Richa Beauty Parlour

Richa Beauty Parlour is a small place I run in Thakurganj. We are right at the Thakurganj Crossing on A P Sen Road, literally next to the old well. Everyone knows the well, so it makes us easy to find. I’ve been here for several years now. It’s just me and one helper most days. We do the usual things like waxing, threading, and hair coloring. Lucknow summers are tough, so we have a small air conditioner that struggles a bit but keeps the heat away. The room is decorated with some posters of hairstyles that are probably out of date now, but people still like looking at them. We get a lot of neighborhood ladies who come in to gossip and get their eyebrows done. It feels more like a living room sometimes than a business. I use a big old register to keep track of my earnings. The chairs are a bit squeaky when you sit down, but they’re sturdy. I like the routine of opening up the shutters every morning and sweeping the front step. We don't have a website or anything like that. People just know us by word of mouth. If you live around A P Sen Road, you’ve likely seen me sitting out front during the quiet hours in the afternoon. It is not a fancy place, just somewhere reliable to get your beauty work done.