The Best At-Home Beauty Services
PHOTOS: Courtesy of Salons
1/8Warren Tricomi
Hours: By appointment
Services: Blowout and styling, $250; makeup, $300 (20 percent tip added automatically)
Location: New York City
We'll be honest: Part of the glory of going to Warren Tricomi is the experience of the salon itself. But when you can't squeeze in a trip to the Plaza, they'll send their skilled staff to you to create tousled, breathtaking looks.
2/8Dry on the Fly
Hours: 4 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Services: Blowouts, $75 (includes tip)
Location: New York City
Your girlfriends, your boss, your yoga instructor...pretty much every woman you know has popped into a Drybar at least once for a fast and flawless blowout. Their at-home service (via the Drybar app) delivers the same result, minus the whole commute thing.
3/8Bella on Demand
Hours: 24 hours
Services: Blowout, $100; makeup, $175 (20 percent tip added automatically)
Locations: New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, Washington, D.C.
Beauty bloggers love this on-demand service, which was started in 2014 by a lawyer (who knew a thing or two about wanting to look her best and not always having time for a salon trip). Its impressive roster of talented hairstylists and makeup artists have worked with such celebs as Rihanna and Kim Kardashian.
BFA NYC4/8Glamsquad
Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Services: Blowout, $50; updo, $85 and up; braids, $75; gel manicure, $50 (currently only in New York City); makeup, $75 (does not include tip)
Locations: New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami
The original Uber of blowouts, Glamsquad can have a stylist in your living room in less than an hour. Their menu includes shiny ponytails, sinuous Veronica Lake waves, and romantic fishtail braids. They also offer CND Shellac gel manicures and flawless makeup using Nars, M.A.C., Make Up For Ever, and Temptu products. No wonder beauty icons and busy businesswomen, like Rebecca Minkoff, Jenna Lyons, and Ivanka Trump, are fans.
5/8Lindsay Block
Hours: By appointment
Services: Haircut, blowout, or styling, $175 and up (does not include tip)
Locations: New York City and other cities upon request, including Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco
Beauty and fashion insiders (Allure editors, Olivia Chantecaille, Stefani Greenfield) depend on Block for full, buoyant, and shapely waves.
©09-10-14 by Elizabeth Lippman6/8Vênsette
Hours: 24 hours
Services: Blowout or styling, $100; makeup, $150; hair and makeup, $200 (does not include tip)
Locations: New York City, the Hamptons, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami
When Vênsette launched in 2011, it helped pioneer the concept of beauty on demand. Since then, the service has been featured as an Allure Best of the Best for its smoky eyes, perfect nude lips, and classic-with-an-edge updos.
LAURA IVORRA7/8The Ritualist
Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Services: Facials, $120 and up; massages, $120 (20 percent tip automatically added)
Location: New York City
Let's appreciate the logistics required to bring a facial session into your home (the impressive transport of a bed, sheets, a lamp, a steamer, magnifying lenses, and every possible cream, serum, booster, and mask). Now forget we brought that up because thinking about the effort involved might undo some of the Zen. The Ritualist's facials provide more than in-the-comfort-of-your-own-home peace the night before a party; they get skin to Cate Blanchett's (who happens to be a client) level of glowing.
8/8Beauté à Porter
Hours: 24 hours
Services: Haircut, $300 and up; facial, $350 and up; massage, $250 and up; nails, $100 and up (does not include tip)
Location: New York City
The concierge at some of the best hotels in the city (St. Regis, the Standard, Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental) call upon Beauté à Porter to provide in-room beauty treatments to their VIP, celebrity, and even royal guests. For mere mortals, the pricey service also goes to apartments, offices, and studios. Lash extensions, facials, massages, and nail services (which use Chanel, Dior, and Christian Louboutin polishes) can be booked through the button below; the complete range of services, including hair and makeup (which use Oribe and Shu Uemera hair care and Tom Ford, Hourglass, and Charlotte Tilbury makeup) can be booked through Beauté à Porter's website.
