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Jessica Steele

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The Resume

    Owner of the Beehive Beauty Shop in Wasilla, Alaska (1997)
    Created Sarah Palin's trademark updo hair style
    Creative director for Bombshell Beauty (2008)
    Host of the TLC reality series 'Big Hair Alaska' (2011)

Why she might be annoying:

    She shares a name with a popular British romance novelist.
    Her salon at one point charged thirty dollars for a simple hair cut (reduced to twenty with the purchase of a $95 color treatment).
    'Big Hair Alaska' was dropped the night of its pilot after TLC execs opted against renewing it for any further episodes.
    The show's big highlight was a 'ventriloquist, puppeteer, and Palin impersonator' asking for the exact up-do recipe, only to be denied ('nobody gets her formula!')
    She claimed to have been misquoted after the New York Times reported her as saying that Palin's hair was 'thinning' prompting an 'emergency visit' to her salon shortly before her resignation as Governor.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She started the Beehive salon in the garage of her home after separating from her husband.
    She built her client base by relying on word of mouth through local congregations.
    The 'Big Hair Alaska' pilot focused on her struggling to balance family demands with work (i.e. her daughter's spinal problems).
    She continued to stylize Palin's hair after the election, such as for her 2009 Runner's World spread (photos which later made the cover of Newsweek).
    She explained the up-do by saying: 'We came up with pulling her hair up so that those earrings wouldn’t get stuck in her hair when people gave her hugs and stuff. And it just kind of evolved into her classic look.'

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying