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Brows, bikini lines and acne get whipped into shape at this small, sun-drenched Brooklyn day spa.

There’s no blow-drying, and the closest you’ll come to an appointment book is a clipboard sign-up sheet hanging on the wall.

The savvy nose knows best at this innovative Williamsburg fragrance boutique.

The beautiful visual displays at this gift shop and Japanese-inspired hair salon almost upstage the hairstyles.

Williamsburg’s pioneering full-service spa offers mani-pedis, skin care, and body treatments, plus a sweet garden lounge out back.

This Williamsburg wellness center offers yoga, Pilates, and meditation classes as well as massage and skin treatments.

Musicians and nightlife mavens flock to this tiny salon for a taste of the rock life.

Classical Iyengar yoga in small classes full of neighborhood regulars.

This small, unpretentious Williamsburg spa offers attentive mani-pedis, Brazilian waxes, and stimulating, Polish-style massages.

This unisex beauty store stocks independently-owned cosmetics and skincare brands, many made locally.

The neighborhood's pioneer salon for hipster styling and deep treatments boasts an incongruously easy, unpretentious setting.

Influenced by top-tier hair design and that Williamsburg look, this is the source for razor-edge cuts.

Therapy sells accessories, flip-flops and teeny bikinis and offers massages and facials in the back room.

This funky Williamsburg lifestyle shop is part beauty store, part hair salon, and part clubhouse for neighborhood scenesters.