Cliffside Park, NJ Spa and Massage

Inspired by icons of the past as well as fashion and beauty trends of the present, the aestheticians of New York Fashion Beauty dress up skin with facials and waxing treatments. Organic blends of peach or mint nourish sensitive skin, and stronger galvanic or microdermabrasion therapies target embedded signs of age. Before or after treatments, guests can sip a complimentary glass of wine or verbally abuse the sun atop a terrace overlooking Times Square.

Dr. Brad Katchen—Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, and Stanford trained dermatologist—oversees a team of professionals at SkinCareLab who perform advanced, up-to-date pampering and beautifying spa services. Highlighted in Vanity Fair, Katchen imports beautifying techniques from France. Eight different facials each target a range of dermal malcontents, from the seaweed-mask-powered hydrating facial’s moisturizing effects to the softening power of the energizing facial. On top of skin-centric remedies, the spa also provides full-body waxing services, multiple types of massage treatments, and nailcare services.

Karen Tappin's namesake spa has a kitchen. The kitchen has no food or frying pans; instead, its shelves brim with jars of shea butter, jojoba oil, and apricot-kernel oils, which skincare gurus use to create nourishing hair and skin products before their customers' eyes. As the serums are brought to life, a team of aestheticians puts them to work, rejuvenating clients' skin with a range of customized facials and body scrubs. While soaking feet from atop the spa’s black leather pedicure thrones, clients can contemplate whether to leave their finger- and toenails naturally bare or don colorful polish, Shellac, silk wraps, french tips, or adamantium Wolverine claws. The beauty haven also soothes bodies in private treatment rooms, where experts melt tension with soothing massages and hydrotherapy treatments amid the space's shades of black and white.

Blush Beauty Spa's team of aestheticians and massage therapists refurbishes bodies seven days a week with a comprehensive roster of services as well as organic nail polishes and products from OPI, Yonka, and Jane Iredale. The staff customizes its cleansing facials and detoxifying body treatments to each client's physique. Certified technicians expel unwanted body hair with the Candela GentleLase laser and level cellulite-plagued skin with infrared light and a team of tiny steamrollers. Elegant rugs insulate the floors of Blush Beauty Spa, where a dangling chandelier mirrors arrangements of fresh flowers.

Based in New York for the past 10 years, throughout 16 years of operation, Beauty Health NY's health-care approach has evolved by its doctor's becoming certified and degreed in an ever-increasing range of traditional, alternative, and laser therapies. Beauty Health NY's service menu reflects the specialist's multitalented prowess, flaunting a slate of skincare treatments that employ techniques that range from lasers and liquid nitrogen to organic cleansers and mineral crystals. Before any service, therapists analyze the client's skin type and condition, then draw up a treatment plan that includes suggestions for diet, herbal and homeopathic supplements, and goldfish-impression regimens.