0:00:03 > 0:00:06I'm Ellie Taylor. Snog Marry Avoid is back on the road,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09fighting the fakery of Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Have you fallen into a muddy puddle?
0:00:11 > 0:00:13That is just so rude!
0:00:13 > 0:00:17If you're brassy and your look is trashy, hold on to your lashes,
0:00:17 > 0:00:19because there's nowhere to hide.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22The world's only make-under computer, POD, is checking that
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Britain's fakers aren't flashing their joysticks or motherboards.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27You look like a pantomime dame.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30No, I don't. I look amazing and colourful.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34From Birmingham to Bromley, Cardiff to Liverpool, POD's sensors
0:00:34 > 0:00:37can seek out the fiercest fans of fakery.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Families across Britain have had enough of the fakery that's stolen
0:00:42 > 0:00:45their sons and daughters, their brothers and sisters.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47ALL: Down with fakery!
0:00:49 > 0:00:53And I've accepted POD's mission to uncover the latest phony fads
0:00:53 > 0:00:56and expose their ridiculousness.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Work the bum. Go!
0:00:58 > 0:01:01If you saw me walking down the street...
0:01:01 > 0:01:02I thought it was ridiculous.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Let the battle against fakery commence. This is Snog Marry Avoid.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24This week, POD's landed back in the home of the dragon,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27daffodils and buff rugby boys.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29THEY ROAR
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Her sensors have detected Welsh fakery that's dipped lower
0:01:32 > 0:01:36than the valleys, and her hard drive needs to tackle it head on.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38We're back in Cardiff.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Hello, POD.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Are you all right, Ellie?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47A little bit overexcited. I just got picked up by a load of rugby men.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Yes, that's because we're in Wales.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51And there's a big problem with fakery.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52Not on those blokes. They were lovely.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Not on the men, Ellie.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Sorry. On the ladies. Really? Fake tan, big hair, the usual?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01All the usual suspects. I want you to go and investigate them, please.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04I'm on it like a car bonnet.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Coming up on tonight's show, we meet someone who's created
0:02:08 > 0:02:10a whole new word for his fakery.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14I don't think I'm quite orange. I would class myself as borange.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I find why diamonds might be every girl's best friend.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Would you want to smooch me with this?
0:02:20 > 0:02:21I would!
0:02:21 > 0:02:26And we meet an extension addict whose mum is tearing her hair out.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I'm just losing the will to live with her now.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36If you want to get spotted in Cardiff, you've got to look tidy.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38So what are the folks of Wales wearing to look lush?
0:02:38 > 0:02:43The girls in Cardiff are famous for heels, fake tan, glitz and glam.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45There seems to be a lot more make-up lately.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46It's getting darker by the day.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Tell me about your eyelashes. Are these semi-permanent ones?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Individuals, yeah. You put one on, then two, and before you know it,
0:02:52 > 0:02:53you've got, like, ten on.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55That is not natural.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57It's not natural, but it's me.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Your head looks like an Easter egg. - Really?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03What would you do to rid the world of fakery in Cardiff?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I wouldn't, to be honest, because look at this.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I've got more make-up on than half the girls.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Now for teenager Jake, whose tidemarks aren't only showing up
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- on the bath.- Hello, I'm Jake,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20I'm from south-east London and I'm 17 years old.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22# I am what I am... #
0:03:22 > 0:03:25The product I couldn't live without has got to be fake tan.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29I don't think I'm quite orange. But I don't think I'm quite fully brown.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31I would class myself as borange.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35I don't fake tan my whole body cos I don't see the point in
0:03:35 > 0:03:37fake tanning bits you can't see.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39I get asked if I'm Indian or mixed race.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I'm like, "No, I'm white." And they're like, "What?!"
0:03:42 > 0:03:44It's not a normal skin colour.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49When I was younger, I used to get bullied.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Then I started putting weight on.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55If you asked me to think about what I looked like at 16,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I would cry because I was so fat, I was so ugly.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Didn't wear make-up. I was just not confident in myself.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Jake started changing about a year ago.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07He lost five stone in weight and he came out.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09# I'm coming out... #
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Coming out definitely was the best thing I ever did.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17He came out screaming. Literally, screaming. Fanfare, the lot.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Since then, he has just got more and more make-up.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22More and more fake tan.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27The things that really bug me - his hair dye.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29How he gets it on the wall, I don't know.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33And he's also got make-up he's stolen from his sister and myself.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39I would love to see the borange gone. And just be plain Jake.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43POD, please, please get rid of all the fakery
0:04:43 > 0:04:45and just bring my Jakey back.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Hi, POD, you might think this is borange, but this is my natural look.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Deal with it.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53I'm here to meet Jake in a vintage shop, but I'm a bit worried
0:04:53 > 0:04:56all the patterns will be too much for him to resist.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I'm going to get in there and stop him.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03No, back away from the patterns, you have enough on, my friend.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Come with me.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08This tan is strong, dude.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10It's not that bad.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Give me your hand. It's so dark. Is this standard every day?
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Yeah, this is every day. It's 20, 25 layers of fake tan.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- Sorry, what?- 25 layers.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- 25 layers?!- Yeah.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Rarely have I met someone who is more in need of an intervention.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29HE LAUGHS
0:05:29 > 0:05:31This is craziness!
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Do you think that you coming to see POD is part of you
0:05:35 > 0:05:37changing from the boy at school? You've morphed into this and
0:05:37 > 0:05:40you want to move a step forward beyond that?
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Yeah, I want to get taken more seriously, if you know what I mean.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I want to morph into a new me. But still be confident.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- A natural, grown-up you.- Yeah.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- I've got a quiz for you.- OK. - Are you ready?- Yeah!
0:05:51 > 0:05:53It's to try and work out if you really are ready to be
0:05:53 > 0:05:56an adult or if you are still a bit of a kid.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I'll aim for that adult section.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01OK, do you watch cartoons or cookery shows?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Cartoons.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Sophisticated espresso or a lovely carton of orange juice with a straw?
0:06:08 > 0:06:11I don't know what an espresso is, so orange juice.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Spaghetti Hoops on toast or foie gras?
0:06:13 > 0:06:18- S'ghetti on toast.- S'ghetti?- Yeah. I always call it that, sorry.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23OK, so, after my quiz, you are a massive child, I think.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24HE CHEERS
0:06:24 > 0:06:27But we will change that. Are you ready to go see POD?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- I'm ready to go see POD. - Come, follow me, my friend.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- Am I going to have brown hands now? - Probably.- Gross! Get inside.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Go, go, go!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Hi, POD, let me in.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device. Who are you?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Hi, POD, I'm Jake.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Have you fallen into a muddy puddle?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55That is just so rude.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59My sensors detect 25 layers of fake tan.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Why do you want to look like this?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I think I look nice and brown.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05I don't want to look like a piece of paper.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Has a pigeon pooed on your fringe?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11These are my extensions - you should get a pair.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Fake violation. Activate emergency screen wipe.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Can you tell POD what you would like to do for a living?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22I want to be a hairdresser and make-up artist.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25How can you be a make-up artist if you don't know what subtlety is?
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Excuse me! I do. I am actually smart. I know what subtlety means.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Whatever it is. Yeah, I do.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34There's a rat living in your hair. I can't see its tail.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36You need rodent killer, not shampoo.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Oh, my God!
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Our friendship was sky-high and now it's hit rock bottom.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42That is just so rude.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Would you like to hear what the public make of your look?
0:07:45 > 0:07:48I'm a bit scared, but go for it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54I asked the general public,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57"Would you like to snog, marry or avoid this boy?"
0:07:57 > 0:07:58What do you think they said?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I think, well, I hope they said snog or marry,
0:08:01 > 0:08:05but that's probably not right. I'm just dreaming there.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06So, avoid.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I would avoid him because
0:08:09 > 0:08:12his eyebrows and hair are a little bit too much for me.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16I don't care, it's fine. His eyebrows are too boring.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20I would avoid him, because his look is way too crazy.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23That's a good thing. Since when has crazy been bad?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I would avoid him because he looks like he got dressed in the dark.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31Oh, my God, who are these people? They are so rude!
0:08:31 > 0:08:34100% of the public said they would avoid you.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38No way. That is making me feel so ugly.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42POD computes you are a calamity of colour clashes and
0:08:42 > 0:08:43you need my..
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Bit harsh. Little bit harsh, but it's the truth.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52It's time to run the deep cleanse.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Oh, no!
0:08:56 > 0:08:58# Cos you're filthy... #
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I want all of your bangles and bracelets.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01# And I'm gorgeous... #
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Can I go home now?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Now get rid of those ridiculous rats' tails.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07# Ooh, and I'm gorgeous... #
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Time to remove all of your make-up.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Hold up that wipe, Jake.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18Run the make-under in three, two, one...
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Oh, my God.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33I kind of like it, actually. I think I look nice.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37POD computes you look amazing. Look how lovely your eyes are.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Thank you!
0:09:38 > 0:09:42I like it. I feel quite happy.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I didn't think I could look natural or nice.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Earlier, we heard what the public thought about your previous look.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51What did they say?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53That they would all avoid me.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56This time, I showed them a picture of what you look like now.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Here's what they said.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02I would snog him, because he looks very approachable and trendy
0:10:02 > 0:10:04and very well-groomed.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Go, me - check me out!
0:10:06 > 0:10:11I would marry him, because he seems very stylish and pleasant.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Everything I want in a husband, really.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Check me out. I am just so cool.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19I think I would probably marry him,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22because he looks like a confident and go-getting young gentleman.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Yay!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Now, 50% of the public want to snog you
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and the other 50% want to marry you.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33I feel well good. I feel really proud of myself now.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I know that sounds weird, but I do.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Are you ready to show your mum your new look?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Yeah, I'll strut my thing.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41POD computes my work here is done.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Stay in contact with me. Text me.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Initiate Podwalk.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53The Podwalk has been beamed into a Cardiff Bar, and Jake's ready
0:10:53 > 0:10:56to let his friends and family see his radical new look.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58I'm really excited to go on the catwalk
0:10:58 > 0:11:00and show everyone my new look.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02But I don't know how they're going to react.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I don't know if they'll like it or not. I hope they do. Fingers crossed.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09THEY CHEER
0:11:29 > 0:11:30What do you think?
0:11:30 > 0:11:35I absolutely love it. I really do. You're so good-looking.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- You are.- No.- Please, please, please keep it.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40What do you think about the clothes?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I think they're gorgeous. Nothing to hide you. It's all fitted.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45No more big, baggy shirts. I really do love it.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Do you feel a bit more grown-up?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50A little bit. I think I look older like this.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I think I could rock the natural look as well.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- I think you are rocking it, my friend.- Thank you! So are you.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Oh, thanks!
0:11:57 > 0:11:58THEY LAUGH
0:11:58 > 0:12:01So when I meet up with you in a couple of weeks...?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Yeah, I'll be au naturel. Pinky promise.- OK.
0:12:03 > 0:12:10POD computes Jake's been transformed from a borange boy into boy band cool.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Absolutely love Jake's new look. He looks so handsome now.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I think it will give him more confidence to realise
0:12:15 > 0:12:18that he doesn't have to dress way out to get attention.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21And I think eventually he'll finally find a boyfriend.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25I feel natural for the first time in God knows how long. I'm excited now.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27It's like a new me.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Yo, check out the girls in Cardiff!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Their sparkle is blinding here in da hood,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40cos they're lovin' the bling and it ain't right. You get me?
0:12:40 > 0:12:43There's loads of bling in Cardiff. We wear it.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45It doesn't matter how much, you've got huge earrings on.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48They wear huge necklaces. Huge bracelets. It's not one or the other.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I love a bit of bling.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Do you have bling-type dandruff?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56This is fashion. These are my studs, POD.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58BOTH: We love bling!
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Hi, POD.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Why's everything weird in here? What's the matter?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Ellie, my style sensors are going completely bonkers.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- Why?- Because of all the bling.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- What, do you mean jewellery? - Yes, the bling, the horrible bling.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I need you to do whatever you can to calm down my style sensors.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Ellie, figure out what's going on with all this bling.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23That means I have to inhabit the look,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25and I don't really wear jewellery.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26OK, well, do your best, Ellie.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30All right, I suppose. I might have a couple of bits.
0:13:38 > 0:13:44Do I look really cool or like a Bond villain?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Oh, my! - THEY LAUGH
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Would you want to do smoochy-smoochy with this?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Maybe.- I would!
0:13:53 > 0:13:54This is powerful.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- It really livens up a family photo. - I bet it does.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Mum, Dad, me.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04It doesn't quite fit, but I don't think anyone's noticed.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07What do you think of this?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10The accessories on your wrist seem to do it for me.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Some would call them bracelets. Accessories for your wrist.- Exactly.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15SHE BEATBOXES
0:14:15 > 0:14:17I don't know why I'm doing that. I haven't got a mic.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18I'm just spitting on my hand.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- RAPS:- I'm here in Cardiff, it's really, really cold
0:14:21 > 0:14:22I'm here with Jimmy James
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I don't know what rhymes with Jimmy James
0:14:24 > 0:14:26And end strong.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28It's not very gangsta to have a lisp.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31You should not be focusing on anything else right now,
0:14:31 > 0:14:32apart from the girl looking awesome.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- HE LAUGHS - Do you like it?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37There's quite a lot there. But yeah, that's cool.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Are you saying that about my jewellery or something else?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Cos you proper clocked my chest there.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Oh, sorry!- Unbelievable. Honestly, this look.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Just men at me all the time.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Now for Whitney, who spends half of her day in the loo.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Thankfully, nothing to do with a dodgy curry -
0:14:56 > 0:14:58she's just a massive fan of the slap.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Hi, my name's Whitney.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04I'm a blonde, bronze, big-boobed bombshell from Crewe.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06# Look at me... #
0:15:06 > 0:15:13My fakery is my hair. Make-up, eyelashes, earrings, fake tan.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Nails. Everything apart from these.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18# Look at me... #
0:15:18 > 0:15:21# Working nine to five... #
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I used to have a job working in a call centre.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27If she's going to be three hours late for work, four hours late,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31five hours late for work, it's not important as long as she looks right.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34So, yeah, it kind of resulted in the sack.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35SHE LAUGHS
0:15:35 > 0:15:38I'm incredibly worried about Whitney's future,
0:15:38 > 0:15:42because I can't see that this is ever going to end.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45She's getting faker and faker and faker.
0:15:45 > 0:15:51My hair is a wig. It's synthetic, but I don't care. It looks natural.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53I think, anyway. Even though it's bleach blonde.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57She feels the need to have her boobs out all the time.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Male attention is the reason I dress the way I do.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06I do get a lot of wolf whistles, a lot of winks.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09If I was natural-looking, I wouldn't get the attention,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I know for a fact I wouldn't.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I just don't think I'm a natural beauty.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18POD, will you please bring back my baby girl?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21POD, do you really think you're going to change this bronze,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25blonde, big-boobed bombshell? Behave!
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I'm meant to be meeting Whitney here, but I think she must be
0:16:30 > 0:16:34fiddling with her wig or something, cos she's running quite a bit late.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Maybe I could... Maybe I could try on some wigs.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40# California gurls, we're unforgettable... #
0:16:40 > 0:16:45# Do you believe in life after love? #
0:16:45 > 0:16:47MUSIC: "Theme From Charlie's Angels"
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Whitney the wig queen, it's lovely to meet you.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Hello.- So is that a wig you have on at the minute?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58It is. Yes. I just literally clip it on my head,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01put the headband on and straighten the fringe. Done.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04That doesn't take very long. What about the rest of you?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06How long does that take to do?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09It takes about three and a half hours.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Whitney, you're obsessed.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I know. I don't really have any confidence without my make-up.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17In comparison to my friends, they've got the jaw line,
0:17:17 > 0:17:21the cheekbones, all petite. They're all tiny.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26Pixie-looking. Very cute and small. I'm the opposite.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30All I've got is just the make-up and the hair.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Would you not leave the house without everything on like this?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36This is the very minimum that I'd leave the house with at all.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38But if I pushed you out the front door....
0:17:38 > 0:17:42I'd have to rugby tackle you back into the door.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- Just smash the window and break back in.- Possibly.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Whitney, I have a quiz for you.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Do you spend more time doing your make-up or with your family?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51My make-up.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53But does your lipstick give you a hug?
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- It gives me a kiss. - THEY LAUGH
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Do you spend more time doing your make-up or watching
0:17:59 > 0:18:01the soaps on the telly?
0:18:01 > 0:18:06- Make-up. Only just. - Do you spend more time doing your make-up or gossiping with friends?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Make-up. - SHE LAUGHS
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- That is the most disturbing thing. - I know.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Every single answer was make-up.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15You are terrible. I know.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Right, we have no time to waste. Are you ready to come to POD?
0:18:18 > 0:18:19- Yes.- Come on. Let's do it.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- I'm going to help you up, madam. - Thank you.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Hi, POD, it's Whitney. Please let me in.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device. Who are you?
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Hi, POD, I'm Whitney.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Don't look now, but you have a couple of bald men in a headlock.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44SHE LAUGHS
0:18:44 > 0:18:48POD computes that you have layers and layers of slap on.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Yes.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Have you brought all your make-up into POD?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Maybe. - SHE LAUGHS
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Show it to me, then.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Spray tan.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00More tan.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02And sticky tape.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Whitney, what is that for?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06For my eye shadow, so it creates a really sharp effect.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Put it all back again.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Excess baggage detected.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15If you continue along this fakery footpath,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19your addiction is going to go out of control. Like this.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21SHE LAUGHS
0:19:21 > 0:19:23What do you think of that?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26I like the colour. I do.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Carry on with this fakery and your hair will get
0:19:28 > 0:19:31so big, you'll get snow on the top of it.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Ooh!
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Shall we see what other people think of your look?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38OK, POD.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Run the public analysis.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44I asked the general public,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46would they want to snog, marry or avoid this girl?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48What do you think they said?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Snog. - Let's see what their comments are.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52I would avoid her.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56She has too much make-up round her eyes, and is quite fake-looking.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Yes, nothing too insulting there, that's fine.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03I would definitely avoid her, because she looks really intimidating.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Yes! I am.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I would only snog her if I was really drunk.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Oh.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16In fact, 30% of the public do indeed want to snog you,
0:20:16 > 0:20:20but a whopping great 70% of the public want to
0:20:20 > 0:20:22get as far away from you as possible.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Oh.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27POD computes you are a wig-wearing, fake, fanatical total timewaster,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30and I'm going to nip this in the bud with my...
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Fair enough, bring it.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Run the deep cleanse.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45# If I could turn back time... #
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Put on your deep cleanse uniform and cover up those boobs, please.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50# If I could find a way... #
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- Let's have that wig.- No!
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Come on, Whitney.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56# I'd take back all the words that hurt you... #
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Ah, God!
0:20:57 > 0:20:59And I want those eyelashes.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00You're kidding!
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Come on, we haven't got three and a half hours now.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Now, take the face wipes and remove all of your make-up.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09I look like an egg.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Run the make-under in three, two, one...
0:21:19 > 0:21:21SHE GASPS
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Oh, no way!
0:21:27 > 0:21:28It's different.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Do you like it?
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Yes, surprisingly. I can't stop smiling.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37How does this new look compare to your old one?
0:21:37 > 0:21:41I think the old look was a lot tackier.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45I think this one shows confidence, style,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48like I'm comfortable in my own skin.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Previously, I showed the public a picture of you wearing your old look
0:21:51 > 0:21:54and I asked them if they'd like to snog, marry or avoid you.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59- What did they say? - Mainly avoid. 70% avoid. 30% snog.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02I've now shown the public a picture of you looking like this.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- Would you like to hear what they said?- Oh, OK.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08I'd marry her, because she's got brilliant skin,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12very good fashion sense and looks really fun to be around.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Aw!
0:22:14 > 0:22:18I think I'd give her a cheeky snog, because she has a nice smile,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20and I like her hair.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Aw, bless! Thank you.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24I'd snog her, because she's really good-looking
0:22:24 > 0:22:26and she's got a good physique.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31- SHE LAUGHS - No way! Thank you!
0:22:31 > 0:22:3570% of the public do want to snog you. And the rest want to marry you.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Aw!
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Are you ready to strut your stuff and show the world your natural beauty?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I am, POD, definitely.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Initiate Podwalk.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Whitney's ready to let her family and friends see her fresh new look.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53I am very, very, very, very nervous at the moment
0:22:53 > 0:22:56to walk down the catwalk with a new look.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58I'm hoping for a big thumbs up from everyone.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01THEY CHEER
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Thank you.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Michelle, what do you think?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30I think she looks absolutely fantastic.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35The wig, the extensions have gone. And now she looks normal. Fantastic.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36I think it looks lovely.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Do you think with this look you can still stand out
0:23:38 > 0:23:40amongst your friends?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Yeah, I think I'm a lot more smiley. Big smiles. Big, bright eyes.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46I can be Whitney with this. Definitely.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Do you think you're going to stop spending three,
0:23:48 > 0:23:50four hours in the morning?
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Yeah, definitely.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53What are you going to do with all your spare time?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56- Look for a job!- Yes, that's good!
0:23:56 > 0:23:59She's turned into the perfect daughter. What's going on?!
0:24:00 > 0:24:03POD computes Whitney's been transformed from a brash broad
0:24:03 > 0:24:05to a natural beauty.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08The reaction from the audience was amazing.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10It was very loud, very upbeat.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13That's the biggest confidence boost you can have.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I'm happy about this now. Yeah, definitely.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Not only does she look fantastic, she was really smiling from ear to ear,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23which tells me that she genuinely likes what she saw.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26And I'm hoping that this is here for good.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Cardiff girls are creating double trouble fakery - not content
0:24:33 > 0:24:36with one colour, they're dip dying their hair and going two tone.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39In Cardiff, is dip dying a big thing?
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Everyone has dip dyed hair.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43It started off quite subtle with a little bit of blonde on the ends.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46But there's always people who take it to an extreme.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47Your hair looks like it's on fire.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49That's the look I'm going for.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- I'm not a big fan of that, to be honest.- Why?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54It looks like they just haven't had their roots done.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I just really wonder what goes through people's minds.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Like, those people with half pink, half purple.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Jake wore all the fake tan in the world,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10while Whitney spent all the time in the world doing her make-up.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Both left POD looking amazing.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15But did they keep their looks?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- Hi.- Hi.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Right, Miss Whitney, we'll start with you.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22What have you kept from your make-under?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24I've kept my lipstick.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26THEY LAUGH
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Loads!
0:25:28 > 0:25:32No, the short hair. I've not got the extensions or the wig.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Since the make-under, I've not touched one bit of eye shadow.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37I've only got one set of eyelashes on.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40A more natural set compared to what I used to wear.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- I think it's beautiful. - Oh, thank you.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It's a little bit fake, but ssh!
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Why do you think you wore all that make-up in the first place?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51It was like an armour. I didn't want anyone to see the real Whitney.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Do you think maybe you learned from this experience that you don't
0:25:54 > 0:25:56have to put on all the war paint,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58because people actually quite like you as you are?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01For the past couple of years it's been like role-play, basically.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I've been acting like a completely different person,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06with all the make-up and all the hair.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09But now it's Whitney that will spend time with the family and friends.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Not just thinking about her appearance constantly, 24/7.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17Now it's just me. It's me. I'm happy.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Warms one's cockles.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Jake, to you, my friend. I think we caught it just in time.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I think POD has nipped it in the bud with you.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26POD saved me.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31Your clothes are much less bonkers than when I first met you.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Yeah, I got sick of all the granddad clothes.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36I kind of had a little funeral for them, cos I burnt them.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40You were saying about how ugly the top was. So I burnt it.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41SHE SCREAMS
0:26:41 > 0:26:44And now you're known as the granddad clothes killer.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46SHE LAUGHS
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- Did you?- Yeah. In my garden.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54I'm so glad, Jake, you came to us when you did.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Because otherwise, I don't know where you would have ended up
0:26:57 > 0:26:59or what you would have ended up doing for more attention.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Strapping live animals to your head for attention.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04THEY LAUGH
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Do you think you've got a bit more self-confidence with how you are naturally?
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Yeah. I get a lot of people asking me for my number.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I'm getting proper good attention with it now.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17So, Jake, it's still kind of about the attention?
0:27:17 > 0:27:18No...yeah.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- THEY LAUGH - Yeah, it is.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- There's no fake tan, which is amazing.- No fake tan.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- Cos you were a hideous colour before.- Oh, thanks!
0:27:27 > 0:27:31No, it was over the top. But the bottles of fake tan - in the bin.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Put them in the fire with all the clothes.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35- Burn it all.- Burn!
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Hiya, POD.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Another successful day ends.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Yes, I managed to reveal lots and lots of natural beauty.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Well, well done, even though you sound slightly smug.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51But it's never enough, Ellie, there's still plenty more to do.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54You want to carry on - I can't, I'm afraid.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56I'm got to go and see a lovely man called St David.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59He wants to show me his Red Dragon. You can POD off.
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