If you're sticking to your resolutions — or even had the intention of setting some this year — reward yourself with a spa session or two at Acqua Beauty Bar. Off of 14th Street and Union Square, its Asian-inspired, sparkling interior automatically draws you out of gritty city life and into a tranquil escape for the senses. Body treatments like honey almond scrubs only use the finest, holistic ingredients to shed your body of its winter layer, and their mani/pedis are pretty much the best this city has to offer (devotees have reported summer pedis that last for up to four weeks. I kid you not). So treat yourself. You deserve it.
Acqua Beauty Bar
7 E. 14th St., between 5th Avenue and University Place, New York
212-620-4329