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The floor-to-ceiling white curtains that line the hallways and rooms in Ciel Spa at SLS Beverly Hills seem a bit dated, recalling the 1990s Delano in South Beach (another Philippe Starck-designed hotel). But no matter—here the service and expertise are what really deliver. Clients don't stand at a counter to check in and check out, but sit at a posh desk (much better to consider taking home products from the retail area), and treatments begin with a de-stressing footbath. The massages, including hot-stone, are fine, but the real news here is the facials that use products by Upper East Side Manhattan cult skin care doyenne Ling and German-based Ageless Aesthetics Technology brands. This being youth-obsessed Los Angeles, before that big pitch meeting, have the Forever Young "non-surgical face-lift": The therapist wields zapping calipers to stimulate facial muscles into a short-term, noticeably less saggy appearance.