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Five people are walking a little taller and smiling a little wider these days because they each had a head-to-toe makeover that didn't cost them a cent.
Patty Fairchild, Jeannie Webber and Mary Jo Hansen were this year's winners of the Wichita Eagle Makeover Contest.
This year, we added a couple to the contest. The winners, Kathleen and Michael Webb, will be featured in Thursday's WichiTalk.
All were featured at the Sisterhood of the Divine Makeover Luncheon on June 25 at the Wichita Marriott. The seventh annual event once again raised money for Dress for Success, a program for disadvantaged women trying to get back into the workforce.
Through the generosity of local retailers and salons, the lucky five were treated to salon services, a new outfit and a whole lot of fun.
"This has been more fun than anyone can imagine," Hansen said.
Patty Fairchild, 37
When she's not working the harvest, she is an outdoor adventure travel consultant and single parent.
"I don't feel very beautiful in my old clothes and long, straight hair that just hangs there," she wrote in her nomination letter. "I still wear the clothes I bought in college or the ones that my sisters and nieces hand down to me."
Fairchild, who says she's never been a "girlie girl," spent six hours on a recent Saturday at Charisma Salon, 1720 N. Webb Road, and said she loved every minute of it, especially the massage.
She had a pedicure to show off her toes in her new sandals and a facial to rejuvenate her skin.
"I cut four or five inches off Patty's fine hair to give her a fuller look and gave her fringe to frame her face," said Jennifer Walker, who cut and colored her hair.
Fairchild's hair color was deepened to enhance her eye color.
"Then I added caramel highlights to show off her summer glow," Walker said. "For makeup, I used neutrals and mauves to enhance her summer color and bring out her gorgeous green eyes."
Valerie Reimer at Lucinda's, 329 N. Mead, made sure that Fairchild's new outfit was far from being her regular jeans and T-shirt look. A very feminine dress with ruffles filled the bill.
Fairchild said that her son and her boyfriend were elated.
"They said I looked beautiful," she said. "They've said it before, but this time I believed them."
Jeannie Webber, 63
Webber's sister, Valerie Morgan, nominated her because she thought she certainly deserved a treat.
"Jeannie has always been a person who puts herself last," Morgan wrote, explaining that she had to quit her in-home day care job of 25 years to care for her husband, who had a brain tumor. He is now in remission.
"She's never had extra money to spend even a little on herself," she wrote.
Tod Ernst at Planet Hair, 504 E. Douglas, was her stylist.
"Jeannie needed a low-maintenance style, so I chose a haircut that worked with her natural curl," he said. "She has very thick hair, so texturing it was the key."
For the color, Ernst said he worked with some color that already had been done on her hair, her natural color and the gray hair she has.
"I took those colors and wove them into her hair," he said. The result was a naturally highlighted look.
For makeup, Mel Thornton of Planet Hair said she wanted to keep it soft and natural, using lots of peach tones and soft pink from the Aveda line.
Kama Kisling of Dressbarn in NewMarket Square, 2441 N. Maize Road, helped her choose an outfit that was comfortable and very versatile.
The Aztec print dress with a shrug was something that Webber wouldn't normally wear, but once she tried it on, she loved it. The washable, easy-care fabric also was a plus.
"The colors looked great with her new hair color and complexion," Kisling said. A jewelry set, purse and shoes were included in her outfit.
"I feel like I look great," Webber said.
That's what she said again when she put on her new glasses from Specs.
"We went with a bigger plastic frame with a slight swoop across the top of the frame that gives it a cat eye look," said Yvette Ysidro of Specs in NewMarket Square, 2357 N. Maize Road.
The frames are such a deep red that they appear black with pink on the inside, which softens the dark frame.
Mary Jo Hansen, 56
Hansen, a senior commercial underwriter for EMC Insurance Cos., said she needed a makeover because she has lost 80 pounds during the past year.
"I have been wearing large sizes for so long that I don't know what I should wear now that I am slimmer," Hansen wrote. She also wanted a "more stylish" hairstyle and a lesson in makeup application.
She says her "overhaul" was an experience she'll never forget and she is thrilled with the results.
Lucy Alfaro from Salon Knotty in Wichita changed Mary Jo's blond hair to darker hair with blond and red highlights. Pam Cutler cut Hansen's hair, not once but twice, adding wispy layers for an easy, casual look.
"What a transformation," Hansen said. "My hair went from long and thin to short and thick."
And while she was being pampered, she got a shellac manicure and light therapy skin treatments.
Marissa Marklewitz and Rita Bunck at Wild at Heart, 2110 N. Maize Road, made sure they got Hansen out of her usual black color scheme, putting her in white pants, a bright pink tank top and floral jacket.
"I've never owned a pair of white pants in my life," Hansen said. "I love this."
She also was pleased when Yvette Ysidro, Megan Jones and Jason Bell of Specs put new glasses on her.
"I feel younger," Hansen said. "What a blast!"
