Shear Genius: Chatting with Danna

US: What is the one hair care product that you can't live without?
Danna: Conditioner, as it keeps the hair in a healthy state and when desperate can be used as a styling aid, therefore has a duel purpose.

US: Why did you decide to become a stylist?
Danna: My mother was a hairdresser and I practically grew up in the salon....I always gravitated to hair and believe I have a god given talent.

US: If you couldn't be a stylist, what would you be doing?
Danna: Never thought about it as it has never been a consideration.

US: Any hair care secrets you`d like to share?
Danna: I believe dry powder as a shampoo...baby powder can be used as a last minute save to greasy hair...apply sparingly, brush well and then restyle.

US: What is in your fridge right now?
Danna: In my fridge right now is egg whites, water ,eggs .....lots of cold drinks/ beer and wine for impromptu guests...also 3 bottles of champagne, one for the first show one for the last show and one for when I move into my new home I just bought!!!!

US: What do you feel is the worst hair trend in the last 10 years?
Danna: The trend I am totally opposed to is the "pet" accessories...peoples need to schlep there dog's around everywhere as an accessories. It is so cruel.

US: Any pets?
Danna: I am a total dog lover and can not wait to get a Maltese poodle puppy when I am settled in my new home.

US: What is your favorite:
CD's
currently is- red hot chillie pepper's stadium Arcadian, snow patrol open eyes, and the new Christina Aguilar release back to basics

Book- woman to woman by ester jungeris

TV shows - CSI Miami, law and order svu, Grey's anatomy,

guilty pleasure: spinning morning noon and night - with the one and only Gary Kobat!
also domino's thin crust cheese pizza and their amazing brownies for dessert......... burn a thousand calories.....eat a thousand calories

Thanks Danna. We wish you all the best with the show and your new home!

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List of Trainers

Jackie,

My number one choice, but a snowball has a better chance of lasting an eternity in hell than my getting Jackie as a personal trainer. So here are my other choices, listed in order.





Brian

So helpful, and have you seen the size of this Southerner's hands? Just saying. Plus he's Doug's friend and he's passionate about his work. I simply love passion.






Gregg,

Love those eyes, would love to exercise my fingers up and down those biceps. Ooh-la-la.








Andre,

Yummy and seemingly normal. Close toss-up, dahlings.







Zen,

Friendly and cute as a kitten, but funnier than me. Na ah.







Rebecca,

She's fit, cute, and from my home state, but dahlings, she might mistake me for Jackie and stick her tongue down my throat while I was distracted. So, nope.





Jesse

You kidding? I believe in harmony and one-ness with all mankind, and absolute acceptance of all I do and say. I need to lower my blood pressure, not up it. He's kinda cute though, but ... naw.





Erika

You think I'm an idiot? Why would I want Angelina's double any where near me? Our combined fabulosity would strike all men blind and we'd get sued for reckless endangerment. B'sides, she believes in mental health.

Shear Genius: Chatting with Lacey

Even though she left us last Wednesday, Lacey put aside some time in her appointment book to answer some of our questions. And even though she didn't cut it on Shear Genius, we're pretty sure she has hair advice to offer.

What's the best way to make gray hair look better?

I find that grey hair can loose shine and vibrancy. The best way to fix this is to do a clarifying treatment to remove any
minerals that may build up on the hair.

What is the one hair care product that you can't live without?

I love leave in spray conditioner with uv protection! A must have living in South Beach.

Why did you decide to become a stylist?

I wanted to have a creative job that would always challenge me to try new things and never stop learning.

If you couldn't be a stylist, what would you be doing?

I would have a job that would allow me to help people and travel.

Who do you admire?

I admire my mom she is always my biggest fan and supports everything I do.

Any hair care secrets you`d like to share?

I notice a difference in my hair when I am taking vitamins and eating healthy.

What is in your fridge right now?

I love to cook so I have all the essentials to whip up something from nothing. Oh.... and tons of different coffee's and creamers, I love coffee.

What do you feel is the worst hair trend in the last 10 years?

I would have to say that striped hi lites were by far the worst, along with bad extensions.

Any pets?

No pets but, I have lots of plants.

What is your favorite...
...way to spend a day off?

My favorite thing is to sleep in late, wake up to breakfast being made, and lay by the pool at the Delano all day!

...Movie

Breakfast at Tiffany's

...CD

I'm addicted to i tunes so I have lots of random music.

...Book

Bergdorff Blondes

...TV Show

Grey's Anatomy

...Guilty Pleasure

Dark chocolate

Any final words?

Carpe Diem!

Thanks Lacey!

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Shear Genius: Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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For the third episode's quickfire challenge the geniuses get to watch Sally create her famous Sally shag.

Geniuses: "Ooh! It's such an honor to get to watch Sally perform a haircut!"

Well, yes, I guess it's marginally more entertaining than watching someone "perform" an oil change.

Then the geniuses have to re-create the exact cut. Tyson wins!

John Edwards: "I would totally pay $650 for that haircut!"

Ann Coulter: "Fag."

Jaclyn Smith: "The winner will choose the order ..."

OH MY God! There was the most ridiculously audible gasp in the Eric household! Seriously, we acted like she was about to say that the winner would choose the order of when the other stylists would be killed in a ritual sacrifice! We totally thought she was going to say that the winner was going to have to rank the other cuts and pick who would be going home! But, of course, she just said that the winner would be picking the order of choosing models in the next challenge. We collapsed in hysterics!

Anyway, Lacey is sent home because she did not understand the point of the challenge and did a completely different haircut.

The geniuses go back to the apartment and Rene tells them to shut up, as usual, and then tells them they have the right to an attorney and one phone call.

Most of the designers are crying about getting to speak to their family members, most of whom know nothing of the circumstances of their disappearances and assume they are dead:

Tabatha: "Anthony, explain to me why they are crying. Are they in physical pain? I am very interested in learning about human emotions."

Anthony: "They miss their families."

Tabatha: "Why? Their families are probably just a bunch of losers like they are."

Anthony: "You got that right."

So Tyson "wins" the fabulous prize of getting to piss off the other geniuses and decide the order of picking models. The other two "winners" in the top three get to be singled out as the top competition so Tyson can try to screw them over. This seems pretty pointless. He starts out by asking the others to tell him why he should pick them to choose models first:

Tabatha: "Oh, piss off, you little bitch."

OK, so that didn't work so well. Instead, he just ranks them and puts them in reverse order according to talent. I guess this gives him a little bit of an advantage but ultimately won't make a difference and the whole exercise is pretty humiliating.

Rene: "Shut the fuck up, everyone! I have a surprise for you! You will not only be picking models but also picking from these absolutely ridiculous tools that you have to use to cut their hair!"

Here are the tools they chose to work with:

Tyson picked an ordinary pair of sissors.

Boogie picked a grapefruit spoon.

Ben picked a CD jewel case.

Evangelin picked a gas-powered chainsaw.

Danna picked a trained ferret.

Anthony picked a Motorola Razr phone.

Theodore picked a Beadazzler.

Daisy picked a rake.

And Tabatha picked a set of Jonathan Adler placemats from Linens n Things.

Considering what they had to work with, they all did extremely well. Other than those hideous Cynthia Rowely outfits, the clients looked pretty good. Tabatha's client looked like she had pretty bad split ends but those plastic Jonathan Adler placemats are not as sharp as you would think. Boogie did a serviceable job but it was just too safe and boring. Theodore spent the entire time putting cornrows in his own hair and his client looked the same as when she came in.

Theodore is gone! Sob!

Evangelin did an amazing job! She got extra credit for using a chainsaw and she was not penalized for accidentally decapitating her client. That really wasn't her fault.

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Shear Genius VS. Top Design

7) The stylists get to choose the models in innovative ways. Tyson walking through the line of models while touching their hair was priceless and a little creepy. (I love creepy.) In the second episode, only the top three short cut challenge winners got to see which celebrity hairdos their models wanted. Cool. In the third challenge, Tyson got to try his hand at strategy. Even better.

8) Most of Shear Genius is focused on the actual competition. Top Design wasted too much airtime following the judges around, and filming them taking notes or walking through the design sets. Their snooty discussions were so tiresome that I kept yelling at the screen – “Show the designers, you morons!”

9) Jaclyn Smith’s voice is sexier than Todd’s. And, despite that fact that she's worn the same hairdo since the middle ages, she knows hair.(Padma could take some hostessing lessons from her!)

10) Rene Fris.

There are more reasons why this show rocks, and one can never predict chemistry. I and a few million other people are having fun watching Shear Genius and that’s all that counts. Ms. Place

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Continued from previous post

Anthony, who's talented and interesting and yummylicious.(He's this week's winner in the center.)
Daisy who cries at the drop of a hairpin and who reminds me of my good friend Leslie.

Dr. Boogie. 'Nuff said.

Then there's Theodore, who worked without a shirt. ICK! His armpit hair hung over his model's face! Double ick. It's a wonder she didn't upchuck her lunch when he was working on her.

Paul Jean was the first hair artist to get CUT!
Dahlings, he deserved to get booted. In fact, his terrible "do" reminded me of Cruella de Ville.

In fact, can you see a resemblance between his "peak" and the stylists' first toast? Even though Paul Jean came from Nice, he didn't come across as very nice. Ta, ta, dahling. I wish you all the best.
As for our second auf'd designer - Jim - personally I liked him, but boyoboyoboy did that beet hair color suck.
His model should receive an Emmy for pretending to be calm, cool, and collected. Look at her "Little House on the Prairie" smile as she stood in front of the judges and you'll see what I mean!

When I saw her hair, I was reminded of Chuckles the Clown. (A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants!)
Congratulations, Bravo, for getting it right this time! I love this show. Love Jaclyn. And am salivating over Rene Fris. Hubba, hubba, hubba.

Dahling, take your finger outta your mouth or I've gotta go and douse myself with ice cubes.


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Roots: the Nexxus Generation

At the start of the episode some guy from Nexxus tells the geniuses what their quickfire challenge will be:

Nexxus Guy: "You need to turn the hair on your mannequin head as red as this sample I have here. This is a level 8 red and you have two hours to reach it."

Tabatha says she wants to hit Evangelin with her mannequin head and then sprays herself in the face with water:

Tabatha: "You see, this is why I usually have a shampooer make my catty remarks for me so I can concentrate on what I'm doing."

Jim is frantically looking through the color books to find exactly the right color of red. Boogie turns the hair a lovely color of blue. How did he do that? Lacey is complaining:

Lacey: "How am I expected to bleach in $100 boots?"

What difference does it make if you're wearing cheap boots?

Lacey: "These aren't cheap boots! I didn't get them at Pay-Less! I got these at Wall-Mart!"

Well, the quality obviously matches the rest of your outfit.

Lacey: "Oh, thank you!"

Sure. Anyway, Tabatha wins because she's an expert on dying her own hair. Evangelin and Ben round out the top three and they have an advantage in the elimination challenge.

Rene is waiting back at the apartment. Ooh, I wonder what the challenge will be!

Rene: "Sssst! Zip it!"

Wow. Relax.

Rene: "You know when a client walks into your salon and has ..."

Geniuses: "Rutabagas, rutabagas, rutabagas."

Rene: "Exactly. Well, that's what this challenge is going to be about."

What?! I have no idea what they said! What's the challenge?!

Rene: "Sssst! Zip it!"

Jeez, what a bitch. Seriously, what the hell is Rene's problem? He is really annoying in this episode. Anyway, apparently the challenge is about making your client look like a picture of a celebrity. The winning geniuses from the quickfire have a major advantage this time. Not only do they get first pick of the clients but they will learn what celebrity their clients want to look like ahead of time. The rest of the geniuses won't find out what celebrity they need to turn their clients into until the challenge begins. How exciting!

Rene: "Sssst! Zip it!"

I've had it with you! You are not going to appear in the rest of this recap. OK, so the challenge is to take their client and a picture of a celebrity and then turn their client's hair bright red.

Well, if that actually had been the challenge, Daisy and Jim would have done a great job. Daisy talks to her client for an hour and a half and then dyes her hair red and pulls it back into a bad prom do. This is supposed to make us think of Christina Aguilera.

Eminem: "Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs."

Whatever you say. Jim bleaches his client's hair and then dyes it red to make her look like Gwen Stefani:

Jim: "Well, the color was all uneven so I just dyed the whole thing this beautiful Ronald McDonald red. I really saved the fucking day!"

The judges don't think so. Poor Jim. At least he tried. He really attempted to do Gwen Stefani; he just failed miserably. But I still think he deserves more credit than Daisy, who didn't do anything at all except complain.

Judges: "Daisy, if your client said she wanted something impossible, you should have just told her to go someplace else."

Daisy: "Um. But then I wouldn't have had a model for this challenge."

Judges: "Oh, yeah. Never mind."

Jim is out and Daisy is safe. Sorry Jim; we'll miss you!

I can't quite remember who the rest of the celebrities were but it was something like this:

Tabatha was supposed to make her client look like Baby Spice.

Ben was supposed to make his client look like Lady Diana.

Evangelin was supposed to make her client look like Chuck Berry.

Tyson was supposed to make his client look exactly the same.

Danna's client was supposed to look like someone but nobody knows who.

Anthony's client already looked exactly like Jessica Simpson so he made her look like Jaclyn Smith.

Theodore's client wanted to look like Jessica Simpson but nobody cared because they were too interested in how stupid he looked.

Lacey's client wanted to look like Ross from Friends.

Dr. Boogie's client wanted to look like a walking skeleton.

Once again, Jaclyn Smith chooses the the hair that looks like her own. Anthony wins!

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