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My parents hate my creepy cute Morgoth style
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I often go see my dad for lunch. Every time he's like, please, can you make sure you dress normal
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So today I'm making that happen and embracing my Chinese heritage. I'm scared though
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You guys ready to see my transformation? Yes! Wow. Oh my God
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Oh my God! My name's Rachel. Nice to meet you. Thank you for coming
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Thank you. Are you excited? I'm so excited to get transformed. I'm excited too
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Please come inside. Thank you. I would describe my style as gothic, 2000s, laid and extra
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A creepy cute more goth is like me. So we've got like the cat ears
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Also we've got the really like intricate detailed makeup, the fishnets, the shiny material
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very gothic style mixed with like dolly makeup. My parents are very unaccepting of my style, especially my dad
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He's just like never accepted it. I've had to tone down the way I dress when I go and see him
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My mom is, she doesn't accept it, but she's quiet about it. She definitely doesn't approve
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What do you think of Nikki's look? I always have concerns how the general public think of her
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whether it's going to affect her career opportunities, and whether I'm comfortable being with her in public
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Most of the time, if she wants to go out with me, I have a request to say, okay, just dress normal or the same
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I love her. But I'm a little bit worried. Hey, Dad. Hi, Mom
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Hi, Mila. Hi. So I know that you really don't like the way you dress
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So for our dinner tonight, I'm going to give you a surprise. Mm-hmm
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Okay. So today I'm going to give my parents a transformation of their lifetime
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Yeah, embrace my Chinese culture because they just really hate my style. All right, Nikki, you ready to get transformed
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I'm so ready. Transform me. Come take a seat. Yes. So today I will be going for a nice rose lip plummy eyes with quite a porcelain skin tone and we be bringing the blush and creating quite the opposite contrast to what her ordinary glam is
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So we'll just remove your cat ears, little miss kitty cat, and we'll take off your earrings
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I think growing up I had a lot of pressure to fit in and be normal, like you won't be accepted if you stand out at all
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My parents are Chinese and they're born and raised in China. I'm Australian, so I was born here
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First generation and it's very different upbringings. So I'm just using the Napoleon Purtis Autopilot Radiance Boosting Primer
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This will be great to create that glowy base for the foundation
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My parents feel strongly against my style because it's against everything like traditional Chinese culture goes for
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They just wouldn't understand why I want to dress like this. I often go see my dad for lunch pretty much every time
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He's like, please, can you make sure you dress normal, which I hate? And it's going to the point where he's like, let's go shopping
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We'll buy you some like normal clothes for you to wear before you come see me. Because I think he just gets like secondhand embarrassment going out with me
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Napoleon Purtis lip service to hydrate the lips. Oh, yeah, it's good
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Have you ever had any negative attention? Yeah, for sure. I've been harassed by like teenagers
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they'll bark at you oh at you like oh yeah they'll be like a dog yeah i get judged pretty much every
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time i go out especially young teenage boys they'll look at me and they'll go like what the hell
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like i'll hear freak i'll hear weirdo worst thing that's happened to me for dressing like this is i
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was gonna get my uber and my uber driver like it's just like no and he just drove off how did
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these comments make you feel honestly these comments don't bother me that much anymore
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I get that if I dress differently, I'm going to get viewed differently as well. We're using the Natasha Denona and Patrick Tarr palettes
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so we're going for quite spring, fresh, plummy spring tones. Very Chinese traditional makeup I have to get a little hair tie from somewhere
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Alright, Nikki, we're ready. Are you ready to see your transformation? I think I'm ready
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I'm really excited, but also very nervous as well. Three, two, one
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Oh my god! What the hell? Who is that? Actually, who is this? Oh my gosh! What? How do you feel
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I feel like a completely different person. Like, I don't even know who I'm looking at right now
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It is quite beautiful though. You hit the spot on. Thank you. It's very Chinese. Thank you
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Very elegant. But I do not know who that is. You look like a completely different person
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Insane, especially like the hair and the makeup. It's just like completely shocking
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Wow. Wow. Like I'm honestly so shook. And the lashes. The eyebrows are really different as well
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The lip color is something that I wouldn't usually wear. And like, yeah, just it's totally insane
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I think my parents will be thrilled. They'll be shocked. Absolutely shocked
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What are you expecting to see today? I haven't seen her. like I'm a normal in like seven years so it'll be a big surprise and I'm looking forward to it and
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I hope I don't miss it too much. Are you guys excited? Yes. Very excited. Nervous? Um curious
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Are you guys ready to see my transformation? Yes. Yes. Wow. Oh my god
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So, what do you think? Wow. This is what you wanted? Oh my god
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You look elegant. Yes, wow. I look Chinese, I look traditional. Wow
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What do you guys think? Oh my god. Do you guys like it or
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I like it so much You like it so much What do you think dad Yeah You like it lot I love it so much I never seen you like this before It very shocking It is very shocking The elegant part of you just shows up
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Oh, thank you. Oh, yeah. So beautiful, my love. Yeah. I've never seen you like this, my love
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Oh, my love. Oh, my love. I'm glad you guys like it so much
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So nice. Look like a Mulan. I feel like Mulan, yeah. Yes
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Very elegant. Yes, so beautiful. The dress is really nice. This is what you wanted, guys
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I'm embracing my Chinese culture now. Seeing Nikki embracing her culture makes me more connected to her
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I'm just so proud, you know, for how she's showing up in the world
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and now embracing her own culture as well. This is letting me feel more closer
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More like connected, right? More connected. Yeah, like this is your daughter. Right
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What did you think of everyone's reaction? I was really surprised. I did not expect them to react like that much
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Like my mom cried. My dad was really happy. It was over the moon. To have my parents finally approve of my clothing
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it's honestly really healing as something that I've wanted for a long time. I've wanted my mom and dad's approval
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for a really long time. so it feels really good. What do you guys want to have for dinner? Sushi
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Yeah, let's get sushi for sure. This experience has taught me that seeing my mom and dad
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that happy, it's worth it. So I will dress like normal when I go and see them
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because it just makes them so happy. Hi, I'm in the restaurant with my family
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and my mom is enjoying my new festivations. Thank you so much
