Salted away atop Cambridge’s Church Street Starbucks, the CARRIAGE HOUSE SALON AND SPA (which also won our Best Facial category this year) is a soothing girl-about-town sanctuary replete with cottage-style touches: French doors opening to a lovely patio; mellow, tangerine-colored walls; and smiling ladies just waiting to proffer a magazine or fetch tea. The facials leave pores feeling baby-fresh: ask for Nicole, close your eyes, and kiss pesky black-heads goodbye as the world charges past below.

THE CARRIAGE HOUSE SALON AND SPA | 33 Church Street, Cambridge | 617.868.7800 | carriagehousesalon.com