Beauty & Spas in New York City

As the tanning bed's lid closes, a cool breeze starts to blow, a gentle mist cools your skin, and the scents of aromatherapy transform a 12-minute tanning session into a miniature vacation. This S-Class bed is just one of the approximately 10 tanning options that fill each of City Sun Tanning's locations. Staffers help clients select the right bed, leading them down hallways to an iBed sunbed—which features rotating facial lights—or a X-2 High Pressure bronzing stand-up, which can bronze pallid skin in ten minutes. Alternatively, visitors step onto the AutoBronzer's open-air platform, which evenly sprays UV-free tanning solution and candy sprinkles. In June of 2009, this sunless system caught the eye of New York Magazine, which lauded City Sun Tanning for having one of the "top five spray tans." The tanning salon has also garnered accolades from Citysearchers, who for several years, named it "Best of Citysearch".

The hip, creative stylists at Extravaganza! Hair Designs create low-maintenance styles the complement each client’s face shape and lifestyle. Shape control treatments re-texturize locks, transforming styles to curls, waves, or sleek and straight, for the same benefits as keratin without harmful formaldehyde. Other salon services include extensions, color, and bang trims to help remind clients their eyes are in there, somewhere.

At Facial Spa, skin-beautification expert Emily douses dermises in rejuvenating services ranging from microdermabrasion to mole removal. Her more than 30 years of experience includes training in both Malaysia and at Yardley of London, allowing her to master both Eastern and Western skin-brightening therapies and build a well-rounded repertoire. She also attends regular international training workshops to stay current on developments in the industry and currently wields multifunction laser technology capable of removing scars, unsightly hair, and body-sized Garfield tattoos.

Whirlpool foot baths, glasses of champagne, and hot river stones well up around clients at Village Nails & Spa, blocking out the stressors of the external world. Paraffin wax relaxes the hands' tendons before manicurists buff away dead skin and primp nails with a galaxy of multi-colored OPI polishes, and Swedish massages release stiffness over the rest of the body with deft, gliding strokes. The staff extricates unwanted hair with PFB Vanish waxes, which quiets the discomfort associated with waxing with a combination of hydrating ingredients and a light anesthetic.

Whirlpool foot baths, glasses of champagne, and hot river stones well up around clients at Village Nails & Spa, blocking out the stressors of the external world. Paraffin wax relaxes the hands' tendons before manicurists buff away dead skin and primp nails with a galaxy of multi-colored OPI polishes, and Swedish massages release stiffness over the rest of the body with deft, gliding strokes. The staff extricates unwanted hair with PFB Vanish waxes, which quiets the discomfort associated with waxing with a combination of hydrating ingredients and a light anesthetic.