Special treatment.Spa-obsessed queer globetrotters will try anything to reduce those jet lag-induced lines! Chocolate You don't have to be an Oompa Loompa to indulge in the decadent Godiva Chocolate Wrap ($175) at Ajune Spa in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. (1294 3rd Ave., 212-628-0044). Benefit: Cocoa is rich in antioxidants Antioxidants Substances that reduce the damage of the highly reactive free radicals that are the byproducts of the cells. Mentioned in: Aging, Nutritional Supplements antioxidants, n. , and the caffeine stimulates your circulatory system ... so you can go shopping all day long! Caviar Give your skin that "sevruga sev·ru·ga n. 1. A sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) of the Caspian Sea, whose small gray roe is used for caviar. 2. Caviar made from the roe of the sevruga. sparkle" with the anti-aging Caviar Facial ($250) at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles (300 S. Doheny Dr., 310-273-2222). Benefit: Those fish eggs are loaded with protein, and their cellular structure is remarkably similar to that of human collagen. Nightingale droppings? For centuries Japanese geishas have used processed bird droppings to lighten and smooth their skin. In the spirit of out director Rob Marshall's new film, Memoirs of a Geisha, get a Japanese Nightingale Facial ($99) at Ten Thousand Waves in Santa Fe, N.M. (3451 Hyde Park Rd., 505-992-5025). Benefit: Enzymes in the sanitized san·i·tize tr.v. san·i·tized, san·i·tiz·ing, san·i·tiz·es 1. To make sanitary, as by cleaning or disinfecting. 2. droppings help remove dirt and exfoliate ex·fo·li·ate v. ex·fo·li·at·ed, ex·fo·li·at·ing, ex·fo·li·ates v.tr. 1. To remove (a layer of bark or skin, for example) in flakes or scales; peel. 2. dead skin cells. |
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