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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:06 Forever young. I love Rod Stewart.
00:09 All right, Carolyn Hillesheim is our last New You in New York makeover.
00:13 She's a mom from Marion, Iowa who, get this, she hasn't cut her hair in 40 years.
00:19 Now, why? You asked why, right?
00:22 Yes, why?
00:23 Well, imagine this.
00:25 You and your bed sound asleep and your sister comes in and cuts your hair.
00:30 Your bangs get shorter and shorter year after year until you can't take it anymore
00:36 and you vow to never cut your hair again.
00:41 Yep, that's what happened to Carolyn.
00:43 Oh my gosh, that was so scary.
00:46 [LAUGHTER]
00:48 Well, that's what happened and that's why her son, he made this plea, so take a look.
00:53 [MUSIC]
00:56 Hi, my name is Wes and this is my mom, Carolyn.
00:59 I've recently nominated her for a makeover.
01:01 You might ask why she needs a makeover.
01:03 Well, she hasn't had a haircut in 40 years.
01:05 Look how long it is.
01:07 She's recently lost over 45 pounds.
01:09 She's about to be a grandma for the first time.
01:11 We're in need of a new look.
01:13 I've never known my mom without long hair in her clothes.
01:16 Don't even get me started.
01:18 We are in need of help, Michael and Kelly.
01:20 Please help us.
01:22 [APPLAUSE]
01:27 I understand this lady.
01:29 I understand because I told you every time I cut my hair, I cry, so I get it.
01:33 I get her.
01:34 I guarantee you we had lots of tears, and this woman really does everything for her husband and for her kids.
01:40 And the last thing she ever expected was to have a few days set aside just for her.
01:45 And there were a lot of firsts.
01:47 So let's remind everyone what Carolyn looks like when we got her.
01:50 You see that hair? She uses it as a security blanket.
01:52 It's safety.
01:54 But she decided to take the leap, and let's say hello to the new Carolyn right now.
01:59 [APPLAUSE]
02:04 [MUSIC]
02:09 [APPLAUSE]
02:16 Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
02:20 You look incredible.
02:22 [APPLAUSE]
02:24 Amazing. Unbelievable.
02:27 Wait. Who knew you had that body behind that hair?
02:31 [APPLAUSE]
02:34 Oh, my gosh.
02:36 This is amazing.
02:38 You're so beautiful.
02:40 Did you cry when they cut your hair?
02:42 Yeah.
02:43 Yeah?
02:44 Yeah, I was so crying.
02:45 Let's just say for every first, there was a cry.
02:48 But how do you feel?
02:49 I feel wonderful.
02:51 I still can't even believe it.
02:53 Well, you look wonderful.
02:54 Thank you.
02:55 You really do. You look beautiful.
02:56 You guys have me.
02:57 [APPLAUSE]
02:58 So are you ready?
02:59 I can tell that you're used to being the person that does everything for everybody,
03:04 because I can tell you're almost uncomfortable being fawned over a little bit, right?
03:09 Yeah, I can tell.
03:10 Let me tell you exactly what we did.
03:12 It's a lot of firsts.
03:13 I've never been to a hair salon, so we took her to Oscar Blondie,
03:16 and I had Arthur Shamalov cut off 23 inches of hair.
03:19 Oh, my God.
03:21 And she's donating it to Locks of Love.
03:23 [APPLAUSE]
03:25 She's such a good woman.
03:27 And then Alexis Antonellis, I love this girl,
03:29 with the color warmed up the base color to a cinnamon warm base color,
03:33 and then painted in highlights.
03:35 And then Michelle Champagne did the makeup,
03:37 and she said as women get to a certain age, less is always more.
03:40 You want to do a cheek wash and shimmer with the makeup so your skin pops.
03:44 Oh, my gosh.
03:45 And then also, let me just say that she also never had her eyebrows waxed.
03:48 We had the eyebrows waxed.
03:49 She never had a manicure, pedicure.
03:51 We had the toes and hoofs done.
03:53 We had it all done.
03:54 There are so many places that we can get waxed.
03:56 I'm going to tell you everything.
03:58 Okay.
03:59 I've told her everything.
04:01 But when you said no manicure, pedicure, the whole audience was, "Whoa!"
04:05 I do my own.
04:07 She's never worn slimmers, so we put her in slimmers.
04:09 Lift, elevate, smooth out.
04:11 You're going to be sleeping in them.
04:12 I'm not kidding.
04:13 You're going to be like, "This feels so good."
04:15 And then I put her in this coral matte jersey dress
04:17 because when you have a body like this after losing 50 pounds, why not show it off?
04:21 [applause]
04:24 And let's flip the screen to see the before and after.
04:27 [applause]
04:29 Wow.
04:30 It's unbelievable.
04:31 And the piece de resistance is Mark Lohenberg gave her a beautiful Hollywood smile
04:37 by whitening the teeth.
04:38 Isn't that amazing?
04:39 Yeah.
04:40 And let me just say this.
04:42 You know, when we connect, when I get to have time with these moms,
04:44 we really connect, and there was this one moment where her head was in the washbowl the 18th time.
04:48 And I was looking at this woman, and we had just basically taken years off of her,
04:52 and I said, "You are such a beautiful woman."
04:55 And she just started to cry.
04:57 As she's doing that.
04:59 [applause]
05:00 As Dr. Strahan is also crying.
05:03 Sometimes women take--
05:05 As mom, as you know, Kelly, you take care of everybody else but yourself.
05:08 Ladies, take a few minutes to take care of yourself every day
05:11 because this is how good you can look.
05:13 And it's your first time in New York.
05:15 And you went to Del Frisco's last night.
05:17 Yes. Oh, that was awesome.
05:18 One of my favorites.
05:19 Oh, my gosh. Yeah, they were talking about you.
05:21 They were talking--was it good?
05:22 It was all good.
05:23 Okay.
05:24 Can I tell you that that place is my youngest son.
05:27 That's his dream restaurant.
05:29 He dreams of going there because they advertise on taxi TV,
05:32 "Mom, it is my dream to someday go to Del Frisco's."
05:35 When he sees this, he's going to be like, "Why didn't you send me?"
05:39 "Could have went with us."
05:41 And your son and your husband are here, right?
05:43 Yep.
05:44 Is your son the sender of the letter?
05:46 No, it's my youngest son.
05:47 Your youngest son.
05:48 Hi.
05:49 Come on down.
05:50 Hi.
05:51 Let's do this.
05:52 Are you guys ready?
05:53 Okay.
05:54 Let's split the screen.
05:55 Here's the before and the after.
05:57 Smile right there.
05:58 The before and the after.
06:00 [applause]
06:03 So, since this is your first time, all of you in New York City,
06:06 and I know you've been really busy,
06:08 we decided to send you on a private city sightseeing tour right now.
06:12 You guys, are you ready?
06:14 Let's do it.
06:15 Right now.
06:16 Love you guys.
06:17 Bye.
06:18 Bye.
06:19 Thank you.
06:20 [applause]
06:25 That's exciting.
06:26 That's very exciting.
06:28 And her son almost broke my hand.
06:30 He shook my hand so hard.
06:32 Oh, my God, they are great.
06:33 Let me go.
06:34 [applause]
06:37 I mean --
06:38 [applause]
06:40 They've got her running in heels.
06:41 You know what?
06:42 [applause]
06:44 It's a good thing she's wearing foundations because he's, like,
06:47 jogging her out there.
06:49 My gosh.
06:50 Well, we know they're going to have a great time on their trip.
06:52 We're going to have a great time when we come back because Rod Stewart is here, everybody.