Two businesses - a bakery and a skincare salon - have opened in these southwest IL towns

Sweet Treats from the Hart opened for business Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 1300 Schaefer Road, Suite E, in Granite City.

The new bakery offers specialty cakes (get them by the slice!), cookies, pastries and cupcakes and includes custom orders.

Hours are currently 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Check out pics of the goods on the Sweet Treats from the Hart Facebook page. For more information, call 618-823-5005.

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Top to Bottom Skincare is now open in Shiloh.

Founder and owner Su Clinton has, according to the Top to Bottom website, “spent her life supporting her husband as a military spouse for over two decades ….”

She’s been in the beauty industry for more than 10 years and “dreamed of opening a facility to help people feel beautiful top to bottom.”

Top to Bottom will hold a grand opening event at its location Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 11 a.m. A ribbon cutting ceremony with the O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce will take place at 11:30 a.m.

Services at the new salon include:

• Brow Treatments: microblading, brow lamination, microshading and brow touch-ups

• Facial and Body Services: multiple types of hydrafacial treatments, facials, sugar waxing

Clinton and her husband Gary Clinton have opened multiple businesses, from tanning and nail salons to a bakery and café.

The Clintons opened WIT (Whatever It Takes) Café outside Scott AFB in December 2015. The Café was purchased by the Nguyen family in the summer of 2019.

Top to Bottom Skincare is located at 2127 Lebanon Ave., Shiloh. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For information or to schedule an appointment, call 618-671-6578 or visit t2bskincare.com.