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A 20-year veteran of two top facial salons, Kantor hung out her shingle a year ago in a terra cotta-tiled courtyard with underground parking, a boon to privacy-minded clients such as Lisa Rinna and Jada Pinkett Smith. We were lulled by the sound of ocean waves while Kantor cleansed, steamed, and exfoliated our skin with an oat-flour and almond-meal scrub and a natural-bristle brush. Next came dermatologist-quality extractions, disinfection with tea-tree oil, and an antioxidant mask that sank in with the help of a warm blue azulene paraffin veil.
While our eyes rested under chamomile pads, our hands were conditioned, paraffined, and mittened. After 90 minutes, we walked out into the leafy courtyard, listened to the splash of the fountain, and meditated—on our new skin.