Nina's European Day Spa is celebrating its 20th anniversary today by giving you presents. Stop by the store anytime today between 12pm and 7pm and receive one of the following treatments free: eyebrow threading or waxing, mini microdermabrasian and hand treatments. Also, if you spend a little money, you save money: Gift certificates purchased today are 30 percent off, and treatments booked today are 20 percent off.

Spa Week is back again! If you haven't reserved a treatment time, you better do so fast because time is running out. Spa Week, running this year from Oct. 15-21, is when New York City spas get together and offer treatments for only $50. Some of the more intriguing deals:

A 60-minute facial, which includes $50 worth of products, at Fresh.

A 75-minute organic facial at Williamsburg's Magnolia Beauty Spa.

A 45-minute chocolate truffle body scrub at De Novo European Beauty Spa.

Yin Beauty and Arts is offering 70-minute anti-cellulite and detoxification sessions.

Make sure to check out our complete list of Spa Week deals.

Shobha Grand Opening Specials
Shobha Columbus Circle
Through August 19

Your eybrows need some love? From July 31 through August 5, book any waxing service (excluding those with an upper-level specialist) and get a complimentary eyebrow threading. From Aug 7 through 12, it's two-for-one with a friend eyebrow shapings (you must come in together and at least one of the duo must be new to Shobha), and August 14 through 19, enjoy a complimentary upper lip threading with an eyebrow booking. Call for more info and to make an appointment. Check out all the details and all our New York beauty deals.

Spa Week is, alas, still months away (April!). But Prettycity.com and the Heart Truth have put together a little something to tide our appetites 'til then.

Between Jan. 15 and Feb. 15, a cross-country campaign called Love You aims to bring awareness to women about heart disease--and is doing so by cutting prices on spa treatments to just $59 for one month. In New York, snag a 45-minute massage at L'Institute Sothys (regularly $110), a stress-relief facial and eye treatment at Finesse Day Spa (regularly $90), or a chamomile souffle facial at Skintology (usually $100)--or get the most bang for your buck with Randee Elaine's one-hour massage plus either a mini facial or a mani-pedi. Get the full scoop on Prettycity's website.

Want to do a bit more browsing before you book? Check out $50 for a month of unlimited yoga, Thai massage specials and more on Citysearch's Beauty Deals.

Colorful beauty and home decor shop Red Flower is getting on the gift-giving/holiday-party bandwagon with an evening that graciously combines both. At its core, it's a sales event--all merchandise is 15-percent off--but the free champagne and tasty appetizers are not to be overlooked. They just make holiday shopping so much easier.

Check out the goods early on the store's official website, but get the savings at Red Flower on Tuesday, Dec. 12, between 6pm and 9pm.

There are salons that people like, and there are salons that people don't. And then there are salons that we don't know much about, but that happen to be offering a good deal. More importantly, a good deal on a service that can't ruin your hair. The Upper East Side's Fine Artistik is doing blow-outs for just $25 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (all very respectable I-need-a-blow-out-for-tonight days) through November.

So what's the harm in trying? This could be an undiscovered gem.

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Offers like these make me question how generous I really am. Give it away? Get it just for myself? Graceful Services' current special is just $120 for two hours of anything you want. Book what's basically two back-to-back lava stone massages (ahhh ...), or mix-and-match with an hour-long deep tissue massage and a 60-minute facial. Ever heard of the ancient Chinese therapy Gua Sha? We hadn't either, but it's when a bull's horn is rubbed along the spine and apparently it's divine.

Check out the full menu of services, as well as more fabulous beauty deals elsewhere.

To all the men out there--yes, men do read fashion blogs-- who use their birthday as an excuse to make drunken passes at hot ladies, I have another way to celebrate your birthday: Get a free haircut. Yup. I just found out that Barber Bart gives men a free haircut on their birthday. How nice is that. And men, you can extend the niceness by graciously thanking those newfound lady friends for their presence at your party. Check out more great deals and discounts.

Heads up on a fab discount at high-end department store Takashimaya: Tonight through tomorrow, save $25 for every $100 spent on the cosmetics floor. Counters include Babor, La Base and more.

Yay-for-the-weekend bonus: More beauty schwag, designer sale tip-offs.

If there was a universe anything like the Phyto Universe that opened just this week, I'd like to live in it. The air inside this urban oasis is so fresh it's almost sweet, thanks to a sprawling hanging garden that represents the brand's purely botanical hair care products.

And in this Phyto (pronounced "fee-toe") world, things just seem to come easier. Take, for example, the free, full-sized products you'll receive at the end of your Leirac facial. That's right. Any products used in your facial are yours to take home--full-size bottles, for free--just because they care, and they want the results to last. [UPDATE: Phyto has reneged this offer].

You can also drop by anytime for a free hair consulation that's unlike any other. Just as fascinating and fun as it is useful, a machine magnifies your hair 200 times and displays it, in live video, for you and your specialist to study.