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Baldazzling As one of my dragz notes, "Please, drag queens have been gluing crap to their faces and heads for, um, basically EVER. This guy acts like he invented it!"
Move over vajazzle, the new bedazzling the body trend, the baldazzle, is going to our heads.
"If you are bald, embrace your baldness. Make it a superpower," suggests London-based entrepreneur Philip Levine, who began using his head as a canvas four years ago when he started going bald, and chronicles his jazzy looks on his website, Phil Says Head Designs. "I wanted to shave my head," he remembers, "but I didn't want to just leave it and be that standard guy who walks down the street, so I thought, 'Why not use it as a canvas for my creativity?' Then people can look while I walk." Since then, Levine has worked with friend and body painter, Kit Sinclair, to create multiple works of head art, including a scene from "The Wizard of Oz", a tsunami wave, eyeballs, Betty Boop and even a head full of sewn-on buttons. Levine's latest work is a Swarovski crystal headpiece (pictured, left), which he calls his best design yet -- and may give Jennifer Love Hewitt's vajazzle a run for its money. It includes 1,000 crystals that are painstakingly placed one by one onto his scalp. For the faint of heart (or head), he offers the same look in a cap. "That means ladies can have it as well," he says. "I have had people with such conditions as alopecia email me because they love it and want to do it themselves. It's the perfect accessory for a lady (after a man on her arm of course!)." Because most designs only last for a day or two, Levine is always busy creating new looks for his bald head, including 100 designs for a gallery display in May 2011. "I seem to be on the cusp of making it a trend," he says. "I hope to open a salon one day to do 'head styles' rather than 'hair styles'." If you ask Levine which is better: hair or head art? It's not surprising that he chooses the latter. "Who wouldn't want a beautiful head design like the ones I do?" Artist, designer, head stylist, entrepreneur or just a man with something to say, you can bet that Levine turns a lot of heads and makes quite a statement when he walks into any room. No doubt, the art is striking, but perhaps, even moreso, he is garnering the attention of so many because he has managed to take something that most people dread -- baldness -- and turn it into something that's celebrated. "It never ceases to amaze people," says Levine, who is not afraid to try new forms of expression. "Nothing is outrageous in my world." We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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OMG Imagine Dan's photoshops of these pictures | |
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Sorry mate, baldness will never be envied. And you look like a twat. And that's based upon your facial expressions, not the ludicrious mince magnet on your barren dome. | |
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I see Lady GAGA wearing the crystal ball one. Like later today perhaps. 99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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Hasn't he ever heard of HATS???
Hats come in all shapes, sizes, materials and colours. And you don't have to painstakingly "apply" a hat - you just put it on! | |
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i don't understand why balding men don't embrace it. i think shaved heads are VERY hot.
i don't do mine often, but i had to for a show once: it makes guys look so macho. [Edited 4/7/10 14:25pm] Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said: i don't understand why blading men don't embrace it. i think shaved heads are VERY hot.
He's a stupid bitch. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: cborgman said: i don't understand why blading men don't embrace it. i think shaved heads are VERY hot.
He's a stupid bitch. god, we need a fourth one of those. i nominate going with an older woman like gertrude or doing kate from shrew. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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I hate that I have a bald head...I have serious hair envy....so fuck you Dan, Jersey, HERMAN (showoff) and the rest of you folically wealthy bastards...
I miss the little things like going to get my hair cut...so relaxing... Alas....I am left with a razor and regrets... | |
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cborgman said: i don't understand why balding men don't embrace it. i think shaved heads are VERY hot.
i don't do mine often, but i had to for a show once: it makes guys look so macho. [Edited 4/7/10 14:25pm] You saying I don't look macho? | |
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pardonme4livin said: I hate that I have a bald head...I have serious hair envy....so fuck you Dan, Jersey, HERMAN (showoff) and the rest of you folically wealthy bastards...
I miss the little things like going to get my hair cut...so relaxing... Alas....I am left with a razor and regrets... :hairtoss: [Edited 4/7/10 14:32pm] Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said: Genesia said: He's a stupid bitch. god, we need a fourth one of those. i nominate going with an older woman like gertrude or doing kate from shrew. Nope. It has to be a woman in danger. You know...a Lifetime moment. And he can't do Gertrude - there's already been one from Hamlet. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Number23 said: cborgman said: i don't understand why balding men don't embrace it. i think shaved heads are VERY hot.
i don't do mine often, but i had to for a show once: it makes guys look so macho. [Edited 4/7/10 14:25pm] You saying I don't look macho? wow, bunny. it's been so long since i have seen a pic of you, i almost didn't recognize you. and yes. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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OMG - Lady MacBeth would be perfect! We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: cborgman said: god, we need a fourth one of those. i nominate going with an older woman like gertrude or doing kate from shrew. Nope. It has to be a woman in danger. You know...a Lifetime moment. And he can't do Gertrude - there's already been one from Hamlet. yea, but they've already hit the big 3. lady mac, maybe? Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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Genesia said: OMG - Lady MacBeth would be perfect!
JINX! Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said: Number23 said: You saying I don't look macho? wow, bunny. it's been so long since i have seen a pic of you, i almost didn't recognize you. and yes. Ach, that's from about four years ago. Awful lighting too, darling. I had it really long again until last weekend when I shaved it all off. Number three razor all round, done it in the mirror and felt like crying. It just gets too Poison. I currently look like a Nazi florist who enjoys anal rape for the power aspect. | |
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While you guys are waiting for a new sassy gay friend installment, here's the same guy in a different skit...
Oh, and just to be on topic: baldazzling sucks. | |
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I love me one bald headed man and he is funky too
love you baby [Edited 4/7/10 14:41pm] | |
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Number23 said: cborgman said: wow, bunny. it's been so long since i have seen a pic of you, i almost didn't recognize you. and yes. Ach, that's from about four years ago. Awful lighting too, darling. I had it really long again until last weekend when I shaved it all off. Number three razor all round, done it in the mirror and felt like crying. It just gets too Poison. I currently look like a Nazi florist who enjoys anal rape for the power aspect. mine is shoulder length, and i am debating cutting it off. either the prince lesbian gold experience cut that is bangs heavy or jaw length Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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Genesia said: As one of my dragz notes, "Please, drag queens have been gluing crap to their faces and heads for, um, basically EVER. This guy acts like he invented it!"
Move over vajazzle, the new bedazzling the body trend, the baldazzle, is going to our heads.
"If you are bald, embrace your baldness. Make it a superpower," suggests London-based entrepreneur Philip Levine, who began using his head as a canvas four years ago when he started going bald, and chronicles his jazzy looks on his website, Phil Says Head Designs. "I wanted to shave my head," he remembers, "but I didn't want to just leave it and be that standard guy who walks down the street, so I thought, 'Why not use it as a canvas for my creativity?' Then people can look while I walk." Since then, Levine has worked with friend and body painter, Kit Sinclair, to create multiple works of head art, including a scene from "The Wizard of Oz", a tsunami wave, eyeballs, Betty Boop and even a head full of sewn-on buttons. Levine's latest work is a Swarovski crystal headpiece (pictured, left), which he calls his best design yet -- and may give Jennifer Love Hewitt's vajazzle a run for its money. It includes 1,000 crystals that are painstakingly placed one by one onto his scalp. For the faint of heart (or head), he offers the same look in a cap. "That means ladies can have it as well," he says. "I have had people with such conditions as alopecia email me because they love it and want to do it themselves. It's the perfect accessory for a lady (after a man on her arm of course!)." Because most designs only last for a day or two, Levine is always busy creating new looks for his bald head, including 100 designs for a gallery display in May 2011. "I seem to be on the cusp of making it a trend," he says. "I hope to open a salon one day to do 'head styles' rather than 'hair styles'." If you ask Levine which is better: hair or head art? It's not surprising that he chooses the latter. "Who wouldn't want a beautiful head design like the ones I do?" Artist, designer, head stylist, entrepreneur or just a man with something to say, you can bet that Levine turns a lot of heads and makes quite a statement when he walks into any room. No doubt, the art is striking, but perhaps, even moreso, he is garnering the attention of so many because he has managed to take something that most people dread -- baldness -- and turn it into something that's celebrated. "It never ceases to amaze people," says Levine, who is not afraid to try new forms of expression. "Nothing is outrageous in my world." OMG love that 1st one hmmmmm | |
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Efan said: While you guys are waiting for a new sassy gay friend installment, here's the same guy in a different skit...
Oh, and just to be on topic: baldazzling sucks. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said: Number23 said: Ach, that's from about four years ago. Awful lighting too, darling. I had it really long again until last weekend when I shaved it all off. Number three razor all round, done it in the mirror and felt like crying. It just gets too Poison. I currently look like a Nazi florist who enjoys anal rape for the power aspect. mine is shoulder length, and i am debating cutting it off. either the prince lesbian gold experience cut that is bangs heavy or jaw length Id say only go short if you have a strong jaw. Long hair covers a multitude of sins - jug ears, wonky eyes, crooked nose, neck tattoos, crow's feet, low cheekbones etc. However, buzzed hair with a perfect jawline bedazzles all imperfections. Look at Jeff Goldblum. | |
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drgnfly said: I love me one bald headed man and he is funky too
love you baby [Edited 4/7/10 14:41pm] Prince hasn't been funky for years. | |
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Number23 said: cborgman said: mine is shoulder length, and i am debating cutting it off. either the prince lesbian gold experience cut that is bangs heavy or jaw length Id say only go short if you have a strong jaw. Long hair covers a multitude of sins - jug ears, wonky eyes, crooked nose, neck tattoos, crow's feet, low cheekbones etc. However, buzzed hair with a perfect jawline bedazzles all imperfections. Look at Jeff Goldblum. everytime i see him in new york, i want to punch him in his stupid face. everytime i have seen him at an event or dinner, or plays, he is such an ass to everyone around him. i have a strong jaw, but too much fat in the face, so shorter hair actually helps me. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said: Number23 said: Id say only go short if you have a strong jaw. Long hair covers a multitude of sins - jug ears, wonky eyes, crooked nose, neck tattoos, crow's feet, low cheekbones etc. However, buzzed hair with a perfect jawline bedazzles all imperfections. Look at Jeff Goldblum. everytime i see him in new york, i want to punch him in his stupid face. everytime i have seen him at an event or dinner, or plays, he is such an ass to everyone around him. i have a strong jaw, but too much fat in the face, so shorter hair actually helps me. Jeff Goldblum is an ass?!?! Damn. I thought he was one of the cool ones. That sucks. | |
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cborgman said: Genesia said: OMG - Lady MacBeth would be perfect!
JINX! And Lady Anne. Ohhhhh...this series can go on forever. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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cborgman said: Number23 said: Id say only go short if you have a strong jaw. Long hair covers a multitude of sins - jug ears, wonky eyes, crooked nose, neck tattoos, crow's feet, low cheekbones etc. However, buzzed hair with a perfect jawline bedazzles all imperfections. Look at Jeff Goldblum. everytime i see him in new york, i want to punch him in his stupid face. everytime i have seen him at an event or dinner, or plays, he is such an ass to everyone around him. i have a strong jaw, but too much fat in the face, so shorter hair actually helps me. Jeff Goldblum? unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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Efan said: While you guys are waiting for a new sassy gay friend installment, here's the same guy in a different skit...
Oh, and just to be on topic: baldazzling sucks. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Efan said: cborgman said: everytime i see him in new york, i want to punch him in his stupid face. everytime i have seen him at an event or dinner, or plays, he is such an ass to everyone around him. i have a strong jaw, but too much fat in the face, so shorter hair actually helps me. Jeff Goldblum is an ass?!?! Damn. I thought he was one of the cool ones. That sucks. peacenlovealways said: cborgman said: everytime i see him in new york, i want to punch him in his stupid face. everytime i have seen him at an event or dinner, or plays, he is such an ass to everyone around him. i have a strong jaw, but too much fat in the face, so shorter hair actually helps me. Jeff Goldblum? i have run into him several times. the worst one was he sat behind me and my ex at a show, and another actress (theatre famous) came up and introduced herself and he was incredibly rude and patronizing to her because she was only a theatre star. the ppor girl looked like she wanted to cry. then he carried on dissing "no-name actors" after she left. my ex and i wanted to scream at him. [Edited 4/7/10 15:01pm] Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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