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The best manicures and pedicures, from New York to Los Angeles

Galina promised that the Healing Waters pedicure would increase blood flow while prettifying our feet. "The water is from Italy," she explained, as we sunk our legs into the bubbling bath. The way it melted our tension, it could have been from Little Italy for all we cared. After a creamy fennel-oil mud application and rinse, Galina dethorned an ingrown that had given us grief for months and filed our nails into perfect squares. With our zippy circulation and coral-polished toes, we were tempted to skip home. $60