The Trinny Takeover Show | Series 4, Episode 3: Vanessa | Trinny

Welcome to the Trini Takeover show. Today, we're going to meet Vanessa, 46, primary school teacher, mother of a six-year-old boy. She lives in the Netherlands, so she's traveled all the way over to England to do the show with us today. So let's catch up and see what Vanessa sent us to be on the show. My name is Vanessa. I'm a mum, a wife, and a teacher. I would say that I'm just reclaiming, after six years of being a mum, my body in many ways, and weight-wise, starting to. My clothes, I love color. Color all over my house, but look at my clothes. No color, I need color. I'm very excited. I feel super lucky. Once I got pregnant, then I'm focusing on me, but me sort of as a vessel for a little child inside me. So now he's older, and so now I think I can still be great mum, great wife, and great me. And great me has been neglected for quite some time. My style is practical. I have comfy walking shoes, and practical, with very little emphasis on the aesthetic. One of the things I would like help on is sort of being my biggest self. Of course, playing big is on many levels, but I think one easy way to do it is on how you present yourself to yourself. Vanessa, come and sit down. How are you? Thank you, I'm well, thank you. You have a good trip over. I did. I loved your film that you sent us, I have to say. You just flew off the screen, your character, and it was so clear to me what you felt, that just kind of getting stuck and not knowing who you are anymore. But what got you to a stage of feeling you should send the film? So I'm six years into parenthood now, and so now he's out of the sort of intense need stage, right, and he's more of a person, less of a puppy. You think it goes? No, don't, don't, shh, don't film me. So I have more time to, you know, for example, look at my closet and think, I haven't put anything new in this closet for years, to look at myself in the mirror in the morning and think, I actually have time to do something, but what am I gonna do? I don't know what I'm gonna do. I think it's been hard for me to be okay with doing things that seem frivolous. If you are standing there every day in the classroom in the same old, same old, they see what comes out your mouth, but they sort of, then everything else can be a blur. We see the whole, the whole picture. You can bring joy, bring a smile on their face to make them feel, yeah, uplifted. So, well, actually, it's gonna be really interesting that if I put something insane on you, you're gonna revert back to, well, I can never do that again. When did you last wear makeup? So I've never worn makeup on a daily basis, never. I do wear makeup for date nights, but because I don't do it very often, I don't really know what I'm doing. You know, so I sort of put foundation on and maybe a little bit of shadowing, hoping to make it look nice and not normally do it, and some lipstick. I thought you were literally going to say, hoping it's in the right place, but I sort of feel that was next gonna come out your mouth, you know. Zara awaits, come on, let's go. Okay, Vanessa, very quickly, what are you ready to invest in your wardrobe today? Today, oof, it depends on how much I like the items, but three-ish hundred. And I'm gonna match it. So we've got a nice budget, and let's see if we can get a whole new wardrobe with that budget. All right, now we have the five-minute challenge. So you've got five minutes to find a daytime outfit that you're gonna wear at work and an evening outfit that you're gonna wear on a date night, five minutes. Off you go. Let's go! This is a very nice dress. I like the color, but I think I want something a little bit less flowy and baggy. Ooh! No. Well, I think my belly would bulge out. There's something that I feel is cool about the shape of this dress and the structure. This is great for work. But what it probably requires to balance out the heaviness of that hem is a big, chunky necklace at the top. Not three minutes left! Broader waistband. I don't have full outfits yet, though. I mean, I'm shopping for myself now. They're just so nice, those shoes, they're divine. They look so expensive. Suddenly, I'm liking Zara again. Okay, let's keep going. 29 pounds to have rhinestone heaven. I just wanna try it on her. Look at that! If their boobs are a bit saggy, we wear a bra. Five minutes is not enough. But if our bottom's a bit saggy, there is no bra for your bottom. Ah, it's too much pressure! This kind of trouser is fab, and it just shows that top peachiness, and you just kind of let hang at the other bit. Ah! I mean, why'd they put it together? Because that's linen off white ecru, and that's white white. Where's the bottom of the co-ord? What to do, what to do. I mean, this whole rail, to me, is like bleh. Everything else looks very smart, but a little bit too subdued, I think. Depending on the structure of fabrics in there, you're going to feel your clothes feel fresh or your clothes feel tired. And I don't want her to feel that when she goes in her wardrobe. Whoa! I want to see Vanessa in some sharper tailoring. I want to experiment with her with colors. I feel confident in picking things out. I just don't feel confident in figuring out how to put them together. Necklines are a key factor that we want to look at with Vanessa, because we want to introduce her to a sharpness around her collar. Orange, smart outfit, done! So excited. I haven't seen it anywhere in the store. Vanessa! Here I am! Vanessa! Trini, I'm here! Vanessa! Let me just grab one more thing. Five minutes is not enough. Okay, what have you got? Cute, right? Oh my god! I would never have thought you would choose those. I mean, I've never worn them before, but. But that's just phenomenal. A bit sort of retro, but I don't know if it's suddenly going to feel fuddy-duddy on you. That. Orange is my favorite color. Earrings, boring. Cute. Cute, very cute. Pink, pink. My god, this is brilliant. Okay, we're going to have fun. Let's get jumped. What do you think your body shape is? I think I'm a classic pear. You have got a very high waist, and classic pears don't. They have a lower waist. So I'd say you're more a cello, which means that you've got that lovely curve of going in here. Do you see that? Like that. And just honor your shape. You're not a pear. Waist is too high, and you've got too much shoulder. Okay. All right, you ready to get changed? Yes. Let's do it. First thoughts? I like the line. It feels a little too bohemian. Love the purse. Don't think I like fancy slippers. I think that the shape of the dress is beautiful. And sometimes we need to look at shape, and then look at fabric, and then see, does the whole thing go together? So, do I want the bow? That's one thing I'm asking myself. But would I prefer that it's long like that? And I would. Do you see how high your waist is? And it really honors that. I love that neckline, because you need to get fabric to your neck here to kind of set you. Now, you can go deep V, or you can go round neck. But this is better than if it's like that. I think there's a sophistication that stops this dress being boho, and that's because it's fitted. Bag, I think you loved. Well, you've got to own the bag. So, it's like own the bag, own the bag. Don't like, here's a bag, here's a bag. Is this dress a yes or an A? It's a, I don't know, it's a maybe. It's a maybe, baby. What are you thinking? Can you express that in words? I don't think I've ever worn anything that's quite so, pshh, pshh. Yeah? I'm thinking, where would I wear it? It could be a date night moment. Now, there's something about the suit that you think is a date night, but I totally think date night needn't be sexy dress. You know, it can just be cool. No, I love the blazer, love the blazer. The coolness of it. I so love it. What I love about it, what I love about it is that it's over the top. What I love is the trousers are chilled, the necklace is a killer, and I love the all one color. All right, out of 10. Come on, let's go back to changing. Out of 10? Out of 10, nine. Nine! We have Nouve Fois. I love this outfit because it feels very over the top. It's a totally different Vanessa. Very fun, and something that I would never do on my own. It's structure, it's tailoring, but it's chilled, and it's modern, and it's ageless. I don't know, somehow like the whole one color thing I think is more kapow. This is why I do the show. This is when I get excited, oh yeah. And I think I would put it on and be like, woohoo, let's let the night begin. I'm gonna start to do the chicken dance. Hold it on, I'm holding it in, I'm holding it in. Help! I'm sure about this one. Not practical, but just tell me initial thoughts. Yeah, I mean, I think it's super fun. I feel like I need to go to a lovely restaurant with piano music playing in the background, and a lovely cocktail with my darling husband. Do you think this and this, you feel is too much? No, no, too much is good. I love this, too much is good. I just feel like I'm stuffed inside. You are a stuffed turkey, but this is tight. It's meant to be this way. So it's a corset. In your mission of your health mission, is this something you want to have in your wardrobe for those moments when you want to feel the sexiest, hottest chick? I feel like at this point in my life, what I would more, I mean, though I do feel very sexy in this, I think I would prefer to feel more fun and sophisticated versus just like classic and sexy. This is like the most impractical thing we might get today. All the things, I'm already thinking, what we're missing is the everyday stuff for her to wear at school, which has upped her game. I want an outfit for every occasion for Vanessa, so she can use that as a template to move on in her life. All the things I find interesting is, I feel this brings together a lot of the things we've tried on. It's got the print, it's sophisticated, it's tailoring the inner print, whereas all we've tried on in print is dresses. It's fun, it's ageless, it's cool, you wear it with a trainer, you could do it date night, you could do it like a smart PTA. I don't like this dark, reddy, mauvey color. It's one of those colors that I don't like. When you look at this lady, what's she look like? She's gorgeous. She's bright, she has color. I don't know if she's got a good personality. She's got a good personality. So the clothes are speaking for her personality before you see what comes out her mouth. Kind of important thing, isn't it? I don't know your age, but I think we're roughly the same. We're tired of the boring black, and I'm sick of it. So yeah, we can wear these colors still. We're not that old. So do it while you can, for goodness sake. God, I wanted to come and work for us. Okay, you're here to move forward. You have to let go of things in the past that made you think, I won't go there. You have to do that. I can let go. I'm happy to let go in pink, but not in mauve. That's where we all get stuck. That's where, in the morning, it stops us having an adventure. It stops us with that last bit of confidence we need to wear certain clothes. It stops us being totally free and unconstrained in thoughts and beliefs that we've cemented over the years that actually tunnel our vision as to what suits us and what brings yourself joy and other people joy. And Vanessa needs to get past that. Okay, darling, so we have got a lot of clothes, and I think you've got lots of outfits and lots of options. How are you feeling? I feel wonderful. I am super excited to wear them. So now let's go and do makeup. All right, so we are in the makeup skincare studio. This is the exciting part, because this is where I feel, Vanessa, you are at ground zero. Agreed. So your bathroom cabinet, if I open it, is two things. There's the moisturizer and there's an oil. Yep, and a night oil sometimes. Oh, yeah. Oh, and SPF. Okay, great. So it's kind of quite what I call minimal, but I want you to kind of tell me what concerns you. The circles under my eyes concern me because they look, they make me feel tired when I look at myself, and indeed they are a sign of real tiredness. Okay. On that basis, I might just say, stick with what you're doing. I'm not going to. I can't do that. I'm going to start with, be your best. It's a balm cleanser. Smell. Oh, it smells so good. Can you just get in there and just put some water? Actually, I'll do this. That's the pineapple enzyme, and it's just doing that gentle exfoliation. I don't know if you do a muslin cloth. No, I don't. Muslin cloth's very good because it exfoliates gently. Take off the day. Okay. Step two, every day, a PHA. It contains glucone, lactone, lactobionic. These are little acids, but they're gentle acids. They're going to exfoliate your skin gently. Did you ever use an acid before? No. Okay. Like a virgin for the very first time. Okay, but just even looking at your skin now, just like, you hardly need me. But you know, do you just feel that? Yeah, it feels lovely. If you feel moisturized enough, we can go straight to BFF. That's BF. But if you wanted to do some moisturizer before, I would do a tiny bit of bounce back. Up and down. So all of that dark circle is a little bit of that sort of toxins not leaving your face. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Okay? Do you see that stimulation? Like your face doesn't really need anything. So now I'm going to do BFF. It comes in different shades. And when you rub it, it releases pigment. So this is like your daily dose of a little bit of SPF. And I'm going to just take just a touch in Elvira. And I'm just going to tap it here where you might have a little bit of extra pigmentation. Okay. And then take it out the Zamac tip. I use shade Nerinda. Underneath your eyes like that. There. And I'm just going to tap, tap, tap. Your dark circle is the thing you notice the most. So when somebody has a light, dark circle, I will do BFFI. But when their dark circle is stronger and they think I want to deal with that, I will mix it with just a touch. So I'm going to then put this on top.