Sophia Kercher

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Best Eyebrow Guru

Sophia Kercher
The bruja of brows walks among us in Los Angeles. Her name is Helena Tamargo. The spellbinding Chilean-Californian beautician is perhaps best known for perfecting Selena Gomez’s eyebrows and working her face-framing magic — waxing the bushy or reviving the threadbare. She worked at the pink-and-white dollhouse Benefit Cosmetics in......
Hermosa Beach had huge voter lines on March 3 for its oil drilling measure. Lines proved a rarity in Los Angeles on Election Day.

Best Modern Botanica

Sophia Kercher
Los Angeles' unofficial meeting ground for magic seekers (and makers) may be Silver Lake's House of Intuition. Here, steps above a bustling Sunset Boulevard, as you climb past a bonsai-laden garden, is a center for the metaphysical that serves as a modern-day botanica. Botanicas are spiritual shops transported from Latin......
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Best Boutique Wine Shop

Sophia Kercher
Los Angeles' best-kept secrets often are found in strip malls. One such secret is Lou Wine Shop & Tastings in Los Feliz. This temple to obscure and exceptionally tasty wines was opened by the city's cult wine guru, Lou Amdur, who briefly had the shop Lou Wine & Provisions next......
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Best Jam-of-the-Month Club

Sophia Kercher
Before Sqirl became the hippest brunch spot in town, and before its chef, Jessica Koslow,became the brightest rising star in California's culinary constellation, it was a jam company. Crafting in her kitchen, Koslow birthed seasonal fruit spreads in fashionable jars offered at lucky local farmers markets — these became our......
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Best Spa

Sophia Kercher
There are certain locations in the city that transcend time and space. The small, tranquil Barai Day Spa is one such place. Here, in a room sectioned off by curtains to create personal sanctuaries, Barai offers affordable (and last-minute) Thai and Swedish massages that may make you forget worries, pains......
Mary Jane’s Medicinals is one of a few cannabis companies that offer "hash baths."; Credit: Andrea Berry

A Hash Bath Is the Marijuana Spa Treatment You Deserve

Sophia Kercher
The night Dahlia Mertens first dropped some marijuana leaves in her bath was a revelation. “I couldn’t believe how relaxed it made me feel,” Mertens says. Soon after she created her signature "hash bath" mixture. “It’s essentially a big tea bag of cannabis mixed with lavender, chamomile and peppermint and......