As a stylist myself, it seems to be the trend these days, the crazier the better. Stylist are bypassing technique and using the excuse of "creativity" for their lack of education and skill. Anyone can take a bottle of hair glue and a track of hair and elongate someone's hair. But it takes someone with an eye for what is flattering and a sense of style to create something tasteful yet unique.
There is a difference to some between positive attention and negative attention. However, to some, any attention is positive attention. Hence, mustard yellow hair color.
Sadly, there is a difference in salon styling, red carpet event styling, hair show styling, etc. And many times technique is overlooked due to the outcome of the overall finished style. It may look good for the photo shoot, the stroll down the red carpet, or the strut down the runway, but would it last to the next photo? Down the red carpet and to the after party? Through all the thirty second, behind the scenes, outfit changes?
Shear Genius is one of my favorite shows. Not only is it entertaining, but it's educational for stylists. However, as far a Brig winning, I've learned one thing: in this industry, it's not what's on the inside that counts, it's what's on the outside. Because what's on the inside will soon come tumbling down due to lack of education and skill.
You can read a book on how to fly a plane, but it doesn't make you a pilot.

Congrats to Brig! The most distasteful thing about the whole competition was the bullying from Matthew and Janine. They reminded me of snobby high school cliques who always picked on anyone who might be a little different or who dared to threaten them. Janine might have thought her pixie looks would get her through. Matthew just thought he couldn't be beat. Well, Brig, you helped all the seemingly "underdogs" to stay the course and keep their eye on the prize.

The best part about the competition was watching how humble and real you were when you were announced as the Shear Genius winner!

What a huge disapointment that Brig wins the competition, how can she win when she didnt even use the models hair. She has no talent. your comment to Mathew and Janine with the dollars should have gotten you thrown out of the contest. I will give you props for being sly with your bullying to the other talented designers too bad the judges didnt see this. Mathew and Janine will go much further then you could ever go, they are true Sheer Genious.

I'm sorry, did I miss something.... I thought this was a HAIR style competition. What kind of politics are the judges playing???

Janiine, I loved yours and Matthews, one of you should had won. You do know that we're all your fans.

Saying Brig is a "genius" hair stylist is like saying Andy Warhol was an artistic genius.
They both had a knack for the outlandish and the garish - but true artistic talent? The ability to produce something beautiful, inspiring and meaningful? My dog could do as much. In our current culture, "shock" often seems to have more value than substance and beauty (at least on TV), so I guess it is no surprise that Brig won. I think Jonathan despised Brig for her dismissive attitude towards the judges - don't blame him.

I didn't like Brig's work from the beginning, but I kept thinking as it got closer to the finale that maybe she would do something that would win me over. I thought her so-called "styles" were absolutely awful. The main problem I have with it is that she didn't actually do any hairstyling whatsoever. Anybody can take hair pieces, color them, and put them in plastic - I don't see where talent came into play at all.

i'm a hairstylist and i used to love shear genius for the same reasons as samantha, it's entertaining, educating, and inspiring. after watching this season, though, i won't be watching anymore. brig may have some talent but not enough to be shear genius. people think they can do something wild and weird and that makes it okay to have sub-par skills.

combine the tragedy of the final episode with the unintelligible accent of the host and it equals a no go for me. so sad.

Brig was kept in the competition because she created 'drama' on the show. It made for better TV; and then the judges had to justify her being there and gave her the prize. She should have gone home in the VERY begining. I will not watch this series again.

Her work was featured on What Not To Wear...??? No, Brig's OLDER SISTER was featured on What Not To Wear as a CONTRIBUTOR, and Brig was the snipey little sister with a fake tan and bleach blonde hair in a pastel sundress talking about how her sis needed a more sophisticated style... maybe she should take her own advice...

Brig is and always was a joke. If she thinks those silly bows did anything over then make her a laughing stock she's fooling herself. She got through on shock value alone. She showed over and over that her actual hair styling skills are average at best. Today's culture is more interested in the whacky and crazy then real talent. It's pretty sad.

This show was a joke! The gave her the win because of the "GaGa" craze..all costume..no style no fashion just crap! She just put their hair back and added pieces. No actual hair styling was done. The "feathering" that was done with the fake hair was not even her idea. Orlando gave it to her during his walk thru. Which gave her unfair advantage and credit. Total Bull S**t. Will never watch this show again.....done!

I found Janine to be a real witch. She was always rolling her eyes and making prune faces. . I wanted anyone to win but her. I thought Brig was interesting and fun. Not sure if I'd want her to do my hair but she sure wasn't a run of the mill contestant and made watching fun.

Brig certainly deserved the win. The "real" hairstylist in the bunch, Kim Vo, LOVED her work because it was completely original. Was it street ready? HELL no. But it was runway ready, which is what it needed to be.

Now for the mean girls.. Matthew wasn't as vocal as Janine, he let her look bad whilst he fanned her anger. She's another story altogether. Janine got pissed off every time she didn't win a challenge or anytime someone said anything nice about Brig. When she went off on Brig in front of the judges, she showed how classless she was. You don't do that in a competition. It makes you look petty and spoiled. Brig showed her class by not screaming back at Janine. She took everything the judges and other competitors dished our and stayed true to herself.

Anyone who doesn't "get" what Brig did to win doesn't get high fashion.

The whole idea and challenge in the final show was to EMPHASIZE the DESIGNERS collection for a runway show. Brig ASKED the designer what his influences were and she took his comment of Japanese comic books to the next level. I would be willing to bet that the designer also likes Anime comic books as well.

Anyone who doubts what she can do or what she is capable of should go onto yelp dot com and read about her talents...go to her salon website and read her testimonials.

She'd NEVER touch my hair.

Putting scotch tape in someones hair isn't styling. Brig did terrible in almost all of the challenges and Matt and Janine won the most. Did the judges forget all that on the last show? And lets face it Camilla's hair looked like crap for most of the show too so who is she to judge. I know sometimes tv shows edit things to make people look like the bitch or the one who is picked on so I cannot judge them on personality but on talent I thought Matt styled hair the best and Janine was a very close second and no way no how did brig do anything good. Being weird or coming up with a weird idea doesn't make you a hair stylist. Training and experience does, I don't care if she owns a salon. I'll never watch the show again because the judges are terrible.