Daily Find
West Seattle's Body Bar offers clever cocktail-themed massage and skin care concoctions served up in a stylish and soothing environment. The menu tantalizes with facials, body wraps and massages aimed to quench dehydrated, sun-kissed skin and relieve sore, belligerent muscles.
By Alison Brownrigg | July 24, 2008
Daily Find
Six chandeliers grandly line the center of Stylus Salon's high ceiling. In fact, each carefully placed accoutrement -- from the appliance cabinets to the chairs -- brings functional style to the edgy new Belltown salon, the brainchild of Seattle stylists Robert Middleton (formerly of heavy-hitting local salons Red and Halo) and Jesus Ezcabar.
By Aja Pecknold | July 3, 2008
Daily Find
Just across the 520 bridge, there lies an oasis named for the Greek word for five, pente. The new Penterra Spa at the Heathman Hotel, set just near the banks of Lake Washington in downtown Kirkland, brings urban elegance and a vast range of luxurious treatments to the waterside suburb.
By Aja Pecknold | June 24, 2008
Daily Find
How do you say "ahhh" in French? "Mon Dieu! C'est tres magnifique,"
will do nicely. And it's exactly the phrase you will utter after a
visit to Seattle aesthetician Jill Bucy's new Lower Queen Anne skin
care salon, which offers a variety of services, from French facials and
massages to nail treatments and waxing.
By Kathy Schultz | June 6, 2008
Daily Find
Have you been longing for sultry eyes, bright red lips or something else outside your usual makeup routine, but you just can't get up the nerve to put the brush to the powder? Then it's time to get emboldened and educated with a free makeup lesson at Vain, where you might pick up a few skills that mom never taught you.
By Natalie Broulette | June 4, 2008
Daily Find
South Lake Union's Vida Wellness Spa just might be my favorite new spa. It scores big points for offering Ayurvedic treatments, an infrared sauna, three rooms for couples and a spacious but cozy fireplace-warmed lounge. Oh, and did I mention a great location? It's in the 200 Westlake complex, across the courtyard from the swanky Pan Pacific hotel and right upstairs from Whole Foods Market.
By Kathy Schultz | May 30, 2008
Daily Find
The salon that launched a thousand bobs has settled into a new flagship location at Pacific Place. Formerly located on Seventh Avenue adjacent to the Grand Hyatt Hotel, trendsetting salon Seven has been a hair hot spot since 2003, boasting some of the most well-trained stylists and client-pleasing results in the city.
By Natalie Broulette | May 28, 2008
Convergence Zone
Even in Seattle, where Crocs line front porches like pockmarked little rubber trolls, "Sex and the City" made Manolo Blahnik a household name.
By Monica Fischer | May 22, 2008
Daily Find
A steady stream of warm herbal oil poured onto my third eye, located in the center of my forehead. This ancient Ayurvedic treatment is meant to bring psychological and spiritual balance, and heal a plethora of ills, including stress, insomnia, depression, hair loss, hormonal imbalances and headaches. All I know is that I was completely relaxed, and when the last drop of oil dripped on my forehead, I felt blissful. And very oily.
By Kathy Schultz | May 22, 2008
Daily Find
About this time of year I get the itch to do some major spring cleaning. There's nothing better than throwing open the windows to let in a little fresh air and getting down to some serious scrubbing.
By Alison Brownrigg | May 14, 2008
