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Salon
Pini Swissa Salon
When you’re taking selfies next to Gisele, you don’t trust your locks to just anyone…...
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Beauty Boutique
Follain
Gaelic for “healthy, wholesome and sound,” Follain is a mother lode for made-in-the-USA, environmentally friendly skin care, hair care and cosmetics…...
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Best-Kept Secret
$30 Massages at the Massage School
If spending hundreds on a stress-busting massage causes you further tension, get thee to the South End’s Massage School…...
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Blowout
Marc Harris
A pro blowout is like a suit of armor against the world (minus the helmet head, thank you)…...
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Exercise Classes
The Club by George Foreman III
His dad knows a thing or two about the ring, so it was a no-brainer for George Foreman III (an undefeated heavyweight himself) to open a boxing gym…...
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Extensions
Studio 27
When you feel like no one “gets” your hair, consider Blessing Chitanda a blessing…...
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Eyebrows
Eye Starr
If eyes are windows to the soul, consider eyebrows the gorgeous window dressing…...
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Facial
SkinHealth Centers
Originally created to help fund research on melanoma, which took the life of her sister in 1999, Cheryl Clarkson’s SkinHealth Centers treat skin with respect—their facials are heartfelt apologies to your skin for the times when you forgot SPF or didn’t wash off makeup…...
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Feel-Good Workout
InnerCity Weightlifting
Flex your smile muscles with a training session from ICW, a nonprofit that helps at-risk youth build skills instead of turning to violence…...
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Hair Color
Salon Eva Michelle
You’re about to get schooled: Blue pigments are the first to leave hair, while red ones are the hardest to get in and out…...
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Haircut–Men’s
Roosters Men’s Grooming Center
History is happily repeating itself. Owner Tyson White’s grandfather was a barber, and general manager Steve Spinale’s grandfather owned the Copley Square Hotel barbershop in the ’50s…...
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Haircut–Women’s
Viselli Salon
Taught by gurus such as Vidal Sassoon, Bumble and bumble and TONI&GUY, this team of stylists wields scissors with precision…...
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Health Club
Equinox
For top-notch equipment and stellar personal training, look no further than this power chain…...
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Lashes
Lash L’Amour
Be it a dramatic full set or a subtle cat-eye flutter, owner Cynthia Tsang and her team create a flirty fringe one lash at a time…...
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Manicure/Pedicure
MiniLuxe
When the Newton-based MiniLuxe debuted in 2007 with the aim of setting an ultra-hygienic standard for nail care, we kicked up our heels…...
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Massage
Bella Santé Day Spa
Translating to “beautiful health,” this spa has all you knead to relax…...
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MVP
Mario Russo
Celebrate 25 years on Boston’s competitive beauty scene, and you can consider yourself a champ…...
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Products—Hair
Living Proof
Living Proof got its start when stylists Mitch DeRosa and Ward Stegerhoek hooked up with MIT scientists to develop a moisture-controlling molecule…...
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Products—Skin
Shamanuti
Years before charcoal-based beauty products hit the mainstream, the Natick-based Shamanuti was winning fans with its signature activated charcoal cleanser…...