Weddings Summer 2009 > Brides

Amore Pacific Beauty Gallery and Spa

This Soho respite specializes in facial creams with a blend of Asian ingredients, whipped up by hand at its mixing bar. Brides wanting to firm up their skin pre-wedding can book their contour-lift facial ($225 for 75 minutes).

Beam Laser Spa

Andréa and Liza Young, the owners and operators of this intimate (it has one treatment room) laser hair-removal spa, host brides-to-be and their entourages. Beam uses a Gentlemax Laser, the newest technology that works on all skin tones, to zap away unwanted fuzz ($150 to $600 per session).

Bliss

This day spa is as popular as ever, doling out treatments like the triple-oxygen facial ($160) and carrot-and-sesame body buff ($165). Brides concerned with fine lines and wrinkles can try Bliss’s "The Youth As We Know It" facial ($185).

Chopra Center & Spa at Dream

At this Eastern-inspired midtown spa, couples can indulge in a detoxifying mud-and-steam session ($65), full-body massages using warm herbalized oils ($195 for 80 minutes), and the Navina sensory bath with herbs and essential oils ($65). Save 10 percent by booking three or more treatments per person.

Clarins Skin Spa

This spa offers a Wedding Beauty Program: For $625, brides get three 60-minute facials, three 60-minute body treatments, and two makeup consultations; they have a year to use them. Clarins can accommodate private soirées of five to ten guests in its orchid-filled solarium ($75 to $150 per person).

Completely Bare

This popular spa specializes in hair removal; it’s good for a Brazilian wax before a beach honeymoon. Sign up for microdermabrasion ($185 a session) to give your skin a boost before the wedding.

Cornelia Day Resort

Bridal groups can opt for the half-day package, which includes a Champagne lunch ($500), or design a package to their specifications. Friends can hang, chat, and dine together between private treatments (from $2,500), or relax on the roof garden (from $6,500).

Delluva Vinotherapy Day Spa

Delluva was the first spa in New York to offer vinotherapy (using wine grapes in their skin-care treatments). Its bridal packages (from $1,350) include monthly facials and massages for four months leading up to the wedding, plus makeup application on the day of the wedding.

Destiny Beauty & Wellness Day Spa

With its surprisingly comprehensive supply of Guinot and other luxurious products, this uptown spa is an unassuming source of relaxing skin services. Its bikini wax is famously gentle and the aloe vera wrap minimizes bloating ($90).

Eden Day Spa

This is the place for big bachelorette parties-the 8,000-square-foot space can hold a private group of twenty for services like manicures, pedicures, and hydrating facials. And with the kitchen whipping up food (free for those who spend $80 or more), everyone can hang out and relax.

Exhale

Brides come to this holistic spa to get in shape. Exhale’s six-week transformation package ($2,000) focuses on nutrition and fitness. The Lift facial ($195) will make skin firmer, and a session of brow-sculpting ($120) from Eliza Petrescu of Eliza’s Eyes-their in-house brow expert-is the icing on the cake.

Faina European Day Spa

This low-key spa has adjustable walls to host parties of up to eight (save 10 to 20 percent on groups). The Champagne Extravaganza for two ($229 per couple) includes a steam shower, body scrub, massage, chocolate, and Champagne.

Gansevoort Spa and Salon

This spa and salon in Hotel Gansevoort’s lower level uses about 80 percent green products and offers facials (from $70) and a to-die-for couple’s massage under a rooftop cabana ($180).

Gloria Cabrera Salon and Spa

This spa will pamper the bride and her friends with individual services, or with its bridal shower package, which includes a massage, facial, pedicure, manicure, hairstyling, and makeup ($225 per person).

Graceful Spa

Their no-frills, deep-tissue massages start at just $40. For a gentler touch, they also offer less-intense Swedish massages. Some packages include facials and body scrubs. Graceful Spa can host bachelorette parties of up to eight people.

Great Jones Spa

With water cures and hot-stone saunas, this is a best bet for relaxation. Brides and grooms enjoy the VIP room with dual massages and a private Jacuzzi, as well as the Pure Fiji Coconut Sugar Glow body scrub ($150). They also offer cleansing colonics.

Haven

This hip but unpretentious Soho spot is a great place for all the usual spa treatments, including pedicures (from $38) and facials (from $65). For brides with an entourage, the spa can accommodate groups of up to fifteen. Full-day private parties from $3,000.

J'Aime Day Spa

This minimalist spa offers a package that is anything but. The Rejuvenate includes an exfoliating honey-and-milk polish, a scalp massage, manicure, paraffin pedicure, and facial-all for $200. Wine is served with all packages (from $95).

J. Sisters International

This beauty parlor is famous for its incredibly thorough bikini waxes, but it’s also a good place for all-in-one bridal packages. Before the big day, brides can sign up for the works: manicure, pedicure, hair, makeup, and, of course, a Brazilian ($500 to $600).

La Prairie at the Ritz-Carlton Spa

La Prairie is the place to go for relaxing skin treatments-and it’s also great for a girls’ get-together. Its plush and roomy sitting areas and six treatment rooms are an ideal setting for the luxurious Silver Rain manicure ($80) and pedicure ($115).

Lather Spa

The Lather Spa package ($300) pampers brides with a pedicure and manicure ($25 to $60) and a facial and massage ($75 to $320). Lather can accommodate bridal parties of fifteen to twenty, and offers an express aromatherapy massage lasting 30 minutes ($75).

La Vie Zen Spa

This small spa caters to brides looking for serene and exotic treatments (packages from $80). After the Green Tea pedicure ($70) or the Vichy Shower hydrotherapy wrap treatment ($150), the second-floor French garden is a perfect spot to unwind.

From the Winter 2008 New York Wedding Guide