• Acqua Beauty Bar

  7 E. 14th Street, 212-620-4329

  "Despite the KFC across the street, this place is heaven. If it was on Perry Street, it would be impossible to get an appointment. They're nice, professional, and my skin has never been better. This is a facial that actually works." — tlinds, Chelsea
  
  

  Ajune

  1294 Third Ave., at 74th St., 212-628-0044

  "Ajune, though over-priced, is a wonderful place to get a Astara treatment facial. Try to go on a Tuesday when they offer a discount on your second treatment." — truly_sweet, Upper East Side
  
  

  Bliss SoHo

  568 Broadway, at Prince St., 212-219-8970

  "Bliss SoHo is the ultimate. I have been up and down the island of Manhattan and have yet to find a spa that makes me smile from ear to ear like this one does when I leave, The Triple Oxygen Facial lives up to all the hype and the brownies in the lounge rival those dear old mom makes." — nec, Murray Hill

From the 2003 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine