Kinchit Beauty Parlour

Kinchit Beauty Parlour is tucked into Laxmi Flats in the Hathikhana area, near Wadi Rangmahal. It’s an old part of Vadodara, and our shop feels like it belongs here. It’s on the ground floor, so people can just walk right in. We have a heavy iron gate that we pull shut at night. During the day, it stays open. The room is painted a simple white, and we have a few posters of hairstyles on the wall that have been there for a decade. The edges are curling up, but we like them. We don't have much space, so we have to be organized with our tools. There’s a small sink in the corner that we use for everything. We get a lot of older women from the flats who have been coming to us since we opened. They like to sit and talk about the old days while I work on their hair. It’s a very local feel. We don't have fancy computers or a website. If you want to book, you just call the landline or just show up. Sometimes there’s a wait, so people sit on the wooden bench outside the door. We usually have a bit of incense burning near the small shrine on the shelf. It’s just a quiet, simple place where we do our work every day without any fuss. I usually bring my lunch from home and eat it quickly between customers.