"Ma'am, can you tell us which one of these men stole your purse?"
CONGRATULATIONS TAB!! You GO, scary girl!
Hello word, here's a song that we're singin'
C'mon get happy!
C'mon get happy!
Some of the cuts on the men were SCARY-looking. Half of them came out looking like they were wearing toupees, but not our girl's. She did a fabulous job. Yes, little California garage band boy, you just might get a girlfriend now.
And how deliciously comforting to know that she's a girl after our own hearts. When you win, darlings, revel in it. Love it. Roll around in that feeling like a hooker on a heart-shaped bed. She CLEARLY enjoyed handing out the hair assignments.
Which brings us to our next point. DAMN, this show has good challenges. No offense to anyone in the hair industry, but we had serious doubts that this show would be all that interesting to watch. To our delight, they really manage to shake things up and add drama that's fun and bitchy, instead of too exploitive or even nasty, the way some other shows get.
This was just a fun setup, with one of those challenges that's tailor-made for the average viewer. Even if you don't know much about hair styling, you can't help but have opinions about the entries.
Although we've been watching so many musicals lately,we half-expected the wigstands to go into a medley of era-appropriate musical numbers after they flipped over the cards.
Producers? Next season. Trust us on this. We smell Emmy.
Plus, we just love that each round comes with its own advantage for the winner. It gives the competitors more of an incentive to do their best, instead of just doing enough to stay in the game. We laughed our asses off when she handed the Elizabethan box to Tyson, but honeys, it wouldn't be a rivalry if they weren't evenly paired and the editing gave away the win too early.
Congrats to Tyson as well. He's getting the "creepy" edit - and we'll admit, we love it - but he has to be commended for taking a situation that would have left a lot of other people either floundering or lashing out in a spectacular meltdown and really stepping up.
Tabs honey, we loveya, but don't give a talented rival the opportunity to blow the judges away by assigning him a near-impossible task. That's just waving a red flag to a bull.
We think the end result is a little sloppy-looking, but the fact that it was the most difficult and it only took him two hours to do is probably what gave him the win. It really was a spectacular job.
It sucks that Danna was let go. She was really starting to grow on us. Not just for her talent and willingness to be photographed without makeup, but because she was getting more entertaining with each episode. On the other hand, we couldn't argue with the judges' decision.
I'm so glad we had this time together
Just to have a laugh or sing a song...
Just to have a laugh or sing a song...
Ouch. Sure, it's '40s. You can see it in every movie from back then. She was the bank president's secretary, the house mother, the haughty society matriarch, the wise-cracking sidekick. In other words, the ugly one. Baaad choice, even if it was well-executed. Sorry, girl!
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My biggest problem with Tyson's win was the powdering. That was King Louis the whatever, not Queen Elizabeth!! Tabatha gets MAJOR props for being gracious to Tyson when he won!
And I think they gave Boogie a bum rap on talking about all his braids - in everything I have ever read about Medievil dress, lots of braids were used - it was a very pretty style!
I agree with everything you wrote.
Danna seemed to have been inspired by repeated viewings of "Foyle's War" rather than MGM musicals.
I agree I think it is great TV. I watched it reluctantly and now I really enjoy it. I don't come away feeling crabby as I did with Top Design. I chuckled when Tyson won... I think he meditated and channeled his mom. Loved it.
Last night was a hoot.
The surfer boy had amazing cheekbones and a jawline. I think Tabs could have gone much shorter and done an amzing transformation like (I hate to say it) Dr. Boogie accomplished.
So sorry to see Danna go, but the hair was ass. As the judges said, she could have done glamor - Veronica Lake over one eye, Linda Darnell all high on top and cascading down - all sorts of things.
I thought my gal Tabs played it too safe with the obvious 80's do. She could have had a lot more fun with it.
Tyson - what's with the kneeling & calming act? And then acting like having a thought was the same as having a vision or a mysticla experience - so odd. I thought the hair was intricate, sculptural and technical, and way too flat on top.
But costumes and all - what a fun challenge. And the mangling of the word "Era" by the Teutonic Wonder had me in stitches. He said whole sentences where I couldn't pick out a single English word.
"Ma'am, can you tell us which one of these men stole your purse?"
LOL.
YES!!! I loved this episode. Great challenges and fabulous bitchery!
Did Dr. Boogie call it or what? That wall of fame is the kiss of death!!
"Not just for her talent and willingness to be photographed without makeup..."
ROFL. You bitches are horrible! ROFL.
I'll miss Danna. She was so happy when she won both challenges. Best wishes, darling! You're very talented and a doll.
" Joanna said...
Did Dr. Boogie call it or what? That wall of fame is the kiss of death!!"
Tyson will be next....hopefully : - )
I just wonder how much the models get paid to allow to have their hair chopped off. Long-haired people that have cultivated their tresses for years (specially guys) grow very attached to their hair. And to allow a stranger to do "experiments" on your head, unkown of the wished results in advance, can only take lots of $$$!
Fabulous episode and fabulous challenges. Danna had perhaps the easiest decade, what with all those glamorous movie icons, and she tanked. What a shame--she may not provide as much drama as some of the others, but I really like her.
And geez, Tabatha, don't you know how foolish it is to let yourself become obsessed with one of your rivals? It always backfires on you. I found myself starting to feel sorry for Tyson (Oh God, another Marcel?) and a little glad when took advantage of the difficulty as a chance to shine. At least Tabatha seemed to handle the egg on her face gracefully (we'll see next week if it makes her even more Tyson-obsessed).
This show really does rock. I prefer it to S3 of PR.
I liked Danna, but girl had one of the easiest eras and blew it bigtime. I was so afraid they'd auf my secret boyfried Anthony.
The previews made Tab seem much more bitchy than she actually turned out to be. She was quite gracious to the leprechaun when he deservedly won. There's a lesson to be learned there about editing.
Great post - love it and the show! But what is with Rene - Bill called it - exactly what language is he speaking? (hot tho')
CP
Whoever said that Tyson reminded them of Anthony Perkins in Psycho is right on. Anyone else out there wondering if his mother is simply another part of his own persona? He certainly likes to channel her! Creepy.
He was totally right when he said that Tabs had given him an opportunity to kick butt or tank.
A few thoughts:
Tab's boycut reminded me more of Hansen than Partridge.
Boogie's Medieval was perfect. I've been to tens of Ren Faire's and all of the chicks work that exact 'do to death!
Poor Danna! I really thought she was in it to win it. But that Miss Jane Hathaway was ASS squared. Total brain freeze. But like Macasism I'm just glad they didn't cut our secret boyfriend, Anthony. He's yum.
Tyson's an Andorian sans antennae. But the boy's got talent.
Watch out, Tabs! Stay cool, listen to the PRGAYS.
Ouch. Sure, it's '40s. You can see it in every movie from back then. She was the bank president's secretary, the house mother, the haughty society matriarch, the wise-cracking sidekick. In other words, the ugly one. Baaad choice, even if it was well-executed
You forgot to mention the closeted lesbian prison matron, the head of the orphanage, the "plain" sister of the heroine, the one handing Rosie the riveter the rivets... I could go on all day.
MT
All I can think is HUGE NOSE! HUGE NOSE!
I'm going to hell, I just know it.
I was a little disappointed in some of the judges comments--bordering on bullshittery.
"It's a little predictable"
"I felt it was Halloweenish/costumey".
What do they expect when they're looking for a style that is iconic of a specific era? The Elizabethan hair wasn't "costumey"? I thought Tab's mohawk was incredible--it was razor thin and sharp and as even as a knife blade. Coupled with the length of the hair and the artistic use of the colored spray to give it an airbrushed effect, she made the most of that "predictable" 'do. And her model knew how to work it, too.
As much as I love Daisy and her jugs, I thought her 'do was much 'safer'--certainly not top 2 worthy.
FIGJAM!!!
The show has maintained a fine pace. I couldn't tell you Christophe from Chris Rock, but it was pretty obvious that the contestants were impressed by his being there. Great to see a men's challenge. (But how much do you want to bet that Tabitha's worst fear comes to fruition and they have to work with canines at some level?)
While I see that Tabitha is focusing on Tyson as chief rival, it's not tha sort of unhealthy "Wendy Pepper" obcession. She's very good and she's paying attention to the person she thinks she's going to be going against in the finals. And damned if she wasn't gracious about it after handing him such a massive challenge and him winning. He may be a weasel boy, but he's a weasel boy with talent.
I felt really bad about Danna. The second I saw "the 40's," I had in mind Ingrid Bergman from "Casablanca" or Lauren Bacall from "To Have and Have Not" or Greer Garson in "Mrs. Miniver." But she went with Eva Braun in the bunker and it was bye-bye.
Speaking of movies, is it just me or is Rene Fris channeling Inspector Clouseau?
If Laura Bennett hadn't inspired you guys to start blogging Bravo shows, Shear Genius would have done it. This show is a hoot!
Sad to see Danna go, she seemed nice in spite of her misspelled name.
Tabatha, whether she becomes top stylist or not, is the star of this season. Love her!
Tyson, whose own hairstyle seems to be a hipper "Trump", and who is obviously a clothes-horse, is undeniably talented. But still a weasel.
Does anybody else get a kick out of hearing Jaclyn Smith say "Boogie"? The fact that she can keep a straight face is the sign of a true actress!
And speaking of Boogie, he called it about the Wall of Fame. And his hairboy was HOT!
Can't wait until next week!
Thanks, boys for your hilariously delicious "coif-y" talk this morning. It really does a body good.
when i saw tabatha pick her boy last night, i though "so that's what happened to the youngest hansen!"
k.
Yes I do love it when Kelly says Boogie, I like to think of her as undercover for Charlie on a reality show!
But when Boogie said he thought Tyson was Amish, that was Shear Genius! That goes on my wall of fame!
Okay - some of you posters are getting almost as funny as the GayBoys. I love all these 40's comments.
valpal - scary insight on Tyson Bates. Now I'm wonering, too.
I just googled Rene - he's Danish. Didn't know that. If Viggo Mortensen (yum) can shake the accent, why can't Rene 'shake it'?
"Ma'am, can you tell us which one of these men stole your purse?"
Hilarious
bill said: she could have done glamor - Veronica Lake over one eye,
That would have been perfect!
Dr. Boogie amazed me given that he started out totally clueless ("Mid - Evil? I'm not Evil!"). Daisy's style was far too loose in the back to be Victorian.
Have I missed something? I don't understand what is so terrible about Tyson. He's a dandy. His manner is rather affected (horrors!) like he's from a different era. When he said he is really into old movies that made sense. He's of out of sync. (He's from Salt Lake City for chrissakes.) Tabitha's obsession with him is bizarre. And she's got Anthony and Dr. B to gang up with her. They had a little Mean Girls party in the kitchen last night. It says something when the mature ones are Daisy and Ben.
I NEVER laugh out loud during these shows, but Boogie thinking Tyson was Amish...
thanks to Tab for my favorite new expression:
FIG JAM
(F*cking Incredible Genius, Just Ask Me)
Trixie said "Tabitha's obsession with him is bizarre. And she's got Anthony and Dr. B to gang up with her. They had a little Mean Girls party in the kitchen last night."
EXACTLY! As weird as Tyson is, I can't shake how fixated Tabitha is on him. It's like she is using some sort of mind control over Anthony and Boogie. Saying that only proves how weak Anthony and Boogie are for letting her do it. She may have been graceful at the end, but I thought she was ruthless in her comments last night. But it DOES make for good TV.
I am stunned to admit this, but I was actually rooting for Tyson last night. He really created a fabulous look (granted, the powdering wasn't totally historically correct), but his wigstand's do really brought to life the Elizabethan era-loved the pearl accents.
I love Tabs, but her "I really want to beat Tyson, I dream about it, blah, blah, blah" is getting a bit old. However, Tabs did show her gracious side, too.
I am so sorry to see Danna go, especially after her double win a week ago. The 40's offer so many fab possibilities for hairstyles-think Rita Hayworth-but Danna took a much different route, and it cost her big time.
I do hope that Bravo is already casting for Shear Genius 2...forget Top Design and Top CHef, just give me non-stop hair drama!
You forgot to mention the closeted lesbian prison matron, the head of the orphanage, the "plain" sister of the heroine, the one handing Rosie the riveter the rivets... I could go on all day.
MT
Add the closeted lesbian in charge of the nuthouse in the movie "The Uninvited" to that list.....
"Dave said...
I NEVER laugh out loud during these shows, but Boogie thinking Tyson was Amish... "
Me 2. That was hilarious!
Tabatha executed a perfect mohawk,the ultimate emblem of punk and a style by its very nature costumy and halloweenish, so why criticize her for giving them what they asked for? She should have been in the top two, along with Boogie whose braids were completely appropriate for his period. Tyson's hair may have looked good I I hated it) but it was nowhere near Elizabethan. He was channeling Marie Antoinette, not the virgin Queen. But I agree that Tabatha made a mistake giving him a chance to shine. She should have given him a more boring one, like the 20's. You guys should receive royalties from Bravo since your the reason I watch compulsively the shows you blog. Have you ever considered branching out and doing Food Network stuff, like Iron Chef America? Just a thought.
Tyson's was more Louis XIV than Elizabeth I. They did not powder in the Tudor court, and the styling was more Louis as well. I thought that Daisy's Victorian was more evocative of the assigned era.
But, gosh, I did love seeing Tabatha's evil come back to bite her in the tush.
Boogie's Medieval was perfect. I've been to tens of Ren Faire's and all of the chicks work that exact 'do to death!
Renaissance and medieval are two different eras. And I wouldn't call a Ren Faire the height of cultural and historic scholarship.
No, FIGJAM was "Fuck, I'm good, just ask me!"
Good episode last night but wrong decisions were made - Ben needs to go! The man is like a grease spot on the television, and that stands without mention of his haircutting abilities, or lack thereof. That feathered floppy curl shit was supposed to be the '20s?
it's getting harsher and harsher. danna is the third challenge winner to be knocked out (Theodore, Evangelin were the first two) and also the second person to go from a win to being cut (Evangelin). It reveals that NOBODY is safe at all. Let's hope the streak continues and Tyson is auf'd next week.
oh and my love goes out to Tabatha... of course.
My ranking is:
1. Tabatha
2. Anthony
3. Daisy
4. Ben
5. Dr. Boogie
6. Tyson
besides Tyson's annoyingness...
I CAN'T STAND DR. BOOGIE!
Every fucking episode it's like, "I yooooous clippersssssssss and I never yoouuuuuus scisssssorsssssss!" Am I wrong? Has this not been said once an episode since the garden shears challenge where the poor baby had to use OMG SCISSSSSSSORSSSSSSSSS! He's just annoying and needs to go.
and I miss theodore.
lastly, one of the judges... the allure guy... i think michael carl is his name (i swear that one time they'll screw up and introduce him as Michael Kors)... he was like, "it's too... cliche eighties" and i wanted tabatha to bitchslap him and be like, "what the hell was i supposed to do?! invent a new look and say it's eighties punk rock?!" and i liked the sixties hair... so suck it michael carl.
I didn't like Danna's style, but I've got to admit that she got seriously hurt by the styling of her hairstand. That girl was dressed in the ugliest most unglamous outfit possible. That certainly contributed to the fug. I have to wonder if that hair could have been sexy with different styling.
Tyson's hair may have looked good I I hated it)
Can't say I liked it much either.
Tabatha's rocked as did Boogie's braids. All those braids are totally medieval. The Princess Bride is a role model for Medieval? Huh?
Danna's could also be '80s career woman. "Empowered" etc.
I think Tab has it in for Tyson because he dares to have blond hair like she does. (even if she does it better!)
I agree about Danna's model's outfit - had it been a nice glamourous 40s dress, it would have looked like amuch better hairdo. The suit was ill-fitting and too severe.
Oddly, I thought Danna's hairstyle that she wore to the elimination was much more 40s.
Has anyone noticed the new disclaimer in the credits about not using anything to cut hair except for things that are meant to cut hair? Hilarious - esp. if it means a viewer tried to cut their hair with garden shears and had an accident (as that is typically why disclosures like that are written).
What I love about Tabs is that although she is fixated on the Leprechaun, it's all about the competition. She played the game within the rules and was gracious when T turned it around on her. Even in the interviews, she's about "I want to beat him, I dream about it" not "I can't stand the sound of her voice!" or some other personal attack. (Well, ok Evil Leprechaun is kind of an attack, but it was funny as hell.) She's my hero.
I thought Tyson was Amish...best line so far.
Everybody kept saying that Danna's model looked ugly, her hair was dowdy, etc etc but was that the challenge? To make her look sexy? The hair was still 40s whether it was sexy or not.
yeah, shrinky kitten -- last night i had to be somewhere, so i taped the show. i had to rewind three times to read that disclaimer. i was dying laughing. k.
Ben's 20's hairstand: A feather or two makes for a Roaring Twenties Flapper look. His poor girl looked like a seagull had flown through her head and was sticking out either side. She looked less like a Flapper and more like an extra from The Birds.
ALRIGHT I see how it is. If the GayBoys and my fellow Commentarians are gonna hog all the funny and interesting things to say then I'll just have to hang out over here and pout.
:D
Renaissance and medieval are two different eras. And I wouldn't call a Ren Faire the height of cultural and historic scholarship.
Actually people who work at the ren faires are often extremely learned in both the renaissance and medieval periods both in terms of culture and history and the actors are required to take classes and workshops to have good working knowledge of the times. You would be amazed how expert these people actually are.
Secondly, there are folk who work the faires who are professionally trained in the hairstyles of both eras. While most faires are of the renaissance period, most patrons use the medieval style for their hair.
Boogie's hairstyle was fairly accurate and the comments about the braids being too complicated in the back was not entirely accurate. However the comment about the braided in front was valid.
I am surprised the judges did not comment about the powdering on Tyson's work. The actual manipulation of the hair may be right but that kind of powdering would not have been and it should have been a bit higher on top. Plus I felt the powdering actually hurt the hairdo, especailly combined with the color of her gown
Frank
Jlp said...
Renaissance and medieval are two different eras. And I wouldn't call a Ren Faire the height of cultural and historic scholarship.
But Shear Genius is?
C'mon, this isn't an English dissertation on historic iconography.
Lighten up, Jlp!
It's just hair fashion!
She looked less like a Flapper and more like an extra from The Birds. You're killing me!
And think of the fabulous flappers he could have used as models: Louise Brooks or Clara Bow, for starters.
It's like Tyson is the one Mod in a house full of Rockers. I like him. Poor little Amish dandy.
Bravo has the perfect crossover formula now with Shear Genius.
Just follow me on this one...
The top three stylist have to compete at Olympus by styling the hair of the models for the top three PR designers. It will take some scheduling to do but tell me the GAY guys would not have a blast with that one.
I just watched a shear genius preview commercial on bravo and on the next episode they are gonna get teamed up in two's AND two are going home. They showed the teams which are as follows:
1. Tabatha & Tyson
2. Daisy & Anthony
3. Ben and Dr. Boogie
This will be fun to watch.
The judges completely contradict every statement they make! How can Tabatha's be too costumey when they sent each girl out in head-to-toe period pieces. I think the fact that she colored the hair bright blue and pink made it too shocking for them. Also I watched Marie Antoinette literally minutes before the show and I definately think Tyson had a hybrid of Marie Antoinette/Queen Elizabeth. I wanted Danna to stay and Ben to leave. At least Danna's was technically good, Ben couldn't even do pincurls! It looked like he didn't give his model's hair enough time to dry and that might have been the problem. The back looked even worse than the front. But the judges were too distracted by the feathers and bright red fringe dress to notice. Poo!
Tyson's do was indeed well-executed but was so completely unrelated to anything remotely Elizabethan it's not even funny. He obviously thinks Marie Antoinette was alive during the Elizabethan age. Hello. Not even close. No powdered wigs, but instead, with the various headpieces/hats, they did what was called "ratting" or friseeing...most of the hair would be pulled fairly severely back into a low bun/chignon, then the two front pieces would be rolled with hair rats or curled into lovely poodlescent puffs. He missed the mark 100%. So I do take issue with his win. And I take issue with Tabatha's style being called halloweeny/costumy...she nailed the 80s punk thing...hello...I did also think Ben's style was weaker than Danna's but hers wasn't great either.
This was the first ep where I was disgusted with the judges who too often had no idea what these iconic hair eras actually were...guess none of them saw Elizabeth or Shakespear in Love...even Hollywood did a better job with the hair than Tyson or the judges' opinion of his do being correct!
On the one hand, the judge who said that Tabatha's hair was too predictable and not suitable for a magazine spread was an idiot: there's only one iconic punk 80s hairdo, and Tabatha did it masterfully; and a real 80s punk would never want to appear in Allure.
On the other hand, she did choose an era that only gave her one way to go and a style that was all about execution and not at all about creativity. She had the first choice, and she could have picked an era that involved more choice and innovation.
J'acuse--
According to the little leprechaun, it Elizabeth-eean, not Elizabethan.
In Shakespear's words:
"Thou obscene shag-haired mammet!"
I wanted to throw something at my TV when that stupid Michael Carl misquoted the movie Elizabeth!!! The line is, "I am my father's daughter, and I am not afraid of anything!"
I totally disagree with the people saying Tyson's was more Marie Antoinette than Elizabethan. Here are some portraits of Elizabeth herself:
http://www.elizabethi.org/posters/queenelizabethi.html
and here's a gallery of Marie Antoinette:
http://www.marie-antoinette.org/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=1&sessionid=26d49f18f4aa8d8e6b07eb8b5a44f6a0&sessionid=26d49f18f4aa8d8e6b07eb8b5a44f6a0
Marie Antoinette's hair often looks higher to me, and then there's often the curls on each side of her face.
The drama in this episode was great. It makes up for the historical hairstyle inaccuracies. The contestants did not have enough time to research the period that they were given, and the judges didn't know what hairstyle represented each period. Boogie did Renaissance instead of Medieval. Tyson did the 1800s instead of Elizabethan.
I thought the top 2 should have been Tabatha and Daisy with Daisy finally getting a win.
Anthony(he's in my top 3) should have been in the bottom 2. He had the easiest period. I'm not a hair stylist but I can easily do the 1960s. All you need is some rollers and alot of hairspray. His wigstand's hair was limp.
If DAnna had done Veronica Lake, Ingrid Bergman or Rita Hayworth like Bill and some other posters have said, she'd still be there.
Ben's 1920s was droopy and he should have gone home. The only reason he's still there is because the judges choose to pick on someone else's mistakes. He doesn't have the stuff to be Shear Genius.
Boogie was robbed in both challanges. Tabitha's model in the "restyle a guy" challange ended up looking like a girl, but Boogie's guy was definately hot.
Can't we give these designers a break on the historical accuracy front? All they had was the accessories chosen by Bravo and a brief period of time on the internet--how much accuracy could we expect? I think most of the designers did a fabulous job given the constraints they had to work under.
Ok so first off, yes the character that Tabatha instills in herself does show through with her gracious acceptance in Tyson's win. Yet her ability to take a risk in giving Tyson a difficult Up-Do, was a smart move.
She is able to admit when she is wrong or made a mistake. Which she wasn't wrong or had a mistake. It was a challenge for Tyson to either show his competence or go home.
Tabatha knew that she put out exactly what 80's Punk was about. It was awesome like 2 ft high, using only flat iron, gel and hair spray. With the blue going into flames at tips was awesome.
So let's see what happens next week when they all team up @ the mall. This should be a good one...
I agree with beth, tyson did a pretty good "Elizbethean" do that to my mind didn't evoke 18th cent France at all (ok, maybe the powder). He is growing on me, weird little Amish man that he is
CP
BTW has everyone started voting since last night???? Come on people start voting for your fan favorite until next Wed. night. You can vote up to 20 times, a chance to win 5grand and cut and style from the winning stylist. Time to vote, i know whom i'm voting for!
i totally agree, loved the episode!
but...Daisy's Victorian look wasn't at all Victorian. Could not believe the judges gave her props for that fug. any thoughts?
These people on this show are all nuts, and I love it! I cannot believe a grown man walks around calling himself "Dr. Boogie," but he had me rollin' a couple of times in this episode.
it was a silly challenge, considering the judges really had no clue. after all, the Victorian era was more than 60 years long. hairstyles evolved quite a bit over that time.
the middle ages were more like 1,000 years long (and typically in medieval paintings, most women weaer veils anyway.
but, it was still fun. this whole show is so much more fun that TD, and top chef.
Two Words:
FIG JAM!!
OMG, that was HILARIOUS!
This was my favorite episode too! They all mostly did splendid considering how little time they had to do real research on the looks but I was especially disappointed by too-Ben and Danna.
On Ben, Im soooooooooo glad someone else said that the feathers were way too much. It should have been sassy and percise but looked sloppy and no shape to them. The 20's era is one of my all time favorites-just love the look of the flappers and was so disappointed in the outcome of the end result.
On Danna, I thought at first how lucky is that all those glamourous beautiful styles of the 40's where everyone could look like a dream and that was the end result. It is my favorite era of all eras and I thought her own hair style was closer than her model!
Lol love all the drama and the looks especially--so much is said in some of those short intense glances. I'm still waiting though for Rene to have one of these moments when one of the stylists begins a seriously wrong do to say STOP put down the hair gel and step away from the scissors.....
Love the Show and as always love the blog!
Tyson's era was just slightly wrong (the powdering didn't work), but he really did manage to make extensions into something special.
Anthony was given crap for not using an older style fall that probably isn't available anymore? I guess he could have faked it using extensions and a scarf, but I think everyone forgot that the reason that "bump" was there in the 60s was because falls were so badly crammed into womens' heads with big-assed combs.
Tabatha got short shrift, because the iconic look from the 80s was punk, and that nitwit from Allure didn't get what punk was about. Of course it's not going to be pretty and editorial -- punk was the antithesis of that!
Ben's 1920's 'do was more about the headband and feathers than those badly-done pin curls. I love the guy, but he needs to step up.
I'm gonna out myself ...
I adore Tyson. Yep. He's oddly sexy in a little troll, Napoleon complex sort of a way. Accuracy aside, his hair style was by far the most technical and complicated of the group. I laughed when he started meditating like the room wasn't filled with 15 random people. Kinda showy, but hey, that's what the little man is about.
I once dated a short little balding guy like Tyson, and the memories are still very fond. My little guy packed a very big punch, if you know what I mean. He also was a mommy's boy.
Beware the little guys who know just the right time to spring their very big packages upon you in the moment you least expect it. Tyson's is waiting ... lurking ... lurking ... waiting ...
I think he'll go all the way.
Hey sistersin: where can you vote for fan favorite? I went to the Bravo site and didn't see anything about it. Please post the URL. (Rest assured, I'll be voting for your favorite, too!)
I, for one, am hoping Tyson doesn't spring his big package for us. I mean, it's cable and all, but I just don't want to see it.
As much as I love watching Dr. Boogie, how hard is it honestly to find tapestries and paintings of women in the Medieval age online- one tiny little picture? Honestly. His turned out well, but I sort of expected (and hoped for) slightly simpler and less gaudy.
Tyson's drove me crazy - at first I hated it, then I began to appreciate it until he powdered the damn thing. Did anyone take a high school history class? Beyond that though, even though I hate Tyson, kudos for being able to pull that off.
Tab's was wonderful as well - exactly what she needed/wanted it to be. I think she just got outshined by the other eras unfortunantly... :/
I loved this episode, and I love your bitchy selves!
Was so sad to see Danna go, but that hairdo was so boring and bland that it almost wasn't there...
If they got to see the outfits their models were wearing before they styled their hair, it's no wonder Danna went for the post-war no money and an empty rations book look. Her model was definitely not given glam clothing and I think that really hurt Danna. I did think it was an authentic looking 40's hairstyle, although the front was too messy.
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Why are people giving Ben crap about using the feathers? He was just using what he was given in the little box. I agree, the pincurls could have been done better, but she seemed to have hair like mine--fine and straight that holds no curl.
how Tab got that punk hair with that model still amazes me.
My problem with Tabby's mohawk was that it was the most obvious, and therefore the most boring, choice for her era. There were lots of other options: spikes, Exene Cervenka's various shaggy messes, Siouxsie Sioux's big shattered hair helmet, Wendy O. Williams' blonde-and-pink sex-goddess parodies.... I know she didn't have a lot of research time (none of them did, which I think forgives most historical inaccuracy) but she herself said she was a punk--she knew she had more possibilities than just a mohawk.
Dr. Boogie should have won the first competition because not only was his cut technically the best, his model was (after the makeover) deeeeeelicious.
Ben's 1920s do was deep-fried ass, and he should have been turfed for it. Danna's wasn't as bad, but it was a huge disappointment, considering that she could have done a Veronica Lake so easily and effectively. I don't know what she was thinking. Probably not enough research time, plus she's never even heard of Lake.
I don't even care how historically accurate Tyson's cut was or wasn't: he took the biggest risks, and, like Evangelin_ and her garden-shears cut, it paid off, because the judges are looking for audacity. I loved the look, and I thought he deserved the win. Now I suppose he'll fall victim to the Wall of Fame and be gone next week.
Hello word, here's a song that we're singin' C'mon get happy!
I'm sorry, am I the only one who noticed...it's WORLD. That's been buggin' me all day. I would have understood if the gayboys made the mistake of "hello wood". Sure it's just a typo.
right before the judging, I turned to my mom and said, Tab should have done editorial punk. Lo and behold, one of the judges agreed.
:o)
If Danna's model had been given a strapless blue Calvin Klein dress she would've been Emily Blunt at the Oscars!
That was NOT Elizabethan era hair. Just no.
Didn't Danna have some kind of an accent? I was guessing Australia. If she *is* Aussie, wouldn't that explain her cluelessness on a 40's look? Not only is she too young to have been around then, but how many Veronica Lake movies can there be in Sydney or Melbourne? And they probably fought a different war down under than we Yanks did.
VALPAL......
Here is the URL... hope it still works, dont kow why it is not on the site. I noticed that too yesterday. here ya go....
http://www.bravotv.com/Shear_Genius/Vote/index.shtml
As well you can text message your vote too.
text to 46833 then in the message type correct spelling of first name of your favorite.
Nahncee said...
Didn't Danna have some kind of an accent? I was guessing Australia. If she *is* Aussie, wouldn't that explain her cluelessness on a 40's look? Not only is she too young to have been around then, but how many Veronica Lake movies can there be in Sydney or Melbourne? And they probably fought a different war down under than we Yanks did.
Danna is from South Africa, Anthony-England,
Tabatha-Australia
Ok so when the stylists got the challenge and were discussing whether it would be dogs or barber shop, Tabatha talking to Danna; truely thought that Boogie was going to win the challenge hands down, well clippers down! So when Christophe said that Tabatha won, she was truely shocked....
For me, I'm shocked to realize (particularly with this episode) that Danna and I are the same age, and especially that Tabatha is less than a year older.
I feel even closer to Tabatha now. Not to say that I have as much class as she does. I tend to be much more openly vindictive. That point aside, though, I probably still wouldn't have tried to screw Tyson like that, because it clearly backfired, even if Tyson hadn't one, because it put Danna (if not Anthony as well) at a distinct disadvantage.
Thanks sistersin. It kept letting me vote...by the time I quit, it turned out that I had voted 24 times. Oops. But, who knows if it will get to Bravo or has been lost in Fabulon.
I think Tyson did a great job, even if I don't really like him all that much. I'd probably let him cut my hair. As far as Danna? I do wonder if the Allure Wall of Fame is cursed...
Loved this episode and I agree the challenges were well chosen. I really enjoyed watching.
I, too, had a flash of Tyson's Momma's desiccated corpse in a rocking chair when he started in with that, "I think my Mom would say 'I knew you could do it!'" stuff. Gave me the clownies, it did. with his little niblet teeth...*shudder* And I loved, loved when he said how great it was that Tabitha wanted to challenge him b/c she thought he was so good. Natasha from ANTM-level delusional.
I love this whole Ren Faire-Medieval-Marie Antoinette brouhaha going on here. It's more fun than the SCA costume nazis. (You start wondering if someone is going to knife your tires in the parking lot!)
IMO, Ben should have been the one to go. Yes, powder is not Elizabethan, but those feathers were covering a multitude of sins. Danna may have not created a beautiful 'do, but it was well done and extremely accurate. I've seen better flappers on Halloween.
Check it out!!!
http://www.zshare.net/video/djssmiamimay1207-mov.html
The end of the URL was cut off, sistersin. What comes after"...mov."?
Valpal, its all there....
.html was the last after mov
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