Welcome Bird! Look forward to reading your posts.
Thank you Mrs. Munster! I don’t do Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. But, with that said I do peek at them and am absolutely amazed and awed by the fabulous La Lisa’s faithful, fawning fanclub. Man, if you say the slightest thing that upsets her devoted fans, you are in serious ass trouble. I wonder if they are as kind and gracious to their own familes and friends as they are to LR. How do they not see that she plays them all for fools? Look forward to chatting with you (and others) again. Bird:D
Yeah, I never “got” the Lisa adulation. She was ok for years, I never used to mind watching her. But the last few years she acted like a caricature. Very phony. I think all the fan adulation went to her very high (fore)head!!
Clicked on the Q to see if there was something snarkworthy, and see it’s Jayne Brown with Kate Somerville. Not interested in what they are selling, but I have to say…Jayne looks really pretty. Well put together, Jayne. You are off my Snark-O-Meter tonight.
Bird Brain,
As someone who posts on ‘the other place’ I’m not a cloistered nun, never have been…don’t foresee the day I will be.
And I am now seeing Pat selling a pair of Judith Ripoff earrings. J-319938…HUMONGOUS green drop earrings. They look like something you’d see at the Claire’s store in the Mall around prom time. But these aren’t $4.98…they are $566.00. And of course a low shipping charge of three bucks.
Where would the average person wear these monstrous things? They’d drag your lobes so low they would never retract from your shoulders.
caminlaca, I’m glad your experiences have been better than mine - I’ve been “poofed” for some pretty innocuous posts. Nice to meet you. Bird
Bird, I’d like to think I’ve not been poofed, but, then, I don’t go back and check for my old posts. As you know, there’ve been periods of heavy-handedness by the mods so anything’s possible. I just try to go with the flow, step lightly when circumstances seem to dictate. And not take any of it too seriously.
****I am seeking shelter after my unsettling residence at “the dark side.” May I come in and stay for awhile? I can cook pretty well, and can also help organize your books. Don’t know how I found you-all as I wandered through the desert. From reading all your posts, I know I don’t have to provide details, as your experiences/observations seem to be exactly as mine were.
So straight to my first snark. On Q, the Grater was just shilling a printed, woven, long sleeve split v-neck tunic, #A261935. For those who missed it, go to the video. I have watched her many, many times – this performance comes closer to a total meltdown than any of her others I have seen. I was slack-jawed in shock – she absolutely could not stop twirling and blatting and bleating – and at such an early Sunday hour??? Did she partake too freely of the juice that is Red Bull?
She reminded me of Regan, the tortured little girl in “The Exorcist.” The host (who was it?) tried to maintain control, but it was obviously a challenge. “Right? Am I right? Am I right about that?” YECCHH!!!
(I hope this finished product looks ok – I am not 100% sure I am entering this correctly.)
Hi Gracie! I unfortunately (um…make that fortunately!) missed Grater’s Twirl and Hurl Show today (she twirls, viewer hurls). She’d be amusing for snark purposes, but I just can’t watch her shows anymore because her stuff seems so overpriced. You can buy the same stuff in my area stores for easily half of what is charged for hers. For someone who is housebound I guess it’s an alternative, but my goodness…not everyone who watches isn’t able to shop elsewhere!
I’m not buying the bf story. Too much of a coincidence and she needed something big to keep her fan club hanging on. Plus, they just aren’t a match. I don’t know who would be, for her, but it certainly isn’t this dude.
3catsrule, we can agree to disagree but I’m sure she’ll keep her fans posted on any future endeavors whether it’s personal or professional.
Really like your moniker - I have 2 cats myself who rule in my house and love them for it. 
So tired of all the extra-heavy contouring makeup on the hosts. I watched Antoinella presenting jewelry last night, and they had her made up like a clown. Very dark brown contouring under the cheekbones and along the nose. Bright-colored blush on the cheekbone tops. Bright lipstick. Neon pink nail polish that clashed with all the jewelry. Heavy self-tanner or bronzer underneath it all. The camera crew did a closeup of her face when she was showing earrings, and she looked just awful.
Have to say that the contouring makeup on some of the JTV hosts is even worse. A couple of them manage to look fairly natural, such as Cheryl Ells, but the rest look made up to visit a darkly lit nightclub.
Is this dark contouring thing just a trend, or are all the women freaking out that they won’t look good in HDTV unless they pile on the contouring makeup with a trowel?
Oh and I forgot to mention the thick false eyelashes most of them wear. FE’s are great in moderation, but the ones they wear on TV are just too big and fakey-looking.
I thought Frau Bauer looked downright friendly and approachable last night. I came home from work with a headache, though, so didn’t have the sound on, which may have explained it.
Hated the big chain she had around her neck. It resembled hardware store chain-by-the-foot that I buy to secure my kennel gate.
I was just checking Linda Moss’ homeshoppingista blog to see if there was anything interesting, and found her post about Lisa Vanderpump starting a jewelry line on Evine (formerly ShopHQ/ShopNBC/ValueVision, to go back in TV history).
Linda is wary about the new jewelry line, and when she re-posted Evine’s information about it, she sounded underwhelmed. (P.S., Linda is like the rest of us; she hates the dumb new Evine name.) Here is an excerpt from Evine’s copy:
“We’re delighted to welcome Lisa Vanderpump to the EVINE Live family,” said our buddy (not) Mark Bozek, CEO of the network.
“While most know Lisa for her hit reality television series, few know about her talent and passion for design. The premiere of Lisa’s exclusive jewelry collection on EVINE Live will give fans the unique opportunity to see Lisa in a whole new light as a designer.” Bozek added… “Vanderpump Estate Jewelry embodies Vanderpump’s signature sense of style, and features simulated gemstones and sparkling crystals to create bold, glamorous looks. Created exclusively for EVINE Live, the collection fuses inspirations from her own jewelry collection as well as her extensive global travels.”
I never watch the various Housewife reality shows, so I know zip about Lisa V. I went over to Evine and browsed her jewelry collection. Looks like junk. It is all glass stones and crystals. The metal is “Rhodium over base metal,” and every product has the California Prop 65 warning, meaning that the metal contains lead. The reviews are mostly bad (although there are a couple of customers who liked the stuff) and say the jewelry looks cheap.
I am always doubtful when these celebrities claim to be “designers.” I think that most of the time, the celebrity goes to a jewelry manufacturer and picks out designs they want. Then it’s made on the cheap in China. The Lisa V collection is VERY cheap if it’s all mystery metal with lead.
I have a feeling this bunch of costume jewelry does not exactly reflect Lisa V’s personal collection, or her “extensive global travels” either. Just another celebrity trying to make a quick buck selling junk on a shopping channel. I mean, look at the boring, basic home décor items Ellen DeGeneres is trying to sell on QVC.
The only celebrity I halfway trusted to have actual input into her designs was Joan Rivers.
Is anyone planning to watch the new SOS (Sack of Shit) tonight?
You mean Fashion’s Night In? I would not miss it. 
So I caught Antonella today selling jewelry. She was overly made up with HUGE caterpiller fake eyelashes, tacky frosted nails and was braying like a donkey. And the final straw: her blouse needed to be ironed.
Doesn’t the Q have any mirrors???
Just checked out LR’s Facebook page, where she’s making it clear she’s not associated with some kind of style webpage the Q has set up in her name. She said she’s still working on what she’ll be doing next in her life, but in the meantime is having a blast with her boy-toy in Florida. No mention of his kids being with them, ha, ha.
Just in case you missed it – it’s snowing today at QVC.
JTV seems to be running short of hosts willing to work in the wee hours. New host Rebecca used to do a 3-hour shift during the night, ending at 5 a.m. (EST), but now she doesn’t start until 5:00 or 6:00. In Rebecca’s old slot, on some nights they are doing taped shows (“You are watching an encore presentation”) with Heidi. What a choice. Awkward Rebecca or Preacher Lady Heidi. I think I’d rather have Awkward Rebecca.
I was doing a drive-by earlier in the evening and saw another of the newer hosts, Nikki S. She seemed to be going for the goth look. Or maybe it was the Ninja Host Look. She has long dark hair and always wears dark heavy eye makeup. She had on a black jacket with high, pointy shoulder pads. It reminded me of the female warrior costumes. Eek! Still, she looked better than Skunk Hair Shawn in her peculiar outfits on the Q.
Hey, here’s an idea for a new reality show: Host Swap. Put Shawn on a JTV Bella Luce show and watch her rhapsodize about how CZ jewelry makes her soul sing. Put JTV Nikki Rouleau on Q’s PM Style; they need a big hair host again! How about swapping JTV Jeff Mosely, gemstone guy, with Q’s In the Kitchen David. Venable. It would be so cool to see David do his happy dance over a 5-carat tanzanite.