Best of Rhode Island 2008 Editors' Picks

Mary Dee Housley started building a clientele while giving facials as a cosmetology student. A makeup artist and esthetician, she only uses products from Yonka, a French skincare line. Ninety-minute facials are done at her live/work loft, which means privacy and no wait. Housley's devotees include actors, models and newscasters: One Manhattanite who sampled facials at swank spas around the world won't let anyone else touch her face.