First a quick note on FAITH HILL:

I just love faith's hair long or short. the pic with the extensions was nice, but the other pic of the shoulder length was great. I would love for my hair to look like that. But, she did look really sophisticated with the short hair. She was on TNN and said her hair got really fried with all the coloring and stuff and so she cut lots of it off to get to the healthy stuff. how great is that, to make such a fashion statement with your short cut when you're just trying to get to the healthy stuff! J
-Peggy R

Next, we go to the subject of last month's Did Ya Know?, SUZY AMIS:

Okay, Suzie Amis...she looks like a weather beaten-seventies-Cheryl Tiegs. She looked terrible in Titanic. I find it very hard to believe that she was a model, however taste in models always surprises me. I thought that Cameron picked her up off the street. It was very unrealistic that someone as full and warm as Rose (Winslett) could have posterity as withered and melanoma-ish as whoever the name of that character was (Amis.)
- J'Lyn S.

Next we come to letter where a helpful reader attempted to straighten out my confused, babbling review of VONDA SHEPARD's shorter hair:

Hi Flea,

Regarding Vonda Shepard; you're right. The new "do" "doesn't" because, IMO, it creates a visual triangle that accents her angular features. The new look makes me visually dissect her facial features; now noticing the angles of her eyebrows, nose and chin. The "before" is soft; and the length/weight more evenly distributed around her face; causing it to appear more oval and feminine; showcasing her bright eyes and lovely smile.
- Jan B.

Next, a few more on LAUREN HOLLY, but with a bit of a different spin:

On another note, I saw last nights episode of ("Chicago Hope") (nov.11th) and wondered who the blond with the bad hair extensions was. I knew I had seen her before but couldn't place the face. I thought to myself "Jerkyflea would know!" To my surprise it was Lauren Holly. What the hell was she thinking? She looked like a really bad Stevie Nicks Halloween costume. And what was with the black eyeliner? UUUUGH!!!! I can't believe she went on national TV looking like that! 
-Mary N.

I *think* I know what it is that bothers everyone with Lauren Holly. On "Chicago Hope", she has W-a-a-y-y too much black liner on her eyes (..really? she's got eyes? Where? :), w-a-a-y-y too dark of lipstick for her complexion, and she has fried herself in the tanner. How do I know it's a tanner and not anything else? Patches of red. Being a former skin-scorcher myself, her skin looks like it's dying for a drink of H2O. That makes her beauty (and she's quite pretty) kinda fade ... when I look at her all I see is 2 black eyes and a tanner burn. Oh, and the curls have got to go.
They're too inconsistent (see straight ends - ick). If she's gonna do the curls thing, do it Debra Messing style. Just my $.02 worth. 
-Wendy

Kudos (jeez, never thought I'd write that word) on your column this month! I'm going to grudgingly (and is that an actual word?) retract my observations of Lauren Holly. Well, almost. It seems that she may have stumbled into some flattering lighting on "Chicago Hope", at least in the clip I saw. She looked pretty. As you stated, we'll just have to keep watching. 
-Shannon M

And finally, a couple of points on GWEN STEFANI and BRITNEY SPEARS from Suezen1:

I have to disagree with you and your analysis on Gwen Stefani. I live in NYC, I don't know where you're writing from but it seems like LA to me! That whole 70's do-farrah-flip is just so played out already. We didn't need to bring back one of the worst parts of the 70's again. But the color--you are dead wrong. The color is GREAT. Why is everyone so scared to try something wild, if not for just a little while? She's a rock singer and if she isn't allowed to do it, who is? C'mon, stop being so rigid with your beliefs of what's fashionable/hip/stylish, etc. The PINK is the BEST part. 

Where is your sense of humor? It's not like she's going to keep it pink for very long. Next time she performs it may be baby blue or chartreuse. Why not? You only live once. A la Audrey Hepburn role, "Think Pink"!

• I'm not in LA. 
• The 70s Farrah-look is coming back (for better or worse) with a 90s twist whether you like it or not (though it may be passé in NYC already, since they are always several months ahead of the curve). 
• I don't want the 70s to come back either, but the 80s would be cool. =)
• Wait, this next section goes kinda fast.  Let's see, I'm wrong on the color, rigid, and have no sense of humor.  Yowch. J   Hey, I can accept that she's a rocker and can do whatever the heck she wants and reviewing her hair is probably as practical as reviewing Courtney Love's.  That doesn't change that fact that it's not only still pink, but has been for 3 months.  And I still don't like it.  Plus, she's once again cut a large thick section of bangs in the front, so she's probably abandoning the feathered look anyway.
• Audrey Hepburn said "Think Pink?"  I thought that was Owens-Corning Fiberglass Insulation. 

One more thing. Not that I want to spend any time thinking or talking about Britney Spears EITHER, LORD KNOWS, but her hair looks better shorter and blonder. Just tonight (12/8/99) I saw her on the Billboard Music Awards on Fox 5 and her hair was shoulder length blunt cut STRAIGHT and Blond and it looked (as much as I hate to admit it) great! I'd even venture to say that I'd like my hair cut that way. Can you manage to get a picture of it and put it on your site? Is it blunt with a few layers or no layers at all?!? I couldn't tell because the chick didn't stop moving for not a second. Can you find out who cut it? Please investigate for me, I'd appreciate it.

Here's a picture, though I'm not sure who cut it.  There are some long layers cut throughout, though just enough to allow some additional fullness when she goes wavy, but not enough to disrupt the blunt look when straight.

There!  Are you happy now?  I'm going to my room to pout.

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Vonda Shepard picture courtesy Hollywood.Com,  Lauren Holly screen captures courtesy CBS, "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee", and "The Rosie O'Donnell Show", Gwen Stefani pictures courtesy TVGuide Online, Britney Spears picture courtesy Reuters

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