I’m unrecognisable after epic makeover – even my own mum tried to introduce herself to me, she thought I was a stranger
A WOMAN who underwent a drastic makeover has revealed she looked so different even her own mum thought she was a stranger.
Cole Howat boasts more than three million followers on TikTok alongside wife Abbie (@cole_abbie) where they document their family life and couple pranks.
In a recent video, 33-year-old Abbie helped transform Cole into ‘Louise’, her new agent, to see if their family would notice.
Cole, 32, said: “By the end of this video I’m going to have a full transformation.
“It’ll be like I’m going on the next Love Island. This is now my time to shine.”
Abbie gave Cole a full face of makeup including lashes, covered up all of her tattoos and even trained her to walk in heels for the “undercover” prank.
Admiring the finished look, she gushed: “Abbie: “You look so good. I think I maybe would walk past you [in the street].
“I actually believe you could go to a family party [and you’d fool them].”
The Dumfries couple’s first stop was Cole’s mum’s house where told Mandy that ‘Louise’ wanted to meet people close to them as part of her new agent role.
Walking into the kitchen, unsuspecting Mandy said: “Hi I’m Mandy, I’m Cole’s mum”, and shook her hand.
But after a second look when Cole burst out laughing, the mum realised it was her daughter she was staring at and started screaming uncontrollably.
“Get away, get away, get away. I don’t like it”, she added.
And the rest of Cole’s family was equally fooled, as her dad, nana and papa all walked past her TWICE in a garden centre without a clue.
“For Christ’s sake. I would never have recognised her, ever”, admitted her dad after she revealed herself.
Even her two-year-old son Hudson refused to cuddle her and cried until Cole removed her wig.
Cole’s two-part transformation prank has racked up more than three million views on TikTok, and her mum’s not the only person who didn’t recognise her.
“I didn’t know who you were at all till you started talking lol”, admitted one fan.
Another echoed: “Oh my god it took me a minute to realise who it was, this is amazing.”
And a third agreed: “Omg I didn’t realise it was you…wow you look so amazing.”
Others, meanwhile, were loving mum Mandy’s reaction once she realised it was her daughter under the wig and makeup.
One said: “Your mum’s reaction is EVERYTHING.”
A second wrote: “I love that mum’s reaction was to be weirded out and get away get away, we all deserve that kind of acceptance.”
“This was fantastic! Your mum’s reaction was priceless”, chimed in a third.
We told earlier how Cole and Abbie, who underwent gruelling fertility treatment to become mums, are trying for baby number four.
The loved-up couple have been together for eight years, with Cole proposing just six months into their relationship.
They are preparing to undergo a fresh round of IVF treatments to expand their family.
Abbie said: “We want to try to normalise two mums having a baby.”