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Basic nail services in an otherwise lacking stretch of Midtown.

This solo acupuncturist treats women’s health and fertility issues, plus acute and chronic illnesses in both sexes.

This laser hair removal clinic specializes in clients with darker hair and skin.

This low-key day spa specializes in state-of-the-art exfoliations and treatments geared toward lasting benefits for the complexion.

This intimate hotel spa comforts clients with aromatherapy massages, Dr. Hauschka facials, and seasonal crushed-fruit scrubs.

This bright subterranean spa offers a long list of services, from body treatments to haircuts and color, most notably, targeted facials.

This minimalist one-room skincare spa incorporates Babor products containing plant lipids, herbal extracts, and sea elements in its eight thorough facials.

Ambiance takes a back seat to serious skincare treatments from European-trained experts.

This midtown mainstay is the ultimate ladies-who-lunch shopping destination.

Marcia Kilgore’s world-dominating spa teams with a branch of the W Hotel.

The second Manhattan Bliss outpost offers the trendsetting brands signature services and vibe in a sleeker, smaller location.

The second Manhattan Bliss outpost offers the trendsetting brand’s signature services and vibe in a sleeker, smaller location.

Artistically painted highlights, perfectly plucked brows, and high-impact lashes are the draw at this efficient Midtown salon.

With model clients like Lauren Bush and Rachel Hunter, Lilly Rivera has perfected her natural-looking airbrush-makeup technique.

Celebrity beauty expert offers bridal hair and makeup, with a specialty in one-day extensions.

This style institute specializes in the kind of edgy, of-the-moment looks spotted in magazine fashion spreads and parading down the catwalk.

The purveyor of grooming products to scions of the American Revolution.

The Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa has helped make the Plaza a destination again.

This luxe wine-centric spa opened in October 2008, becoming the fourth Vintothérapie spa in the world and the first to be located in an urban setting, rather than a European vineyard.

Office workers with bad backs and cricked necks come to this small Chinese bodywork center for no-nonsense tui-na and targeted reflexology.

Curls of all shapes and sizes are treated to expert cuts, styles, and care at this sophisticated Fifth Avenue salon.

This veteran salon specializes in unisex haircuts, color, and styles, for a song.

This rubdown-refuge may not look fancy, but the prices can't be beat.

Conveying runway innovation and magazine-page looks to Midtown and downtown clienteles.  

Clients who crave big-deal cuts and highlights (but not big-deal attitude) seek out the Emmy-nominated celebrity stylist's intimate, low-key salon.