Skin was in the Free Press

Business
Lambertville’s Skin Laser and Day Spa expands
Written by Mary Petrides | | mpetrides@toledofreepress.com
Vanessa Williams said the best part of the spa business is helping people feel good about themselves — and it’s something she does well.

“I call her my little angel,” said Suzi Miller, who owns a barber shop just up the street from Williams’ Skin Laser and Day Spa. She’s seen Williams for laser facial treatments for three or four years and has been pleased with the results.

“She made me feel a whole lot better about myself,” Miller said.

“I said, ‘If anybody puts fire near my face, you do it’ — I have to trust them,” she said.

The spa, located in Lambertville, Mich., recently expanded, almost doubling in size and adding about 1,500 square feet to its facility. The expansion includes new manicure and pedicure stations, two new massage stations and fresh paint.

“It took me about four and a half hours to pick the colors,” Williams said.

Skin offers more services than most spas, Williams said. Its menu lists dozens of services, including laser hair removal, massages, manicures and pedicures.

On a busy day, between 50 and 75 people come to the spa, Williams said, and the store has seen a 65 percent increase in traffic since the expansion was completed. She said 98.9 percent of her clients return.

Miller said she knows why.

“It’s Vanessa,” she said. “She’ll bend over backwards for you. I just think she’s a wonderful person.”

Miller said the spa has a warm, friendly atmosphere.

Miller has cut hair for 34 years at various barbershops. She had a falling out with one barbershop, she said, and she called Williams. Williams allowed her to work at the spa as a subcontractor, cutting hair.

“I would have lost everything if it wasn’t for her,” Miller said.

Miller has since opened her own barbershop up the street and said she’s in good hands at Skin.

“You know when you go there, you know it’s going to be perfect,” Miller said.