Glam Studios, Kamla Nagar, Agra: the studio

This is what you walk into.

Glam Studios Kamla Nagar serves women and men, in the same chairs; men's grooming has its own page. A wooden partition planted with greenery divides the floor. Behind it is the backwash, with two basins. Along one wall the product shelves run floor to ceiling.

The studio prints its own sign and puts it on the wall: GLAM STUDIOS PHILOSOPHY — First Repair. Then Style. Nothing starts before the consultation. You sit in the chair. The stylist looks at your hair or your skin, and says what it will take. If a repair should come before a style, the studio says so.

B-18, on the ground floor. Use the map link to reach it.

The studio is at B-18, Kamla Nagar, on the ground floor, on the main road with parking on the street outside. The map link on this page opens the studio's own listing in Google Maps; open it on the phone you are travelling with and follow it in, because the colony runs across several blocks and a map reads better than an address typed by hand. If something on the way is unclear, send a message and ask.

A first visit is easier when you bring two or three things with you. None of it is required. It only saves time at the start of the visit. Brides doing a bridal trial have their own short list on that page.

• Your date — if the visit is for a wedding or a function, bring the date.
• A photograph — the cut, the colour or the look you are asking for.
• Your outfit — for makeup, a photograph of what you will be wearing.
• What you use at home — the shampoo or the cream, or a photograph of it.
• Time to sit — the consultation comes before the service, not after it.