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It's not helping, if anything it draws more attention to her face. I've always admired how good everyone's skin looks at tribal, most likely the lighting is kinder there, but it's horrifying to look at Sue in daylight or firelight. I know women who look like her, exactly like her, and even with make up and contouring there is something so off-putting seeing how plastic their faces ended up looking. Great descriptions of everyone, nailed it.

Smug is all she can pull off with her skin pulled so tight it looks like it's ready to snap. Jeebus, does the woman never splash her face with some water now and then? And yes, why is no one telling her she has dirt all over her face, especially before they go to tribal? Editing to say that I hadn't read all the comments, so finding out she was using mud to contour made me roll my eyes so hard. I get the vanity but what in the world? Is this a version of the Emperor's New Clothes?

Yea, it was cute but wasn't as impressed as the judges were. But for 30 minutes, it was a good idea. I thought a cook book/recipe book, and she could have done a MUCH better job of it. I think she struggled as time went on. Overall did well. And yes, "Lady Flava" needs to be retired, sheesh. I was a fan but she has been on my last nerve the last couple episodes. Rooting for Rafi!

Hate her, hated her when she was in cahoots with Rome, hated her when she attempted to vote of Sol the first time, hate her even more now that she's accomplished her little "revenge" elimination. I feel petty making fun of someone for genetics they can't control, but in this case I laughed out loud at this comment. Those teeth are ginormous, and they go on forever in her mouth. SAME. Could not believe she turned around and did that after he saved her. Won't care if she gets voted out. Ugh, she's been background noise in my book since day one, yet every time she accomplishes one thing she acts like she is the only one who has ever done it. I hope she is gone soon. It's her face that makes me cringe the most, and the more weight she loses the more ghoul-like she looks. Without all the make up her face looks jumbled up and a bit harsh. I don't understand why women do this to themselves. I actually guessed her age to be in her mid-to-late 60's, she does not look good for 45 or 57 IMO, I think plastic surgery can age you more than you'd think.

Mr. KittyMom rewound it and said they looked like something in our cats' litterbox. He wasn't wrong, very boring and kinda unappetizing to me. They ooo'd and ahhh'd so much it made me think that maybe they looked better in person. I think even though the trifle looked like something a 3 year old created while playing with play-do, it probably tasted better than an overbaked, dirt flavored cake. Her cupcakes were awesome, and even though her voice is a bit irritating on my ears I'm rooting for her to win! Hahahahaha!! I couldn't believe it when I saw what he'd done, wth???

EA was my old position, and while I loved the people and the perks, I am glad to have a position now where my physical presence isn't mandatory, it only matters that I get the work done.

Every job I've had has been an 8:00am start, but I know there are different start times in different areas, maybe it's based on traffic or travel time? Since in NYC a lot of people use public transit? Definitely old-school mindset, I think you should work the hours you are most productive, if you're an early bird, be there early, if you prefer to work later into the evening, come in later, as long as you're getting your work done, what does it matter?

My peeve for street parking: the neighborhood garage/yard sale. I live on a small narrow side street, no sidewalk, no gutter, there is room for 2 cars to pass each other but if you veer to much you are driving in someone's front lawn. I couple summers ago 3 of the neighbors organized a combined yard sale without notifying the rest of the street. That Saturday morning* I got up to do my weekly errands/shopping run and someone had parked so that I couldn't get out of my driveway. Even if I could there were so many cars on both sides that I would have barely made it through. Once the person who blocked me in left, I set up my sprinkler to "water the grass". Petty? Sure, but no one parked there the rest of the morning. *By early afternoon the crowds had died down.

@carrps I'm at your table, found her to be almost as annoying as the lady with the (faked) Boston accent on a previous Baking Championship show. I didn't think any of her bakes showed much skill, at least not to the level I expected to be on this show, and her persona seemed...um...forced? faked? I can't exactly put my finger on it but when she told Holley she was naming her 'mouth' cake after Hollie I felt that was mean, and maybe a bit more telling about Lillian's actual personality. Whatever her true personality is, her decorating skills were lacking and, IMO, they all pretty much looked messy and uninspiring. Me too! I didn't find him arrogant, thought he was just giving Manny some good information to help him. I will agree with this, there has only been a few cakes I've been awestruck with. Not sure if Halloween is just tough to decorate for or if the wrong people were chosen for this type of challenge. I watched a pervious season a couple weeks ago and it seemed everyone on that season knew how to decorate with gore, scariness and horror. This season seems like they're just bakers who can (mostly) decorate a cake. I also remind myself that its "BAKING" championship, not "DECORATING" championship, so overall the taste and baking skill is what is mainly judged.

@Ancaster, years ago, when I worked in a different office, there was a little kitchenette that was shared among the nearby offices. It had a small sink, coffee maker and microwave. Someone started leaving dirty dishes from the cafe in there, next to the sink. They would sit there for days until I or someone would bring them back to the cafe. I got disgusted and typed a note that read "Please return your dirty dishes to the cafe, your mom doesn't work here" and taped it to the wall. A few days later it was taken down and an email was sent around that read, paraphrasing, "We don't need snarky, rude comments posted, if you have an issue with something please address it directly or come see us." from our HR dept. Don't get me started on my thoughts about HR, but if I knew who was leaving them there I would have addressed it directly! The point of this rambling post is: If I feel like cleaning up someone's mess, that's on me, if not, I'll let someone else handle it. If the higher-ups don't want to address it then I'm not going to.

Who does this? I've always emptied mine into the trash! The lady's room at my office always has long dark hairs in the sink, there's 3-4 women with long dark hair so I have no idea who it is (not that I'd call them out on it) so I just take a paper towel and wipe it out so it doesn't clog the drain. Along with that, my peeve is whatever person does their make up in there and gets lip gloss all over the counter and doesn't wipe it up. That shit is sticky/greasy and just smears unless you get a towel with soap and go to town on it.

I didn't understand it either, while I'm sure the conditions on this show are vastly different than in a real bakery, there still has to be some kind of time management skill necessary.

Same! I thought it was gross, not scary, "I have acid reflux" is not a representation of Halloween. To me it did not strongly resemble a sheep, I did not see what the judges saw. I have no doubt she can bake but I don't think the Halloween Baking Championship is really her strong suit.

@TVbitch I always wondered if they were allowed to do a 'test bake' on the set so they could figure out where everything was. I have no idea if they do but they all seem to know where everything is. Manny is my fav right now, I like his style and his enthusiasm, and his bakes are interesting.

Right? She also bragged about her chocolate cake being a favorite of her customers and then the judges told her it needed more chocolate. In the first episode she asked how long to cook a cookie crust, it was my first clue she wouldn't last long.