| Vanessa Marcil - Las Vegas Hairstyles |
| Karen Marie Shelton/Dedicated To FFOS -
Copyright 2005 |
| Revised Date: 03/08/08 - Original
Publication Date: 7/2/2005 |
Introduction
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Image of
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Tom Selleck, Molly Sims, Josh Duhamel, Vanessa Marcil
& James Lesure
NBC Las Vegas
2007 - 2008 |
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Mitchell
Haaseth
NBC.com
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In a case of life
imitating fiction, Vanessa Marcil has also had a hard life but has risen above life on the mean streets of Indio, California.
Vanessa's early life
included exposure to drugs, drinking and a stint in juvenile hall.
In spite of her life on the mean streets she managed to achieve great success as an actress.
During her
wildly popular run on the NBC TV show Las Vegas, Vanessa
Marcil was able to show off a series of sensuous
hairstyles befitting her role as the sassy Samantha
"Sam" Jane.
The show went through a
series of changes during the course of its history including the
departure or some of the original players. Even more stunning
was when the core character of the show left and was replaced in
2007 by formed Magnum PI star, Tom Selleck.
Although the show was
struggling, fans were hoping that the show would continue on with
ratings slowly building in support of Tom.
Sadly, the Fall 2007
Writer's Strike knocked out the show before it had time to build
support for the newly revised cast. Recently NBC announced
that the show would not return for the remainder of the 2008 Season.
It has been cancelled. Fans are upset because several of the
key plots have not been properly wrapped up.
Vanessa, a favorite of
Ellen DeGeneres, visited the Ellen show shortly after the beginning
of the Fall 2007 Season to chat with Ellen about the revamped show
and the addition of Tom Selleck who she described as a great guy.
It was a little telling
that Vanessa mentioned how it was sad that actor James Caan as Big
Ed Deline, had left the show. She told Ellen the Las Vegas set
just didn't seem the same without him since he was the original
heart and soul of the show.
Vanessa was obviously
very found of Jimmy as she called him. Vanessa talked about
how great it was to work with Jimmy and how he made the show what it
was.
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Vanessa Marcil
Las Vegas
NBC
2/13/07 |
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Chris Haston
NBC
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Las Vegas made its debut
in 2003 with a very popular setting in Sin City. Vegas has had
a lot of appeal with the major ratings success of the original CSI.
The glitz and glamour of
the fictional casino where Las Vegas operated out of gave the show
sizzle. So did the gorgeous men and women who were part of the
cast. Ironically the show was the very first series TV role
for the star, James Caan.
Regardless of the
glitter of the set and the cast, the show never won huge ratings
numbers but NBC continued to let it roll along. Men were
especially fond of the drama due to the gorgeous babes in High
Definition.
Rumors of the show's
problems leaked when the series was moved from its successful Monday
night run to Fridays in 2006. At the end of that season James
Caan and Nikki Cox left the show and were replaced by Tom Selleck
who proved to be a stablizing influence until of course the strike
was too much to hold the show together.
It should be noted that
even after it was cancelled, the series caused a major stir when the
season finale aired. From afar one of the scenes appeared to
show completely naked women in the casino. The FCC was
summoned to investigate by viewer complaints.
Luckily for NBC the
sequenced was edited to give the illusion of nudity when it really
wasn't there. Vanessa's Las Vegas Hairstyles
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Image of
Vanessa Marcil
Las Vegas
NBC
2/13/07 |
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Chris Haston
NBC
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Since the show first
started back in 2003 Vanessa's naturally thick dark hair
has gone through a series of changes in keeping with the
evolution and development of her character. When
she made her first appearance on the show her hair was
long with lots of texture (waves and curls) and heavily
highlighted.
As the following Las Vegas seasons
unfolded her hair gradually became darker with less obvious
highlights. Her tresses morphed through different lengths
ending up midway down her back by 2008 and the termination of the
series. The waves and curls had been replaced by silky
straight strands.
It would be fair to say her tresses
have moved from the heavily blonde highlighted spectrum to the dark
chocolate back to a milk chocolate with caramel and butterscotch
shadings.
Throughout the entire series she has
always worn her hair completely off her heart shaped face and favors
a center part.
Her swept from the face styles show
off her beautiful skin and eyes which originate from her mixed heritage
including a father who is Mexican and a mom who is French, Italian and Portuguese. Vanessa is proud of her heritage and
refers to herself as "half Mexican, half white".
Steal Vanessa's Sleek Straight Hair Style
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Image of
Vanessa Marcil
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Camille Guaty
Las Vegas
2007 |
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Paul
Drinkwater
NBC
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To style your tresses with sleek and
straight with a tiny hint of bend on the ends like Vanessa's, complete the following steps listed below:
Step 1: Shampoo and condition your hair with your normal products
designed for your current hair type, texture and condition.
If your hair is highlighted like Vanessa's use either a moisture enhanced or color enriched formula. If your hair is dry from chemical processing, consider diluting the shampoo formula to protect your strands.
(Shampoo products to try: Phyto - Phytojoba Hydrating Shampoo, PHYTO - Dry Hair System, Phyto - PhytoBrush Shampoo)
If you have baby fine or thin hair and wish to build in the same lush
movement and volume that Vanessa has, use a volume enhancing shampoo.
Skip any rinse-out conditioning products that might make hair too soft and flat. If you must use a rinse-out conditioner, make sure that you limit how much you use and that you concentrate on the middle to the ends.
Rinse well with a cool water spray which helps build natural volume and increases shine.
Step 2: Towel blot strands. Detangle strands from the ends to the roots.
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Image of
Vanessa Marcil
Las Vegas
NBC
08/30/07 |
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Mitchell
Haaseth
NBC
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Step 3: Apply your favorite
straightening and/or defrizzing balm. Distribute from the top of the ears to the ends. Distribute well. If you prefer, mix with a good leave-in conditioner for super shine and softness.
Note: If your hair is fine or thin, apply a volumizing gel or similar products to the roots to get lots of body and movement.
To protect against heat and add body, distribute a leave-in conditioner, mousse or gel from the top of the ears to the ends. Distribute well.
If your hair tends to frizz or is naturally wavy or curly, you may wish to combine a volume product for the roots with a smoothing serum for the rest of the hair.
(Anti-Frizz Product to try: Rene Furterer - Control Emulsion Anti-Frizz)
(Root volume products to try: Phyto - Phytovolume Actif, PHYTO - Volume System, Phyto - Phytovolume Shampoo).
Step 4: Working from side to side use a boar's head or natural round brush combined with your blow dryer to straighten and build in body.
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Image of
Vanessa Marcil
NBC Las Vegas
11-07-07 |
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Paul
Drinkwater
NBC
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Step 5: To build in volume at the roots, use the round brush to lift your tresses up and direct the air flow from the dryer up the hair shaft to the root. This "ruffles the cuticle" helping to add natural fullness.
If you prefer, bend over at the waist and direct the air flow of the dryer up the hair shaft towards the roots. When hair is 90% dry, bend right side up and work on the hair from the ears down to the ends.
Note: Hairdressers differ on their opinion whether it is beneficial to blow hair "upside down" or not. Use your own judgment on which technique works best for you.
Step 6: Use the round brush to straighten the remainder of the hair by rolling individual sections carefully around the brush and directing the air flow down the hair shaft towards the ends. This helps to straighten, close the cuticle and adds shine.
Step 7: While drying the ends, use the round brush to turn the ends under slightly while finishing.
Step 8: Seal the style by finishing up with a blast of cool air, if possible, from your blow dryer.
Step 9: Carefully comb in your desired part.
To create perfect sleekness, go over the hair with a straightening
iron.
Step 10: Spray the
finished style with a good holding hairspray.
(Hairsprays to try: PhytoPro - Instant Hold Spray #15).
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Image of
Vanessa Marcil
Las Vegas
NBC
12/19/07 |
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Hopper Stone
NBC
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Step 11: Apply a tiny drop of shine serum, drops or spray into the palms of your hands. Lightly brush the palms over the top of your style and you are ready to rock.
(Shine products to try: Phyto - PhytoLisse (Formerly Phytodefrisant RelaxSerum)
If you prefer, you can use a curling iron to turn under the ends a little bit or use a straight iron on selected pieces around the face to give a contrasting texture to the
finished look. Summary
Although Vanessa Marcil was sizzling
hot on Las Vegas the 2007-2008 Writer's Strike has been bad news for
Vanessa and the rest of the Las Vegas cast.
Critics believe that the replacement of
James Caan by Tom Selleck was not given enough time for viewers to
embrace. Tom Selleck was exciting, handsome and a great actor.
Fans are distraught at the ending of
the show because Vanessa Marcil is considered to be one of the most beautiful young stars in
Television today.
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