76-Year-Old Mom Who Lost Son to Pancreatic Cancer on Thanksgiving Gets Incredible Makeover
A fashion-forward friend once said, “There is no such thing as ugly people. There are only lazy ones.”
I’m not sure that’s entirely true. After all, people enter the world with all sorts of genetic and circumstantial gifts.
But it’s definitely true that focused effort and a little bit of savvy can make a world of difference when it comes to personal presentation. That’s something Christopher Hopkins (aka The Makeover Guy) has known for years.
Hopkins didn’t begin his career as a stylist. Rather, he started as an actor.
According to his website, he eventually became disillusioned with the acting life in the mid-1980s. He bounced from one salon job to the next, finally settling in Elkhart, Indiana.
Eventually, he founded several salons in the early ’90s. His work became so well known that he ended up becoming a somewhat regular guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
He now runs MAKEOVERGUY Appearance Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and his YouTube channel contains videos of his makeovers on people of every background. Some suffer from ADHD, some have recently lost massive amounts of weight, and some have simply wanted to embrace age gracefully.
In March 2019, a 76-year-old woman named Phoebe Standish from Vermont went to Hopkins’ studio for her own personal makeover. A video captured her story, and it was heartbreaking.
A petite, bespectacled woman with dull brown hair streaked with gray, Standish had experienced plenty of suffering. After living in the same place for 49 years, she had needed to move and became ill due to the stress.
Her son had also passed away after battling pancreatic cancer. He ended up dying on Thanksgiving Day.
“I’m living day by day and coping with a new way of life,” Standish said.
“I feel so confident with Christopher’s expertise and have watched many videos, and I just think he gets it.”
Indeed, Hopkins understood Standish, and his transformation of her proved so dramatic that it’s enough to make one do a double take. Gone are the glasses entirely.
He cut and styled her hair into a wavy bob, coloring it a vibrant auburn. A bright scarf knotted around her neck only accentuated her new hue.
“I feel rejuvenated — really,” she said afterward. “I’m very pleased.”
“I feel like a movie star!” That was when Hopkins chimed in, adding, “And you are a movie star!”
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