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- My mom, hopefully most of you know,
her name is Terri.
I am very close with her.
- My mother is an incredible women.
She is a cancer survivor,
a fashionista, a working mother.
She's also incredibly intense.
- My mom definitely loves to shop still.
She messaged me the other day
and was like girl guess how many pair of shoes
I got for $250?
Five!
- My mom is really funny.
My mom has like a really good sense of humor.
My mom is not afraid.
My mom is fearless.
She has a lot of energy, fast.
Knows what she wants.
- We're all becoming our mothers at the end of the day.
Let's not kid ourselves.
- If you meet my mom you understand
where a lot of me comes from.
- On terms of like beauty routine and fashion
and stuff, I'm much more like into that stuff
than my mom is.
But I'm still into like the most simplest version
of that and I think that I get that part of things
from my mom 'cause she's just like a simple gal.
- I'm a little bit different from my mom
'cause I'm less intense than she is
and I don't take myself as seriously.
But I definitely do think that the things
I like are the things I like and I like them for a reason.
And I just sounded like my mother just then.
- I asked her what her routine was and I was like,
oh, I'll get maybe like four or five sentences.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
She gets up at 5:30 in the morning
to go to work by 8:30.
She gets up she has to exercise.
She has the same breakfast she makes.
She showers, curls her hair, does her makeup.
She's like yeah sometimes I'm a little bit late
to work too.
And I was like how?
You get up at 5:30 in the morning.
- Terri barely has a routine like she literally
sleeps until probably the last second
that she can sleep in before work.
And that is me.
She set's her alarm for seven a.m.
She hit's the alarm buzzer for 10 minutes, more sleep.
Hits it a second time for 10 minutes more sleep.
Turns it off at 7:20.
Turns on T.V to look at news 'till 7:45.
Then gets in shower for about eight minutes.
Drys off, brushes teeth, uses face moisturizers,
puts on deodorant, goes to the bedroom and puts on lotion,
puts on clothes and shoes, puts on jewelry,
Touch up hair, drink some sparkling water,
pack water and food, arrive at the office at nine a.m.
Also, I guess, I'll like sort of try to take out
some of the things that I do to make sure
I'm doing exactly like my mom does.
So instead of immediately reaching for my phone
when I wake up.
I'm going to have to hold off on that.
- My moms morning routine is so detailed, thorough
and intense that I can't even share a hotel room
with her anymore.
Sharon says, clock rings at four.
She actually gets up out of bed at five.
From five to six she showers and irons.
She washes her hair, blow dries it,
and then puts in a couple curlers.
This is my favorite part of when she described
her routine and I was like mom,
I need your skin care routine.
She puts sunscreen on first.
Then she put's on lotion.
And then she's like you know I don't wear
any makeup but I finish it off with a little
mascara, a little blush, a little lipstick.
But I don't wear any makeup.
Before she makes breakfast she wants the world
to know that she washes towels every day.
To make breakfast, she does her dishes.
To brush her teeth.
And then she leaves the house at around seven.
And then she gets to work by 7:30.
I think I'm just going to get very triggered
doing my moms routine.
(chicken cawing)
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Good morning, it is five in the morning.
- So my alarm went off at 5:30.
Why?
I don't know if you can tell but I'm not a morning person.
So my mom says that she wakes up between 5:30 and six,
but she hits the snooze a couple of times.
So we'll go with 5:45.
This time of the morning smells bad.
Woke up at like 5:55,
still not into it.
My mom apparently is up by now so I have to be up by now.
(snoring)
- I've been up since like 3:30
because I set my alarm for four
and my body sometimes does this thing
where if I have to wake up early,
it'll wake me up thirty minutes earlier.
It's a fun little magic trick.
(laughing)
- So when my mom gets up,
she apparently goes for a twenty or thirty minute walk.
Doctors orders.
So, that's what I'm doing now.
It is dark as bananas out here.
Bananas are yellow, they're not very dark.
(snoring)
- Typically, when I wake up my cats are just singing.
They are just meowing.
They are screaming.
They are ready for their breakfast.
This morning, they were like very sweet
and very like much like what are you doing,
like, go back to bed.
I used Bones as a pillow.
That was nice.
I believe the next thing on the agenda is a bath,
which I'm not too mad about, so.
(laughing)
(purring)
- Okay, I understand why my mom is awake now.
'cause the sky really gets light in the last half an hour.
I feel a little bit more awake now.
Making full sentences.
- I did the morning routine-ish.
I set my alarm last night for seven A.M.
Which is what my mother sets her alarm for.
Roberta tried to wake me up a little bit before seven.
So, that through me off a little bit.
She probably like knocked on my door.
Yes, I say knocked because that's what it sounds like
when she's like ramming her body against my bedroom door.
(laughs)
- I just had my bath.
It's interesting because typically I take a bath
as like a whine down activity.
Next, I have to but on sunscreen.
I don't know if this is actually the proper way
to put on sunscreen on bare skin.
'cause I typically put it on top of my moisturizer.
Typically, right now, I would brush my teeth
but my mom doesn't do that until the very end.
So, I guess I will put on some lotion
and some eye cream and then dry my hair.
I'm feeling a little discombobulated.
- [Kristen] And then she makes egg beaters with avocado.
I had doubts about these egg beaters
but now I still have doubts.
And I drop some on the floor.
R.I.P. Mr. Egg.
Alright, so adding the avocado.
Also, I just noticed that these egg beaters
have zero grams of fat.
So, I'm not sure how that's gonna taste.
- I slept until seven,
turned on the snooze, because my mom does,
for 10 more minutes and then it rang again
and then the second time, instead of snooze,
I just hit stop by accident.
So I accidentally over slept.
The second time I hit snooze.
I'm about to watch the news for like a second
and then jump in the shower.
It's eight o'clock.
- I brought my hot rollers out
and I'm gonna put some in my hair
for a little extra zhush.
Ironically, enough I've had these curlers
since I was in high school.
When I used to live with my mom.
So while these are heating up,
I'm gonna deviate from my moms routine just for a second,
and go make coffee.
She didn't really mention
when she has her coffee in the morning
but from like living with her.
I know in here routine a little bit.
I think that she probably has her coffee at the office
or like right before she leaves.
- Just hanging out in my bra.
It's too hot to have a shirt on, anymore.
Now it's time for the moment of truth.
Wow, that's delicious.
Egg beaters and avocado, who would've thought.
I don't usually eat breakfast
and the reason why I don't,
is because I am now 45 minutes behind.
After that I was exhausted.
I have to get ready now?
I just like when on a run and made breakfast.
I'm done.
- Time to figure out how to get the news situation happening
because that's what my mom does when she wakes up.
So, I like turned on my TV.
I tried to change the source to like TV, like antenna
or whatever and like nothing would come on.
Then I opened my laptop to try to stream CNN.
That didn't work, they wanted money.
So, then, I was like okay I'm already late.
Let me hop into the shower really quickly.
For the eight minutes that my mom showers.
Got out, dried off, flossed and brushed my teeth.
Now, I'm toning.
I'm actually very proud of her for toning.
When I think of skin care, in my head,
first thing that comes up is Olay
'cause she just used it for forever.
And then I'll figure it out after that.
So, I took some creative liberties.
Why don't I listen to news on the podcast
while I lotion and get ready for work.
So, I did that.
- So, then I jumped in the shower.
She says that she washes her hair every other day
but I kinda assumed that this was gonna be like a wash day.
I just realized that my mom doesn't have deodorant
listed anywhere.
Sorry, everyone I meet today.
Deodorant is not on this list.
Honestly, the hard part came with the curlers.
Trying to plug in these curlers,
a styling tool I have not used
since the Clinton administration.
I hope these work.
- Nothing like the smell of hot rollers in the morning.
So with this piece, I would typically curl it like this,
towards my cheek bones
but knowing my mom, who wants body, I'm going to curl it up.
I'm going to give myself a little boofun.
- One down, now I just.
Oh god, it hurts.
Kinda just hangs out there.
Just pulls your hair.
I'm amazed I still know how to do this.
She said, having no idea if she's doing it correctly.
- These are an integral part of Sharon's morning routine.
I made my lunch today.
I made Pat's lunch today,
'cause that's something my mom left out
that she used to do when, you know,
my brother and I were living at home.
So, I just peppered it back in.
- Tada.
I should be at work by now according to the schedule.
I look like I'm about to chase after someone
with a frying pan.
Now, we wait.
- Also, things got sticky
because my mom just does things in like an odd order,
an order that I'm not used to doing things in.
She gets dressed and puts shoes on
before she goes to like put on jewelry or do her hair.
Shoes is the absolute last thing I do
before I leave the house, so that through me off.
Also, this is the outfit that I chose to wear.
That was reminiscent of something my mom would wear.
Hey mom.
She's a pants wearer.
She doesn't ever do dresses really,
unless it's like summer time
and she's going somewhere cute or special
and usually a longer quarter length sweater
and then a jacket.
I did not wear a jacket today.
Let's keep it real folks, we're in LA.
- I think it's time for makeup.
Okay, so I've done my brows, just a little blush,
and mascara and some lipstick and we're good to go.
And around that time is when the delirium kind of set in.
It's me.
Delirium.
Mom's morning makeup routine done.
Now, lets go wash these towels 'cause they're filthy.
- Mkay, time to do makeup,
which theoretically should take eight to 10 minutes, mom.
My mom doesn't use primer which is like a problem for me
because my pores are so big.
Hope my little pores are thirsty
'cause they're about to get a drink of foundation.
She has concealer around her eyes and nose
and then she does foundation.
We actually use the same foundation, weirdly.
And then she lines her eyes with pencil
and then like half under this eye.
I'm not good at pencil, I need a paint brush.
And then she uses the same pencil to line her brows.
I think this was around the point
where I was like this is gonna look not great on me.
See look my mom looks really cute.
My mom has a mole right here, that she fills in
because she wants people to see it's pronounced but
I don't really have a mole here so I just drew one on.
I'm like Cruella de Vil.
Give me those puppies!
She like rubs some lipstick under her cheek bones for blush
and also she rubs in lipstick.
- All right, I'm heading out.
I'll probably get to work like fifteen minutes late.
- I've got my beves.
I've got bevy number one, bevy number two.
All the dishes are clean, the towels are almost done.
I just have to go and brush my teeth
and we're off to work.
Now, I know what you're thinking.
This (beep) leaving her house with the curlers
in her hair.
What is she doing?
Well, that is the Sharon Lionel way.
Sharon, just like myself, has fine hair
and she believes that we keep the curlers in
to the very last second
'cause if we don't, the curl will fall.
I am running late.
I was supposed to be at work at 7:30.
It is 7:30 now,
but you know what I was talking to you guys half the time.
- Da da da da da.
Wait is that lipstick?
Oh no, wait, it's the indentation from the clip.
Also, I just realized my mom brushes her teeth
after she puts on her lipstick like a monster.
What are you doing?
Okay, I'm finally on my way to work, four hours later.
I already sent her a photo of what I look like
and she was like, looks great
but a little too much blush.
And I was like, okay.
- My mom would never be late.
She's always punctual.
Hopefully, she doesn't watch this video
because then she be like, I would never be late.
Look at the parking lot this morning.
There is nobody here.
We have come to the the final step
in the Sharon Lionel morning process
which is called the car curl down.
It's when mom takes her curlers out in the car
right before she goes into work
and I'm gonna store my curlers in this tote that I brought
and hopefully my hair doesn't look too crazy.
Here we go.
Look at this little bounce.
Oh, these curls are so intense.
So there we are, this is what my hair looks like.
So much body, look at me.
I know what some of you are thinking,
Devin, why don't you put curlers in
the bottom half of your hair.
Um, because my mom doesn't.
She puts curlers only in the top to get volume.
My mom is a hundred percent gonna watch this video
and be like, your hair looks so cute.
Why don't you style your hair that way.
'Cause I don't wanna wake up at four, mom.
I just can't get over this mom hair.
It's perfect.
I'm not gonna lie, I kinda love coming to the office early
and being the first one here.
Ta ta da.
- So I finally made it to work.
I see that Devin has been here.
- Holding it down
- For hours, it's like 9:30.
I have my sparkling water.
I've forgotten to get some from home.
So, I'm drinking my sparkling water now
that my mother would be drinking at work.
She does.
(laughing)
She loves sparkling water.
(laughing)
- I will say there are some things about her routine
that I actually really like.
That I kinda really wanna adopt.
Her run first thing in the morning.
I love that she makes herself a healthy breakfast.
That part's great.
The rest of it sucks.
- I definitely think I'm going to wake up earlier.
I already wake up at like seven
but I really liked being here early
when no one else was around.
- The part of her routine that
I would like to incorporate into mine
which I used to do more often
but I've just been sleeping later and later
and just haven't had the time.
But just listening to the news podcast in the morning
while getting ready was like definitely helpful
and supper informative.
I did stay off social media this morning which was good.
- Trying our mom's morning routines.
- Lady tested.
- Lady, I get it from my momma.
- Lady, bright and early.
- Debbie approved.
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