0:00:02 > 0:00:05# I'm sexy and I know it... #
0:00:08 > 0:00:11I'm Ellie Taylor. Snog, Marry, Avoid is back on the road
0:00:11 > 0:00:14and POD has had enough of Britain's fakery.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16- Why is your hair on sideways? - POD, you're so cheeky!
0:00:16 > 0:00:20If you can't leave the house without peeling off your clothes
0:00:20 > 0:00:23and piling on the fake tan, then you need to pop into POD.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26The world's only makeunder computer, POD,
0:00:26 > 0:00:30has modified her mother board and is ready to kick some artificial ass.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Families across Britain have had enough of the fakery that's stolen
0:00:34 > 0:00:38their sons and their daughters, their brothers and their sisters.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42ALL: Down with fakery! Down with fakery!
0:00:42 > 0:00:45We haven't brought her up to look like this.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48From Birmingham to Bromley, Cardiff to Liverpool,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52she'll be flushing out fakery and unearthing natural beauties.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- POD computes you look like a French tart.- POD, are you even allowed to say that?
0:00:56 > 0:01:01And I've accepted POD's mission to explore uncharted fathoms of fakery.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03I'm going native.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- Woo-hoo!- You don't go out dressed like that. You might get arrested.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Cleansing wipes at the ready, this is Snog, Marry, Avoid.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28This week, POD has landed in the second biggest city in the UK -
0:01:28 > 0:01:31home of the Bullring, a big, bobbly building,
0:01:31 > 0:01:36and the floozy in the Jacuzzi... Cover up, love. ..Birmingham!
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- Hiya, POD.- Hello, Ellie. Come in.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44So, we're in Birmingham. What's the deal today?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47POD's databanks indicate that there is a large emo community here.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Do you know, it's funny you say that cos I've just bought
0:01:50 > 0:01:54this...on the off-chance that you might need... Emu costume.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00You never know. Birmingham people are quite fun and maybe we'd hang out, talk about birds.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Ellie, not "emu", "emo".
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Oh! Sorry, so you mean the miserable ones with the fringe
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- and the "Oh, God!" Kind of thing? - Exactly.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- Think Baby Goth. - Baby Goth, OK. No problem.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- So do you want me to go out and find a few?- Yes.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Your mission is to investigate the emo community of Birmingham.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23No problem. I'll go and fix myself with a sweepy fringe immediately.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Coming up on tonight's show, we meet a legal lady
0:02:26 > 0:02:29who's on the wrong side of the law when it comes to fashion.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32People are asking for my number rather than what's happening
0:02:32 > 0:02:33with their case.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38Birmingham's most alternative fakers come clean about their addiction.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40I like to dress weird.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41'I go all moody.'
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Can you get out of my face? I'm feeling really emotional right now.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45I can't really deal with it.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49'And POD networks with a luminous number in neon.'
0:02:49 > 0:02:53I like bright colours. Big shoes. Anything big and vibrant.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Birmingham is brimming with fakery,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02but this lot have taken it to an alternative altitude.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06There's quite a big alternative scene in Birmingham.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Alternative and grunge and punk.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- Why have you chosen this look?- It just suits my mentality, basically.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17A lot of leather, studded jackets, lots of studs on shoes.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Quite rocky.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Where did your inspiration come from?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Victorians, Georgians, my pirates and my vampire style.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Black eyeliner and black eyes are good at the moment.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- POD computes you have half a tonne of slap on.- No, it's a tonne. Get it right!
0:03:34 > 0:03:39- Did you deliberately co-ordinate your looks today?- He copied me, actually.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Um... Excuse me. Purple's my colour.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I love different colour hairstyles, from red to orange to pink.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- Why are you so pink? - I got a cheque to buy some hair dye.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- Shall I call the fashion police? - Yeah, I think you should.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56SIREN
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Now for a girl who's taken fakery to such new heights,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03she's in a class of her own.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09Although I don't think classy is a word her mum would use to describe her.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Hello. I'm Jasmine. I'm 22 years old.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I'm a trainee solicitor and I'm from Kent.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17I do spend a lot of money on my style. A lot of money on extensions, dresses,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20cos you can never wear the same dress twice.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I've got fake hair, fake eyelashes, fake lips, fake tan,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27fake eyebrows, bum pads, Kim Kardashian inspired corsets.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Everything's a little bit fake.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34Jasmine's look is very overstated. It's very "man in drag".
0:04:34 > 0:04:38She tries to do Kim Kardashian eyebrows and she draws them on about this thick.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Could be almost porn-star-like.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45She sometimes wears two bras just to make her boobs look big.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I get a lot of attention for the boobs.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50We haven't brought her up to look like this.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52One of my hobbies is horse riding.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57I always get dolled up, full face make-up on, high heeled boots, boobs a little bit on display.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01That is because you never know who you might bump into at the stables.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I'm a trainee solicitor and people are more asking for my number
0:05:04 > 0:05:07rather than what's happening with their case.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10If I'm going out Friday night, I've got to start getting ready at work.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Two o'clock, putting the make-up on, building it up. Come on, girls. Let's go and party.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Because of her future career, to tone down the way she dresses would be much more appropriate.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25My mum would love me to be more sophisticated and more classy
0:05:25 > 0:05:28than on the floor, outside a club, with a kebab!
0:05:28 > 0:05:33POD, could you please make Jasmine look slightly sophisticated,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36with a touch of class.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41POD, you think I'm fake, but I plead not guilty.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I'm here to meet Jasmine to find out why she's
0:05:44 > 0:05:46living in a world of fakery.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50I hope I don't judge her too harshly(!) Ha ha!
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- Hello, Jasmine.- Hello.- Hello, two of Jasmine's friends.- Hello!
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Jasmine, talk me through from head to toe, what is fake about you.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02The hair extensions, my eyelashes, my make-up, my tan and my lips.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Have you had your lips done? - Yes, I have.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07So was it like an easy process then?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10They swelled up the next morning so I had to go to work, I work in a law
0:06:10 > 0:06:13firm, and I got in there, my manager was like, "You have to go to
0:06:13 > 0:06:17"court." I was like, "I can't go to court looking like this."
0:06:17 > 0:06:20So we had to cancel the whole thing, it was ridiculous.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I would never do it again on a week day.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Do your friends dress the same way?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28All my friends are glamorous, they all wear fake eyelashes.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31We're known as the Lashies, that's what people refer to us as.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- I've actually got a quiz for you, Jasmine.- OK.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36To work out whether you are indeed classy or brassy.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- Hair extensions or a judge's wig? - Judge's wig.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Because I'd be earning a lot of money if I was a judge
0:06:42 > 0:06:45and I could buy as much extensions as I wanted.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Horse and cart or dressed like a tart?- Dressed like a tart.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51You said that really sincerely. Absolutely, dressed like a tart!
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- Always.- Nailing the criminal or getting gel-tipped nails. - Nailing the criminal.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00The more cases you win, equals more money, equals more nails.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02You've really got your eyes on the prize.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- The prize being money and nails. - I've got a plan.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- God knows what POD is going to do to you.- Worried.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- Who are you? - Hello, POD. I'm Jasmine.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21POD computes you look like a French tart.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- POD, are you even allowed to say that? - POD has clearance to say anything.
0:07:25 > 0:07:31- I'm having trouble seeing your pretty eyes through those spidery lashes. - Spidery?! These are full and thick!
0:07:31 > 0:07:34POD computes that you're famous for your eyelashes. Please explain.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39My friends and I are called the Lashies because we always wear fake eyelashes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42The Lassies?! Is your style trapped down a well?
0:07:42 > 0:07:47No, we're the Lashies! Not Lassies!
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- Jasmine, you claim to be a trainee solicitor.- Yes, I do.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54It's time for you to answer to your crimes.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59- How do you plead to crimes against good taste and style?- Not guilty!
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- How do you plead to being dipped in slap?- Not guilty!
0:08:02 > 0:08:06This is the court of POD. Please state your case for fakery.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Fakery is good because it just enhances your natural beauty.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Makes your features more prominent, makes your eyes pop
0:08:14 > 0:08:16and having your boobs out a little bit isn't fake,
0:08:16 > 0:08:20but it's a little bit flirtatious and it gets you a few free drinks.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23And that is my case for fakery. Case closed!
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Jasmine, you are in contempt of POD. Case dismissed.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31POD is going to teach you that underneath all that slap, you are a natural beauty.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35I don't know if I'm going to fall for that one, but we'll see.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Run the Public Analysis.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41I asked the public, would you like to snog, marry or avoid this girl?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43What do you think they said?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I reckon they said snog.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I'd avoid cos she has too much make-up on
0:08:50 > 0:08:52and looks really artificial.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56What?! That's not a reason to avoid somebody!
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I'd probably snog her. She's quite a pretty girl
0:08:59 > 0:09:03but she looks like she spends too much time on her appearance, so I wouldn't marry her.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- OK, then. A snog's all right.- Avoid.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09She's a bit too voluptuous, a bit too under-dressed and a bit too in your face.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12That is the look I wanted to achieve!
0:09:12 > 0:09:1447% of the public want to avoid you.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Unbelievable! Half! You can't win, you can't win.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21POD's verdict is you are a Kim Clone Criminal
0:09:21 > 0:09:25and you need my Classy Attorney Of Minimal Makeunder.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27No!
0:09:27 > 0:09:29It is now time for the Deep Cleanse.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- Give me those spidery eyelashes.- No! I need these!- No, you don't.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38It's time for Lassie to come home.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41SHE FAKE SOBS
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Oh, no!
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- Keep going. Is that a little bit of make-up?- Yes.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48It's tiny!
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Run the makeunder in three, two, one.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Ooh.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03It's OK...I think.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I like the dress. I like the make-up. I don't like the hair.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08And the heels aren't high enough.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Do you think you look a bit more professional?
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- Yeah, I guess so.- Shall we find out what the public said?- Yes.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I asked the public, would you snog, marry or avoid this girl,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20looking like this? What do you think they said?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Avoid.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Cos she looks frumpy.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27If I saw her in a bar, she'd get a snog. She seems quite natural.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29"Quite natural"?!
0:10:29 > 0:10:33There's no make-up. There's nothing here that's not natural.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36If I wasn't already getting married, I think she could have been the one!
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Oh, dear!
0:10:38 > 0:10:42I'd definitely snog that girl. She looks absolutely beautiful in that dress.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Oh, thank you.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50In fact, 70% of the public want to snog you and 30% want to marry you.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Yay(!)
0:10:51 > 0:10:56- Are you being high maintenance again?- Yes, I am. And it's staying!
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Oh, dear. POD computes maybe it's a mental makeunder you need.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Initiating POD Walk.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06POD's very own catwalk has been beamed into a Birmingham bar
0:11:06 > 0:11:11and Jasmine is about to reveal her totally legal look to her family and friends.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14What will they make of her new class act?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I really like my outfit. It's a bit Kim Kardashian.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I'm not excited to show this hair.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23APPLAUSE
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Help me!- You look gorgeous!
0:11:40 > 0:11:44- Oh, my God!- What are we thinking? Are you excited by this?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- God, it looks fantastic! - Are you crying?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49You look so young and so pretty.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- I think you're absolutely wicked. - She looks fantastic.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- Do you think she looks more like a solicitor?- Yes, definitely.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59POD computes Jasmine has gone from a Kim Clone Criminal to
0:11:59 > 0:12:01a Classy Attorney.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03She looks amazing!
0:12:03 > 0:12:06If she can stay looking a little bit along these lines,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08it'll make me much happier.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Now I truly believe she'll be taken seriously.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15POD, I'm not happy with you, POD! I'm going to come back for you.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16You're going to get sued!
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Head to Pigeon Park here in Birmingham and you'll find plenty
0:12:24 > 0:12:28of people with black dyed hair, alternative band T-shirts,
0:12:28 > 0:12:32lots and lots of eyeliner and most importantly, plenty of emotion.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35But what's it really like dressing as an emo?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Tell me what an emo would look like. - Really dark hair.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- Really weird piercings and stuff. - Do you like the eyeliner?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45I like the make-up and clothes but not the music.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50They're kind of like Gothy but not quite Gothy.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Emo's someone who wears their hair halfway down their face.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57They dress really funky. Dye colours to their hair.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Really sad, hard, heavy metal music.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- Are you an emo?- No.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05POD computes emos have hair over one eye,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- piercings and are a little bit moody. - I wouldn't say I'm moody.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13It seems the emos are an elusive subculture. Time to go native.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17I'm feeling really emotional right now. I can't really deal with it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- Do you know what kind of person I am?- Gothy.- I'm emo.- An emo.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- What I like to think of as a baby Goth.- Right.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- Describe someone who's an emo to me. - A lot of black make-up.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Just likes to hang around shopping centres.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Emos dress head to toe in just black.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46I could be just an emo who loves plaid.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Would you be friends with me?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- It depends how you act around me. - What if I was like, "Oh, God!
0:13:51 > 0:13:55"Really hate the world. Everything's against me. You can borrow my plaid shirt"?
0:13:55 > 0:13:59I'd say...just move away. I don't want to know you.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02There's too much colour going on, too much happiness.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03This is much harder than I thought.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06I just thought I had to put eyeliner on and look a bit miserable.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09It's like everyone looks the same apart from me and my friends.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Would you like to hang out and stuff and just talk about lyrics?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14No.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16I've had enough of talking to people who conform.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I'm going to find some people who look like me.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- So, you're an emo.- Apparently.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31You're smiling. You're not meant to do that.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33But smiling's a good thing.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36But I thought emos were meant to be like, "Oh, God."
0:14:36 > 0:14:39No, that's just stereotyped ones. No, emos are happy.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43I'm coming. I'll be there in a minute. Wait. I'm coming.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47I thought we really got on and maybe we could hang out tomorrow
0:14:47 > 0:14:50and just sit in Pigeon Park and chill.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- I think we've got to shoot off now. - Can I come?- No.- No.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59- Sorry, it was a group decision. - OK. Really nice to meet you.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Really good. Bye.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Oh. They just gave me the finger.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Next up is a girl who loves to light up a room
0:15:10 > 0:15:12with her bright neon looks.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14I'm just hoping there's an off switch.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18HI. I'm Cara. I'm 21 and I'm from Stevenage.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25'I'd describe my style as cyber-Goth, colourful,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28'loud, in-your-face.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31'I like bright colours, big shoes. Anything big and vibrant.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33'I always like to be the centre of attention
0:15:33 > 0:15:36'and you can always spot me in a crowd.'
0:15:36 > 0:15:39My natural hair colour is mousy brown.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I got really, really, really bored of having natural hair colour
0:15:42 > 0:15:44so I decided that I'd start bleaching it.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46I've been dying my hair since I was about 14.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50One minute I'll have really short hair and the next minute I'll have really long hair.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52I love hair extensions.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55I shave my head about once a week and it feels really nice.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01I first thought about shaving my eyebrows off when I was about 16.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04And then I just shave them off and draw them on.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09I've had purple eyebrows, blue eyebrows, but I like to stick with pink.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I'm a freelance model-maker so I make props for films.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15I would love to work on a zombie film or a zombie project.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Death seems to be a bit of a theme with my tattoos. Zombie nurses.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Paint splats. Lots of blood. Chainsaw. Zombie arms.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Just looking at her, you'd think she'd be quite an aggressive person.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29But once you get to know her, she's just lovely.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Cara definitely gets a lot of attention.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Even just going to the shops turns into a big deal.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39My fakery and my hair really have helped me build my confidence.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40It's really helped me come out of my shell.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Some of my friends want me to tone it down cos they don't like
0:16:43 > 0:16:46that I might be getting hurt from all the negative attention.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49It might be time for her to try something new
0:16:49 > 0:16:52and understand that people will still love her whatever she looks like.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55POD, if you think you can dim this brightness, bring it on.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58So, I'm off to meet Cara. I hope I recognise her.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00But wait.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02A clue.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- Hi, Cara.- Hi.- See what I've done here with the sunglasses?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Yeah, I see what you've done. - I feel like you're looking at me
0:17:10 > 0:17:12with absolute disdain so I'm going to take them off.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Talk me through your look.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- You're not the usual kind of person who comes on Snog.- No.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Bright colours. Hair extensions. I quite like pink, obviously.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- It all matches with my hair.- When you say YOUR hair...- Mostly my hair.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- My hair to about here.- What colour is your hair under there?
0:17:28 > 0:17:32- Mousy brown but I haven't seen it since I was 13.- Really?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Tell me how this all started then.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36I started dressing Goth
0:17:36 > 0:17:38and then I got a bit bored of just dressing in black
0:17:38 > 0:17:40and then decided I could go the other way
0:17:40 > 0:17:42and dress completely colourful.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45When you strip all this back and take off all the hair and stuff,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47what do you think it's going to reveal?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Initially, I'll feel quite vulnerable cos I'm not used
0:17:50 > 0:17:53to not having any extensions or bright hair colours and things.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Why are you going to see POD?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I think that the last six months have been pretty rough for me
0:17:58 > 0:18:00with leaving uni and moving house and things like that
0:18:00 > 0:18:02and I just fancy a change. A new start.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06I've actually got a quiz for you. It's about you being scary or sweet.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Big scary lion or cute little kitten?- Cute little kitten.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Things that go bump in the night or sweet dreams and pillow fights?
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- Things that go bump in the night. - Vampires or fairies?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Um, vampires.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21I think what I've learned from this quiz is even though
0:18:21 > 0:18:24you have some of the most horrible tattoos I've ever seen,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27in the nicest possible way, you're really quite sweet underneath.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- Thanks.- Good luck, Cara. - Thank you so much.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41- I am POD, the Personal Overhaul Device. Who are you?- Hi, POD.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- I'm Cara.- Why are you so colourful? - I quite like bright colours.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47I like standing out in a crowd. It's fun.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Why have you shaved the side of your head?- I don't know.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- I just kind of like it. - And where are your eyebrows?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54I shaved off my eyebrows.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- Is that why you've got an extra-long sideburn?- I think so.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I think I need this bit
0:18:59 > 0:19:02to detract from the fact that I have no eyebrows.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04POD computes that your clothes are very bright
0:19:04 > 0:19:07and your tattoos are very dark. Why is there such a contrast?
0:19:07 > 0:19:11A little bit fun, a little bit scary. I want to reflect both of those things in my look, POD.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14How are you going to feel when we remove all your fakery?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I think I'm going to look like an egg.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I don't want you to look like something you eat for breakfast,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23even if you do currently look like a dog's dinner.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25That's not fair.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29It's time for phase one of the makeunder process.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33I asked the general public, would you want to snog,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35marry or avoid this girl?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36What do you think they said?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I'd hope for marry, but I think avoid, POD.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43I would avoid that girl because I don't like the coloured hair,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I don't like the tattoos and she's not natural.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I love my tattoos and my hair.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I would avoid because she looks like something out of a comic strip.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56That's the look I'm going for, POD. Can you not see?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I would avoid her.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01I don't really like her hair. She looks like she's trying too much.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04She just doesn't look really natural at all.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05I'm not trying hard at all, POD.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08100% of the public said they would avoid you.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11100%?! I thought at least some people would want to snog me.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Maybe there's too much metal around your lips.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- I think that might be it. - POD's verdict is you are a...
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- OK, POD.- Run phase two.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Remove all of those earrings.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Put away all of that silly pink hair...
0:20:36 > 0:20:38I feel like a washerwoman.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40..and remove all of your make-up.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- Even my eyebrows? - Especially your eyebrows.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- I look weird already. - You look better already.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Run the makeunder in...
0:20:59 > 0:21:02CARA GASPS
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Oh, my God.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Do you like it, Cara?- I love it.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11POD computes you look stunning.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Thank you. I feel like I'm in Grease.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18You're definitely the one that I want.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21I have eyebrows that look real.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26- Were you ever expecting to end up this pretty?- No.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29POD computes there is only one thing missing from that look.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- It's a big stick to beat the men off. - One can only hope, POD.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Previously, I asked the public, would they want to snog,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39marry or avoid you? What did they say?
0:21:39 > 0:21:44- Avoid.- What do you think they said this time?- Hopefully snog, POD.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I'd definitely snog her. She looks pretty tidy.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Erm, thank you.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53I'd probably marry her because she looks like marriage material.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Oooh. Good to hear.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58I'd probably snog her, I think. She looks friendly.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00She looks attractive, pretty. She looks intelligent as well
0:22:00 > 0:22:03so she'd probably have a good conversation at the same time.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04That's good.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08In fact, 78% of the public want to snog you
0:22:08 > 0:22:11and 22% want to marry you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- Cool.- No-one wants to avoid you, Cara.- Yay!
0:22:15 > 0:22:19POD computes that your makeunder has been a complete success.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Thank you, POD.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Are you ready to show the world you're a natural beauty?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Yeah, I think I'm ready.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Initiate POD-walk.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31It's now time for Cara to reveal her new model look on the POD-walk.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34But will her best friend recognise her?
0:22:34 > 0:22:38I'm really excited about the catwalk. Not sure what everyone's
0:22:38 > 0:22:40going to think seeing as it was so crazy before
0:22:40 > 0:22:42but I'm really looking forward to it.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- You look fab. Do you love it? - Yeah, I do. I love it. Completely.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- What are you thinking? - Amazing.- Have a cuddle.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15- Do you think people are going to be intimidated by you any more? - Hopefully not.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- I don't think they will. It is quite glam, isn't it? - Definitely.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I want to borrow this.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- We match.- Oh, my gosh.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25That is good.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Do you know, the eyebrows just look...
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I'm thinking of growing back my eyebrows.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33- Would you be pleased to see them return?- Yes, definitely. I've never seen them before.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37I love the clothes. I love everything. I love the shoes.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39I even love the hair so...
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- A good experience overall? - Definitely. 100%.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Double high-five.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48POD computes Cara has gone from a multi-coloured mental monster
0:23:48 > 0:23:50to the very model of natural beauty.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53I felt just so different,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56so emotional, like it's the change that I've needed.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59I thought she looked amazing. Completely different. I'm really proud of her.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03This has definitely given her the confidence boost she needed so definitely going to help her.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09There's only one thing the Brummies love more than a night out
0:24:09 > 0:24:13and that's fixing up the fakery for the perfect on-the-town look.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Shoes are the key to any night out. The bigger the shoes, the better.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20If you're going to do it properly with heels, put the big boys on.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- It looks like there's a bit missing. - I don't think so, POD.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Thigh boots, miniskirts.- Fishnets.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Sequins. Lots of sparkle. Shiny, bright colours.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Boobs out.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Every night before he goes out, he makes me pin curl his hair with hair grips.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42I backcomb the living bleep out of it and then hairspray it a lot.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44It sounds like quite an event.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I just had my eyelashes extended which is good for the wow factor.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I put hairspray on my face after I've done it
0:24:50 > 0:24:52so I don't sweat it off when I go out.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Make sure you've got plenty on the brush.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57And put all over your face. Just everywhere.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Your face looks like a basketball.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Trainee solicitor Jasmine wasn't too sure about her more professional look.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12But cyber-Goth Cara was ecstatic with her new makeunder.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15The question is, did they keep their makeunder?
0:25:16 > 0:25:20No, of course they didn't. What have you done, the pair of you?
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- I did not like my makeunder. - Why didn't you like your makeunder?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26I didn't mind the make-up, I just didn't like my hair.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29It just looked awful. It made me look like a bin raider.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32I don't think you looked like a bin raider. You looked lovely.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I didn't even know my face was that shape.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36And, Cara, what happened to you?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39You looked absolutely gorgeous and you cried when you saw yourself.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41I know. I know. I did absolutely love it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I've kept the hair curly, but I just wanted the colour back.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49- That is the most pathetic thing. "I kept it curly."- I'm wearing a shirt.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- You've got pink hair! - I've got real eyebrows now.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- I've grown my eyebrows back. - That's one small step.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57I suppose, yeah, the clothes aren't as bonkers.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00When I first met you, you were saying, I've come to this point
0:26:00 > 0:26:03in my life where I want to maybe try something new.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04So, do you feel you tried it and...
0:26:04 > 0:26:08I feel I tried it and I did really like it. I loved the hair as well.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11But I think I want to exhaust the colours before it's not acceptable
0:26:11 > 0:26:16- to have bright coloured hair. - Now, Jasmine, when I met you for the first time, you said your mum
0:26:16 > 0:26:18really wanted you to come onto Snog, Marry, Avoid
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- because she wanted you to look a little more professional.- Yeah.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- Do you think that's happened? - I've definitely achieved that.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Now when I go to work, I wear suits and things
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- and high-necked dresses and stuff like that.- The girls are down.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31They're a little bit covered. Sometimes they come out.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- But for work, they're definitely covered now.- What about you, Cara?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- Your friend Molly, when she came along, she properly cried.- I know.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- You two had a little...sob-fest. - She really loved it.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I did genuinely love my look and I showed my mum some photos
0:26:44 > 0:26:47and she loved it as well. But when your mum says,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50"It's not very you, is it?" you know it's not quite right.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53So, do you think you learnt anything from doing the POD?
0:26:53 > 0:26:58I feel I don't have to look as out there to feel so good about myself.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00I can tone it down a bit and feel all right
0:27:00 > 0:27:03instead of having to be in everyone's face.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04What about you, Jasmine?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Yeah, I think I did learn that I can look a bit more natural
0:27:07 > 0:27:09and people will still like me.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Afterwards, I went partying up in this really cool bar
0:27:12 > 0:27:14and loads of footballers bought me drinks.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17I realised that people still like me even if I look a bit more natural.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Thank you so much, girls, even though you're both very naughty.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- You look great. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- Hello, POD.- Hello, Ellie. Come in.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30How's your day been then?
0:27:30 > 0:27:33It's been very good. How have you been?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Yeah, good. Met some people.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Learnt how to skateboard. Looked quite miserable. It was brilliant.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Yes, I've had some rather interesting experiences myself.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43I bet you have.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45But I've had a chance to recharge my batteries
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- and I'm waiting for you to get back out there.- No can do I'm afraid.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I've got to go to The Bull Ring and do some shopping
0:27:50 > 0:27:52which means you have to POD-off.
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