Beauty & Spas in Inkster

Dr. Timothy Kosinski of SmileCreator has placed over 7,000 dental implants throughout his career. When he isn't crafting dentures, treating gums, or replacing fangs with tusks, he works as an adjunct assistant professor at a university. Because of his achievements in his field, he won the Lifelong Learning and Service Recognition award from the Academy of General Dentistry in 2009. In addition to contributing to two textbooks, he has published more than 80 articles on implant dentistry and has written an unpublished collection of dental-themed haikus. Although Dr. Kosinski offers more routine preventive care, he mostly performs full-mouth reconstruction and cosmetic dentistry, and so, in order to help patients relax during these services, he can use both intravenous and oral sedation. Treatment rooms help patients unwind without sedation with TVs, individual headphones, DVDs, and computer equipment.

Makeup artist Jon Lieckfelt has devoted years of his life to the cosmetic industry, applying makeup to well-known celebrities and other women alike. After working for a number of salons, Jon decided to use his extensive knowledge to open his own makeup studio: Priss. At first, Jon was content to stay comfortably within the boundaries of the cosmetics industry. But eventually he decided to branch out, adding hairstyling, waxing, and eyelash and eyebrow tinting to the studio’s repertoire. Today, Priss is a one-stop beauty shop where clients can get their hair cut and styled with Davines products, have their eyebrows shaped, and get their makeup done all in one appointment.

Con’s Organic Spa owner Con Ciecko isn't just an expert in the beauty industry. She's also a reiki master and a medical tattoo technician. These specialties, along with her education and training at Michigan and California institutes, have prepared her to execute services that both beautify and relax her clients. Besides kneading muscles with several massage modalities, she cleanses skin with organic facials, bronzes limbs with airbrush tanning, and administers makeup applications for weddings or black-tie viewings of TV weddings. Joined by a skilled staff that includes her daughter Kiya, a massage therapist and nail technician, Ciecko infuses her new spa confines with a welcoming and personable vibe as she helps her clients develop their own signature looks.

Stepping into Nadwa Hair Spa is almost like stepping onto a movie set for a futuristic film: bright overhead lights shine across metallic accents and row upon row of high-tech hair-dryers and styling gadgets. Inside this innovative space, owner and master stylist Nadwa Yono puts forth her training from the renowned Trevor Sorbie of London to pamper and style both men and women. The stylist and her crew sling products from Pureology, Aquage, and Morrocan Oil as they snip and color locks or weave extensions, wigs, or second faces into hair. Aestheticians and massage therapists set up camp in secluded mint-hued rooms, where they wax away unwanted fuzz, tailor facials to treat acne, aging, or sun-damaged skin, and tenderize sore muscles with deep-tissue and hot-stone massages.

Lisa Rowe Glickoff's career is just as diverse as the pictures of fantasy, special effects, and beauty makeup in her portfolio. When not busy prepping faces for fashion, film, and high-profile events—she dolled up Debra Messing for the 2006 Academy Awards— the makeup-industry veteran, who has more than 20 years under her belt, spends time on the other side of the industry. In addition to serving as a beauty rep for brands such as Origins, she also has created Astute, her own line of makeup. But even with all of these accomplishments, the one that’s closest to her heart remains the founding of Astute Artistry, her makeup-training boutique and beauty studio. From within the intimate space—wrapped in hot-pink and black walls and decorated with modern Paris-themed decor—she teaches eager students how to create Hollywood-approved special effects and beauty makeup during hands-on classes, at fashion shows, and on film sets.

When not teaching others the tricks of the beauty trade, Lisa puts her aesthetician license and chic boutique to use by shaping brows with threading, enhancing eyes with lash extensions, and rejuvenating mature, teen, and dehydrated skin during facials. Lisa and her team also provide traditional makeup applications for brides and those attending special events, such as DMV-themed weddings.

Lisa pours her energy into helping those in need, which is why she founded Astute Artistry II, a nonprofit makeup studio catering to women affected by skin and hair conditions, which was featured in Hour Detroit magazine. She also spends her time rallying for makeup artists' rights, including getting the word out about legislation that would distinguish makeup artistry as its own independent trade.

Dr. Bhanu J. Shah helps men and women to improve their looks with Ageless Spa Medica’s full menu of cosmetic services. Her team of aestheticians rejuvenates skin, removes unruly hair, and sculpts bodies using lasers, injectable fillers, and minimally invasive liposuction. For home skincare regimens, Ageless Spa Medica sells dermatologist-formulated cleansers, exfoliators, anti-aging products, and anti-growing-up serums.