2016 BLACK BOOK SALONS

& SPASWORTH THE SPLURGE WHETHER YOU’RE IN THE MARKET FOR A CHROME MANI OR HIGHLIGHTS THAT’LL CONVINCE CO-WORKERS YOU WERE BORN A BLONDE, THIS GUIDE TO BUZZY BEAUTY HUBS AROUND THE U.S. (TESTED BY A TEAM OF REPORTERS!) WILL PROVE INDISPENSABLE. DID WE MENTION YOU GET A DISCOUNT?

by KATHLEEN FIFIELD reported by GRACE LEE

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Star stylists Alex Polillo and Mara Roszak, along with colorist Denis De Souza, opened Mare Salon CUT early this year. ANN ARBOR, NEW YORK

MICH. BLACKSTONES 2 Ave. of the Americas; LILY GRACE 646-666-0574. COSMETICS & SPA In this bright white-on-white 306 S. Main St.; salon located in the lobby of 734-761-9350. TriBeCa’s hip Roxy Hotel, With an elegant but homey you’ll find stylist, founder, and HOW THE INSTYLE DISCOUNT WORKS ambience (imagine a hair genie Joey Silvestera. Mention InStyle when booking. The 20 percent discount charming tin ceiling painted “I showed him a picture of applies to the specific service and location described in navy and cream), this model Alessandra Ambrosio,” these pages (or on InStyle.com) in the month of October 2016. boutique-spa hybrid is the says our tester, “and he said, Offer is for one discount per person, per location. beauty destination in this ‘I can give you that exact college town. Whether cut,’” and he did just that. you’re a local or a visitor, After a shampoo in the five- consider it your go-to spot chair space, Silvestera (who grazed the cut with scissors “movement and definition” to get that unfussy cool- kept a positive atmosphere, to add a “diffused softness” without a side of high- girl lob courtesy of hair complimenting our reporter’s to the lob. Days later, “the maintenance styling. director Nikki Paton. A previously waist-reaching cut actually made my fine REGULAR PRICE: $275 Manhattan transplant who’s haircut) snipped the length hair look and feel fuller,” says INSTYLE DEAL: $220 worked with Nicole Kidman, and face-framing layers our tester. Paton delivers unforgettable before blow-drying. Once REGULAR PRICE: $165 MARE SALON shampoos and head hair was dry, he “edited” the INSTYLE DEAL: $132 152 N. Wetherly Dr.; massages (using Miriam cut: “He asked if I wanted it 424-274-3479. Quevedo’s decadent Glacial fuller on the bottom,” says White Caviar Shampoo and our tester. “But since my hair LOS ANGELES This gray bungalow Masque) before, say, taking tends to hang heavy, he with black trim in West collarbone-grazing strands trimmed into the edges CAPELLA SALON Hollywood announces its to a chic shoulder length, instead.” Back in the Roxy 12930 Ventura Blvd., #216; design cred right away, as she did for our tester. lobby in under an hour, our 818-784-4247. with Shepard Fairey and After snipping off an inch tester had time to enjoy the No stranger to professional Warhol pieces perched for while hair was wet, Paton live band before taking her chops at curl-centric salons sale on its gallery-white switched to dry cutting, using new below-the-shoulder like those from Carol’s walls. But what put our tiny scissors to snip into, and waves out for the night. Daughter, Devachan, and tester immediately at ease subtly layer, only the ends. Ouidad, our tester swears was her stylist, Dax REGULAR PRICE: $250 The result, polished off this snip was one of the best Sarmiento, who seemed to INSTYLE DEAL: $200 with Malin + Goetz Sage she’s ever received. “I’ve “intuitively get the casual Styling Cream ($22; never had anyone take such vibe I was going for,” she malinandgoetz MARIE-LOU & D special care with my cut,” she says. “He understood that .com) to give tips a 345 West Broadway; says of co-owner Shai Amiel, I wanted to use very little choppy finish, was 212-390-8666. who prepped our reporter product every day.” Getting ideally tousled and When it’s all about the with pre-appointment busy post-shampoo, not, as our tester bangs, Tre Wyrosdick (one instructions (arrive with Sarmiento sectioned hair reports, “a too- of several styling standouts product-free strands). Inside then meticulously trimmed perfect bob.” at this SoHo salon) has your the glass-front salon, situated ends to remove weight from the bottom, spritzing REGULAR PRICE: back. “He cut my hair to on a quiet upper level of a a conditioning hair mist Starting at $90 suit my fringe,” says our Studio City mall, Amiel as he worked. After a INSTYLE DEAL: tester. After a quick consult, worked first on dry hair, coat of hydrating oil and a Starting at $72 Wyrosdick turned “grown- taking a single lock at a time, out and side-swept” into twisting it slightly then blow-dry, the stylist let “blunt and wispy,” first cutting snipping to reshape what he loose his perfectionist bangs while wet, then discovered was a slightly streak, micro-cutting ends SNIP TO IT blow-drying to confirm that lopsided mane. His ringlet-by- and refining the allover Equinox he’d nailed the length. After ringlet approach, combined shape. Our tester left with International snipping the length to with shampoo and product- hot-ironed waves rendered Professional achieve a “piecey texture cocktailing advice (with perfectly beachy thanks to Thinning Davines This Is a Sea Salt Shears, $16; that could be attained Capella’s stock of DevaCurl amazon without a lot of styling blends), took two and a half Spray ($28; us.davines.com). .com. products,” Wyrosdick dried hours. The payoff was that REGULAR PRICE: $250 our reporter’s hair and magical melding of INSTYLE DEAL: $200

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sweet and savory, with a SPOKE & WEAL SOHO drink menu that includes 147 Grand St.; champers), we also love a 646-869-1052. salon that doesn’t shy away Calling it “one of the from a challenge. Our tester coolest salons I’ve ever wanted to cover her been to,” our tester talked “prominent dark roots” and up this SoHo spot’s West go blond—very blond—but Coast vibe and industrial not by way of a uniform décor with wood floors, dye job. After an in-depth exposed brick, and consultation, co-owner David “blow-dryers hanging from Adams got busy on a full the ceiling on pulleys.” head of highlights, working Also of note: You’re asked in micro-sections and In addition to color to don a black T-shirt in without heat, to paint on services, score a lieu of a cape. But if the multidimensional color that keratin or straighten- rough-hewn hipness made wouldn’t damage strands. ing treatment and an impression, it was the (The staff is big on hair even extensions at subtle glow of “baby lights” health, using natural Aveda Salon Kazumi. by pro Colleen Flaherty elixirs and often analyzing a that earned the loudest new client’s scalp with a shout-out. Working in magnifying camera to tailor mini-sections around our product picks.) While tester’s face as well as perfection took time (um, throughout her head, hours), the result—with its mix Flaherty expertly lightened of sun-catching honey and her brunet base without champagne, plus seamless overreaching and with nary coverage of her roots—was a line of demarcation. Our all our tester had hoped for. tester loved how the REGULAR PRICE: Starting realistic results “warmed COLOR at $165 my skin tone and made me BEVERLY HILLS LOS ANGELES INSTYLE DEAL: Starting look a little bit tan.” SALON KAZUMI BASE COLOR BAR at $132 REGULAR PRICE: Starting 9725 S. Santa Monica Blvd.; 11677 San Vicente Blvd., #215; at $100 310-751-0909. 310-820-0505. INSTYLE DEAL: Starting Perfectionism meets Ready to finally ace your WASHED UP Aveda at $80 Beverly Hills panache at base or trade in your Color Conserve Salon Kazumi, the luxe, zen high-maintenance highlights Shampoo ($21), Light oasis of celebrity colorist for a shiny new hue? Head Elements Texturizing PALM BEACH Creme ($25), and Pure Kazumi Morton—who’s to this chic, wallet-friendly Abundance Style-Prep FOUR SEASONS PALM been the hands (and eyes) salon, where pros like the ($25); aveda.com. BEACH SALON behind Zooey Deschanel’s Fekkai-trained Haleh Lekkos and Kristen Stewart’s rich 2800 S. Ocean Blvd.; deliver enviable allover 561-533-3715. chocolate locks. Passing on dye jobs. Once our tester any bleach for our tester’s nestled into a leather chair, This intimate salon has a hair (“It can get brassy,” she Lekkos proposed a fast way classic feel, with white says), Kazumi worked with to cover grays: a glossing walls and marble floors laser-like precision to add treatment that delivered a dotted with black leather warm caramel highlights that glorious semipermanent chairs and tables. Beachy would “melt right in” to our brunet shade. Our reporter highlights are golden here, reporter’s dark mane. While indulged in a party-worthy and super-stylish colorist our tester sipped matcha blowout, but you can save Bridgette Hill stands ready green tea, Kazumi enhanced cash and pick up the hot to deliver. Her entirely the subtle shift with a few tools to blow your own customized approach well-placed foils. After 30 way at the DIY dry bar in reflects everything from minutes under the dryer, the the middle of the salon. her clients’ skin undertones hair was strengthened and to their maintenance softened with an additional REGULAR PRICE: $25 thresholds. Our tester’s cocktail of keratin, collagen, (without blow-dry) brightened-up base and and protein. Our tester, INSTYLE DEAL: $20 low-starting highlights, post–wavy blowout, was for instance, not only thrilled with her “I spent NEW YORK brought a warm glow to her three weeks in Hawaii” look. olive skin but also allowed REGULAR PRICE: Starting FOURTEEN JAY SALON her to go longer between at $350 (without additional 14 Jay St.; touch-ups (amen!). treatment) 646-869-5970. REGULAR PRICE: $150 for INSTYLE DEAL: Starting If we’re suckers for snacks partial highlights at $280 (this TriBeCa find serves INSTYLE DEAL: $120

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MASSAGEfoot indoor-outdoor facility her ease into the session. LOS ANGELES in 2015. On tap? Multifaceted “I was ultra-relaxed, which hydro and thermal isn’t always the case THE NOW experiences: Think saunas, since I often tense up and 7611 Beverly Blvd.; seawater baths, whirlpools, feel like I have to make 323-746-5525. and cool rooms. Our tester conversation with my There’s a lot of novelty to loved chilling in the masseuse.” The head-to- love in this new massage “multisensory rain showers” toe deep-tissue rubdown “experience”: the tent-like and taking in the mist in a proved as thorough as treatment rooms, the twinkling igloo at the start of it was blissful, as the pro concrete floor peppered her visit. (No, we’re not hit dry heels with with patterned throws, making this up.) You won’t Naturopathica’s Bath and staffers who greet you be asked to take a bracing Body Oil plus the brand’s JUST CHILL warmly when you step into cold-tub plunge during Mighty Mint Rescue Cream. Naturopathica Mighty the storefront-cum- anything as relaxing as The 60-minute scalp Mint Rescue Cream sanctuary. But the price tags ($36), Ginger Root Bath the Deep Healing Waters massage, complete with a & Body Oil ($32), and may be the best part: You treatment—though a hydrating hair mask, “was so Re-Boot Aromatic can score a 50-minute 20-minute hot bath is indulgent and as comforting Alchemy ($28); deep-tissue massage for worked in after a face rub as having my hair brushed.” naturopathica.com. $60. An InStyle editor opted and full-body exfoliation. INSTYLE DEAL: Price for the Traveller, which After those phases, our and discount for hair and delivered the perfect tester settled in for a blissful scalp therapy and massage tension: I was in heaven.” consistency of pressure over 45-minute massage. available upon request the back, shoulders, arms, REGULAR PRICE: $160 REGULAR PRICE: $240 and legs. Our tester’s INSTYLE DEAL: $128 INSTYLE DEAL: $192 masseuse “paid attention to SANTA MONICA my problem areas” and WALLAND, seamlessly worked in extras NEW YORK TIKKUN HOLISTIC SPA like aromatherapy and 1460 4th St.; TENN. collagen eye patches. NATUROPATHICA 310-319-1111. Walk-ins are welcome, and CHELSEA HEALING How did our tester describe THE WELLHOUSE AT prices start at just $35 for a ARTS CENTER & SPA the 90-minute Tikkun BLACKBERRY FARM 25-minute chair massage. 127 W. 26th St.; Signature Korean Body Scrub 1471 W. Millers Cove Rd.; 646-979-3960. 865-984-8166. REGULAR PRICE: $60 and Hot Oil Massage? “It was INSTYLE DEAL: $48 The niche brand known for ah-mazing!” Situated off a If you like your destination its botanically infused skin bustling street near Santa spas upscale, mountain- care branched out into a Monica’s 3rd Street ringed, and housed in a luxe MIAMI BEACH Chelsea oasis offering herbal Promenade shopping district, 12,000-square-foot barn, massages and holistic facials, this subterranean spa has a add a visit to this wellness CARILLON MIAMI BEACH plus “therapeutic ingestibles” minimalist vibe. You may spot mecca to your wish list. Our 6801 Collins Ave.; from a tonic bar in front. The guests meditating in a room beauty-writer tester was 866-276-2226. eucalyptus aromatherapy made of Himalayan salt blocks dubious of the “soothe The staff revamped the used during our tester’s or relaxing in a Korean massage” at first, given how menu at the 70,000-square- hour-long treatment helped Hwangto Clay room, both of she believes anything “not which feature infrared-heat billed as deep tissue tends technology to promote to disappoint.” But after a detoxification of the skin and therapist spent about 20 Sip a green juice in the lungs. But back to that minutes “kneading out Naturopathica lounge massage: After a hot soak months-old knots” in her post-treatment: It’s and a salt body scrub, “my neck and shoulders before illuminated by candles technician gave me a moving on to erase stress and a peaceful projection mini-facial, cleansing with a around the jaw, our of a nature scene. Clarisonic brush and topping reporter changed her tune. with a hydrating mask,” says She even shed a tension our tester. “She applied hot headache, leaving her better vitamin E and avocado oils to able to enjoy the post- condition skin then massaged massage stop at the lounge from head to toe, focusing to sip fresh juice. on lymph nodes to encourage REGULAR PRICE: $180 for lymphatic drainage. As a property guests bonus she rolled iced Chinese INSTYLE DEAL: $144 for glass balls on my face to nix property guests

250 BEAUTY BLACK BOOK FACIALS BEVERLY HILLS calming mask to resurface without causing major Alexandra Wagner achieves a clean, minimalist VANESSA HERNANDEZ irritation. “My skin was rosy vibe with calming blue-gray accents, low- SKIN CARE afterward,” says our tester, slung Danish-modern chairs, and her own 9675 Brighton Way, #410; “and no doubt cleaner, abstract paintings. 310-849-4452. dewier, smoother, and tighter-looking.” For results-first-pampering- second skin-care treatments, REGULAR PRICE: $200 facial.” Skipping extractions In this ultra-private retreat in book face time with the highly INSTYLE DEAL: $160 but going for several rounds Venice, Alexandra Wagner sought-after aesthetician of exfoliation and moisture, delivers results fusing nature Vanessa Hernandez. Inside a NEW YORK pros work with vitamin C– with technology in her plastic surgeon’s office, rich Sisley Phyto-Blanc Oxygen facial: After assessing Hernandez gets out the bright SILVER MIRROR brightening products (toning your needs, she gets to work lights to assess problem areas FACIAL BAR lotion, serum, and mask) to cleansing, exfoliating, and (some hyperpigmentation 862 Lexington Ave.; quash dark spots and give hydrating with her exclusive and a few fine lines on our 646-861-0089. tired skin extra wattage. The White Tiger products, which tester) before beginning a The focus here is efficiency: products, says our tester, contain ingredients like white custom one-hour skin You won’t get a neck were “calming, not abrasive.” turmeric and tiger grass treatment. A diamond-tipped rubdown between face REGULAR PRICE: $200 plant stem cells. She sloughs wand blasts dull skin cells, masks, but you’ll score INSTYLE DEAL: $160 dull cells and preps skin to while a gold-infused mask clean, decongested skin (a receive super-hydrating, helps plump wrinkles. With godsend in the exhaust-filled peptide-infused oxygen for her two locations in the L.A. streets of Manhattan). The SANTA MONICA the ultimate refresh. Her area, Hernandez bounces space offers treatments attention to detail and between Beverly Hills and her LILI MINENI NATURALLY like an anti-acne facial custom-blended masks, new spot in Brentwood to ADVANCED SKINCARE with bacteria-busting blue toners, and facial steams allow meet the needs of her 3118 Wilshire Blvd.; LED and, our tester’s pick, you to walk out makeup-free. clients—not surprising since 310-991-9140. the 30-minute Mom-to- REGULAR PRICE: $205 the post-service glow is If a highly skilled pro making Be special. Soothed by the with Alexandra Wagner positively addicting. Good your complexion her sole fact that it doesn’t include INSTYLE DEAL: $164 thing a follow-up visit is controversial ingredients focus for two hours sounds included in the price. (retinol and benzoyl peroxide, like nirvana, sprint to this REGULAR PRICE: $375 for example, are typical sunny studio run by a former WEST PALM INSTYLE DEAL: $300 no-no’s while expecting), Kate Somerville aesthetician. BEACH, FLA. our tester relaxed under a Without even a receptionist fruit-enzyme exfoliation and to interfere with your GREENWICH, one-on-one connection, you’ll TAMMY FENDER hydrating vitamin B5 mask. HOLISTIC SKIN CARE CONN. After an antioxidant serum first consult with owner Lili Mineni. After cleansing and 711 North Flagler Dr.; and a dose of pure oxygen, 561-659-2229. DREAM SPA & SALON she left with a glow “that had exfoliation with an ultrasound For a transcendent 151 Greenwich Ave., 2nd Floor; previously eluded me during machine, our tester experience, look no further 203-629-2525. my pregnancy,” she says. experienced her favorite part of the Oxygen Face Spa than Tammy Fender’s cottage If the Fire and Ice facial REGULAR PRICE: $90 facial: an oxygen spray infused along the Intracoastal. Sipping featuring an acid peel from iS INSTYLE DEAL (use with a concentrated vitamin tea inside the neutral-hued Clinical doesn’t drive color promo code INSTYLE C serum “to help reinforce retreat, you’ll choose three back in your cheekbones, when booking): $72 the cell walls and smooth essential oils to incorporate check your pulse. After a dose lines,” Mineni says. The pro into your treatment. Once of acids, skin is treated to a THE SISLEY SPA AT upstaged the cool finishing you’re wrapped in blankets, THE CARLYLE Fender begins a guided 35 E. 76th St., 3rd Floor; mist with a shoulder 212-660-7560. massage during the final meditation to “make mind, hyaluronic-acid mask. body, and skin cells more COME CLEAN Whether you’re a jet-lagged receptive to treatment.” Tammy Fender traveler or stressed-out local, REGULAR PRICE: $200 Cleansing Milk Featuring her organic line of this classic hotel spa delivers INSTYLE DEAL: $160 ($55); tammy products, the Holistic facial a high-end treatment fender.com. includes a peel-off hydrating guaranteed to relax you. Our LOS ANGELES mask, vitamin-infused oxygen tester nearly fell asleep on treatment, and shoulder the table during the Sisley ALEXANDRA WAGNER massage. Ahh. Phyto-Aromatic Lightening SKINCARE service, which she describes 1636 Abbot Kinney Blvd.; REGULAR PRICE: $175 as more “massage in feel than 310-399-0123. INSTYLE DEAL: $140

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Preserve Your Legacy RGB. Our tester plucked traditional pedicure a poppy coral for her INSTYLE DEAL: $36; $48 Vern pedicure, featuring a “mind-melting” foot massage. SANTA MONICA For hands, pros crafted a subtle striped pattern on OLIVE & JUNE our tester’s tips that lasted 1426 Montana Ave.; 10 days. Need inspo before NAILS 310-899-1029. your visit? Just check out COSTA MESA, NEW YORK the salon’s colorful Instagram With floral garlands strung feed @oliveandjune. CALIF. VAN COURT above the leather sling 90 Water St.; chairs that serve as pedicure REGULAR PRICE: $40 POLISHED PERFECT BY 212-509-2222. stations, this new branch manicure; $50 pedicure TWILA TRUE Offering a groom with a view, stocks brands from OPI to INSTYLE DEAL: $32; $40 103 E. 17th St.; the large second-floor space 949-287-6563. boasts floor-to-ceiling This full-service beauty windows overlooking the studio offers highly hygienic Financial District. Stocking treatments in a sleek and five-free polishes (sans sparkling space complete chemicals like dibutyl with a café. Stand-alone phthalate, formaldehyde, and In addition to white basins (paired with toluene), the manicures are their new Santa plush armchairs) are less immaculate and the Monica location, likely to breed bacteria than salt-scrub pedicures Olive & June boasts whirlpool basins, says decadent. Our tester loved cheerful, walk-in- owner Twila True, who also the anti-aging hand treatment ready locations devotes a room to sterilizing with a Dr. Dennis Gross acid in Beverly Hills and tools and uses buffers and peel to combat age spots. Pasadena. files on a one-per-customer Her stiletto nails, decked in basis. The gel manis? traditional greige polish, Yeah, they last. resisted chips for eight days. REGULAR PRICE: $60 gel REGULAR PRICE: $45 manicure; $55 pedicure for See Spot Run traditional INSTYLE DEAL: $48; $44 manicure; $60 for

Beauty and Goop Skincare) fullness age had sapped. as well as its brow services. REGULAR PRICE: $18 The pros share their strategy INSTYLE DEAL: $14 before removing a strand: “My technician evened out the silhouettes, improved NEW YORK the arches, and tamed errant hairs” in under 15 SERGE NORMANT AT JOHN FRIEDA SALON BROWS minutes, says our tester, 336 W. 23rd St.; using a sensitive-skin- 212-879-1000. friendly warm wax that MAKE YOUR POINT kept the pain factor at 0. “Worth the hype!” declared Tweezerman our fuller-browed tester BEVERLY HILLS REGULAR PRICE: $32 Ultra-Precision Point after marveling at the Tweezers, $36; INSTYLE DEAL: $26 opulent 8,000-square-foot SKIN WORSHIP tweezerman.com. 9001 Wilshire Blvd., #206; Chelsea space where 310-968-0733. DENVER celebrity hairstylist Serge Normant offers head-to- A fan of full, natural arches, known for her lash services. brow guru Madison VERT BEAUTY toe beauty services. Famed REGULAR PRICE: $45 DeClercq uses a technique 3442 W. 32nd Ave.; brow pro Gina Daddona INSTYLE DEAL: $36 involving a speedy analysis 303-623-8378. gave our tester maintenance of your shape followed by Brow shaping is one of the tips during a 20-minute precise plucking, trimming, BROOKLYN most popular offerings at tweeze (like, never pluck and, if needed, tinting to fill this full-service spa and more than once a week), in gaps. An appointment SHEN BEAUTY natural beauty shop. Our then soothed skin with both takes just 15 to 30 minutes, 315 Court St.; tester was happy to report rose-witch hazel astringent so you can be in and out 718-576-2679. that the process—including and anti-inflammatory on your lunch break. But if This Carroll Gardens gem is tweezing for shape and calendula oil with neroli. you’ve got a little more known for its killer shop then a light wax to remove REGULAR PRICE: $125 time, DeClercq is also well (with cult brands like RMS strays—gave her back the INSTYLE DEAL: $100

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