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
British beauty store hopped the pond armed with plenty of Lipstick Queen's chunky Chinatown pencils. Us Yanks hardly wielded an eyelash wand. Quirky, tightly edited inventory ranges far beyond the ... read more
Manicure madam Jin Soon oversees city's prettiest series of nail salons. Satin throw pillows, basins of flower petals replace vibrating chairs, shoving found at other mani/pedi quick-stops. Pinkies... 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
Thirty-fifth floor nirvana in the ultra-luxe Mandarin Oriental hotel. Book a block of time, let a personal therapist make the hard decisions: Thai Yoga (lemongrass cooler) or Ayurvedic Ritual (hot ... read more
Crux of the ever-blooming mind/body Exhale vine. Ingeniously unites yoga, super-charged Pilates, mani/pedi, and acupuncture under one luxuriously Zen roof. Sleek and slender big-game huntresses fli... read more
Posh Union Square gym molds its members, inside and out. Personal programs of training, nutrition, spa treatments, and Pilates, overseen by an advisor, a fitness and a spa concierge, who will make ... 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
Hair-hating spa chain hides high-tech lasers behind sweet white-and-gold façade. Lady-only estheticians banish unwanted follicles from anywhere on body via pulsed light. Safely shears suntan... 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
Manicure madam Jin Soon oversees city's prettiest series of nail salons. Satin throw pillows, basins of flower petals replace vibrating chairs, shoving found at other mani/pedi quick-stops. Pinkies... 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
Midtown MILF of the Blissworld. Caters to yummy mummies descended from the UES with nary a stroller in sight. Bergdorf Blondes clomp around in standard-issue Havaianas. Hit the gratis brownie buffe... read more
Manicure madam Jin Soon oversees city's prettiest series of nail salons. Satin throw pillows, basins of flower petals replace vibrating chairs, shoving found at other mani/pedi quick-stops. Pinkies... read more
Hair-hating spa chain hides high-tech lasers behind sweet white-and-gold façade. Lady-only estheticians banish unwanted follicles from anywhere on body via pulsed light. Safely shears suntan... read more
Blissworld flagship spanking fresh as ever, despite double-digits in the spa game. Must be all those triple-oxygen facials. Glowy girls clomp around in standard-issue Havaianas. Hit the gratis brow... read more
Colossal sports complex on 28 acres of Hudson riverfront. Miracle of mid-'90s urban planning transfigured decaying docks into five-block athletic heaven. Something for every predilection. Line driv... read more
Another reason to come to K-Town besides bibimbop. Serious old school wisdom: mom and pop shop boasting dual expertise in acupuncture, Chinese herbs. Can take care of lethargy, back pain, problems ... read more
Harlem sprawler not embarrassed to name check the highway (9A) that...
Cult yogawear chain complete with creepy manifesto ("children are t...
Sleek spinning studio became a mini-chain in a snap. Addictive clas...
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Oysters and cocktails at 1 Delancey. Named for Marcel Duchamp&rsquo...