Vamas Beauty Salon

You have to head up to the third floor of the Jay Kay building on Kalawad Road to find us. It’s a bit of a climb if the lift is acting up, which happens more often than we’d like. We are right near Raju Paunbhaji, so the smell of butter and spices usually drifts up here in the evenings and makes everyone hungry. Saint Mary’s School is just across the way, so in the mornings it’s all bells and whistles and kids shouting. Being on the third floor gives us a bit of a view of the road, which is nice when it’s raining. The salon is mostly one big room with different sections partitioned off. We have some plants by the window that are struggling a bit because of the heat. The floor is white tile and shows every bit of dirt, so we are always cleaning. It’s a busy part of Kalawad Road, very central. We get all sorts of people coming in, from tired moms to students from the nearby hostels. It’s not a quiet place, there is always a hair dryer going or someone talking on their phone. We just keep our heads down and do the work. It’s a decent spot and we’ve made a lot of friends among the other shop owners in the building.