Barcelona is a big, beautiful city offering marvelous historical sites, excellent shopping destinations and some of the best dining options in Europe. However just like any other big and beautiful city, Barcelona can be quite stressful. The air quality permeating the city appears to be exasperated by the fact that it seems like everyone [...]

Fittingly located in the Meatpacking District of New York, the ultra-luxe Cowshed Spa sits within the six floors and rooftop of Soho House NY. This NYC baby sister to the original Cowshed located in England comes complete with treatment rooms, a private eucalyptus steam-room and relaxation spaces specially designed to calm and soothe. Unfortunately cows [...]

By Rachel Sloat
Nestled on the North side of Camelback Mountain with breathtaking panaramic views of paradise valley and beyond rests the Sanctuary Spa. The setting is a fusion of modern architecture and Asian inspired zen elements. I knew I had found my way to this boutique hotel’s secluded spa when I spotted some very tall [...]

Having battled my way through rush-hour crowds in Manhattan, I arrived late and slightly out of breath at the Susan Ciminelli day spa. Not a great start perhaps, but I soon learned that I’m just the kind of person that Susan Ciminelli’s spa caters for: the distressed and fatigued city-dweller in need of relaxation, inner [...]

High-maintenance Hollywood beauties firm up their expensive faces and bodies at the Ole Henriksen spa, located right in the center of Sunset Plaza. The fashionable retreat has been a Los Angeles beauty staple for over 3 decades and combines tiled spa purity with relaxing touches such as candles, herbal tea, and calming treatment rooms—all nods [...]

To say that a spa is Zen-like might seem slightly clichéd, but that’s truly what I encountered at Avania Spa. I made my way through the spacious lobby of the Hyatt Regency Gainey Ranch Resort, and finally entered the spa, I disrobed from my street attire and enrobed in the Avania uniform of a soft [...]

It is difficult to describe just how polished and relaxing the decor and vibe at Body Bar spa really is. You will soon notice that this is a socially oriented spa with wide open, yet somehow cozy, areas decorated in soothing and earthy tones.

Your past salon experiences include:  The hairdresser chopping your hair off much shorter than you requested, fluorescent lights giving you a pounding headache, the hairdresser burning you in the neck while checking herself out in the mirror, getting high from the smell of nail polish remover.  Sometimes pampering can be anything but relaxing.  Not at [...]

Billion Dollar Brows in Beverly Hills is a salon that specializes in eyebrows. The experts at BDB adhere to the philosophy that eyebrows are one of the single most important features on your face

By Jennifer O’Neill
As soon as you pull up to the elegant Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, CA, you know you have entered another world, where things can only get better with each step through the majestic doors.
It was not lost on me that I was about to enjoy an eco-friendly “green” facial on the greenest [...]