4 /5 Bearsac: Al Amira Beauty Salon
My mummy’s usual hairdressers has not yet reopened after the relaxing of the Corona virus lockdown. Taking up a Groupon voucher she opted for a colour, cut and blow-dry at Al Amira Beauty Salon, which resides on Belmont circle in Stanmore.
They even took my temperature as well as Mummy Debra’s. I don’t think they had ever taken a teddy bear’s temperature before, so it must have been something quite special!
Mummy was assigned a lovely lady named, Ashwaq. She was polite, not phased by a talking teddy bear, and seemed to sense that neither Mummy nor I wanted to answer endless questions. So hairdressers just don’t stop with the questions! It can be like the Spanish Inquisition going to a hairdresser!
With its subdued lighting, turquoise and white pillars and a charming white horse on the wall, Al Amira is a little different from the usual overlit modern salons. Thankfully there was no loud pop music, instead relaxing music that may have been Arabic, at a comfortable volume.
No men are permitted into the salon, but being a teddy bear my maleness was overlooked!
Mummy Debra was happy with her cut colour and she almost looked beautiful after!