Black Country beauty fanatics aim for shortcut to fame with reality TV show

He spends hundreds of pounds a month on personal grooming, which sees him using spray-on foundation and eyelash tinting to help him hone his look.

She is a former Tipton carnival beauty who has 17 wigs and once went to her school prom in a glass carriage.

Now the Black Country pair are hoping their outlandish beauty regimes will help catapult them to fame.

Both are starring in MTV's new reality TV show – Beauty?School?Cop Outs.

Daniel Jarrousse, from Coseley, admits to downing up to seven protein shakes a day (his friends call him protein boy) and going for sunbed sessions while fitting in the obligatory visit to the gym in his quest to achieve the perfect body.

As well as his strict beauty regime he wears tight ladies vests and says his theory is that 'women can wear make-up and have beauty treatments to enhance their features, so why can't men?'

And he reckons everyone is jealous of him and his body which he perfects by visiting the Figures Gym in Sedgley at least once every day.

Even though the 22-year-old former pupil of Dormston School in Sedgley is single he says: "I want girls to want to marry me and lads to want to be me."

His philosophy is that 'beauty makes the world go round' and he revolves his life around the motto 'all about aesthetics'.

Joining him on screen is 18-year-old Sacha Jones from Tipton.

She has a fascination with wigs and hopes to become a make up artist to the stars.

The teenager, who is obsessed with Marilyn Monroe, admits she is 'high maintenance' and has always loved being the limelight since she was named Tipton Rosebud in 2002 and Tipton Princess two years later. She even went to her school prom at Alexandra High School in Tipton in a glass horse and carriage wearing a dress that had eight underskirts.

Her wigs are made by her cousin Bryn Jones who makes them in his spare time when he is not working at the Bank clothes shop in Wolverhampton and he gives them to her for free.

Some are in the style of her idol, while others are a range of colours.

Sacha was spotted by producers at Birmingham's Gay Pride and encouraged to apply for the series. And it proved a dream ticket – as it combines her ambition to be on TV with her love of beauty products.

She started studying animal care and media courses at college but ended up doing part-time jobs when she dropped out.

So when the chance came along to be on TV, she was not going to let it go.

"I was so hungry for it," she said.

"Everyone always told me that I should be on TV so I was so grateful to be given the chance."

Despite her high maintenance she says she doesn't fork out much money to help her stay looking good as she has drafted in another relative – aunty Samantha Jones – to do her nails.

The show aired for the first time last night and the series will follow the pair as they learn the tricks of the beauty trade at a school in Manchester. Sacha joined her parents Bryn, 38, and Allison, 40, grandmother Josie, 65, and brother Grant, 15, at home in Great Meadow last night to see the first episode – and admitted she was 'nervous' beforehand.

Bodyguard, tattooist and doorman Bryn also featured in the show and was shown in the first episode saying: 'If somebody fancies Sacha they're going to have to treat her with respect – otherwise they're going to have to answer to me'.

Sacha was beaming after the episode and said she feels 'so lucky' to be taking part.

"It felt a bit awkward watching it in front of my dad," said the teen. "I really hope it goes massive."

Meanwhile Daniel insists he has discovered a new career after throwing himself into the tasks on the show.

He has previously worked in mobile phone and clothes shops and admits he struggled to find a direction in life.

But he is now ready to climb the beauty industry ladder with the skills he picked up from the team of experts involved in the show.

He said: "Everyone says I was never destined for the nine to five jobs, so when I saw the advert I knew I had to apply for the show. It has been an amazing experience and it has been such a laugh, but it has been the hardest job I have ever had.