Almost forgot I had to do a "Celebrity of the Week" this week, and this is pretty easy for me... cause this week I've been totally loving Tabatha Coffey! She became internationally recognised through some show called "Shear Genius" (I haven't seen it) and that spawned her own show "Tabatha's Salon Takeover" where she literally takes over some hopeless manager's salon and helps them to craft something out of their failing hair salon, whipping the staff into shape and giving the place a new look. She always does an amazing job, but this is not why I love her! I respect her as an amazing hairdresser & stylist, I've seen her cuts and styles and she has some tremendously awesome ideas!
The real reason I'm totally in love with her is her attitude! She has this great down-to-earth, no-time-for-shit attitude that is so inspiring and she always speaks well, always has something hilarious to say to the often USELESS people she has to help, and always inspires them that to run a successful business, you sometimes have to be a teensy-tiny bit brutal and real to get good results. It's obviously worked for Tabatha, I forgot the exact statistics but I remember reading somewhere that there's like, a 2-3 month waiting list for her salon and it costs like between $200-300! All I know is... if I got the chance to get a cut by her, I'd definitely take up on that offer!
One thing that makes her even more amazing, is that she supports the
NOH8 Campaign which promotes marriage equality in America, which although doesn't have a lot of relevance in New Zealand - equality is never a bad thing. So Tabatha is
definitely worthy of my love for her!
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"Tabatha's Salon Takeover" is on TV3, 7.30pm Thursday - New Zealand"
Edit: Try and tell me this isn't awesome!