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ALEX, 26, from Sweden, is a 'Black Metal Barbie' who is obsessed with mixing everything hyper-feminine with the spice of black metal subculture to make her amazing style. Alex always loved the plastic, snatched and iconic style of famous pop stars, but knew she needed an edge to make this look her own. Alex told Transformed: "My look is raw, crust, metal, and spikes! I do still like to wear little skirts and big, cute, chunky shoes. I'd rather wear miniskirts and platform boots in 3 feet of snow than wear sweatpants and be comfortable! It's Barbie, Bratz, Britney Spears... But make it black!" Despite Alex feeling her most confident in what she wears, she's a victim of people assuming that she's not smart as a result of her appearance. Alex said: "I get a lot of judgement in school, people thinking I'm probably not smart enough and I'm just a goth bimbo. No! I'm educated, I have two associate degrees and a bachelor's degree. I'm also a bilingual medical interpreter." Alex is just about to graduate from her latest academic achievement, but she has come up with a master plan to hopefully stop the judgment... Today, with the help of makeup artist Leslie, Alex is stepping out of her black metal boots and becoming Sabrina Carpenter! But how will Alex's best friend and boyfriend react to her drastic change? Will Alex's new look be the one she chooses to graduate in?

Follow Alex:
https://www.instagram.com/alexbourgvtt/ -

Follow Makeup Artist Leslie:
https://www.instagram.com/les.joh/?hl=en
https://www.tiktok.com/@les.joh93?lang=en

CREDITS:
Videographers: Jack Walton & Matthew Gormly
Series Producer: Kim Nguyen
Video Producer: Adam Fleet
Casting Producer: Destiny Taitt
Editor: Helen Mckee

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Fun
Transcript
00:00I get a lot of judgment in school thinking that I'm probably not smart
00:04enough due to how I look. I would describe my look as a black metal Barbie, raw
00:10crust, metal, and spice. Today I will be stepping out of my big old boots into
00:17more of a Sabrina Carpenter style look, but will I be able to pull it off?
00:23I don't think my boyfriend is expecting this. Let's hope he doesn't leave me.
00:30Oh s**t!
00:31Oh my god. What the hell?
00:38Hey! How are you?
00:39I'm good. I'm Leslie. I'm your makeup artist today.
00:42Okay. Come on.
00:44I would describe my look as a black metal Barbie slash guitar hero character.
00:49Most things that I have on, I have created myself.
00:53I usually like to wear a lot of spikes, studs, corsets, leather, small feminine little tops.
01:01I do still like to wear little skirts and big, cute, chunky shoes.
01:06But at the same time, I like to keep it dark.
01:08I'd rather wear mini skirts and platform boots and three feet of snow
01:14than wear sweatpants and be comfortable.
01:18Unfortunately, in my class, some people do not take me seriously due to the way that I look.
01:23Like, oh, she's just a goth bimbo.
01:25No, I am educated.
01:27I have two associates and a bachelor's degree in public health and nursing.
01:32And I am also a bilingual medical interpreter.
01:35Today, I will be getting transformed from my usual black metal Barbie look
01:40to the pink, glamorous, and iconic Sabrina Carpenter type look for my upcoming graduation.
01:46I think I am going to leave a couple mouths open because I have never worn color.
01:52Okay, Alex. Let's do this.
01:54So for Alex's look today, we're really going to bring out her natural features
02:00with a lot of glow, a lot of blush, really make it a fun look.
02:05So we're going to use this Face Fact Serum.
02:08This is really going to give you like this glowy base.
02:11Ever since I was around eight years old, I started painting my nails black with Sharpie.
02:17I was always attracted to more of like the classic rock music.
02:21And then it was until I started playing Guitar Hero that I was like,
02:25this is what I want to look like.
02:28Before your foundation, we're just going to put this blurring prime.
02:31So it blurs out a little of the pores.
02:33Britney Spears was in her main peaking era.
02:37I wanted to be like that also.
02:39So that's why I decided to do kind of a mashup of looks and create who I am.
02:44The Barbie, Bratz, Britney Spears, but make it black.
02:49We're going to start trying with this Illumine.
02:52It's also a blur foundation.
02:53We're going to mix it up with a little of this Clarins foundation.
02:57Just to make it a little bit brighter.
03:03This is a palette from Tarte.
03:06It has like some glowy shadows and also some match out.
03:09So you can use this for a lot of things actually.
03:15Sabrina Carpenter usually has like a really light base.
03:18And she really likes to lighten like the inner corner.
03:27Have you ever had any judgy comments to people?
03:30Sometimes I just walk down the street and yeah, people stare at me.
03:36Sometimes when I'm in airplanes and you're passing through all those people
03:39and they're all just like looking at you.
03:41I think that's one point where I really do notice it.
03:44Some of them actually do look disgusted.
03:48I also believe that if you don't take the time to get to know me
03:52and you just simply judge me, then I dodged a bullet.
03:56We're going to use like a little wispy eyelashes.
04:02This one's from the pen.
04:05Why did you want to do this transformation?
04:08I guess I want to see how I look with a normal aesthetic, a more common, I guess.
04:16I hope my boyfriend doesn't leave me.
04:18I definitely don't think you will.
04:27Are you ready to see yourself?
04:29I guess so.
04:30Let's do it.
04:37Four, three, two, one.
04:42Oh my God.
04:46Oh my God.
04:47How do you feel?
04:48That is not me.
04:50Oh my God.
04:51You look good.
04:53Like a housewife.
05:00I can't believe this.
05:01Is that even me?
05:03I like the glow of the makeup on like my cheekbones and stuff.
05:08But I feel too adult in this.
05:12I don't think it's going to be for me at all.
05:18Yeah, I don't think my boyfriend is expecting this at all.
05:23At all.
05:25So are you excited or are you horrified?
05:29I'm mostly excited I think.
05:30Yeah.
05:31I've never seen Alex with a different kind of aesthetic than her usual.
05:37I don't know what she looks like without all of her makeup and the clothes and the...
05:41Yeah.
05:42She probably feels like naked without her makeup and with more clothes on.
05:47Yeah, definitely.
05:49I'm not sure I will recognize her.
05:50If she hates it then we can hate it too.
05:52Yeah.
05:53Yeah.
05:54Okay, good.
05:55Like we do.
05:56We always support hate.
05:57Yeah.
05:58That's what friends are for.
05:59Yes, exactly.
06:01Oh my god.
06:03What the hell?
06:05What is that?
06:06This is...
06:08Oh my god.
06:10What have they done to you?
06:11Right?
06:13I feel like a desperate housewife.
06:15I feel like you look like Dolly Parton.
06:17Yeah, like a little Dolly Parton.
06:18Yeah.
06:19I'll take that.
06:20Or you're like running for president.
06:21It's really weird.
06:23I mean you look great, you always look great, but it's like...
06:25Yeah, you look super pretty.
06:27It's really, really weird.
06:29It's really weird.
06:30Yeah, that's the word.
06:32What do you think of everyone's reaction?
06:35I definitely did expect them to react exactly the way they did.
06:39It's too normal.
06:40Unnatural.
06:41Like, it doesn't feel like her.
06:42It feels like there's some...
06:44Some other person has come and possessed her.
06:46To come and sell real estate to us or something.
06:49So you're ready to go out and celebrate your graduation like this?
06:53Yeah, I can't do it.
06:54I can't do it.
06:55I need some...
06:56Some eyeliner at least, you know?
06:58A minimum.
07:00I guess I can see now that I can be normal if I want to be one day.
07:05But I will decide not to.
07:07But at least that's my choice.
07:09It was nice trying out Sabrina Carpenter, but I don't think it's really my style.
07:14No.
07:15I was born dark and I have always been dark.
07:17Yes.
07:18Thank God.
07:19We like you dark.
07:21Thank you guys.
07:22As soon as you guys are out the door, I will change back into my regular clothes.
07:28But it's been really fun.
07:30Oh my God!
07:31Does it look good?
07:32I don't think I will be graduating with this look at all.
07:37I just think it really isn't to me.
07:40And if graduation is a special moment, then I should actually really show who I am.
07:47Hell yeah!
07:48Throw it in the trash.
07:49Yeah.
07:50The black chocolate-hopment.
07:51Oh, of course.
07:52You're not as muchphones on.
07:54I'm Yung.
07:55The black chocolate-hopper.
07:56Yeah!
07:57Before the right time, I try to wait.
07:58I miss you.
07:59And you're all fresh.
08:00I will work had a losing corner.
08:02Oh my God!
08:03You're wrong!
08:04You're right.
08:05It's too loud.
08:07If youmond, I don't like a dream.
08:09You

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