The Porchester Spa, loacted in a spectacular 1929 building, is one of London's more authentic spa experineces - benefited from a new ventilation system,...

Our last experience of Thai massage wasn't great - it was in a Bangkok backstreet and involved a person of ambiguous gender wrenching at our limbs....

He may be a celeb and TV favourite, but there's nothing intimidating about Andrew Barton's eponymous salon - his Covent Garden venue is his friendly 'home...

For those who care about what is going into and on to their bodies, the Aveda Institute on High Holborn is hard to beat. One of the orginal purveyors of...

With its small but perfect open-top swimming pool overlooking Hyde Park, this spa, a favourite with celebrities, wins points for its location. But the...

For no-nonsense blow-dries, great colour and cuts in bright, comfortable surroundings, Charles Worthington is your man. We have long frequented the Percy...

The Conduit Street flagship of Daniel Hersheson has been offering great blow-dries and cuts since it opened in in the early 1990s. The clientele range from...

With a regular swathe of offers on its website, The Sanctuary has become the go-to 'girls' day out' destination (it performs 28,000 facials a year). Like...

This little nail bar sorts out your nails with little ceremony and only moderate cost attached (£15 gets you a good manicure). The only glossy thing about...

Think of Atherton Cox as the Jil Sander of hairdressers: beautiful cuts delivered without fuss. It was founded nearly a decade ago by Lisa Atherton and Paul...

The entrance may be more Rodeo Drive than zen garden - a large shop, then a leopardskin chair next to a lion's-mouth fountain on which to fill out forms -...

'From catwalk to the kerb' is Windle & Moodie's mantra, and few are more qualified to do so. Following a revamp last year, its Covent Garden salon features...