Beauty
Happy hour meets spa day when beauty treatments are combined with free bubbly and chocolate truffles. You also get free valet parking plus your choice of pedicure ($30), manicure ($20), or wash and style ($35). For more info, go to ritzcarlton.com.
Photo: Paolo Garibotti / Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
Hair whisperer Bill Murphy’s mane attraction is worth the OTP trek for an unparalleled cut, color, and/or therapy session about your tress stresses. Plus, snag his Recitals hair-care products and brushes.
Habit’s line of myrrh-infused polishes naturally strengthens tips over time.
The Joule Hotel imports a British spa.
An underground oasis of spa services, including massages, facials, body masks, and mani/pedis in a modern, sophisticated setting. Amenities include gender-specific saunas, steam rooms, and experience showers, as well as a coed 98-degree vitality pool with underwater loungers and plenty of bubbles.
Skin & Bones and Unearthen’s rock-solid collaboration helps you find a balance.
DIY beauty queen Indie Lee shares two face mask recipes.
The renowned, ballet-inspired workout is a high-intensity, 55-minute group class that incorporates isometric leg moves, light arm weights, and extended mat work to build lean muscle and burn inches from abs, arms, glutes, and thighs.
Makeup and hairstyle trends that look shiny and new.
At Goldplaited’s hair and makeup haven, every head touched turns to gold.
Located between Lincoln Park and Lakeview, this finishing salon offers blowouts (kicked off with a lavender head massage) that last all day or night, plus four makeup styles with seriously good results. Gather the gals for a group session or take a solo ride.
As it stands, you’re one can short of a six-pack. These three workouts help get your midsection in shape.
Screw Halloween candy. Hit the neighborhood to stock up on discounted clothing, sunglasses, accessories, and other goods from our favorite designers.
Take it from the pros: Outside is in when the sky’s the limit.
Get your blood pumping at this outdoor recreation haven. Start with a swim in the pool, bike around the lake, or hit the pavement for a scenic run.
We’re addicted to a new line of bath salts (no, not that kind).
Curling your hair is one thing. Teasing it out to the size of small aircraft is another. Follow our steps to get the glamorous look.
The medium: nail polish. The muse: fall runways.
Trust Twisted Lily to treat your nose right.
Co-founders Eric Weiser and Stamatis Birsimijoglou pack a fragrant punch with an eclectic mix of hyperlocal Brooklyn producers (D.S. & Durga, CB I Hate Perfume), NYC-exclusive varieties (Maison Dorin, Slumberhouse, Smell Bent), and high-end international brands (Maria Candida Gentile, Maison Francis Kurkdjian).
It’s out there. We promise.
You have a high-profile lunch meeting and about five free nanoseconds to rush out and get your nails done. Add polish the easy way with Manicube, a start-up from two Harvard MBAs that brings the nail salon to the office.
Skimping on the shampoo girl’s gratuity always makes you feel guilty. We hunt down six beauty bargains so you have plenty left over to tuck into an envelope.
New Swedish beauty line Verso takes a minimalist approach to nightly routines.
Find your center with a 90-minute deep pressure point massage ($295) using traditional Chinese therapies. Our editor-in-chief, Ashley Parrish, left feeling three inches taller and five years younger. For an appt., call 212-903-3910. For more info, go to peninsula.com.
Photo: Courtesy of The Peninsula Hotels
Lululemon named the space October’s studio of the month, and you get to reap the rewards. Take hatha yoga (Oct. 20) and mat Pilates (Oct. 13 & Oct. 27) for free. BYO mat or rent one for $2. Walk-ins welcome.
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Break a (super) sweat with a high-intensity, heart rate monitored interval workout (treadmill, rowing, weights) proven a major metabolic increase and calorie burn for up to 36 hours postworkout. We hear it’s even fun.
Boston pride swells with the debut of the celeb-favored blowout salon, a white leather and marble sanctum administering five different $40 styles, from the Southern Comfort (big and fluffy) to the Manhattan (sleek). Further amenities include rom coms on the flat-screens and easy repeat booking via the iPhone app.
Stop spinning your fitness wheels and hop aboard an indoor two-wheeler for a 45- or 60-minute full-body sweat fest choreographed to a custom playlist. Amenities include lockers, showers, and bike monitors that store your stats for personal tracking.
André Richard Salon’s sister space focuses on scalp and hair health, color, and makeup; with its serene interior, you’ll feel like you’re the only one there.
It’s so ubiquitous you forget it’s there, but this season the darkest color steps out of the shadows and onto lips, eyes, and nails.
Hot stones have nothing on warm bamboo. See for yourself with a new massage designed to melt away muscle tension and chill you out.
As the old sitcom theme song goes, it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year. Beat back acute stress with the Inner Strength massage treatment at The Spa at Mandarin Oriental.
Clarisonic fans will bust a move over the company’s new DIY pedicure device.
Choose your shade — from tawny to cocoa — for a sweet look this season.
You don’t have to wait for the leaves to change to get your fill of the fun color. It’s at the bar, on your fingertips, and all over your decor. Here are a few of our favorite snaps from the week.
Namaskar Yoga offers a variety of classes for all levels and interests, from Advanced Flow to Yoga for Runners. The studio is community focused and aims to support physical, mental, and spiritual growth.
Tighten up with Informed Technique’s new Pilates-meets-the-puppet-master workout.
You probably won’t find an authentic Turkish bath next to the mini mart. So we found out how to bring the Moroccan treatment to you.
Get covered in honey grahams and chocolate, then gather round a campfire. (Just hear us out.)
You’re a busy lady with a small workout window. Attack it head-on at Barry’s Bootcamp, the celeb-beloved workout that combines high-intensity treadmill cardio with a mixed-up regimen of resistance training.
Round out your fitness routine with a variety of fitness classes, including Yoga Balanced (every Fri. and Sat.) by instructors from the popular Green Monkey Yoga studios, and Barry’s Bootcamp on Oct. 12 and Nov. 9. One-off workshops on healthy living and an astrology lecture led by Susan Miller (Nov. 15-17) are also offered to Fontainebleau guests and locals. For more info and full schedule, go to fontainebleau.com/spa. Call 305-695-4823 to reserve a spot.
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