Narayanies Beauty Parlour

Our shop is located at No 5/3 on Somasundram Mudali Street in Sowcarpet. If you walk towards the Gandhi Statue, you'll find us pretty easily. Sowcarpet is such a busy area with all the wholesale shops and the narrow lanes, so there is always a lot of noise and people moving around outside our door. Narayanies is just a small, family-run kind of place. We don't have any fancy glass windows or big lights, just a plain door and a few stations inside for hair and skin stuff. We see a lot of people who work in the nearby shops who just want to get their eyebrows done during their lunch break. Because we are near the Gandhi Statue, it's a good landmark for people who aren't from this street. The shop gets a bit hot in the afternoons, but we have a good ceiling fan that keeps the air moving. I usually have some jasmine flowers on the small altar inside, so it smells nice when you walk in. We use regular brands that everyone knows. It is mostly a one-woman show here, though I have a helper who comes in during the wedding season when everyone wants their hair done up. We've been here for a long time and have seen the street change quite a bit, but the parlour stays pretty much the same year after year.