Beauty Saloons @ Telawi streets

Hello all!

It's getting very very warm these days due to Chinese New Year,but because of the weather condition,we have clear dark blue skies at night.What is so special about it? It is the stars.Yes yes,again,tonight Bangsar's sky is twinkling .Do you all even care about bangsar skies?hmmpppp...

Any hows,Chinese New Year is coming and I am sure us girls would want to look our very very best . I do not know if it is a Chinese tradition or what but whenever  i go back to my mom's hometown at Seremban,relatives will comment on how you look,whether you gone prettier,or you put on weight after not seeing you for a year. Hence,instead of pigging during this festive season,some of us have to control the temptation to gobble down all those oh-so-yummy-cookies. My favorites are prawn role,some white shape dragon cookie,pineapple rolls,and  "ah-cat " served with prawn crackers.

Well, for people living in Bangsar,I am sure it is no surprise that not only is Telawi Street flooded with boutiques ,but also saloons ,beauty house,whatever people call it these days run mostly by Punjabis or Indians.One of the services most sought-after by us ladies (in my opinion) would be threading,as eyebrows,believe it or not makes a lot of differences to a person's appearance. Passing by one of the beauty saloons today,i spotted "threading for man".It is something really strange and new as i have never heard about it before owh well.=)

One of the most well-do beauty saloons,would be Saluga's Beauty House.A shop located on the second floor right opposite Bangsar Village Two ,always sardine-pack with people .A lot of people i know goes to this one.Most of the beauty house provides service such as threading,waxing,manicure,pedicure,make-up service,hair cuts,facial and etc.

Saluga's was where i first got my first threading and the pain was unbearable ,but no pain,no gain right,so whenever i felt like shaping the forest  on my face,i will just head over there for threading at a price of RM5( It is the standard price for threading).  I wanted to try out their manicure service since it is only RM25 but that time,the manicurist was preoccupied( They only have one manicurist) .So far,I think this is the CHEAPEST place to have a manicure done and they use OPI products too.So ,no harm trying right.

Few doors away from Saluga,there is another beauty saloon name Sheela's Beauty Saloon . I have only been to this place once,which was few days ago to get my nails done.At Sheela's it is RM35 for a manicure and since I was desperate,i decided to give it a try.The place is however quite empty,maybe because i went in the morning on a weekday .They too,have a collection of OPI products and other brands. So ,here is how the manicure went,she soaked my hands in a container of water(i think,looks like water to me), massage my hand with some sort of cucumber scrub,wash it off, shape my nails,cut of the cuticles and clean it with some cuticle gel,apply foot scrub(the label on the bottle says FOOT SCRUB) on my hand and  massage ,and then wipe it off,paint my nails and put some quick dry thing.

Notice anything wrong here?I am sure girls who often do manicure will notice,they left out the top coat and base coat.Fine,I will close an eye about the base coat as i doubt the color i chose (bubble bath from OPI) (A lot of their colors are dried up so if you are looking for a variety,try elsewhere)will stain my nails.But what about the top coat!And no,i did not keep quiet about that so i question her.She said those quick dry thing they added on my nails is considered as top coat.

Bubble bath

photo taken from lovelyandfun.blogspot.com

Well we all know that top coat is to protect the nail lacquer so it will last longer,so without that,seriously,my manicure only lasted me a day.I had small chips here and there at the end of the day.And I also found out that top coat is top coat ,quick dry is quick dry! they are two seperate items which must be applied(www.opi.com).

I do not know if they were trying to cheat me or this is their way of doing it.It is not like they do not have base coat and top coat polish.They do! but why deprived me from those?T.T

My advice?Do not go back there for a manicure!.You can try out other services if you want to.

Next,would be one of the newly open saloons name Pammi Beauty Saloon located at Jalan Telawi 2(opposite Devi's corner row).It is a newly open saloon and my sister was the one who brought me here.Looks very homely,nicely decorated ,not really pack so there is no need to wait a thousand years to be done with.Overall,it looks like a pretty neat place to me.I personally tried the pedicure there.They are professional ,no doubt,no mistakes done,no applying,rubbing off and applying again. After a chit chat with them,my sister found out that they are actually from Glitters.Lucky us!=)

Since its newly open,they do not have a wide range of colors ,but they said they will be adding more soon to their collection.In addition to that,they also have 'Gellish Nail Polish' ( i hope i got the spelling right).It is way more expensive as it last longer( A month-according to them) and also,it hardens your nails.So it is good news for people who have soft nails and can never grow them long as they keep breaking.(Just so you know, one bottle of gelish nail polish cost more than a bottle of OPI). So far,Pammi is the only saloon that offers gelish nail polish ,i am talking about these kind of all-in-one saloons .Google it and you will read many review about how it last very long.=)

Also,my sister tried the bikini wax there too,and when i asked her how was it.She said "clean".hahaha.So yes,Pammi is looking good to me.=)

Another one of the many saloons i have tried is First Impression Beauty Saloon.Hard to miss as it is exactly opposite Devi's Corner ,above KK Mart,PINK in colour,there is a banner promoting wigs but the wig shop have long close down. Been there for threading with my friends.Threading here does not hurt as much as at Saluga's . The price is the same.Only one person doing the threading so hence, you have to wait for your turn.There is a small boutique selling  punjabi clothes and accessories adjoined to the shop .Overall,not bad.=) If you were to google it,there is a first impression beauty saloon in UK and Penang.I do not know if it is the same though.

So far,these are the only one i have tried. There are others like ,CN Health and Beauty(Telawi 2-same row as KK Mart) and Tara's Beauty( same row as McDonalds). 

For more information on prices and services,do visit their facebook page=)

Saluga Beauty House

Pammi Beauty Saloon

I could not find the links to the rest of the saloons.Sorry!=(

Have fun beautifying ur'self girls :)