Beauty
Pop a Cork, Erase Some Pork
A new Flatiron clubhouse fuses your passion for wine with that for looking good.
Beauty
A new Flatiron clubhouse fuses your passion for wine with that for looking good.
The ladies-only clubhouse/fitness studio blends shaping up and being social without teetering into Curves territory. Find a nook to finish emails before a workout (Wi-Fi is free), sweat (power vinyasa, boot camp circuit training, cardio/resistance combo), then stick around for a glass of wine at the studio’s communal bar.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
The L.A.-based operation brings Butt School to the city, with ballet-based exercises, lengthening stretches, and light weight work set to energetic music. Two studios are light and inspiring, with a wall of windows overlooking a garden to distract you from the willpower-challenging workout.
A beauty destination in Fishtown. Who would’ve thought it?
Kelley Hughes administers ayurvedic facials, brushes on natural makeup, and tends to unwanted hair with soy wax. Jessica Jane coaxes volume out of locks with her razor cuts.
A trained healer blends Zen-ducing body oils just for you.
Big things. Small packages. These concentrated formulas give the old adage an extra dose of truth.
A new fitness studio gets you off (and on) your tookus.
The industrial Flatiron space is the first drop-in studio to teach veteran fitness buff/trainer Lauren Piskin’s reinvention method, which uses platforms with spring-loaded pedals and ceiling-hung bungee cords to sculpt, tone, and exhaust muscles large and small.
Take a stationary spin on a bike that simulates a real outdoor ride, as it lets you turn, lean, steer, race, and climb. Commit, and you could burn off 700-1,000 calories. How’s that for motivation?
Itching to cheat on your current salon? Meet the cutest new place in town.
Katie Cooke set out to create a salon that doesn’t feel like one. Her reasoning? The more comfortable you feel, the more you’ll say — and get — what you really want. Pick up a few paraben-free, vegan products on your way out.
Free your mind all over town.
Body-mind-spirit classes (and the occasional private shindig) held in the serene splendor of a former mansion. Stroga is the brainchild of Doug Jeffries, the co-founder of Results Gym.
Hey, good lookin’.
Founders and sisters Misha (Bunny) and Erin (Woodley) Anderson stock the pocket-size space with the best beauty brands you’ve never heard of: Sentara, Obsessive Compulsive, Ellis Faas, and more.
A cult-loved beauty product becomes a full-on line.
Lift, tone, and tighten — your face.
The sprawling 8,000-square-foot spa offers Asian-inspired treatments (acupuncture facial, Chinese body scrub, cupping therapy) and a hydrotherapy area with hot and cold soaking pools, a steam room, and a dry sauna.
It’s an otherworldly skin treatment.
Find custom product blends and the newest laser technology treatments at the skin sanctuary on Union Street. With qualified medical aesthetic nurses on staff and owner Julie Crispo-Rossetti’s luxurious facials, you’re in good hands.
Knock out winter weight.
Sessions torch calories; increase core, arm, leg, and hip strength; and won’t transform you into a hulk (though you can quiz resident nutritionist/yoga teacher Candice Taylor should any doubts linger).
The 20,000-square-foot hotel beauty mecca is a one-stop shop for health and wellness. Gems include blowout haven Drybar, nails and waxing at Tenoverten, a Gravity Fitness gym, Moonshine Spa, and Petit Blue Dog Cafe.