If You Are Down With "B" You Are Down WIth Me!

I am a hair girl. I went to a school and spent several hours doing hair. I love it, so when I see movies like Blow Dry (where the actors had to take a crash course in Hair cutting from Redkin), Or The Big Tease (nothing says hair like a Kilt and a Blow Dryer) I know other people get it. I am not a reality girl. I hate it really, but I was DRAWN to the Bravo network where they have had Competitions like Top Chef, and Project Runway. Last year I watched the newest of the reality competition, Shear Genius. I watched Ms. Smith tell the competitors each week that they were getting the big Cut. I picked my horse after the first episode, and it was Ben. He was my type, Mohawked, or Shaved he took his tattooed booty to the last of the competition and came in second. These are reasons I loved the rock GOD of hair dressers....1) He came from a regular old Hair school. Everything else he learned he did it the way we all do it, going to classes. 2) He was able to work with someone else and when something was his weakness, he allowed the stronger of the two take it away. 3) the guy just plain rocked. There was no drama, no yelling, and he was totally accepting of all of the competitors.

I go to Hair Trade Shows. I love them because I can wander from presentation to presentation taking pages and pages of notes on an new way to cut hair, color hair, or both at the same time! I was SO excited to watch the Platform artists for Big Sexy concepts, Retro Hair, and a few others. What I got was very few tips and more of an effort to buy buy buy their stuff. You know, for me I need to know HOW...what good is your crap hairspray if you are going to show me how to use it with a cut...and isn't that what the clients want, a good cut??? The products emphasis the cuts, color...yadda yadda yadda. ON TOP of that I thought I missed the memo of wearing the universal Hair Helmet that all the women seemed to be sporting. So I wandered ...and found myself in the Joico tent. Although I am not a huge fan of this product line...my heart stopped. The platform artist was funny laid back, and talking with the girls who were watching. He had a lot to say, and was happy to walk them step by step through a cut. He had me at "This is a great cut for the professional by day, and roller derby gerrl by night." I was nervous shaking...
After his time on stage ended, I walked up to him introduced myself. He commented on my shirt De jour(Joan Jett concert T), and after I stumbled over my words(something about Tivo, he's my favorite bla bla bla) He talked to me about a hair product...and then he got his picture with me!! Hair Rocker and my personal SHEAR GENIUS...
P.S The new season starts Weds. You better believe I am going to be watching that!