Speakeasy trend infiltrates spa realm. Le Parker Meridien’s own Rancho Relaxo-style underground adds a beauty spot to the mix. Shots of actual moonshine kick off pampering sessions. Treatment... read more
The second right coast location of California phenom makes a home at Le Parker Meridien, where fashionable chicks can slap down a pair of twenties in exchange for fashion-model-quality locks. DryBa... read more
Venerable name in the beauty biz brings signature style to posh Midtown spa. Facials, nail care, hair, and body treatments help prepare stylish New Yorkers for events big and small. Massive penthou... read more
Friendly Queens spa now accessible to the salaried set in midtown. Central location, reasonable prices, expansive menu of options. Facials, mani-pedi, full body waxing. Signature is Thai massage, u... read more
The hotel barber shop enters the modern age. Le Parker Meridien does the hosting, SHARPS gents handle the snipping. Subway tile and marble for comfortable, masculine vibe. House brands run head... read more
Serious pampering for the gents. Hair cutter to the stars Julien Farel joins forces with the shaving compulsives at Hommage to create super-lux penthouse atelier. Ditch your jacket and shoes, g... read more
Setai’s full-service spa maintains same standard of taste and luxury as the rooms above. Organic ingredients, holistic approach. Steam room, ice cave, plunge pool. Turkish bath for rejuvenati... read more
The Peninsula Hotel's decadent aerie of sophisto-pampering. Attend to the rules of etiquette: arrive at least one hour prior to appointment, please. Fill idle time slurping coconut milk, belly-flop... read more
Hair god Paul Labrecque's Midtown outpost in the ultra-exclusive CORE club easily his best. Intimate salon has just two cutting chairs, and a couple of Picassos. Access to the club's rotating membe... read more
The Plaza's day spa is first of the Caudalie varietal to step foot outside a Euro vineyard. Makes up for lushness lost in urban setting with erotic grape photos, wine-yeast wraps and grape-seed scr... read more
From former pres of the men's division at Paul Labrecque, finally a salon that understands the coarser sex also has right to a double C-note haircut. Patrician MoMA-side location in Paul McCartney/... read more
Micro-franchise of threading salons draws on owner's Indian heritage of meticulous eyebrows. Shaming waxing, which Shobha claims stretches skin, here wild hairs are painlessly lassoed away. Sugarin... read more
Sleek Russian bathhouse is finest place to get flagellated with a bundle of birch leaves in all of Midtown. Fit-for-a-tsar Siberian ginseng massage, Black Sea salt scrub, caviar body wrap. In-banya... read more
A marriage made in pop-minimalist heaven, Bliss and the W New York. Hotel guests get priority BIP status that translates to last-minute Blissages, not $400-bottles of Absolut, sorry. Business trave... read more
Central Park South prize-bloom of the mind/body Exhale vine. Franchise's piece de resistance is 12,000-square-foot dazzler uniting yoga, super-charged Pilates, mani/pedi, and acupuncture. Because g... read more
Cutting curly girls since 1984. Flagship of what's become a mini, kinky empire of de-frizzing gels and franchise salons. Midtown digs light and airy with McMansion touches: sconces, faux-snakeskin ... read more
Micro-franchise of threading salons draws on owner's Indian heritage of meticulous eyebrows. Shaming waxing, which Shobha claims stretches skin, here wild hairs are painlessly lassoed away. Sugarin... read more
Elegant, cream-colored spa at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park employs equally ritzy Swiss skincare line La Prairie in its indulgent massages, facials, scrubs. Signature scent of sea algae, if it were... read more
Second coming of legendary Chelsea pachyderm. Shake-up of original ...
Moroccan/Mediterranean fare is spruced-up version of Bistro Truck&r...
NYC location number quatre for très chic French luxury brand...
What is the American jet-set doing these days? If you ask Michael K...
San Francisco’s famed hole-in-the-wall expans to the LES. Swa...