Detroit's Best Place to Buy and Play with Makeup

Sure, the Detroit area receives winning praise for its automobile manufacturing skills, and central, Midwestern location on the map (not to mention a few major universities to boot), but for health & beauty and makeup? – well, not so much. Enter Todd’s Room, a tiny slice of surreal beauty heaven, where blush, eyeshadow and lipstick are plentiful, and skilled artists are quick-at-hand to help dust, smudge, sponge and rouge your complexion. It’s a comfy, cozy, chic boutique to peruse, whether you’re on the prowl for a new shade of lip liner or need some real-deal dolling up for your Big Day. Todd’s Room is the place to be when makeup (and waxing) is on the mind.

Todd’s tale: Todd Skog, the owner and founder of Todd’s Room is a low-key guy who has one passion: to make you pretty. He’s great with makeup (licensed and certified) – and produces amazing arches (think eyebrows) as well. Todd’s been in the biz for more than a decade (but he’s young and very approachable, too); he and his staff do every A-list celebrity that visits the metro area, whether for business (shooting movies or fashion spreads) or pleasure. And his storefront, which is very downtown cool-meets girly girl, is perfectly located in the heart of Birmingham’s main shopping district, so it’s a fun place to people watch and prettify on the quick between window hopping and café bopping. Todd’s crew of experts created a mass following, from high school girls to GG’s (gorgeous grandmas) to 20, 30, 40 and 50-somethings in between.

Services to sign on for: Makeup application, you bet. Brow artistry, indeed. Body waxing, a winning pick. If you’re looking for wedding-day makeup, one of Todd’s team is the obvious way to go; you can even bring your entire wedding party into the space for personal, specialized day-of makeup (Todd’s Room employs a wedding planner to help make the process even simpler for you and your own team of maids). Family reunion coming right up? Visit Todd’s Room for a natural, realistic makeover. Bonus: Todd carries beauty loot to love. From skincare to makeup, accessories to jewels, you can shop to your heart’s cosmetic content pre and post beautifying.

How to find it: Birmingham is just a quick trip from downtown Detroit and worth every second if shopping, eating and strolling is on your radar. Visit this new-wave beauty apothecary at 239 Pierce Street; call 248-594-0003 or email [email protected] for an appointment or for more information. Todd’s Room is closed on Monday, but open Tuesday through Saturday for pop-ins or appointments, and on Sunday for appointments only.