Shear Genius lives up to its name. The series is fantastic. Of course, my husband tells me that I’m probably the only one who thinks so, but – oh well. I love the b*tchiness of this show. I mean I always knew that hairstylists were creative and a bit tempermental, but wow! Some of these guys and gals are out there.

Take Jim for example. Jim was eliminated on the second episode which aired this week. (There have only been two thus far). The stylists were given the challenge of making their clients look like the celebs they admired.

Now, this is a scary prospect for any hairstylist I’m sure. I mean if I walked in and asked to be turned into Angelina Jolie, well, I’d be laughed out of the salon. Some of these models, although beautiful in their own right, desired some outlandish stuff. For example, Jim’s gal had pitch-black hair. She chose Gwen-Stefani platinum. You can’t do Gwen-Stefani platinum in two hours. Heck, we all know it took Gwen years to get her ‘do that color.

Jim tried and got the gal to Ronald McDonald red. He thought it was a ‘copper’ color. Um no, but perhaps he’s color-blind. The poor girl said the style would take some “time to get used to,” but she was just being kind.

For everyone who’s ever had a bad haircut and lived to tell the tale – yes, I once ‘rocked’ a John Stamos Full House mullet back in the late 80s – Shear Genius reminds you that, at least, your bad hair drama wasn’t aired on TV. I love this show, but not for the same reasons the producers would wish I would.