Paris Salon & Spa San Francisco

A team of one dozen stylists demonstrates Paris Salon & Spa's devotion to haircare, and their expertise has set the standard for a supporting cast of beauty therapists who smooth skin and relieve muscle tension. The hair designers transform color and texture with Aveda, Bumble and bumble, and René Furterer products, and showcase their ongoing training in their advanced, adhesive- and heat-free method for attaching human-hair extensions. Licensed aestheticians begin each of their nine facials with a skin assessment, which guides their choice of SkinCeuticals products and further tailors treatments specialized to combat aging or inflammation. A battery of men's grooming services matches women's in their ability to luxuriously micromanage every inch of skin, and permanent cosmetics achieve enduring beauty with the safe prick of needles, rather than enchanted cartoon spindles. Breaking with Paris in favor of a more proximal fashion capital, the spa's décor of geometric, ziggurat-shaped room dividers, flanked by potted palms and illuminated with vertical sconces, evokes sleek, Los Angeles art deco in shades of avocado and lilac.