ANNIKA, 21, from California, describes her look as 'athletic, simple & modest'; she rarely uses makeup and admits that her hair is often messy... Despite being quite content with her relaxed aesthetic, Annika's best friends and mom know it's time for a change. Annika told Transformed: "My mom and my best friend Caelan, are definitely fed up with how I look. The words that Caelan uses are 'homeless chic'!" Annika confessed that part of the reason for her not branching out and trying more daring fashion, is down to the low confidence she has about her appearance. She said: "Since I was about 13 years old, my confidence has been at a really low point and that is often shown in the way that I look. I would like to elevate my style a little bit sometimes and feel confident in my own skin but it's just so scary." Today, Annika has taken the brave step of letting her mom & best friend buy a brand new glamorous outfit for her for their girls night, which is something Annika never thought she would do! Then, with the help of makeup artist Gloria and hair stylist Cielo, they will complete her glow up and transform Annika from her 'athletic, simple, modest' style to a 'glamorous look', which will hopefully give her the confidence she has always wanted. Will Annika leave her messy and modest days behind for good? Or will Annika hate what she sees and revert back to her old comfortable ways?
Follow Annika:
https://www.tiktok.com/@the.annika.channel
Follow Makeup Artist Gloria:
INSTAGRAM: @tasygl0ria
Follow Hair Stylist Cielo:
https://www.instagram.com/prettyfadezzz/
CREDITS:
Videographer: Istvan Lettang
Series Producer: Kim Nguyen
Video Producer: Adam Fleet
Casting Producer: Destiny Taitt
Editor: Helen McKee
Follow Annika:
https://www.tiktok.com/@the.annika.channel
Follow Makeup Artist Gloria:
INSTAGRAM: @tasygl0ria
Follow Hair Stylist Cielo:
https://www.instagram.com/prettyfadezzz/
CREDITS:
Videographer: Istvan Lettang
Series Producer: Kim Nguyen
Video Producer: Adam Fleet
Casting Producer: Destiny Taitt
Editor: Helen McKee
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00:00My mom and my best friend Kalen are definitely fed up with how I look the words that
00:07Kalen uses is homeless chic
00:11My mom is going to be picking out what I wear for the rest of the day
00:17No, no hard pass if I'm being honest, I'm a little nervous. Oh
00:22My gosh, I'm hoping that we see a really fabulous version of Annika that's still herself
00:30Unpredictable
00:38My name is Annika and I would describe my look as athletic modest and simple
00:44My look is comfort over everything if I'm not comfortable in a look then I normally don't wear it
00:51I kind of just throw on whatever I can and I get out of bed and go to classes today
00:58Angus today
00:59I'm letting my mom and my best friend transform my style like they've always wanted my mom and
01:06My best friend Kalen are definitely fed up with how I look the words that Kalen uses is
01:13homeless chic
01:15So Annika's problem right now
01:16She's looking around at the girls that have the homeless chic going on if she put a little bit of effort in on like Sunday
01:21night
01:23She would be able to still wear like athletic clothes to class if she wanted to like no one says you need to put a
01:27Prom dress on to go to class. I know but she just always looks kind of like an
01:38Everything it's just a little tiny bit of a tweak in some effort
01:48We are gonna have so much fun
01:51Transforming you mom. It's gonna be I think you need it
01:55My mom is not happy with my look and so she's going to be picking out what I wear and how I look
02:02For the rest of the day
02:08Drawing attention to myself is scary
02:11I don't dress up that often because I don't want people to look at me
02:16Even if it's in a good way because I'm scared they're gonna see the bad parts, too
02:28For Anika, we're gonna do a soft look just kind of like
02:33grabbing her features
02:36Emphasizing her cheekbones for her hair. We're giving her Hollywood ways. Give her some volume. We're gonna go ahead and start off with
02:43The hydration first, I'm actually using this brand IT. This is like for all kinds of skin
02:54Just having the moisturizer on my face it genuinely feels really nice really soothing really calm
02:59And so I'm feeling a lot less nervous than I did before
03:03But I guess we'll have to see once the layers start adding up
03:08Since I was about 13 years old, my confidence has been at a really low point and
03:16That is often reflected in the way that I look. I would like to elevate my look a little bit sometimes
03:24Be able to you know, feel confident in my own skin
03:29Sometimes even if you just put a little bit of lipstick and you're just not used to on the daily wearing lipstick
03:35It kind of uplifts you a little bit
03:47I've never done anything like this before and so I'm as nervous as I am. I'm I know I'm gonna love it
03:54That is assuming that my mom and my best friend and her mom picked out clothes that I actually like
04:05Oh
04:14My gosh, it's like baby and dirty dancing
04:21It's classy where's the rest of it?
04:35Last part
04:37This is
04:39Maybelline, it's just very high defined
04:45Are you ready for the dress?
04:52Ready let's do this three two one. Oh my gosh. Oh
05:01My gosh, I feel like a movie star what the heck
05:06I
05:09Love it
05:15I've never seen my eyes like that before. What the heck?
05:21The hair is like
05:23Caitlin has tried to do this hair on me so many times and she hasn't been able to do it. Oh my gosh
05:30How do you think they're gonna react? Oh
05:33I'm not gonna lie. I'm expecting some tears to be shy. I think they're gonna love it. I'm so excited. I
05:42Hope she is so happy with the look. I hope she exudes confidence
05:47I hope she enjoys everything about this. I think she's gonna see that dress and love it. It's gonna wait. It's so Barbie
05:54So I hope she'll be confident. That's what I want
05:58I'm hoping that we see a really fabulous version of Annika that's still herself
06:02Yeah, yeah, she can take the things that she's learned and apply them to class in everyday life
06:08Absolutely. All right. I'm excited
06:12Is she gonna say hey Barbie to predictable
06:27Oh
06:44This is so pretty honey, I love it
06:50The whole thing is gorgeous everything about it is just so so and you're always for Jess but
06:56Yeah
07:05She's so beautiful inside and out
07:08I'm so pleased and I think this will help her with her confidence so much
07:13I think that the inner beauty that she has is now on the exterior. Yeah, I love it, right
07:20Mom and Kaitlyn didn't just do a good job. They did a
07:24Fantastic job. Oh my gosh. I feel more confident in myself than I ever have been mom Kaitlyn Trisha
07:30You guys are the greatest people I have in my life and always make me feel so much better about myself
07:37And I want to say thank you for giving me the confidence that I didn't know I had
07:41I'm so grateful to you guys. Don't be silly bring it in bring it in
07:48But the beginning of this whole day
07:50I was so scared to go out in public and have people look at me the way I am right now
08:03You like this this entire experience isn't just transforming me for one day, I think it's transforming me for life
08:11You