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NOTES FASHION By Steven Hempel Spa at Hotel Chelsea, New York A Summer Skin, Signed Dior The Spa at Hotel Chelsea, set high on the penthouse level, is bright and open, with a terrace garden that shifts the mood the moment you step in. Calm, understated, and settled, the layout is clear: a Swedish sauna with steam rooms, rain showers, and a fireplace lounge. Treatments range from facials and massage to healing arts, including tarot. With a menu that shifts over time, it features carefully selected products as well as an artist-in-residency program that brings in specialists for a limited time to provide unique treatments. Led by Amity Murray, the six-room spa has developed a loyal following. Here are Amity's top recommendations for healthy skin. N o peeling, no fuss. In the hands of creative and image director for makeup Peter Philips, Dior pares things back. Dior Forever Skin Bronze arrives as a stick — compact, tactile, direct. The texture is a balm, soft enough to disappear on contact, leaving behind warmth r a t h e r t h a n product. Less sculpting, more suggestion: like light held close to the skin. The gesture is simple. One pass, maybe two. The formula moves easily, warming the face in a way that feels incidental, as if it happened somewhere else, earlier in the day. Six shades, all calibrated with warmth in mind, translate into a kind of soft radiance. Not a tan, exactly. More like the memory of one. There's also skincare folded in — vitamins C and E, a subtle conditioning layer — but this stays in the background. What remains is the finish: diffuse, low-key, and lasting. Something you don't think about once it's on. You just enjoy knowing that you're living your best life ever. dior.com. SKIN DEEP • I come back to the same idea, again and again: Less. • In a moment where more is constantly positioned as better, it's easy to overwork the skin — especially when something feels off. The instinct is to add, to correct, to layer. More often than not, the shift comes from doing less. Scaling back and simplifying allows the skin to recalibrate in a way that layering never does. • Skin doesn't need constant intervention. It knows how to repair and return to balance. What reads as an issue is often just accumulation — of product, stress, or environment. • W h i c h b r i n g s u s b a c k t o t h e fundamentals: rest, nourishment, gut health. Not aspirational, just necessary. APOTHECARY There's no hierarchy — just what stays in rotation. Luzern Crème Nuit: Retinol, refined. Skin looks smoother, more even by morning. Marie Veronique Colorfree SPF 32: Daily. Nonnegotiable. Protection, always. Marie Veronique Vitamin C+E+Ferulic Serum: A long-game product. Balanced, effective, and consistent. Monastery Deep Red LED Mask: Used nightly. As much ritual as treatment. Monastery Gold Oil: Dense, restorative, and immediate. If it's one thing, it's this. 26