The New Chic Wellness Destinations Worth Visiting In 2023
The health and wellbeing destinations offering next level treatments and interiors inspo.
Gone are the days when treating yourself to a much-needed full body massage or acupuncture session meant choosing between an elaborate spa day or a less than aspirational local clinic. Now, there's a new wave of seriously chic wellness destinations offering up next level treatments as well as a Pinterest board's worth of interiors inspo.
Giving everything from energy healing and aura reading, to ear piercing, injectables and laser facials a quiet luxury overhaul, these salons are bringing wellbeing into 2023. Think spaces that feel more like a contemporary art gallery than a dingy doctor's room and a treatment roster that reads like a fully holistic self-care ritual, rather than a scary prescription.
Read on for the elevated wellness destinations that look as good as their treatments feel...
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Just when we thought Victoria Park Village couldn’t get any chicer, big. arrived. Housing a considered curation of beauty and wellness brands who take sustainability very seriously, big. wants you to look and feel great without damaging the planet. Designed in partnership with zero-waste designer Nina Woodcroft, the minimalist boutique includes shelves gifted from a shop that closed down and seaweed curtains - when they say zero waste, they mean it.
Their treatment space also houses an evolving list of residencies, from Katie England to MASAJ, bringing the best of beauty experiences to East London.
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big.beauty, 219 Victoria Park Rd, London E9 7HD
Still London
Offering everything from manicures and facials, to massages and reflexology, this cruelty free, natural and vegan salon and wellness store aims to spread calm and stillness in the midst of hectic East London. Make the most of your visit with a session in the state-of-the-art Infared sauna and birch filled shower room. And remember to breathe...
Still London, 450 Kingsland Road, London (Dalston), E8 4AE
Ouronyx
Correct us if we're wrong, but we're yet to visit another aesthetic clinic that looks quite as chic as Ouronyx. Nestled in the bustling small streets behind Picadilly, the clinic's serene white walls and sculptural curved staircase will ease the mind of even the most nervous needlephobe. Focused exclusively on non-surgical facial treatments, you'll find yourself happily telling everyone about the latest injectable treatment you underwent in Ouronyx's plushy, elegant interiors. We dare you not to take a photo.
Ouronyx, 20 St James's Street, London, SW1A 1ES
She's Lost Control
Take a stroll down Broadway Market and amongst the French delis, cool kid coffee shops and vintage clothing stalls you'll find She's Lost Control. A veritable treasure trove of all things crystal healing, horoscopes and holistic rituals, the pleasingly peach shop also offers more alternative treatments in the She's Lost Control sanctuary. Think aura photography, astrology reading and akashic records.
She's Lost Control, 74 Broadway Market, London, E8 4QJ
Grey Wolfe
Although holistic studio Grey Wolfe's interiors might be all concrete blocks and hard, minimalist edges, its modus operandi is altogether softer. Offering a bespoke menu of 'attuned massages' designed to help support your emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing, Grey Wolfe aims to be a retreat for those frazzled by city life. Visit for the deep tissue massage, stay for the amethyst infrared therapy, leave feeling healed from the inside out.
Grey Wolfe, 71 White Hart Lane, Barnes, SW13 0PP
Masaj
Let Masaj's soothing plaster-hued walls, swirling staircase and tailored treatments ease you out of post-work tension and into an easier, breezier you. An inclusive modern massage studio (the clue's in the name), Masaj champions the power of touch to heal all manner of ills, including the dreaded laptop hunch. Choose from one of the five treatments and let your to-do list slowly be replaced by visions of midcentury modern cabinets and the feeling of looser limbs.
You can find Masaj in Shoreditch and Marylebone
Pricc
The acupuncture world's answer to stuffy offices and old school clinics, the satisfyingly rude Pricc is singlehandedly bringing the ancient Chinese medicine treatment into 2023. With a wry tagline of 'No one forgets a Pricc', the sage green studio is giving the spiky treatment a cosy overhaul. The aim? To combine centuries old healing practices with a modern customer service. And, of course, there's a healthy amount of cacti adorning the walls as well.
Pricc, 2b Chepstow Road, W2 5BH
AURUM.Ldn
If Maria Tash is too expensive, the local tattoo shop is too scary and Claire's is simply just not an option, then AURUM.Ldn could be the piercing destination for you. Filling a gap in the market for millennial women who want to add to their ear constellation without sitting in a shop window or splashing the cash, AURUM.Ldn is the latest place to get punctured. Part gold jewellery shop, part piercing studio, you can buy your latest single stud earring and wear it straight out of the door.
AURUM.Ldn, Netil Market Unit O, 13-23 Westgate Street London, E8 3RL
Salon C. Stellar
A skin clinic but not as you know it, Salon C Stellar throws the cold white walls out the window, switching in bold, seventies hues of burnt orange and walls adorned with swirling psychedelic prints. Describing themselves as 'a sensorial, experience-centric skin and well-being clinic based', the groovy space combines ancient wisdom with modern science to create facial treatments that truly serve as self-care. Oh, and did we mention it was conceived by Andrea Pfeffer aka the founder of expert skincare brand Pfeffer Sal?
Salon C.Stellar, 19b Beak Street, W1F 9RP
Studio Unfold
Is it an outtake from ELLE Decoration's latest interiors shoot? No, it's Studio Unfold's sculptural, stone studio - home to all things acupuncture and cupping. A calming cave of wonders, this private clinic specialises in the physical and mental benefits of acupuncture, addressing everything from insomnia to fertility issues. All whilst immersed in an architect's dream living room.
Studio Unfold, Unit 15B East Wing Oslo House, 15 Prince Edward Road, Hackney Wick, E9 5EU
George Driver was the former Senior Beauty Editor - Digital at ELLE UK.
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