Fact: If there is ever a time in life to truly pamper yourself, it is your wedding. Well, your wedding, and just before your wedding, of course. Enter Renew, a small spa located on NYC’s Upper East Side, and the obsession of literally every employee here at Thread (and of anyone, really, who has ever visited Renew). We aren’t sure how Carmel, the owner, works her magic exactly, but that is exactly what she performs: Magic. And we aren’t exaggerating here: Jen, our production director, went the other day and came back so glow-y and supermodel-y that Melissa and Daniel, our pattern maker, both followed suit, and soon it looked like the Giseles and the David Beckhams of the world had taken over Thread’s office.

So, yeah: If you are a bride-to-be and live even remotely close to the Tri-State area, we suggest hightailing it to the Upper Side for a sesh with Carmel stat.

(Our apologies to all you non-NYC brides-to-be out there for the sheer unhelpful-to-you-ness of this post. That said, however, if you do need a similar recommendation for someone in your area, please feel free to shoot us an email. We’ve got pals all over the country, and every last one of ‘em enjoys a good facial just as much as we do.)