For Izzy Gonzalez, her style is her whole brand. From her 31 face tattoos and stretched ears to her oversized clothing, chain accessories and platform heels, Izzy is known for her alternative look. The 27-year-old from Denver, Colorado, describes her look as ‘trap emo’ and is better known by her rapper and model persona: face tatt mommy. Izzy has a two-year-old daughter, Amora and regularly receives judgement when she is out with her because her aesthetic is not that of a ‘typical’ mum. So how will she react to a Karen-inspired ‘mumsy’ makeover? And what will her friend and daughter think?
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00:00I have 31 tattoos on my face alone. That's not counting my head or my neck. My style 100% is my life. Today
00:07I'm going from alternative style to mom's style.
00:13It's Karen Blonde. Hi!
00:17So scared
00:19Stop! That's not me! My daughter's not gonna know who I am. Surprise! Oh my god! It's me!
00:36These are like my chokers and everything I wear. Well, this is 100% me and a lifestyle I've always
00:44been this way. I grew up with alternative parents, so they never tried to, you know, hinder how I expressed myself,
00:51the things I wore.
00:53The way I describe my look to everybody is
00:56like trap emo. I'm a sucker for anything with studs on it and anything that has a platform.
01:04I have a two-year-old daughter named Amara.
01:08She is literally my twin flame, but way cooler than me.
01:13People are shocked when they realize that Amara is really like my offspring.
01:19We've had a lot of misconceptions before. I'm the babysitter. I'm the big sister. Most people don't expect a mom,
01:25you know, to be walking her two-year-old with some like
01:29platform Buffalo Londons and like chains swinging around, you know. I've had people come up to me, ask me
01:35what my DOC number is, when I got out of prison.
01:39These are all the packages I got sent for my makeover.
01:45Today I'm going from alternative style to mom style, okay?
01:50I'm scared. It's been like 10 years since I originally tattooed my face, so I
01:56am really nervous.
02:01The opposite of my look, and I think anybody in the U.S.
02:05knows what a Karen is, like super conservative,
02:10boring hair, boring clothes.
02:13Definitely no tattoos showing, no tattoos.
02:16Full eyebrows probably. This I would probably give to like one of the homeless people around here, but...
02:25It's Karen blonde. This is gonna be awful, like really awful.
02:32So scared.
02:35I've covered tattoos,
02:38but never this this many. I am beyond nervous,
02:44partially because now I'm exposed to that eyebrow. I have 31 tattoos on my face alone.
02:49That's not counting my head or my neck or anything around, like solely my face.
02:56I'm like now it's setting in, I'm like, oh my god, my face is gonna be different.
02:58I feel like Mary had a little lamb remake.
03:13Do you think you'll be surprised? Oh, definitely. Yeah, I'm like nervous for real right now.
03:17Yeah.
03:25Stop! That's not me!
03:35This is what I'd look like if I never tattooed my face. I don't know who I am.
03:40Oh my god, this is weird. I don't want to look at myself anymore.
03:44But it's not bad, like I look pretty.
03:47Just pretty different.
03:49These eyebrows are awesome.
03:53I feel like I'm gonna freak out my best friend in my dark.
03:58I think it's gonna really mind-blow her to see me with no tattoos. She's gonna be like, where'd they go?
04:05I've never not known her without face tattoos. I'm really excited to see what this parallel universe Izzy could be like.
04:12Are you scared?
04:14Do you want to see you?
04:18Surprise! Oh my god!
04:20Are you serious?
04:22Oh, what?
04:25She doesn't know what to do. It's me!
04:29How do you feel? I feel gross.
04:33You look like you just baked cookies for like the Christian bake sale.
04:39Where'd my tattoos go? I don't know. You don't know?
04:42Can you find them?
04:44Where are they?
04:48She found one.
04:49It's just a whole different person. Like I can't accept that this is Izzy. My brain is not good with it yet.
04:55I remember why I have tattoos now. I would not go out like this. I don't think people would talk to me.