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Mar11

April Barton is out of Shear Genius...

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Shear Genius Season 3 saw the elimination of April Barton in Episode 6 yesterday. The competitors were required to create two different headshot looks on working actresses that showcased their client’s personality and versatility.

The guest judge on Episode 6 was Kevin Mancuso, Nexxus Creative Director. He along with Jonathan Antin and Kim Vo were closely judging the Shear Genius contestants on their cutting skills during the Short Cut Challenge. This challenge required interpreting geometric shapes into angular hairstyles and Janine emerged as the winner.

The Elimination Challenge required the stylists to create a look for an actress for her headshot. It was important to capture the emotion and role that the actress was going for. To make this task more challenging, judges sprung an additional challenge on the Shear Genius 3 contestants.

Once every team had finished with their models looks, they were supposed to change the actresses looks completely in 30 minutes for a second headshot. This was tricky but the winner would get a chance to be photographed for a Nexxus editorial for Allure Magazine. In the end, Brig won the elimination challenge and April was eliminated.

April is based in New York where she manages her salon – Suite 303, started in 1995. Her salon is committed to artistic expression and has earned the nickname “Edward Scissorhands.”

Last week Shear Genius 3 lost its youngest competitor when Amy Michleb was eliminated. After April’s elimination yesterday, Bravo’s reality show has only 6 contestants left who will make the show more interesting and challenging in the coming weeks.

Mar5

Shear Genius Season 3 loses its you...

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Bravo’s creative hair-styling competition series Shear Genius saw the elimination of another stylist in Episode 5. Amy Michleb from Toronto, Canada was eased off as she could not impress the judges during the elimination challenge.

Amy is a young and dynamic stylist who is actively involved in the hair industry. She was the youngest stylist on Shear Genius season 3 which has gone international for the first time. Her elimination means that the competition is over for the youngest competitor.

The elimination challenge on Episode 5 of Shear Genius 3 was that the women will be styled in 1940’s hairstyles of finger waves and pin curls. The guest judge was Robert Vetica, a Hollywood hairstylist.

The stylists were given a challenge in which their models had husbands who were all currently serving in the military overseas. Their hair had to be given a 1940s style so that the women looked beautiful when they filmed messages to their men.

Amy, April and Janine found themselves among the bottom three as judges gave their verdict. Amy struggled because her hairstyle was turning 1930’s depression era. The judges came down on Amy, telling her that it wasn’t a style, it was a set, and that led to her elimination from Shear Genius season 3.

Amy’s husband – Woody Michleb, an award winning stylist himself was featured on ScissorBoy’s cosmetology program. In that episode, he demonstrated new hairstyling trends for Fall/Winter 2009.

After Amy’s elimination from Shear Genius 3, there are seven stylists who will now compete for the ultimate prize of $100,000 and prove they are the best of the bunch.

Feb4

Shear Genius Premier Episode sees t...

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Shear Genius Season 3 premiered yesterday and saw one of the twelve stylists get eliminated. Joey Scandizzo, a stylist from Melbourne, Australia had to say goodbye on the very first episode of Shear Genius after he lost out to other stylists during the elimination challenge.

Shear Genius returned to Bravo for its third season and looked fresh and exciting. The changes were apparent from the start, with a new host – Camila Alves, new judges, and of course, new contestants. The fact that the show has gone international and picked up cutting edge stylists from every part of the world make it more fierce and challenging.

In the premier episode of Shear Genius 3, host Camila Alves greeted the 12 stylists who had gathered at Los Angeles and introduced them to new judge Jonathan Antin, and their mentor Orlando Pita. The guest judge was Monica Wise, creator and designer for LSpace Swimwear.

The challenges are just like the previous seasons, with two per episode, a Short Cut and an Elimination challenge. The elimination challenge for the premier episode of season 3 required the stylists to come up with a hairstyle that could go with swimwear.

The stylists had to make sure that their styles covered the top body portion of the models as they were supposed to wear only their bottoms. This challenge was a bit tough since none of these models had enough hair to completely cover themselves and that made the elimination challenge very fierce.

Joey Scandizzo’s style appeared disconnected as compared to that of other stylists and hence he was eliminated. Joey is a popular stylist from Australia who has made a name for himself by directing hair for the Perth Fashion Festival, styling hair for “Precinct and Cream.”

He was recently honoured as one of four finalists at this years’ prestigious Hair Expo Australian Hairdresser of the Year Awards. Joey is currently the artistic director and part owner of Rokk Ebony salon and has won accolades at several cutting competitions including Hair Expo, Wella Trend Visions and Star Search Collections.

With Joey Scandizzo eliminated, there are eleven stylists who will fight for the ultimate prize of $100,000. Stay tuned to all the updates from Shear Genius Season 3 by following Bravo’s website.