Boston's Best Relaxation Massage 2008

Popular North Shore spa offers a bevy of massage and skin care services, including skin peels and customized options.

Reviews:

• “Best Massage Therapist, and Great Facials!”
• “Great sports massage”
• “Best spa and facial”
• “Best massage.”
• “Fantastic Facials!!”

Tips: If you need waxing, they will take care of all of your waxing needs hygienically, efficiently and thoroughly using only the best strip wax and hard wax.

Le Mani Day Spa or email Le Mani Day Spa

Private massage practice offers various styles, including Swedish, deep tissue and sports therapy.

Reviews:

• “Brilliant massage therapist!”
• “Extremely focused, goal-oriented and results-minded therapeutic massage”
• “Excellent massage theapist for all needs, from athletic to restorative”
• “Very professional yet comfrortable massage”
• “A Massage Therapist worth traveling from Maine for!”

CDF Therapeutic Bodywork or email CDF Therapeutic Bodywork

Full-service North End salon and spa offers extensive hair-, skin- and nail-care services, plus various body treatments.

Reviews:

• “Money lost”
• “Who are the Owners?”
• “Empty?”
• “Heard they were closing?”
• “Fantastic stylist!”

Tips: Techniques offered include Swedish, aromatherapy, deep tissue, hot stone and shiatsu.

98 North Salon and Day Spa

Full-service holistic spa provides the North Shore with expert facials, body treatments, manicures, pedicures and hair removal services.

Reviews:

• “Great Massage”
• “Best Spa Treatment North Shore & Boston”
• “My Ultimate Splurge”
• “Carpe Diem! Do something special for yourself!”
• “Jewel of Beverly”

Tips: Many of BodiScience’s services are based on Ayurvedic, Tibetan and traditional Chinese medicine.

BodiScience Holistic Spa or email BodiScience Holistic Spa

Cuts and conditioning treatments, as well as thermal straightening, perms and more. Sells hair products, jewelry and accessories.

Reviews:

• “Great cut and color!”
• “Amazing! Simply Amazing!”
• “Great Location, Friendly Service, Extremely Competitive Rates”
• “Fun Place great work”
• “BAD salon”

Tips: A free 15-minute consultation for any service is available on request.

Frances Ray Jules Salon or email Frances Ray Jules Salon

Luxurious Newbury Street skin boutique offers all-natural treatments that leave faces and torsos glowing.

Reviews:

• “The best!”
• “Worst Waxing Experience”
• “Galyna K gave the best facial!”
• “Amazing talent, very rare to find, amazing quality waxing.”
• “Wonderful gem in Boston”

Tips: The spa uses unique ingredients like freshly prepared organic face and body masks, scrubs and oils.

Violet Skin Boutique or email Violet Skin Boutique

This massage therapist specializes in personalized body work including deep tissue, relaxation, hot stone and shiatsu.

Reviews:

• “Juliana is excellent”
• “Jess is amazing…you will never go anywhere else once you try Namaste Massage!”
• “Wonderful Healing Place”
• “Best Massage in Lexington / Arlington Area”
• “Best massage around”

Namaste Massage or email Namaste Massage

From innovative services (ever been immersed in goat butter?) to simple haircuts, this popular Newbury Street spa does it all.

Reviews:

• “Best Women’s hair cut/style ever”
• “Great haircut!”
• “Never Again”
• “Great!”
• “Impressed in more ways than one!”

Tips: Consider joining the Giuliano Privilege Club: The $79 annual fee nets you a 10-percent discount on all services.

G2O

Above the din of traffic, tourists and shoppers, this Newbury Street spa is an urban oasis.

Reviews:

• “Finally an Oasis in the burbs!!”
• “BELLA SANTE ON NEWBURY!!”
• “best facial right here in wellesley, ma”
• “I can’t wait to go again!”
• “awesome!”

Tips: Credit card information is taken when you book, and no-shows or cancellations less than 24 hours in advance result in a full charge.

Bella Sante or email Bella Sante