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For the first challenge, there was no creepy doll heads to be fried, dyed, and laid to the side. The stylists had to give their models a hairstyle that could make the transition from day to night, with the model using accessories to create the evening look. Most of the stylists trimmed their clients hair, gave it some daytime style. Danna worked with her model’s hair to put some braids in here and there. While this was a pretty, but OK style, but the evening look, just a small modification with the accessory, helped her win the challenge. Ben had the most challenge with a woman whose hair was extremely fine and over-processed (too much blonding), but he trimmed it into a manageable day style that translated into something simple, but elegant. The biggest disaster was Dr Boogie’s, who went the Paul Mitchell route and decided to cure his model of her tresses by shaving it and shaving it until she had a redhead version of a Florence Henderson mullet.

Speaking of severities, Evangelin decided to keep on hacking with her hedge clippers. All I can say is good luck and get those things sharpened regularly.

Of course, the clippers became a motif for discussions at the day spa, where they all have a relaxing afternoon. Anthony and Tabatha can’t quite believe Evangelin would continue to use them, and Tabitha (along with Danna) get into a heated argument with Edwina Scissor Hands about her new tool of choice. Tabatha appropriately comments that Evangelin may be setting the industry back, but goes on further to attack her clients.

Thankfully, Evangelin is deterred from using the gigantic cutters by Rene Fris during the elimination challenge. The objective is to create a hairstyle for Vanessa Williams, which should then compliment the dress she plans to wear to a red carpet event. Evangelin looks to eighties hair and creates a straight-curly combination that’s put up with fringes hanging along the ears and the back. While Ben does well with problem hair in the first challenge, he overcompensate on this one by adding hair pieces to thicken his model’s hair for the red carpet. He winds up creating an “unfinished” look that looks like a bird’s nest in the back. Both of these stylists are up for elimination and Evangelin winds up getting pruned from the competition.

Dr. Boogie recovers with a competent hairstyle that shows he has thought of what the hair will look like photographed from any angle. While this impresses Vanessa Williams, he isn’t in the top two.

Danna wins the second challenge in a row in one episode. Her straightened hairstyle with a bit of a chignon in the back is what Vanessa feels the most, while Daisy makes a comeback from the French twist celebrity hairstyle with something more appropriate for a celebrity.

As the contestants get fewer and fewer, there are some more opportunities to showcase the stylists as people. Evangelin’s newfound passion for the hedge clippers fueled the drama this week, but the producers should steal one of the stylists’ tool bag and let them fight it out amongst themselves as to who did it.

Now, I have to wonder about Dr. Boogie. Gay or straight (or somewhere in between)? He claimed in the first episode he wasn’t gay, yet commented on how gorgeous Rene Fris was and wanted to tweak his nipples at the Michael’s check out lane. He makes wittily campy comments like “Carrot Top in drag” (maybe some straight men are “Mary’s” at heart), and can be femme flamboyant at times. Where’s the jury on this?

Next week, they get to cut men’s hair. The bigger challenge is to get geeky men with long or bad hair to look good afterwards.