Beauty
Oh, to Health with It
Make 2012 the best year yet with a refresher of 2011’s best health and beauty finds.
Beauty
Make 2012 the best year yet with a refresher of 2011’s best health and beauty finds.
Our very own team tested these beauty creams, sticks, and contraptions.
Hello, gorgeous.
Browse the well-curated selection of fine chocolates, salts, and spices from all over the world — SugarPill is a must-see for foodies.
Get your gift on.
Founded by two Frenchies (one of whom is a breast cancer survivor), the shop stocks the duo’s rigorously tested picks of organic and nontoxic items from a multitude of categories. The only rules? Each one must be best in show and beautiful.
No need to worry about return policies; these are presents they’ll want to keep.
Check out our Hunch Punch-proof holiday hairstyles.
Pucker up.
Present ideas for your favorite gents.
Indoor trampolines? Dodgeball played while bouncing on indoor trampolines? Check, check, and check. It’s the most fun you’ll ever have shedding unwanted pounds. Bonus: You might work out a few gym-class demons.
Get a handle on polish this season.
We give lip service to a new line of small-batch balms.
Get cleansed by a Mayan medicine man.
Scissors are prohibited at this salon, which strictly focuses on wash and blowouts, offered at a flat rate no matter the length or hair type. Clients can choose from seven styles—from slick-straight to voluminous and bouncy.
Instead of rushing home, head here for serious brushing. Pick a style that suits your event. Finish your look with a light makeup application.
Strength train and tighten that big bottom under the big top. The School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts in Georgetown tones with tumbling, soaring through the air, and walking a tightwire. Each class is sure to bring a grin.
Look like you woke up here on purpose.
It’s amazing what a little color and know-how can do.
This is one hairstyle you’ll want to wear for work and play.
DIY lotions and potions.
Everything feels better in bed.
Master stylist Shin An made a name for herself back East before opening this Santa Monica gem. Go for An’s pro cuts, stay for the Zen-like ambiance.
Introducing the west side’s new hair apparent.
Save yourself from the season’s onslaught of static messes and hat-induced Einstein issues.
Aquatic bodywork to soothe tired muscles. Water works!
Get in gear for the New Year with a jaw-dropping spa treatment.
Cleanse without giving up food.
Local lash guru Tova Edwards’s beauty bar centers on lash extensions, but other express services (manicures and pedicures, glycolic peels, spray tan) are also available.
Get to the root of the problem.
Brickell’s perfect blowout spot.
A no-scissors, no-color beauty spot dedicated to keeping the frizz out of your locks. Each of the bar’s seven styles is just $35 and takes around 30 minutes. The use of styling tools is included, but clip-in extensions are extra. Walk-ins are welcome, and appointments start as early as 7 a.m.
Ward off winter sloughing with full-bodied balms from NouriShea.
Everything you need to look the part — under one roof.
Drop into Tana Ramsay’s one-stop beauty salon in Battersea and leave with glossy hair, polished nails, perfect eyelashes and glowing skin.
Where to stretch, sweat, and swim.
Start saving for the most decadent of facials.
The third La Prairie spa in the country works with a decadent menu of facials, massages, body treatments, and mani/pedis. We’re partial to the Pure Gold Radiance facial and its age-defying properties. But be warned: It doesn’t come cheap.
Get tanned and get back to the couch.
Don’t waste that jack-o’-lantern. Put him to good use with four easy recipes.
Personal trainer Rich Salke will work you out like a Secret Service agent.
It rubs the perfume on its skin.
A lovely space with an even lovelier owner (Meghan Pickrell), this jewel box Pilates studio offers a range of top-notch workouts in addition to private customized sessions.
An instructor who goes above and beyond.
A British nail art expert’s hit-and-run.
A makeup queen shapes up your beauty regimen.
Feeling underwhelmed by your beauty regimen? Let Kristie Streicher man the decks. From her station inside Warren-Tricomi Salon, the brow guru and her team of pros offer makeup tutorials and applications, brow and lash services, and even a makeover for your cosmetics bag.
After this treatment, you’ll feel like the ionic woman.
Experience ultimate relaxation in the spa’s Seawater Negative Ion Inhalation Therapy room, complete with a seawater mister, negative-ion emitter, and soft black lights.