Beauty
How to Relax at Home
Relax a whole new way at home.
Beauty
Relax a whole new way at home.
Chipper aestheticians wax, tint, thread, and airbrush your body into blissful oblivion at Benefit’s first stand-alone boutique in NYC. Tip: The candy-colored flagship turns out some of the best brows every side of Broadway.
You’ll find ready-to-wear, bespoke and home fragrances at British perfumer Michael Boadi’s Mayfair store. Since Kate Middleton wore his White Gardenia Petals to her wedding, you can expect everything in the store to be fit for a (future) queen.
Clean up your act with a new, local organic juice company.
Cure your toes’ seasonal woes.
Perfumes to pamper your pulse points.
Take cues from the runway (from green shadow to no-makeup makeup) to update your morning beauty routine.
The impressive spa is known for its butt-kicking Core Fusion class, which mixes yoga, barre work, and Pilates.
Chill out in a Zen sanctuary that uses locally grown ingredients in autumnal body scrubs, herbal poultice massages, and coffee-and-cocoa slimming treatments inspired by in-hotel chefs Jody Adams (Rialto) and Peter Davis (Henrietta’s Table). The Spa for Humanity program donates 5 percent of spa package proceeds to one of four local charities, including MSPCA and EcoLogic Development Fund.
Fall’s new facials, scrubs, massages, and more.
We’ve stocked our makeup bag with everything from natural bases to dramatic nail polishes to ensure a fresh look all season long.
How to look and feel hot as the temperature drops.
Slide up to the custom color mixing bar at the vegan makeup brand’s first brick-and-mortar shop. Nonblenders can still enjoy the full line of lip tar, high-pigment eye shadows, airbrush foundations, and nail polishes.
Health guru Amanda Freeman’s studio is the first in NYC to use Sebastien Lagree’s resistance machines and method (responsible for all those L.A. hard bodies). Beware the mermaid crunch; you’ll be sore for days.
Flush out pores with aesthetician Andrea DeSimone’s hydrating, antioxidant-rich milkweed oil facial. Our skin was free of redness despite going through the works (two lymphatic drainage massages, double yogurt cleansing, mask, steam exfoliation, extractions, and cold globe rolling).
Meet the winners of DailyCandy’s Start Small, Go Big contest.
Discover heretofore unknown stroking skills at this nonprofit rowing club, housed in a modern boathouse on the Charles River. Introductory programs welcome sculling and sweeping neophytes; more seasoned rowers can sign up for both competitive and recreational leagues.
A girl walks into a blow-dry bar.
Using clever names for the most requested dos, the upbeat and friendly blowouts-only studio imported from Los Angeles speaks your language.
The models looked like they’d just returned from the beach (without looking like they’d just been spray tanned).
Allow a vintage hair and makeup artist to make you the belle of the ball.
Get scrubs, lotions, and cold processed and glycerin soaps that smell good enough to eat. Infused with local ingredients, the oddly scintillating bars include smoked salt, hops ’n’ farrow, and bacon ’n’ egg.
Take a stroll down Elizabeth Street Cosmetics.
Out with the bun, in with the new do: Here are DIY tips from a local stylist.
It’s okay to put your fingers in your mouth.
Feel at home in the cosy hair salon, which opened inside a residential house in Notting Hill.