Best of Boston

Best Waxing

2008 Best Waxing, West

Bella Skin

Newton
Likable as Trina Holland and Chani Leighton are, you'd think twice about meeting them in a dark alley. Focused, relentless, whip-quick—the seemingly easygoing owners of [...] read more»
2007 Best Waxing

Violet Mkhitaryan, Violet Skin

Boston
After three decades in the business, spa owner Mkhitaryan has developed a rare power: the ability to make the most uncomfortable of beauty rituals a [...] read more»
2006 Best Waxing

Youliana Roussou

Boston
These are the qualities we look for in a waxing: speed, and a thoroughness that lets us put off the next one for as long [...] read more»
2005 Best Waxing

Bella Santé

Boston
Pouring hot wax onto skin sounds strange at best. Ripping it off seems worse. Yet women everywhere repeatedly submit themselves to this hair-removal process. Our [...] read more»
2004 Best Waxing

Grettacole

Boston
For silk-smooth skin minus the "ouch" factor, Grettacole aestheticians Monica, Meredith, or Katarina wax so quickly that you barely realize what's happening. Soothing music fills [...] read more»
2003 Best Waxing

Austen’s

Boston
Most of us look forward to a bikini wax about as much as we look forward to a root canal. Like a good dentist, a [...] read more»
2002 Best Waxing

Austen’s

Boston
For bashful types, waxing rooms can seem like torture cells. Well, not here: Austen puts clients at ease with his affability, competence, and expertise. Bikini [...] read more»
2001 Best Waxing

Amy Kernahan, Michaud Cosmetics

Boston
No one is too hirsute for the deft hands of Amy Kernahan. She's as adroit at Brazilian bikini waxes as she is at removing facial [...] read more»
2000 Best Waxing, Body

Austen’s

Boston
The delicate art of hair removal with wax is practiced with finesse and care at this self-described "studio for personal grooming." Austens happens to be [...] read more»
2000 Best Waxing, Eyebrow

Tammy Giuoag, Perfect Nail

Boston
Perfect Nail looks like a simply average nail-and-beauty emporium tucked into a street-level storefront behind the State House on Beacon Hill. Thank goodness appearances can [...] read more»