Mrs. Colleen Kosti is the Founder & Director and active instructor
for all programs.
She has been an educator since 1980 - beginning at St.
Clair College as instructor for the evening Cosmetology programs.
She is an Aesthetician, Makeup Artist, and certified
Image Consultant trained in the exclusive Your Ideal Silhouette Figure
Proportion Analysis.
She is certified from St. Clair College as an Aesthetician, Makeup Artist and Nail Technician
She is certified as an Image Consultant from the
JoAnne Wallace Image Improvement Institute, Harrisburg PA.
Many other
workshop certificates have been awarded in Photo Makeup Artistry, Airbrushed
Makeup Artistry, Camouflage Makeup for Burns, Birthmarks and Scars, Colour
Analysis and Full Nail Extension and application enhancements from most major
Nail Manufacturers and educators.
Mrs. Kosti is a Two Time - First Place award winning:
Sculptured
Nail Artist, 1985
First Place Award Winning Hand Painted Nail Artistry 1986
and Award Winning Makeup Artist and Fantasy Design 1987
She has since
become an international judge and trainer.
She continued her fashion modeling as well as
instructing at Ezio's Modeling School, and for Auston's Modelling Agency TO.
She continued as an educator for Manufacturers in the beauty industry,
out of Las Vegas and training in Michigan, and Canada.
She has now combined her skills in educating women to
include developing potential in children and youth, writing curriculum using
the creative arts and education and has founded her own Registered charity
called Ministry of Role Modeling the Spirit of Excellence.
She has worked in cosmetic sales & makeup artistry as a trainer for several companies.
She has enjoyed the opportunities to work with 7 Fashion Designers over the last 20 years, photographers, and theatre stage production companies.
Colleen has developed her own line of custom blended cosmetics named “Queen Esther’s Beauty Treasures”.
Colleen was honoured as first place award recipient twice in Sculptured & Nail Artistry Competitions; once in Makeup Artistry & Fantasy Design for Mid West USA, and for Michigan after which she commenced work as a trainer for companies out of Las Vegas and Michigan.
After completing her training as Makeup Artist and Aesthetician, she instructed for the St. Clair College Cosmetology program.
She began writing curriculum for extra classes she was asked to teach at the College (St. Clair College) called “Basics of Beauty” and “Role Modeling” where she instructed until opening her own salon and Image school in the early 1980’s in Essex & Windsor.
She continues to add to her courses of instruction—which now total 26 courses in both professional beauty arts, personal improvement and liturgical dance.
She is a certified Professional Image Consultant from Jo Anne Wallace - Image Improvement Institute in Pennsylvania.
In 1991 she began training in creative movement arts, flag twirling and mime in Dallas, Mississippi, New York & Michigan. Several years later after attending seminary became ordained as a minister under the Evangel Association of Churches & Ministries. She continued to lead and train in the creative arts.
Founded Spirit of Excellence Creativity Training Centre:
After several years instructing art, etiquette and creative movement as part of several elementary school programs, she accepted a position in Michigan with an organization as Children’s Director.
During this time it was confirmed to the Kosti’s to begin Spirit of Excellence Creativity Training Centre, and combine their years of experience to establish a training center for young people to develop their potential through creative instruction in life skills music, arts and literacy. Their belief is that in developing the Spirit of Excellence this will give favour and increase in leadership abilities and help to fulfill destiny!
John & Colleen Kosti founded Spirit of Excellence as a non-for-profit and registered charity in June 2003, and opened the centre on Drouillard Rd., in February 2005.
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