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Manicures

Calgary (Apr.16.07)

A handshake is very telling. Flaccid or firm, sweaty or dry? But the nails, well, the windows to the soul (okay, maybe the eyes have that claim locked up, but they are at least an indication on how much stock you place in personal hygiene and maintenance). Are your nails jagged and (gasp!) dirty? Are the cuticles ragged, setting up shop halfway down the nail bed? Keep judgment day hands-free with this week’s Best Of manicures list...

Best hand overhaul: Eveline Charles
Southcentre Mall, 100 Anderson Rd. S.E.; 403-571-5666; www.evelinecharles.com
If weathered and battered hands are a concern, a complete hand makeover in the form of an Eveline Charles Manicure is what you need. Starting with a soak, the manicure includes an exfoliating scrub, full nail bed treatment, massage, moisturizing paraffin dip, and expert polish application. You even get to take a small bottle of your colour home for touch-ups. ($55)

Best on-the-go manicure: Stillwater Spa
Hyatt Regency Hotel, 700 Centre St. S.E.; 403-537-4474
If your daily grind leaves your nails ragged and dry, make an appointment for this express dry Avenue Manicure, including a cuticle clean-up, nail shaping and a fresh coat of polish, and you’ll be back to your corporate ladder-climbing ways in less than 30 minutes. ($45)

Best anti-aging: Riverside Spa
110 Point McKay Cres. N.W.; 403-270-7500
If age spots and sun damage have you tucking your hands behind your back, indulge in the Glacial Pacific Manicure offered here. With the use of glacial clay, skin tone is evened out, and sun damage made less visible. That’s a mani we can all get on board with! ($50)

Best deal: Pink Lime
3915-51 St. S.W.; 403-242-PINK
A good aesthetic deal is hard to find (without sacrificing quality), but the manicure here includes all the mani essentials our discerning hands have come to expect (and demand!): A complete cuticle and nail bed work-up, shaping, massage and moisturizing treatment, as well as an uncompromised polish application. ($30)

Best aromatherapy: Urban Venus
638-11th Ave. S.W.; 403-266-1158; www.urbanvenus.ca
Want a little girlie glam with your aesthetics? Try a Raspberry Smoothie or Blueberry Tea mani for that extra infusion of feminine scent. Surrender your hands (and your nose) to one of Urban Venus’s eight signature scent Spa Manicures. Our personal favourite? Try the delectable Fresh Squeezed Citrus mani and watch your senses perk up faster than post-Starbucks Café Americano! ($40)

by Michaelle LeManne

Tags: top 5, city living

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