Salon Team

Creative Director and Owner of Artistex Salon & Spa. Odete is a stylist and coloring expert, proficient in all aspects of coloring. With over 26yrs of experience, Odete has developed a formulation system that she shares with her salon team to achieve accurate consistent results with every visit. She is extremely passionate about anything art related. She supports many forms of art within the salon as a gallery open to local artists and is committed to being an innovated influence within the beauty industry. Her industry accomplishments include her roles as a NYC Goldwell Academy Artist, an editorial hair stylist and a lead hairstylist of various New York Fashion Week stages. 

A Senior Stylist & Master Colorist with over 13 years of professional experience, licensed in CT and NC. She has numerous professional certifications and a member of our editorial team working New York Fashion Week. A detail-oriented stylist dedicated to personalizing a unique look for each of her clients. Nichole is a well-rounded stylist/colorist, experienced in a variety of color, highlight and bayalage techniques achieving the perfect color while keeping the hair within its maximum integrity. In addition, Nichole also is part of our bridal hair team, proficient in permanent and temporary hair extension, non-formaldehyde keratin and Brazilian Blow-out services for clients wanting to achieve an optimum look.

Balayage Hair Painting Specialist Tim is a Goldwell Master Colorist from New York specializing in balayage highlights and dimensional color. He comes from the world of makeup where he was a professional makeup artist for over 10 years and first learned how to master the color palette. Skills that have since helped him escalate his love for color and the creative process. Tim’s philosophy for hair is that it should be beautiful and natural but most importantly complement the person wearing it. Making his clients look and feel beautiful. Tim currently resides in Westport with his family. 

Graduating from The Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in Westport in 2014 through their Clinical Massage program, I started my career at Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa and continued since. It is my sincere belief that massage is one of the best ways to combat the negative effects of stress. My objective is to use my background and knowledge to customize every session to the client, together we can determine your health and wellness goals and help you reach those goals by making every session count.

Once a corporate sales employee and now turned massage therapist for the last 12 years. Leo is well versed in the everyday stress of struggling to achieve a work life balance. He decided to leave his very stressful corporate job and dedicate himself to helping his clients find a sense of balance in their life thru massage therapy. Leo a popular therapist at Artistex since our expansion, utilizes various techniques to customize each massage to the needs of his clients allowing them to rebalance.