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The certified aestheticians at Steven L Marvin Salon & Wellness Spa employ an array of Aveda oils and products to refresh skin and relax faces in one-hour facial treatments. In the signature facial, aestheticians' tension-seeking fingers massage sources of stress across the epidermis. Aromatic Aveda oils lull the most combative minds to a state of peace, soaking deep into skin, eliminating dryness, and drowning the dermal imps trying to steal your face. As in all massages offered, the spa's skin whisperers adjust their plans of attack to suit faces' most visible needs as well as the audible demands of their muttering pores.

The Michigan Brewers Guild wanted something very specific when it turned 15: it asked the state’s breweries to concoct a 15th-anniversary ale for its summer beer fest. Chef and home brewer Amy Sherman, host of Great American Brew Trail, went behind the scenes at the celebration, where she interviewed local breweries’ staff members about their celebratory brews. Reports like these are typical of her show, Great American Brew Trail, for which she travels to microbreweries across the country and unveils the creative and culinary processes behind beer.

Since its first issue hit newsstands in 1917, Michigan History magazine's readership has turned to the periodical's six annual issues for an illuminating peek into the state's past. Today, 23,500 subscribers thumb through the bimonthly’s 64 eye-catching pages, perusing long features, colorful illustrations, and coverage of history-based books and events that trace Michiganders’ impact on their communities, country, and fellow global citizens. Recent issues have profiled ceramic artist Mary Chase Perry Stratton and detailed the National Housewives' League's support of African-American businesses during the Jim Crow era. Now run by the Historical Society of Michigan, the magazine also preserves its own past by curating issues from its first six years on Google Books, rather than burying them in time capsules throughout the state.

Since 1972 Delphi Glass made it easy to be creative. The world’s largest source for glass art education and supplies, used for creating everything from stained glass panels, to fused glass, to stylish jewelry. Delphi is the source for hobbyists and artists in glass art, jewelry, mosaics, ceramics and more.