An Open Letter To The Braxtons’ Hairstylist

March 22nd, 2012 - By MN Editor

by Marissa Ellis

Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you nice hairstyles. That’s the thought that runs through my head everytime I watch an episode of one of my favorite reality shows, Braxton Family Values. I wonder about you: the overpaid hair stylist who is failing so miserably at her job of making her clients look presentable. I know that there are least two of you though. One of you is doing a fine job making the lesser-known/poorer sisters look good. No doubt Traci, Trina and Towanna heads are always on point.

But when I see Tamar rock a grotesquely bad blond strangly weave along with her Birkin bag or when I see Toni – Grammy-Award winning Toni Braxton whose been in the game 10 plus years, wearing a bodaciously fake-looking long wig – I wonder, when is the intervention going down? Because the fact that these two high profile ladies can air their dirty laundry on national television, without the tender loving care of a good stylist as evinced in bad wigs, weaves, and sometimes overly done make-up, is astonishing. Considering that the Black hair care industry is saturated with great stylists, there’s no excuse for these two millionaires to ever look off during the two month shooting schedule for the season.

As a hair stylist, you should take pride in your work. I’m not saying that you don’t, but you obviously need to work on your craft. Toni looks great with short hair but when she’s going for the wigs, you should be able to guide her to something more believable and style the wig accordingly. Tamar is not totally off either but for her to be talking that constant, egotistical talk about her own greatness, her crown needs to match all that hype.

I’m sure the Braxtons have gotten some constructive criticism about their manes. Hopefully, they’ll take it to heart and hire more professionally advanced hair dressers. It worked for Beyonce after all. Remember that in her first years of mainstream popularity, she got a lot of flack from her subpar hair game. She ultimately had to ask her own mother to step down as her personal stylist and the results were positively dramatic. We never see Bey with a bad hair day and she’s in the limelight much more frequently than Toni or Tamar.

As Braxton Family Values gears up for another season, I hope that you’ll do them a favor and step aside. Hair is critical to a woman’s look and it’s only fair that you improve your skills before dealing with such high profile clients. I mean, Toni should’ve known better considering her age and experience, but obviously, she needs more guidance.

By freeing up some of your time , you can study the landscape of hair design and improve your skills so that when you get the opportunity to work with other high profile clients in the future, you’ll be prepared to take them, and their manes, to the top.

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  • Sum Bre

    Um, ten years? Really? Way to not know how long Toni has been “in the game”. Ew. 

  • Khalilah

    I thought I was the only one who felt this way!! Kudos for somebody addressing the issue! Well said!!!!

  • http://twitter.com/AKA_eg0_centric Terri L

    it’s rude, but true.

    • Blkbttrfly67

      @Marissa Ellis. Your writing skills leave much to be desired. Does Madame Noir have an editor? 

  • Di

    They should not only do away with the hairstylist, they need to do away with the show.  It is completely a vulgar show.  A show that should not be aired at all.  Where is the moral aptitude in this family…heck, where is the moral aptitude of people that would find this show siutable for watching?  There are a lot of good wholesome ( for the most part) shows on t.v  I watched this show once and thought ‘what the heck’…so I later watched it again thinking my first watch was just a bad day to watch…I was more appalled the second time..They say 3rd times a charm..so I tried again.  This is what I left with…something must have been wrong with their upbringing.  For all sisters to laugh at the perversions they discussed, and to think it was okay to discuss for the world to hear, tells me none of them have any morals…perid. 

  • http://twitter.com/ShontaeB ShontaeB

    AMEN! Thought I was the only one who was tired of and confused at seeing those messes on their heads. Seems to be happening more and more with Toni though. I really hope their stylists get it together or they hire new stylists because it is very unacceptable. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JA6F5TWJHMP2VLTMS6QMKFBPPE Angela

    Oh my goodness, from your lips to hopefully her ears! She looks beautiful with her short haircut. She might as well stay natural.

  • CC

    Honestly, the only Braxtons hair that always looks good to me is Mommy and Towanda.  Trinas hair usually looks decent andTamar has only one blondeish wig with bangs that I love but alot of bad wigs. Toni and Traci’s hair is always a mess in my opinion. Always…

  • Emmy

    I can handle Tamar’s because she’s got that big personality to handle it.  Toni is naturally beautiful with short hair.  Wigs overpower her.  That’s wig with the bizarre part on the right side really bothered me.  Every time she was on camera, I was looking at that part and ill-fitting wig.  Also, sometimes the girls look like they’re in the circus when the makeup is loud.  Other times they are gorgeous.  What’s up with that?  All could use a softening of the makeup.  Toni, ditch the long wigs.  Wear short ones or your own hair.  You’re too cool and pretty for the look they gave you this season.  Mom could use a new wig too.

  • http://www.peegame.net/ ThatChick

    I thought Tamar, Toni and ‘nem were the victims of bad lighting and poor make-up artistry on the show (as so many celebrities are).  Blame the production team right?  That is until I saw Tamar in person.  Her hair and make-up looked the very same way it looks on tv, in person.  I knew then that Tamar (and probably Toni) likes her hair and make-up just the way we see it.  We can talk about Toni and Tamar but everytime I go into a beauty supply, I see someone buying/wearing a wig they have no business wearing.  If they (Tamar and Toni) like it, I love it!!!

  • Better2day97

    I TOTALLY AGREE!!

  • Lenabna

    been feeling the same way…. lol…. trina has the best weave though

  • http://twitter.com/Kingdom_Fleur Fleurette McFleury

    I don’t totally agree, Trina’s hair looks good 90% of the time and Ms Evelyn’s hair looks good all the time tho! 

  • Noneofurbiz

    hmmmm not only do they need a good hairstylist they need to fire the makeup artist and i mean QUICK becoz the amount of makeup they have on their faces sometimes on the show, makes me want to go to the tv monitor and dust their faces, it is ridiculous… OMG….

  • http://www.facebook.com/shawnyboo Lashaunta K. Flores

    They need to call Tiny and get hairstylist number!!!

    • Lynsu

      Tiny has the worse hair on TV!

  • Rabahi

    agree! they look awful and can do better :) ))) They are beautiful talented women though

  • Beauty is her name

    Its not that serious… Really. They look great.. Could it be better probably but its so lame how black women go on the attack on each other… They are all great looking women… Nobodies perfect it doesnt look bad. I hate to see women with hairstyles that dont work with their facial features… No one talks about those hair wearers where it just dont go.. . Its just a tragedy that blacks tear each other down. The Braxtons are the #1 reality show  on television they are some of the best looking women.  When you change your hair as much as the Braxtons you are going to have winners and losers.

  • Guest

    Hair is the last thing these women need to focus upon,
    including their mom. These women, need to take Tamar’s advice and find men who
    a worth having, who aren’t anything but human leeches. What kind of male role
    models are they offering their sons? Especially Toni, who is making all these
    changes in her life but keeping this guy who has no ability to make her a
    number one hit, if he’s supposed to know her so well and is so talented!

  • lerrato

    they all need style interventions stat. the make up, the hair, and the clothes + accessories are horrendous. i sometimes wonder if someone pays them to wear such ugly things, especially their jewelry. like the necklace towanda never takes off whether or not it goes with what she is wearing. 

    could june maybe invite them to her juniverse? at the very least tamar.

  • masternarratologist

    Toni Braxton has lupus so I’m sure her last concern is making sure her wig is ok. Considering that she has had a heart attack and now has inflammation in her brain, the mere fact that she is even able to walk around is amazing. If Toni wants to wear a crazy looking wig, go for it. She is amazing in everyway.

  • deja

    Whether you are Miss natural-osity, unbe-weav-able, wig-adocious or addicted to the creamy crack, it doesnt matter. do you and be happy…..just make sure your ish is TIGHT! 

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