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New Jersey is a small state, and as luck would have, one of Sharpe's neighbors and acquaintances is Teresa Giudice, the famous table flipper from "The Real Housewives of New Jersey."

Every reality show has a character who stirs the pot, causes conflict and tension, and this is apparently Sharpe's s role, as she tangles with stylist Tracy DiMarco, 22, of Montclair. Both women have dated the same man, which can tend to cause tension between girlfriends.

"I'm the pot stirrer?" Sharpe said, feigning innocence. "Is that correct? I'm like the angel, I swear."

Another key "Jerseylicious" cast member, stylist Lombardi of Fairfield, chimed in and said, "We have a bunch of pot stirrers."

Seidman acknowledged that Sharpe adds spice to the show.

"If you push her buttons, she's not so laid back," Weidman said. "She's a bit of a spark plug"

The cast was tight-lipped about other details of the show.

"I've had fun doing this," Sharpe said. "It's basically just us working in the salon and then you see us in our real lives and our family and our friends and me and one of the girls had a confrontation for the past year from other things. It's kind of carrying through into here."

The sixth main "Jerseylicious" cast member is Gigi Liscio, 22, of East Chester, N.Y., described by Style Network as "a sweet, down-to-earth stylist."

"It's an interesting, eclectic group of women who are coming together," Weidman said. "They are all very different from each other. Gayle is well-established, owns the salon, has been doing this business for years and is a grown-up. And then you look at Olivia who is a baby makeup artist, or Tracy, who's a baby hair stylist, and they've got a lot of experience and a lot of life to live before they come to a place where Gayle is. She's a wise woman."

Lombardi owns his own salon in Verona on Bloomfield Avenue, the Anthony Robert Salon. He came to work at Gatsby Salon while his own business was undergoing a renovation.

During a recent Friday night at around 7 p.m., the "Jerseylicious" cast and crew was huddled inside the space that used to house Gatsby, a large room that is stripped to the wall studs and located a few doors down from the new salon. Gatsby is in a Green Brook strip mall that also includes a Bonefish Grill, a Jeffries Bridals and MyBedToGo.com.

The old Gatsby location has served as a makeshift production headquarters, dining room and dressing room for the show. Duda is there, and the cast members are changing for the night's shoot. Sharpe puts on lace leggings, stilettos and a tight, low-cut blouse.

Gayle will don a backless dress and heels that look about nine inches tall. It will be a long haul her, as she has worked at the salon all day and will be shooting until about 1 a.m.

The new Gatsby Salon is sleek and contemporary, with beige walls and lots of mirrors. There are two pedicure stations tucked in a nook behind drapes of bead curtains. There are also rooms for threading and waxing. The cost for a women's haircut is $55 to $60.

Style Network's demographic is women, and the channel's strategy is to offer them aspirational and uplifting stories about females, according to Weidman.

"All of the personalities on the network have a story to tell, and we don't do shows that just are superficial," Weidman said. "We try to find inspiration in the stories, and motivation, and provide maybe role models. At the same time, we want to keep everyone entertained, and one through-line for all of our programming is there is a sense of irreverence, and a wink, and they tend to be a bit comedic."

Ironically, none of the "Jerseylicious" cast appear to be big reality-TV show fans.

Giacomo said she caught one episode of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," the one where Giudice flips a table. Giacomo is not a big TV watcher in general.

"You know why?" she said. "Because I'm working so much and I don't know how to do that DVR, or whatever you call it. I'd come here and hear everybody else talk about it (‘Real Housewives of New Jersey'). I saw one show of it, when she threw the table. That was OK. I thought it was cute. I liked it. But the one show I saw, everybody else loved it."

And she was no fan of "Blow Out," featuring Antin.

"I couldn't stand his crying jags and how rude he was to his employees," Giacomo said.

As for how "real" a TV show can be when all the characters know they are being filmed by a camera? Giacomo and her daughter Pereira swear that after awhile they forgot that the cameras were there.

"The first day they are on you, you don't know who this person is, or who this camera is," Pereira said. "But right now, you know who that person is and you're so used to the camera there, that you're kind of just are ignoring it and you're really being yourself."

Giacomo is eager for the premiere of "Jerseylicious" this spring.

"And the greatest thing is Gatsby's is going to be on TV," she said. "Eight big hour-episodes, and my husband's going to be watching and smiling from ear to ear. So this is a great experience, and I think it's going to be really good, but who am I? That's how I feel. I think it's going to be good."