to me,
it just feels very straight.
But it could be worse.
There are worse things than straight hair.
It's pretty shiny.
- Oh my God.
My hair is so beautiful.
I have a very small head, and I really like
the volume in my hair, which I don't normally have.
You know what?
I didn't have to do anything.
I did nothing.
I sat in a chair, and then I sat in a different chair.
It was great.
- So it's makeup time, and I'm going to attempt a full face,
with golden glittery eye shadow, and a red lip.
I'm not very experienced with makeup.
I've gotten better.
My knowledge, I'm still at the very bottom of that mountain.
I think I know what half this stuff does.
I don't know what any of these eye shadows do.
- Next, we are off to Blushington,
where I'm gonna get my makeup done.
I like doing makeup, but I know that
I'm not the best at it, and I know
that I'm not perfect at it.
If I'm getting all this stuff done,
then I want something that I never could possibly do
by myself.
(dance music)
- Hi, I'm Jazmyn.
I'm lead trainer of California Blushington.
And tonight, I'm gonna be giving Nina
a look for a night out.
- Hi. - Hi Nina,
welcome to Blushington.
- Thank you. - I'm Jazmyn.
- Go ahead and have a seat. - Okay.
- So, we're gonna be giving you a look
for a night out tonight? - Yes.
- What did you have in mind?
- I don't know--
- I think for a night out, a smokey eye would be
really pretty on you. - Okay yes.
I can agree with that. - Something really bronzy.
I think it's gonna really bring out the colors in your eyes,
and it's just gonna look really pretty,
and it's going to go with anything.
- Yes, that sounds great, 'cause I can
barely do a smokey eye myself.
So... (laughs)
It's great to get it done.
- It's an advanced technique, so don't worry about it.
(laughs) That's what we're here for.
- So, I'm gonna start with my brows.
Actually, I'm gonna get my hair out of my face.
So I don't ruin it.
Hello clippies.
Uh.
Good enough.
- [Jazmyn] So I'm gonna start with a little bit of
moisturizer first. - Cool.
I'm just picturing Kristen right now,
in a dark room, in front of her laptop.
- Now, we're gonna do concealer on my eyes.
I think I'm doing this right.
Oh, oh, oh, yeah.
Oh wow.
I can't see very well,
but this already seems to be making a difference.
- Here I am, just sitting lazily,
having Jazmyn treat me like a queen.
This is how it should be every day.
(dance music)
- Eyeliner's very hard without your glasses.
The stakes are very high.
If you mess...
Oh shit.
- [Woman] Keep your eyes closed!
- I've just gotta keep my eyes closed.
It's like nightmare.
(dance music)
Alright, makeup is done.
This probably took me about an hour.
This is a solid hour
of doing it and then redoing it, and then mistakes.
This was an investment.
This was a whole episode of Law and Order.
- Alright Nina, you're all set with your look.
How do you feel?
- I feel amazing.
I feel like a glamorous witch,
'cause I've got this crazy smokey eye,
that's also, kind of shimmery.
And I've got this lipstick shade in blood rose,
which I feel like is very sultry and evil.
I'm honestly just so excited to go out,
and show the world how I look.
I could spent eight hours doing my makeup,
and it would never look anything
even remotely close to this.
(techno dance music)
- [Woman] One, two, three.
- [Both] Oh!
(laughs) - My God.
Look at that.
How did we both know
to get fur? - How do we end up with
the same look?
- I think, we look--
- I think we look good. - Equally good.
- I think we look good. - Definitely.
- We learned a lot.
It was obviously not the easiest thing in the world.
There was a little bit of suffering,
but then, we got a nice, fun look at the end.
- This is the celeb life, you know?
- I know. - Just have
other people do shit for you. (laughs)
- Yep.
Sounds great.
(both laugh)
- They gave me water in a champagne glass.
That's how fancy it got.
- I ate pizza standing up. (laughs)
A night out.
Do it yourself versus--
- Doing it professionally.
- Is it worth it?
- I think that parts of it are worth it.
- Yeah.
Parts of it.
- Depending on how much money you have.
- What you're good at.
Most of us don't have the money
to basically put someone else in charge of our bodies.
- But I'll be setting up a Go Fund Me
to help me with getting that money,
for my future nights out.
(dance music)