May 5, 2008

Eva Scrivo Salon New York

Famed downtown hairstylist opens her second outpost on the cobblestone streets of Noho. Hair services (cut, color, custom ponytails, and bangs) happen in the back (there’s even a patio); body treatments (facials, massages, mani/pedis) happen downstairs.

  Downtown, Beauty, Celebrity Sightings

January 7, 2008

Aura Wellness Spa New York

Detox at this late-night Koreatown spa after a long night of drinking or dancing at da clubs. Besides massage treatments, body scrubs, and facials, the spa boasts four impressive therapeutic grottoes (dry heat, steam, ice, jade) that remove impurities as you lounge.

  Koreatown, Beauty, Detox, Hydrotherapy

March 7, 2007

Joanna Vargas Skin Care New York

Calm, cool, and collected aesthetician administers her famed Triple Crown facials and body toning from a small studio near Grand Central. Pure oxygen in constant supply to cure jet lag and hangovers.

  Manhattan, Beauty, Beauty Junkies, Celebrity Sightings

September 8, 2009

The Spa at Mandarin Oriental New York

Holistic palace delivers the royal treatment in every sense (for example, instead of getting treatments, you go on “journeys”). Who knew you were so well suited to pomp and circumstance?

  Hell's Kitchen, Beauty, Retreat, Ritzy