Stark Waxing Studio at Sally Hershberger Face Place (CLOSED)

This West Coast salon earned a devoted following by tending to the bikini lines and brows of West Hollywood for four years. Now Stark’s brand of waxing is bicoastal, and the speedy staff is ready to strip your arms ($30–$50), legs ($40–$75) and unmentionables (full Brazilian $70–$85) hairless. Germaphobes will be happy to hear that the studio, which occupies a few private rooms within Sally Hershberger Face Place, enforces a strict no-double-dipping policy—each stick gets one dunk in the hard French blue wax before it’s traded for a new one. After the jojoba-oil–based goop pulls hair out from the root, a technician smoothes on a peppermint-lavender cream to soothe any post-tear stinging. To minimize the chance of ingrown hairs, pick up Stark’s citrusy body scrub ($24) and an exfoliating mitt ($12), or treat yourself to the brand’s hand-poured candles ($28) to calm your frazzled nerves.