MOVE A REAL WORK OF ART
A cosmetic tattooist who not only makes you look good but helps people recover from the trauma of breast cancer has relocated to a new premises to expand her business.
Crystal Lina operates Cosmedink and Beauty and has leased a tenancy through Colliers in a building at the corner of Mcilwraith and Dean St, South Townsville.
The business began as a paramedical and cosmetic tattoo clinic, offering services such as areola tattooing for breast cancer sufferers who have undergone mastectomies, as well as the cosmetic tattooing which has become popular to define and improve features, especially with ageing.
It has grown to become a holistic beauty salon, providing services such as facials, advanced dermal therapies and eye lash extensions, and employing beauty therapist and skin specialist Dina Magyar and lash technician Naaua Kamoriki.
Ms Lina is a fine artist who has won acclaim for her portraiture work.
She was invited to work on the Las Vegas Portraits Project in 2018 to help that community come to terms with the devastating mass shooting in which 60 people were killed and 413 were wounded.
She drew a portrait of one of the victims, defence force veteran Christopher Roybal (pictured right).
Ms Lina also founded a portrait project for the SWAN (Syndromes Without A Name) charity which supports families caring for a child with an undiagnosed or rare genetic condition.
Ms Lina said training to become a cosmetic tattooist seeme s e e m e d like a natural progression from her work as an artist. Also, she wanted to help people.
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Lina said. said the tenancy provided three She said she wanted to cretreatment rooms and was in a ate a team of girls who shared great location on the fringe of her vision and had the specialthe city with access to parking, ised skills in their fields to exposure to a busy road and views to Ross Creek and Castle Hill. Mr Mclaren said it was good to see another business opening in the city.