Body Tailor has opened in Monte-Carlo with a clear focus: delivering visible results through advanced techniques. Founded by wellness entrepreneur Gabriela Manescu, the boutique studio takes a different approach to the traditional spa experience found across Monaco.
The compact space, located near the Metropole Shopping Centre in Monte-Carlo, offers two specialised treatments. One involves a machine that will humble even the fittest athletes. The other requires a practitioner to perform precise manual work inside the mouth. Both deliver exactly what they promise.
Welcome to your new limit
The Lagree Method is not Pilates. Anyone who tells you otherwise has not tried it. Body Tailor is the first and only place in Monaco offering this particular brand of controlled suffering, and within minutes of your first session, you will understand why it has a cult following.
The Mega Pro machine looks deceptively simple. A flat carriage, some springs, a few platforms. Then you start moving, and the method reveals itself. Slow, controlled movements that target muscles you did not know existed. Your trainer adjusts resistance throughout, pushing you to the edge of muscle failure, then holding you there.
A one-hour session feels like a lifetime. Your muscles shake. You might swear under your breath. But the method works precisely because it is this challenging. The low-impact, high-resistance approach builds strength without destroying joints, and the constant variation means your body cannot adapt or coast.
Sessions are personal or in very small groups. Your trainer watches every movement, corrects form, increases difficulty when you are getting comfortable, and generally ensures you cannot cheat your way through. If you have been bored by your gym routine or frustrated by lack of progress, this will solve both problems immediately.
The facial that works from the inside out
The Intra-Buccal + Kobido facial requires a brief mental adjustment. Your practitioner will be working inside your mouth. Not around it, inside it. With gloves, obviously, but still. If that sentence makes you hesitate, consider this: it works.
The treatment combines three elements that sound more like a wellness world tour than a standard facial. Omorovicza products from Hungarian thermal waters prepare the skin. Kobido, a 500-year-old Japanese massage technique, works the facial muscles and fascia with rapid, rhythmic movements that bear no resemblance to the gentle dabbing of a typical spa facial. Then comes the intra-buccal work.
The internal massage reaches muscles in the lower face, jaw, and around the mouth that are essentially impossible to address from the outside. The practitioner works methodically through the inner cheeks, along the jawline from the inside, around the nasolabial folds. It feels strange for about three minutes, then you stop noticing because the release is so immediate.
The results are not subtle. During a recent 90-minute session at Body Tailor, the lifting effect was visible before I even left the studio. Hours later, the jawline was more defined, my face looked genuinely rested rather than just moisturised, and tension that had been living in my jaw for months was simply gone.
This is not a facial you book for a pleasant afternoon. You book it because you want your face to look different when you leave than when you arrived. The Kobido massage is intense, the intra-buccal work is unusual, and the entire experience is about function over comfort. It delivers.
For those not ready to commit to facial massage from the inside out, Body Tailor also offers more traditional treatments using both Biologique Recherche and Omorovicza product lines. These sessions still follow the studio’s results-focused philosophy but without the intra-buccal component, making them a gentler entry point to the Body Tailor approach.
No shortcuts, no coincidence
Gabriela built Body Tailor around a simple premise: results come from consistency, not luck. The studio operates on a three-step cycle of Analysis, Adaptation, and Action, repeated monthly to keep pace with how skin and body actually change.
The skincare philosophy is refreshingly straightforward. Biologique Recherche, the French clinical line, handles problems. Concentrated, fragrance-free, effective for when skin needs correction. Omorovicza, built on Hungarian thermal water, maintains and prevents. Two different tools for two different jobs.
Body treatments include the Manuela Shala lymphatic drainage method, designed for circulation and reducing heaviness, with time built in after each session for personalised advice. The goal is for benefits to extend beyond the appointment and into daily life.
What you need to know
Body Tailor is not trying to replace your spa or your gym. It exists in a different category entirely. The studio keeps a small client base deliberately, allowing for genuine personalisation rather than assembly-line appointments.
Pricing reflects the boutique positioning and one-on-one attention. This is premium wellness for people who want measurable outcomes and are willing to pay for expertise and exclusivity. Packages offer better value for those committing to regular sessions, which is precisely the point. Sporadic visits miss the method.
Book through the website. Everything is by appointment, and the personalised nature of both the Lagree sessions and the facial treatments means availability is limited. The Intra-Buccal + Kobido facial requires extended time slots, so plan accordingly.
The verdict
Monaco has no shortage of places promising transformation. Body Tailor actually delivers it, largely because Gabriela has stripped away everything that does not directly contribute to results.
What you get is a Lagree workout that will redefine your understanding of muscle fatigue, and a facial treatment that works from angles you did not know existed. Both are uncomfortable in their own ways. Both produce visible, immediate results.
If you have been chasing results through conventional channels and coming up short, or if you are simply curious what happens when wellness stops being gentle and starts being effective, Body Tailor is worth the visit. Bring your pain tolerance and realistic expectations. Leave everything else at the door.
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