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Roth looks through clothing Lancaster (background) helped her select for a TOPS fashion show.
Image consultant and cosmetologist Janice Lancaster fits Bryn Roth with a new shirt and belt at a TOPS meeting. |
By KIM BAER
When the makeover began, Bryn Roth wore a black shirt tucked into black pants and a long jacket.
She looked nice.
By makeover's end, Janice Lancaster had Roth looking more than nice--she looked younger and thinner.
"Your husband is gonna accuse you of going out on a date," one of Roth's friends teased.
Lancaster is a Spotsylvania County image consultant and cosmetologist who's been in the "feel good" business for 39 years.
She and Roth put on the makeover show this month for Roth's Take Off Pounds Sensibly group.
Roth is program coordinator for the weight-loss support group, which meets weekly in The Free Lance-Star's community room. The retired Spotsylvania County teacher has lost 25 pounds since joining the group.
She has been a client of Lancaster's for years. She asked Lancaster if she could talk to her group about how to dress to look thinner. Lancaster said yes--if Roth would be the makeover model.
They went shopping at Talbot's in Central Park the day before the show.
Two hours later, Lancaster had found seven pieces of clothing-- and a skinny black belt--that Roth could use to create three slimming looks.
The pieces were: a white shirt, a black jacket, jeans, a red shirt, ivory slacks, a black V-neck shirt and black pants.
The first look Roth showed off was casual. She wore an untucked white shirt cinched with the skinny black belt, dark jeans with a slight flare and the black jacket, which flared at the hips.
Lancaster positioned the belt a little below Roth's natural waist to create a longer, leaner look.
"It's all about illusions," she said.
She also worked on Roth's hair, pulling it up and back off her face, eliciting oohs and aahs from her friends.
"Look at yourself in the mirror first, Bryn," a friend called out as Roth left to put on her next look. "Your hair looks great."
Roth was meant to be the only guinea pig. But Lancaster couldn't help herself.
"Let me just do something," Lancaster said, heading over to audience member Laura Hatch with a bottle of hair spray.
She ran the spray through Hatch's hair, pulling her blonde curly hair up and away from her head.
"See how that opens her face up," Lancaster asked.
It did.
Kristin Hatch was next.
"Take this in your hand and rub it all over your face," she said, handing Hatch some foundation.
"See a dewy look on her face," Lancaster asked.
The women nodded.
For the business outfit, Roth wore black pants with a slight flare and the black jacket.
For the evening look, Roth wore the jacket, lined ivory pants and a V-neck black shirt with sequins along the neckline.
By the program's end, Roth's eyes were bright and shining, her cheeks glowing. She made a few catwalk-style poses, with a hand on one hip, the other hip cocked.
"Is she liking this now or what?" Lancaster joked.
Roth said she'd definitely use some of Lancaster's suggestions.
She knows for sure how she won't dress for her next hair appointment with Lancaster.
"She said if I ever come into her shop with my shirt tucked in, she'll pull it out."
For information about joining TOPS No. VA 720, contact Kristin Hatch at
Email: mewzak@hotmail.com.
To reach KIM BAER:
Email: kbaer@freelancestar.com
Tips for Looking Younger and Thinner (culled from Janice Lancaster's presentation): Untuck that shirt. Get the right pants length, look taller. Let the hem come down until it's skimming your ankles. Wear three-quarter-length sleeves. They are slimming. If you have longer sleeves, roll them up. Open-neck or V-neck collars make you look taller and slimmer. Wear eyeliner and concealer. Why eyeliner? "It wakes up your eyes, and gives you an automatic facelift." Why concealer? "Ninety percent of people who get a facelift do it to look less tired. Concealer does that." Choose undergarments with care. Get properly fitted for a bra. Most importantly, adjust your bra straps properly. "It takes 10 years Keep hose and pants and shoes the same color to make your legs look longer. Buy the highest quality clothes you can and have them tailored. "Be wise with what you buy." For younger-looking skin, exfoliate and wear sunblock. Clothes should skim the body, not hug the body. Go up a size if you have to. |
