CORNELIA, 25, from Sweden, describes her unique look as 'Elegant Romantic Burlesque Goth', with the key elements of her style being lace, velvet, latex, corsets, dramatic makeup and of course, tattoos! Cornelia hasn't always dressed this way and as a child she looked very different. Cornelia told Transformed: "I looked like every other kid, pink clothes, long blonde hair, I was your average Swedish kid. But then I snapped... I dyed my hair, started getting tattoos, shaved off my eyebrows, the classic Cornelia look!" Her strong love for tattoos spiralled quickly and it was when she got her face tattooed, her mom, Marianna was devastated. Cornelia said: "When I came home with my first face tattoo, my mom thought I was destroying my face, she wasn't happy with me at all, which was very upsetting". Today, with the help of makeup artist Monika, Cornelia is getting rid of her tattoos and transforming from her 'Elegant Burlesque Goth' look, into a 'Pink Princess' in order to finally give her mom the surprise she's always wanted. Will Mariana prefer her daughter with the tattoos gone and in this new look? Or will she finally realise that Cornelia's 'Elegant Burlesque Goth' Style is something she's grown to love?
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Instagram:@femme.demon
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Videographer: Matthew Gormly
Series Producer: Kim Nguyen
Video Producer: Adam Fleet
Casting Producer: Destiny Taitt
Editor: Vanessa Nascimento
Follow Cornelia:
Instagram:@femme.demon
Follow Makeup Artist Monika:
https://www.instagram.com/monikamichalek.mua/
Videographer: Matthew Gormly
Series Producer: Kim Nguyen
Video Producer: Adam Fleet
Casting Producer: Destiny Taitt
Editor: Vanessa Nascimento
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00:00When I got my first face tattoo, my mom wasn't happy with me.
00:03She thought I was destroying my face.
00:06If I can summarize my look in a few words,
00:09it's elegant, sexy, provocative.
00:12It's goth.
00:13Today, I'm transforming my elegant burlesque style
00:16to a pink princess for my mom.
00:18It's something she's always wanted.
00:21Are you ready for a big reveal?
00:22I think so.
00:24Three, two, one.
00:28Oh my.
00:30Ha ha!
00:32I'm scared.
00:32Oh my God.
00:33Oh my God!
00:34Oh!
00:35Oh, fuck.
00:45Hi!
00:46Hi!
00:46You look so well done.
00:48How are you?
00:49Good, how are you?
00:50Good.
00:51What?
00:52My name is Kriynia.
00:53I would describe my look as an elegant, romantic,
00:58burlesque type of goth. My key elements I must say it's lace, velvet, I like latex as well, corsets,
01:07lots of crosses. I'm obviously very tattooed. Today I'm transforming my elegant burlesque
01:13style to a pink princess for my mom. I know it's something she's always wanted.
01:18I'm super excited. I will start with super light base on her face and then some super
01:27natural eyeshadows on her eyes. The biggest challenge is to cover tattoos on her chest
01:33because they are super sharp. We need to use double layering of products. Cornelia I'm ready
01:40for you. So excited. So tell me why did you choose the pink princess look? Because it's like the
01:54right opposite of what I normally look like. When I was a kid I used to dress very like like every
02:03other kid. I was wearing pink clothes, I was blonde, I had extremely long hair as well.
02:09But yeah I was your average Swedish kid uh but then I snapped. The first memory I can think of
02:17is when I found my mom's six pistols t-shirt when I was like nine and I thought it looked cool as
02:23so I was like I'm gonna wear this. I dyed my hair bright red and I shaved off my eyebrows
02:28so that's a very classic Cornelia look from when I was nine.
02:39This is Dermacol foundation which contains 50 percent of pigment and super super long lasting.
02:48My first face tattoo was rose here on the forehead. What was your mom's reaction to
02:55you getting a face tattoo? My mom's reaction was very upsetting. She wasn't happy with me at all.
03:03She thought I was destroying my face. When she got the tattoo in the face I got upset for a few years
03:13for a few years because I was afraid that she should regret it
03:20or that employers should have opinions about it.
03:26I have my ears tattooed as well. What?
03:32Here we have Daschle lip oil. It's super moisturizing.
03:37Also using lip liner from Daschle. It's perfect for pink princess.
03:47I'll start doing color correction and then Dermacol on top of it to cover.
03:55My body is completely covered in tattoos. Do you get judged on the way you look or dress?
04:00I've been physically attacked multiple times on the street, comments on social media,
04:06the devil is inside of me and stuff like that. The comments and the staring, it doesn't affect
04:13me today. I'm way over it. Who are you going to reveal the look to? I will reveal my look today
04:19for my mom, my friends and my roommates. My mom hasn't seen me without my tattoos since I was like
04:2617. I think it will be like a flashback for her like when I was 14 and dressed normally.
04:33Okay Karnelia, let's get you into the dress.
04:45Are you ready for a big reveal? I think so, yeah. Three, two, one. Oh my f***.
05:03It's a, it's a look. Wow, yeah this is, this is not it for me. Great job on covering my tattoos
05:14and great makeup. I look snatched in this dress though. It gives a lot of Paris Hilton vibes.
05:25It's so weird seeing me in like natural eyebrows.
05:32I can't wait to show this look to my friends, they're gonna lose their s***.
05:36I have seen Karnelia in normal clothes before but it was a long, long time ago. I would like to see
05:43something totally different, like a classic elegant style, maybe blonde hair and no tattoos.
05:52I really hope she's like full-on Barbie vibes. Yes, bimbo vibes. Bimbo vibes, like totally opposite.
06:00Yeah, exactly, just seeing her in something that she would never wear and I kind of hope
06:04she cringes a bit about that herself. That's the goal.
06:13I'm scared.
06:15Oh my god.
06:28It feels insane, like especially my chest without any tattoos.
06:33This is what you could have looked like. Do I look like I did when I was a kid mom?
06:38Well, maybe the hair, but...
06:40Yeah, maybe the hair, yeah.
06:42The dress is very extreme.
06:44You're a little cutie.
06:45Yeah, you're very cute, but it's like, this is, it's not me once and for all.
06:50Are you very uncomfortable?
06:51Yeah, I was extremely nervous before the reveal because I was like,
06:56I'm not gonna be happy with it, it's gonna, I'm gonna feel very uncomfortable.
07:00But it turned out nice.
07:02Yeah, yes.
07:03Like it was like better than I thought.
07:05Yeah, yeah.
07:07I'm a big fan of that.
07:10Wow.
07:10The reactions were exactly what I anticipated.
07:13They screamed, they shouted and covered their mouths.
07:17So yeah, obviously it was a very good reaction.
07:24My mom said it was weird seeing me dressed like this after so many years
07:29because last time she saw me like at least in a pink dress and blonde hair,
07:33I must have been like eight.
07:36I think the new look is very, very pretty, obviously very princessy,
07:42but it's not my new look.
07:44Definitely not.
07:45I'm unfortunately not going to keep this.
07:48It was a fun experience, definitely.
07:50But I prefer my own self.
08:05Bye.