Farmington Hills, MI Beauty and Salons

In 1989, Glitz Salons' founder decided to open a salon with a philosophy rooted in working with others to make clients feel good. Twenty years later, the staff at Glitz Salons still mans their stations and lives out that goal. When not performing services such as haircuts and waxing, the crew at Glitz Salons gives back to its community by helping local high schools put on prom fashion shows and hosting fundraising events. A cohesive, supportive unit, the salons' stylists and aestheticians receive continuous encouragement to express their own creativity and implement innovative ideas into their workday. This freedom allows customers to reap the benefits of a staff that thinks outside the box, paints the box, then folds it into a mesmerizing mobile sculpture.

Wisconsin-born Dr. David Janssen began practicing medicine in the Fox Valley over twenty years ago. Since then, he’s dedicated more than two decades to helping his patients look and feel their best with innovative cosmetic and reconstructive surgery techniques. Together with fellow board-certified surgeon Dr. William Doubek and Dr. Marc Serret, Dr. Janssen creates custom treatment plans based on each patient’s needs and desires. In fact, patient input is an integral part of the process, whether the doctors are shrinking silhouettes with non-invasive CoolSculpting laser liposuction, or identifying and fighting the underlying causes of migraine headaches. They treat veins large and small with waves of thermal energy and localized laser beams, while Botox and Dysport touch-ups fight sagging skin and fine lines.

Like the palace of a Venetian doge, or the garage of an eccentric billionaire, the Renaissance Center is built in the image of a Renaissance-era Italian villa. Sporting a picturesque colonnade, peaked clay-tile rooftops, and a façade of sand-colored brick, the center greets patients with old-world charm as soon as they step out of their cars. Inside, parchment-colored walls, cozy furnishing, and potted plants sit in full view of the center’s most stunning feature: a recreation of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

With 10 years of experience under their belt, the board-certified aestheticians at Aesthetic Art focus on three kinds of advanced beauty services: vein therapy, hair removal, and facial skincare. Their Cutera Excel lasers noninvasively tackle unsightly veins, from superficial facial anomalies to buried blue leg veins, and laser hair removal sidesteps the more painful follicular deactivation of waxing, shaving, or sandpapering. Aesthetic Art extends its forward-thinking approach to facial treatments, including microdermabrasion and specially formulated peels.

With its sophisticated yet friendly atmosphere, visiting Artist Skincare Studio is like inviting your face to high tea with your best friend. The studio’s trained staff know skin like the back of their own skin-covered hands and combine technologically advanced ingredients with organic botanicals to leave your face shimmering like the surface of a lake at twilight, but without skinny-dipping lovebirds constantly frolicking in it. Each customized facial targets your specific skin type and individual skin problems to restore balance and beauty to your face. Your licensed aesthetician’s advanced education ensures that she's more than equipped to safely navigate the unpredictable crevices of your flesh-emoticon.

Inside Moda Salon, chairs spin toward full-length mirrors as roses, reeds, and bamboo rise from gleaming pots. Here, seasoned stylists make locks as lush and elegant as the foliage that trims the space. Instead of infusing manes with garden fertilizer, they cultivate strength and shine with top-shelf products by Redken, Aquage, and Mastey Paris. Built from masterful snips and a keen understanding of the client’s personal style, haircuts frame facial features with contemporary flair. Organic color treatments lavish tresses in vibrant reds, blonds, and chocolates, and keratin smoothing therapy leaves them straight and silky, like a highway lined with neckties. In addition to pampering manes, friendly staffers beautify nails with acrylic, gel, and Shellac manicures.

Owner Amy Regal and assistant Maria Lombardo bring a combined 50 years of experience in makeup artistry to Glamour Puss Beauty Bar and Boutique. Filled with chic accessories, colorful threads, and uncommon jewelry, the boutique encourages perusal as well as beautification under the hands of an experienced aesthetician. The staff shapes brows to emphasize eyes and one's displeasure at underwhelming knock-knock jokes, and performs permanent-makeup services to speed morning routines. The skilled pair also offers head-to-toe styling, custom makeup blends, and detailed cosmetic instruction.