We were lucky enough to have two back-to-back episodes of entertaining reality television last night and don't you worry, poodles. We haven't forgotten about the second episode.
This was kind of a crazy-ass but entertaining challenge. Sure, clients get shuffled back and forth in busy salons, but not every 15 minutes. Still, it was fun to watch.
Truth be told, while it produced some drama, it's really to everyone's credit how relatively low-key it was.
Congratulations, Skunky Brewster!
You hit the reality TV trifecta! You won a challenge by producing a cut and style that wasn't really noticeably different from half the other entries, you hit on a hot married co-contestant,
and you BROUGHT IT when the local villain opted to play out his role as expected. Kudos to you, darling! Had you gotten drunk and arrested, Emmys would have rained down on the producers.
And then there's poor Meredith.
This frame right here would be a textbook example of "Loser edit." When they grin like that, you can bank on the inspirational exit speech complete with luggage by the end of the hour.
Disaster.
These wigstands must be really hungry for that big break. How else to explain their glassy-eyed acceptance of that which would normally drive the average woman into frothing rage? Show us a woman sitting in a salon with THAT look on her face after THAT was done to her hair. Not gonna happen. In truth, the average woman would conduct herself such that the scene would end with her being herded into a cop car, the salon floor slick with blood behind her.
Oh, don't look at us like that, Meredith. We love you, we really do. But this wasn't just ass hair, it was FLAMING ass hair.
On to that elimination challenge, which we loved, by the way. A tense and creative challenge that paralleled real-world salon experience. But honestly, it didn't occur to any of the stylists that in a reproduce-the-look-at-home challenge, the wigstands would be, y'know...sent home to reproduce the look?
Congrats, Glenn! We love Glenn too (is it a good thing or a bad thing that we are so filled with love this season?). And she's got a hot husband, going by her myspace page. Brava, darling.
It was a nice, low-key transformation that flattered the client and gave her something to work with. Although to be perfectly fair, the client didn't do all that great a job reproducing Glenn's look.
Oh Meredith, honey. We were bereft when it was down to you and Nekisa last night, knowing that one of our favorite gals was going home. That really sucked.
On the other hand:
So did your haircut.
SAIDWITHLOVE!SAIDWITHLOVE!
We don't know what else to say. It was just this sad lumpy thing on her head. She looked like she had a wig on backwards.
Still, as upset as we were watching Meredith and Nekisa waiting for the axe to fall, we couldn't help but laugh through our tears as we watched Nekisa,
in true Diva fashion,
totally make the moment all about herself.
Meredith just found out she's going home and the bitch just totally pulled focus off her. We thought she was gonna knock her over with all her wailing and lamentations.
God, we love her.
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"FLAMING ass hair"
Oh kittens, you can't believe what kind of visual that produced in my imagination! I need more caffination for these later posts. Envision grooming gone horribly, horribly wrong...
Anyway, just our luck: stylist becomes funny and interesting, and she gets the ax.
I liked the episode last night--
of course I was on my 3rd drink after PR.
Paulo was really shocked that it was Meredith-- actually many of them were...
Too bad she was eliminated (although I love Nekisa too) because she was great for the show.
The thing about the short cut challenge was I LIKED the flaming hair better than the bottle blonde stuff she had before, it wasn't ideal, but it was better.
I thought maybe they'd throw Meredith and Neksia a bone. Something like:
Meredith, Neksia, Charlie has immunity and therefore cannot be eliminated. However, the judges are so incensed at the shitty hair cut he gave that each of you will be permitted to kick him in the balls.
Meredith, this is your final cut so you will be allowed to kick him twice.
On a different note, what was Paulo crying about? It was never explained. I was surprised though that he wasn't fist-pumping when he was declared safe this challenge. "Yah. I don't suck!"
Is Nekisa the Evangelin of this season?
Buh-Bye, Meredith. You'll be missed!
I want to know what kind of drugs they are feeding the wigstands. Not only must "Flaming Ass Hair" and the Mushroom have known they looked like horrific, they had to sit there while the judges confirmed that diagnosis repeatedly!!
i couldn't agree with you more about merideth's contributions last night. that flaming red was just horrific! they must be giving these wigstands some good drugs for them to allow THAT to be done to their hair.
then she did the elimination challenge -- claims she teaches/specializes is curly hair - and she produced THAT????? it was awful. you should show some of the shots of the back - it was uneven and really a wreck. as much as i found meredith to be entertaining, i have to agree that she earned the send off.....
ditto about the fact that all of the stylists seemed shocked to find that they'd be judged the next morning.
Duh and double duh.
Also wishing they had more Lady Bird action shots last night. Anyone else think he resembles Kayne from PR a bit?!
PS, not to be a bitch (oh wait...) but whenever anyone else uses "kittens" or "poodles" besides TLo, it just seems contrived and in the words of Simon Cowell, "affected."
Meh.
I just caught the elimination but it seemed to me that the other stylists were not happy with Meredith being eliminated. Also, I don't remember another stylist getting a mob hug like that before. Usually, they hug the remaining person and leave. Maybe a wave or hug a special friend but not everyone coming out to her like that.
I've been wondering- do they fix the hair that goes horribly wrong, like the flaming hair? Or is the wigstand left to her own devices to fix it?
And, as a curly-haired gal myself I KNOW that Meredith's cut would never work on me. Ick ick ick.
I thought both the Musical Hairs challenge and the DIY challenge were great ideas, but I'd have blown a gasket if I'd been one of those wigstands and found out I'd be passed around like a a tray of hors d'oeuvres.
Glenn deserved the win and I thought her client did a great job replicating it given what sounded like a multi-step process.
But would it kill SG for them to give the stylists a decent amount of time to do both good color and cut FOR ONCE? An hour and a half is not enough if you're counting the process time for color. Highlights maybe, but not full color.
And Nekisa has been at the bottom more often than a mob hit wearing cement overshoes.
Your both so right on (as always) about Nekisa! So much fun to watch.
lady jane, I was wondering who Lady Bird reminds me of as well. It's Michael Adams from season one of Top Design. It's like they read the same handbook on gay style or something.
Bitter much, Meredith? She wasn't really happy much in her exit interview, but I can't say as I blame her.
Nekisia (sp?) has been on the bottom how many times?????
What's up with that? Can't blame it on the drama/producer bit, since SG doesn't play that game.
lady jane, point taken.
I guess I was just too effected by the hair comment.
There you go, no more poodles, kittens, bitch! or bitches! for me....
Thank you for helping me expand my vocabulary.
back off, lady jane
Critizing the use of the word "kittens" and using Simon Cowell as a citation? oh dear oh dear oh dear
But on topic: I'm sorry to see Meredith go, as are others, but man, her cut was horrible.
This show still just isn't getting my love. TLo, you collectively are generosity itself.
My theory: I think the wigstands were smiling last night because 1. They were probably served quite a bit of wine or champagne and everything seemed fine by that point or 2. They maybe were promised that Hottie Rene Fris himself would repair their hair after the show. That would make me smile through a tragic dye job like that blonde/redhead got!
NO MEREDITH, NOOOOOOOO!!!!
I'm crushed! I'd take Meredith over Nekisa any day. And Nekisa has been at the bottom so many times I was praying that that would help lead to her elimination.
Unfortunately Meredith did do some shit-tastic hair!
Damn that Charlie and his immunity!!!!!
Oh and I'm liking Glenn, but that nose hoop really has to go. If she would just switch to a nice little stud it would change her from "trying to look young and hip" to "cool chick with a subtle nose piercing."
I thought it was a total toss up for the loser last night. It's a pity for Meredith, but Nekisa's reaction was crack-me-up funny! Speaking of our little diva, it's been driving me crazy trying to come up with what minor celebrity she reminds me of, when I came across an old episode of "Spin City". She could pass for Jennifer Esposito's sister!
Ugh. I think Nekisa's style was worse, but maybe they sent Meredith home because in addition to bad choices for clients.... well, as they say, "Physician- heal thyself!"
Her OWN mop of badly burnt blond hair was not flattering.
Oh well- she'll go curl up and dye :-)
i didnt want meredith to go, i dont care how crappy her style was. she was becoming my fave.
talk about cut you off at the knees that is what SG does. crappy hair & out you go.
gorgeous things, i agree its jennifer espisito that neiska looks like!
FLAMING ass hair, indeed. Best line yet. Thank you, TLo!
What amused me about the Shortcut challenge was that Charlie sabotaged himself. It clearly never occurred to him that they might get their original clients back. So he got stuck with "bad hair".
Sorry, though, loves, I liked the flaming hair.
This Bravo double-header is just too fab to be true.
As much as it pains me to say so, the right person was cut (given that Charlie had immunity, that is)...but...WAAAH! Meredith was rapidly becoming my favorite.
i'm guessing Nekisa is going to win this season.
I was dying when Skunky Brewster threw off the term "Chewbacca hair" when yelling at Charlie - did anyone else catch that?
That wigstand must have been pretty peeved when the episode aired...
Thank god Bravo repeats every episode of every series every hour. Otherwise in my drunkeness I would never remember what I watch.
I had just said yesterday that I thought it would be a wonderful idea if the show would do an episode in which the wigstands had to recreate the style. Finally, Bravo read my mind. (Wish they would have done that last season on PR, but anywho....)
I loved this challenge. I hated the outcome.
God, is Glenn the contestant's favorite or what???? I thought she'd have to do a curtain call after her fellow stylists reaction after her win. Kinda makes me want to root against her. I hate a nice girl.
Nekesia - oy. she's the kind of girl I hate in real life, and hate even more on my television. she's been in the bottom three (or two) for virtually EVERY challenge, and *still* doesn't get cut.
bleagh.
and as a curly-haired girl, I found Meredith's curly-hair righteousness really damn annoying. if curly hair is so freaking fab, why don't YOU have corkscrews and frizzies all over YOUR head, Miss Meredith?
and yeah - that kind of short cut on a girl with curls (and maybe thick hair) is just destined for failure.
I would bet money that the wigstands get SOMEONE from nexus or tresemme or whoever the hell sponsors this to fix the disasters wrought upon them. Maybe Old Roy Teeluck or Kim Vo (where do they GET these names?) fixes the catastrophes?
i love that lil daniel - ladybird, i guess? what a duck! and he is EXACTLY Michael Adams from Top Design (bad show, but I liked Michael).
histrogeek
I'm with you! Did I miss something about Paulo? I never understood why we kept getting teasers with him crying.
Also . . .
I have seen plenty of folks with that shade of 'red', and it looked fine. However, I thought it made her skin look really really sallow. Maybe that was just my TV, but it didn't seem to go with her skin tone at ALL. I think she could really rock a beautiful red, though, with the right undertones.
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SG insider:
The wigstands do not normally get the chance to override history after a challenge. Maybe its the cool-aid, but that's what they sign on for!
I love Nekisa!! She's fabulous!!!
Nekisa is such a drama queen and you just know she's loving the fact that Spunky Brewster has a girl-crush on her, even if she has no intention of reciprocating. To her, it's just more evidence of how hot she thinks she is.
I think she IS hot, in an annoying, high-maintenance way. The type of girl who wears on you after about an hour of knowing her. Just listen to her wigstand try to repeat the steps needed to recreate her hairstyle. Easy to style, indeed!
Oh come on! They only kept Nekisa in so they could play up the blossoming lovefest between her and Dee.
Not that I'm complaining.
As a former hairdresser, I've been hooked on this show from the beginning.
I'm SO SO happy you guys are snarking on this one as well.
Cheers!
It was amusing watching Ms. "I teach curly hair" barely able to deal with someone whose hair was at most wavyish. She would have fallen apart with someone with honest to goodness curls.
It was Baboon Red Ass Color Hair! My other proplem is with these gray polyester appearing slacks that I've seen on Rene, Dee and Niksia..Rene's look like the crotch is eating up his pants.....
cocktails please!
Debra Kay
I think Nekisa looks like a long-lost Kardashian sister.
It was Flaming Baboon Red Ass Color Hair! My other proplem is with these gray polyester appearing slacks that I've seen on Rene, Dee and Niksia..Rene's look like the crotch is eating up his pants.....
cocktails please!
Debra Kay
a long lost kardashian! brills!!!
and i agree- miss lady jane, you can't criticize someone and then cite mr. cowell. boo to you.
albeit you DO have a point. nobody likes a copycat!
"We were bereft when it was down to you and Nekisa last night, knowing that one of our favorite gals was going home."
Bereft of what? Incorrect word usage there, guys. Might want to look that one up. Tim Gunn, you are not.
"We were bereft when it was down to you and Nekisa last night, knowing that one of our favorite gals was going home."
Bereft of what? Incorrect word usage there, guys. Might want to look that one up. Tim Gunn, you are not.
a: deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something —usually used with "of" - both players are instantly bereft of their poise — A. E. Wier> b: lacking something needed, wanted, or expected Merriam-Webster
Bereft of the presence of one of their favorite players, you anonymous jackass. I just hate it when snippy little know-it-alls who don't have the wit to even come up with a name for themselves go through life trying to put down their betters in order to make themselves feel personally superior.
Hint: You're not, anonymous. Not only are you not Tim Gunn either, but you don't have a nationally-known blog, you're not very well educated either in grammar nor in manners, and you don't even have a name. So just shut up and slink back to quietly sit in the corner with the rest of the rude little wannabe dunces.
Just so the "anonymous" person isn't alone, I, too, wondered what TLo was bereft of. The key to Nahncee's (and Merriam Webster's) definition is that one must be bereft of something. The way that TLo's statement reads now, its not clear as to what that something is. That's all.
And goodness, that's a fair bit of nastiness there, Nahncee. Someone piss in your Cheerios this morning?
Maybe I'm just crazy, but I didn't think Meredith's cut looked that bad. It wasn't great, but it seemed like an improvement.
And I won't say anything about the flaming ass hair, as I have intentionally dyed my hair that color before.
Yeah, I like Meredith too; but that haircut (both of them actually, but as a curly girl I'm fixated on the second one) looked like hot buttered ASS. When she was leaving and said, "Straight-hair people just don't understand" I nearly choked. I've got curls, Meredith honey, and I would summarily SMITE any stylist who unleashed that horror on my head.
"We were bereft when it was down to you and Nekisa last night, knowing that one of our favorite gals was going home."
Bereft of what? Incorrect word usage there, guys. Might want to look that one up. Tim Gunn, you are not.
-- yeah, I have to say something about this, too, even though Nahncee did a great job of responding.
I bow to nobody when it comes to my disdain for poor grammar, but this didn't even make the tiniest blip on my radar. I understood -- TLo were bereft of the pleasure of having BOTH Meredith and Nekisa on the show. Is it really that confusing?
"Hint: You're not, anonymous. Not only are you not Tim Gunn either, but you don't have a nationally-known blog, you're not very well educated either in grammar nor in manners, and you don't even have a name."
I may be wrong, but isn't THIS paragraph a use of poor grammar?? Punctuate properly, poodles!
Frankly, I can't stand Nekisa. She's got little talent, an over-the-top look suited to small-town high school queens, and a big mouth. Doesn't seem all that intelligent either. As Charlie so aptly put it: "Your big tits aren't always going to do the job for you", or something to that effect.
I'm frankly bored with S2. S1 contestants were way more interesting. What's with Nicole? 24 going on 54. That hair, those lips, those get-ups... Ugh! IMO, first runner-up to Nekisa in the bad, bad look stakes.
Gail's pretty and fun in a low-key way, but she's too inexperiences. Where are our Samanthas, Anthonys, Dr. Boogies and Tysons? Where?
I'm getting bored out of my skull.
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