| Patricia Arquette Beautiful Blonde Bob Hairstyles |
| Karen Marie Shelton |
| Date: 06/29/2006 |
Introduction
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Patricia
Arquette
as Allison Dubois
NBC Medium
9-27-05 |
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NBC Universal Photo: Andrew Eccles
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Beautiful blonde Emmy Award winning
actress Patricia Arquette (April 8, 1968) made the news
this week because of her Venice, Italy wedding to
longtime love and hunky actor Thomas Jane (The
Punisher).
Currently starring as Allison Dubois in
the NBC hit - Medium - Patricia has been acting for
years.
She first appeared on the radar with her
fan favorite role as Kristen Parker in 1987's A
Nightmare On Elm Street. Some critics have
said that Patricia is "one of the most underrated,
talented actresses of her generation." I would
tend to agree.
When I was researching this article I
flipped through images of Allison dating all the way
back to 1999. Although this incredibly talented
actress has had a range of hair lengths, I could only
find images of her with butter blonde hues. This
is actually good news because with her gorgeous blue
eyes and beautiful skin, she looks best as a blonde.
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Patricia
Arquette
as Allison Dubois
NBC Medium
11-09-05 |
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NBC Photo: Michael Yarish
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Playing famed medium, Allison Dubois,
Patricia sports a series of chin length or slightly
longer classic bob hairstyles that would be very
appropriate for the busy mom/psychic detective that she
plays in the series.
Allison juggles three kids, car polling
duties and searching for dead bodies, all in one
episode. A simple bob style would be a great look
for any working mom who wouldn't have a lot of time for
daily hairstyling.
For the majority of time Patricia also
has a full sweep of forehead fringe that she wears
tousled across the top of her eyebrows. The
classic bob style works perfectly with her mostly oval
face shape (with a hint of square jaw line) and well
defined facial features.
The eyebrow skimming bangs draw
attention to her signature blue eyes. The length
of Patricia's bob ranges from right below her chin to
right above her shoulders. In my opinion she looks
best with a little longer bob that lightly brushes the
tops of her shoulders because it softens her jaw line
and provides a good balance to her entire face.
At the end of the 2005-2006 season
Patricia hairstyle changed slightly to include
mini-looped ponytails and for a special evening out, the
ends of her shoulder skimming bob were curled up into a
soft flirty flip.
Patricia's Hair Tidbits
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Patricia
Arquette
LIttle Nicky Premiere
11-02-00 |
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In
retrospect, Patricia has had a strange history with
hairstyles for her various movie parts. In
particular, she had to be completely covered by hair in
2001 for her Human Nature role.
Media interviews with Patricia unearthed
the fact that her entire body had to be continuously
glued with unknown hair pieces that were itchy and made
it difficult for her to sit down. Patricia truly
suffered ongoing bad hair days for her craft.
In Little Nicky she also had
really crazy looking hair befitting her role as a wacky
art student dating the bizarrely coiffed son of the the
devil who had a talking dog, Mr. Beefy.
Hair was also a central force in her
1999 role in Stigmata where she played
hairdresser Frankie Page. At one point, Frankie
gives the priest investigating her odd experiences a
haircut. The role also allowed Patricia to wear
edgy hairstyle, much like you would expect a real-life
hairdresser to do. some critics referred to her hair in
the movie as "Betty Page" hair.
With a history of odd hairstyles for her
acting roles, Patricia should be happy that she wears a
stylish bob for her role on Medium.
Bad Hair News
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Patricia
Arquette
Emmy Awards
September 2005 |
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In September of 2005 the show, Access
Hollywood awarded Patricia with The Hair That Scared
award for worst Emmy hair for 2005. Her crime?
Wearing her hair in an off the forehead hair roll with
long banana style curls nestling slightly below her
shoulders. It was a major departure from her
normal short to medium bob style and took the critics by
surprise.
Did Patricia grow a lot of hair
"overnight" for her Emmy appearance? Probably not.
Most likely her normal bob hairstyle was "enhanced" with
either a half-wig or add-on strands for her red carpet
event. Needless to say, the consensus opinion was
that she looks better with a sleeker style closer to her
normal bob hairdo.
Steal Patricia's Style
Patricia has medium to fine hair that appears to be
straight with minimal bend or natural texture.
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Patricia
Arquette
as Allison Dubois
NBC Medium
9-27-05 |
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NBC Universal Photo: Andrew Eccles
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Her
fringe is texturized to provide a fuller style with lots
of movement.
1. Work with your hairdresser to
acquire a similar bob haircut. Keep in mind that
for some hair types and textures, a short to medium
length bob would not be ideal. Be sure to discuss
your options with your hairdresser and weight your face
and body shape factors with your skin and eye tone.
2. Shampoo with a product designed
to address your hair type, texture and current
condition. Utilize products designed for damaged
or colored strands if appropriate.
3. If appropriate, use a rinse out
conditioner, avoiding the roots. If your hair is
fine or thin remember that a rinse out conditioner can
over moisture strands resulting in potentially limp
strands. For a fuller look, skip the rinse out
conditioner step or apply sparingly only to the ends or
damaged areas.
4. Finish with a cool/cold water
rinse to close the cuticles and seal in shine.
5. Towel blot and apply a
temporarily straightening product like Robert
Hallowell's
The Flat Factor or
Paves Professional Relaxing Balm.
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Patricia
Arquette
as Allison Dubois
NBC Medium
8-15-05 |
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Distribute the relaxing product from
below the roots to the ends. If hair tends to
frizz, use a good
defrisant product like Phytodefrisant either with or
instead of the straightening product.
For lots of volume spray the roots and
the bangs with a volumizing product like
PhytoVolume Actif or
Robert Hallowell's Super Volumizing Tonic.
6. Use a blow dryer and your
fingers to tousle dry your fringe. If you prefer a
stick straight style, use a paddle brush and use brush
to anchor the bangs while you direct the air flow from a
blow dryer down the hair shaft from roots to the ends.
7. Once the bangs are to your
liking, separate the rest of the hair into individual
chunks that are 1-2" in thickness. Use a boar's
head flat brush to anchor the individual sections at the
ends. Direct the blow dryer air flow down the hair
shaft from the roots to the ends. This adds shine
and helps to get a super straight blow out.
8. When the entire head is 100%
dry, use a small barrel curling iron to curl ends under
at the ends. If you prefer a straighter look,
separate strands into 1-2" sections and straighten with
a flat iron.
9. Optionally you can finish with a light swipe of
your hands that have been prepped with
shine serum and a
light spritz of hairspray.
Summary
Besides her award winning work on Medium,
Patricia is a breast cancer awareness activist since she
lost her own beloved mother to the disease. She is
part of the famous Arquette acting family which includes
sister Rosanna and brothers Alexis and David. Her
father Lewis is also a well known actor.
I recently
caught Patricia on a Martha Stewart segment sharing a
recipe for an ice cream cake that she makes for her two
kids. Her hair was cut in a chin length bob that
blown out into full shiny cap that had beautiful
movement and swing. Hopefully she will continue to
embrace a series of bob hairstyles for her next season
of Medium. |