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Bare and Bronzed
Get ready for summer, in the best spas from SoHo to San Francisco.
NEW YORK Glo Spa Rosangela Slomski 796 Lexington Ave. 212-317-0430 Prima donnas would sneer at this spa, housed in a no-frills apartment building. Their loss. Glo is more concerned with how its customers look. Slomski sprayed our entire body with surgical precision, transforming our milky complexion into a deep, dewy, consistent bronze. When we returned to the office, our coworkers insisted on a night out to show off the new glow. And since the treatment was affordable, we had enough cash to do just that. $42.
Haven Spa Monique 150 Mercer St. 212-343-3515 An overbooked schedule -- and a lifelong aversion to pain -- had kept us off the dreaded waxing table for a hair-raising three months. But with an exotic tropical vacation drawing ominously near, it was time to grit our teeth and bear it. We headed to Haven, where the weak of heart tame their bikini lines with a "gourmet" wax using vitamin E and tea tree oil for extra-delicate skin. Aesthetician Monique was gentle but managed to defuzz us in less than two minutes -- a relief for both our sensitive skin and ...