After the "shear" excitement of little-known reality guest stars last week, what awaits us tonight? (Other than the regular cast of little-known reality stars.) ("Stars.") Jaclyn Smith continues to loosen up a tad and express some emotion as she congratulates Charlie, but then gets serious to ask who he thinks is struggling. He names Gail, and predictably she responds by saying she's a fighter who is going to fight. As opposed to a fighter who is going to knit. We also learn that Matt has poor social skills and gets on everyone's nerves. Jaclyn then introduces the week's guest judge, Campbell Mc-something -- I can't figure out his last name because Bravo won't stop showing giant promos on the bottom of the screen for Kathy Griffin's show. And hey, advertise away, but maybe not when it obscures information in the show that's on RIGHT NOW. Campbell's clients include Katherine Heigl, Christina Aguilera, and Cameron Diaz, or in other words, some of the most divisive actresses in Hollywood. Daniel is naturally smitten but is delightfully charming about it, as always.
This week's Short Cut challenge is to create a "structurally complicated" hairdo that incorporates at least one accessory, and she warns them that a braid or a bun won't cut it. This is a challenge I appreciate as a girl with ridiculously thick hair, whose own fancy hairdos are generally structurally complicated and involve a whole lot of hidden support. They choose scissor boxes that they aren't allowed to open, and they meet their clients, all of whom have hair that is, at the very least, waist-length. They all open their scissor boxes and in a ridiculous gimmick, the number on their scissors represents the length of their client's hair. Why does it not have a name? Or a number from 1-10? Do they think we don't appreciate just seeing the length of hair on these women and need to know an exact measurement? My brain hurts from these questions, so let's just get to the challenge, shall we?
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