Most brides in Rajshahi come to us with the same question, phrased a dozen different ways. What should be done first, and when. So here it is as a calendar, the way we actually schedule it at the salon on Upposhor Link Road, near Nogor Bhaban More.
Skin needs time to settle between sessions. If you have never had a facial, this is when to find out how your skin behaves after one, long before a date is fixed. A bride who reacts badly to a product at week six can be switched to something calmer at week four. A bride who reacts at week one has no room left.
Bring your own everyday products with you. Half the brides we see are using something a cousin recommended and cannot remember the name of, and that matters more than the facial itself. Two facials spaced three weeks apart does more than four crowded into the last ten days. Our hydrafacial page explains what the session involves and who it suits, and it is the gentler option if your skin runs dry in the Rajshahi winter.
Keratin and rebonding are not last minute work. The hair needs weeks to relax into the result, and the first wash after treatment is when you find out whether the finish suits you. Book it now, live with it, and if the fall is not what you pictured there is still time to adjust the cut around it.
If you are travelling to the salon from outside the city, plan the treatment day so you are not rushing back the same evening. The process runs long, and the result should not be tested by a three hour bus ride the same night. Details of how the treatment works are on our keratin and rebonding page.
Hair colour goes here because it needs a wash or two to look like itself. A fresh colour is at its loudest on day one. Three weeks gives it time to soften into the tone you actually wanted, and it leaves time for a correction if a strand test reads differently on your hair than it did on the swatch.
This is also the last sensible point to try something new. Anything after this is maintenance, not experiment. Our hair colour page covers what we check before colouring, including previous henna use, which is the single most common reason a colour plan has to change.
The trial is not a rehearsal for vanity. It is the day we settle the questions that ruin a wedding morning, like whether your dupatta sits over or under the bun, how much weight the hair can carry before the pins start pulling, and how long the whole thing takes so the family can plan the morning around it.
Come with your outfit, or a photo of it, and the jewellery if it is already in the house. Bring the person who will be pinning your saree, because the two of us need to agree on where the hairline sits. Everything about the bridal service, including what is included and how bookings work, is on the bridal makeup page.
Holud and the wedding day are separate looks and separate bookings. Turmeric night can be lighter and more playful, with skin left free to breathe. The wedding day is the long one, so the base has to hold through a January evening, a car journey, and a hall that is warmer than the outside air by the time dinner is served.
Two things we ask every family. Book the holud and the wedding as one conversation so the two dates are not fighting each other. And keep the morning of the wedding free of errands, because a bride who has been to Shaheb Bazar at nine in the morning is a bride sitting in our chair at ten with no time left for the hair to be done properly.
Keya Beauty Salon
Dorikhorbona, Upposhor Link Road (near Nogor Bhaban / Nogor Vobon More), Rajshahi 6202, Bangladesh
Phone and WhatsApp: 01711-810832
Open daily 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Cash and bKash accepted.
Rates in Rajshahi depend on the service, hair length and thickness, and the date, message 01711-810832 and the salon confirms in writing before the booking.
The salon has been on this road since 1997 and is ladies only, so the whole appointment happens away from the street and away from a queue of people waiting to see how it is going. Walk in for a haircut or a facial if you are passing. For bridal work and for straightening, book ahead, because both take a chair for most of a day. Everything else the salon offers is listed on keyabeautysalon.com.