"Your UK favourite is the aptly named Bliss, which was voted by far the best for facial treatments".

"These beauty multiplexes are equipped to handle the 4 to 7 pm crunch. The 23,000 square foot spa features manicure and pedicure stations with personal headsets, flat-screen TVs and DVD players."

"Bliss' waxing was lightening fast, so any pain is fleeting."

"Bliss Spa at the W-New York is a sprawling, two floor spa that hits all the right notes—from the fragrant steam room to a near painless bikini wax."

"A exfoliating body scrub made from carrot mulch, a smoothing warm milk and honey wrap, and a final buffing with a sesame-seed-and-sea-salt scrub at Bliss Chicago" (carrot+sesame body buff)

"Post-facial, breakouts can sometimes get worse before they get better. Bliss focuses on preventing this phenomenon with an oxygen-enriched mask designed to calm skin." (chestcial/backcial)

"She (the bliss aesthetician) promised that round smoother nail edges would help stave off nail cracks and tears, so we yielded to her file. She rewarded us with a soothing, hot-cream cuticle treatment and an arm-and-hand massage with Bliss' signature lemon+sage body butter. We haven't had a split nail since." (hot cream manicure)

"At Bliss Los Angeles in the W Los Angeles-Westwood, a full-leg wax session gives you hair-free gams in half an hour. Bliss' own Poetic Super Speedy Strip wax, infused with chamomile and sweet almond oil, soothes skin while it gets the job done."

"Bliss Los Angeles offers poolside and plush in-room treatments."

"Bliss San Francisco casts itself as the young person's spa, soothing but free of self-seriousness. It features rock and jazz, not New Age whale music. Grab a brownie as you await your treatment. The hangover herbie includes a revitalizing face mask and an "antimigraine" massage."

"The party continues on the fourth floor of W San Francisco, where lounge music bounces, and Sex and the City loops on flat-screen TVs above manicures stations. Bliss's services are legendary: After the 85-minute Low Fat Facial, a combination oxygen infusion and deep-pore purging, your skin will be radiant."