Diary of My Makeover Story - Page 2


DAY 1: Questions, Questions, & More Questions
Lights, Camera, Action... the filming of our show started on Thursday (July 25th). We met "our crew" (gotta love the fact that I have a "crew"): Erin (associate producer), Katie (producer), Boris (camera guy), Sam (sound guy). A young, fun-loving group of people, who was about to torture us with hours of questions (but we still loved them)! :)

The first day is when they build our characters, relationship of Jessica and I, and our storyline. We did casual scenes of us chatting, jogging and discussing the makeover and some scenes of us doing every day things (separately) - Jessica packed for Mexico and I did layouts and made calls for Get Out Today (a great plug, by the way).

We then went down to Tom's River (Nelson Marina) where we went sailing - this was with a few friends who would tell their side of the story as to why we need a new look. We've never sailed before so I feel sorry for Sam (the sound guy) who heard us screaming into the mics. I walked away from the experience with a torn up shin (I slipped with excitement in a watergun battle) and a sea-soaked digital camera that fell into the water while I was doing a little dance (don't ask!).

DAY 2: Spin Baby, Spin
From being such a fan of the show I always cracked up watching people spin as they tried on their new outfits. Well I was about to join that group of spinderellas. We are on a search for outfits that fits our storyline (so Jess needs an updated out-of-college-not-a-teacher-look and I need NO-for-the-last-time-I'm-not-the-intern look) and makes us looks fabulous! Jessica and I go in separately so we don't know what the other is wearing (can I tell you how hard it was for me not to spill the beans that night?) The boutique of choice was Nove, in Red Bank, a high-end women's clothing store that has wonderful pieces that I could never afford (but wish I could).

With every outfit the stylist (he he - I had a stylist - Larry who dresses Eric Nies from MTV's The Real World!) discusses what you are wearing and why he loves or hates it. After that we spin and spin and dance for the camera. A very funny and frustrating experience. Because although we might do such scenes in the privacy of our home it's awkward doing it for strangers, in bright day light for the nation to watch!

It was a short day, but we needed to prepare for the final and big day. Oh wait, we can't leave out the embarassing blooper (I can say it because it wasn't me). This is how the story goes (since I wasn't there): As Jessica's "stylist" (Ron - Nove's owner) was describing a blue silk backless blouse he lightly touched the shoulder to showoff it's beauty... well in a rather quick moment he ended up showing Jessica's boob for all the nation to see! (ha ha). (Stay tuned for Makeover Story: Afterhours Bloopers) I don't know who was more embarassed: Jessica, Ron or the camera guy!