Review: Mahsa's Signature Salon!

Chalkboard wall commemorating the opening of Mahsa's!

Assalaamu alaikum! Today I want to address one of the biggest personal care concerns of covering women - hair cuts!

Alhamdulillah, after I reverted to Islam and I made the decision to dye my hair for the first time, my dear friend Brett introduced me to Mahsa and Sanaz Sadegi, two Persian sisters who have a hair salon in St. Charles, MO! While they aren't hijabis themselves, the sisters' Persian heritage and covering friends and family made them uniquely sympathetic to the needs of women who cover their hair for spiritual reasons, regardless of religion! Bi'ithnillah, these sisters have created an environment where any woman who covers can feel comfortable having their hair done in this salon.

If you come into this salon and you cover your hair (especially if you mention this prior, but it is always available!) you will be placed at one of the furthest stations with this barrier up, protecting you from male gaze. Your stylist will inform you if there are any men coming to the salon for appointments and will ask any men accompanying other customers to please sit in the sitting area and not look over at the hair stations. If you need to move to a washing station or a hair dryer, they will double check if there are any men inside or outside the salon before moving you and can move the partition if requested. There is also talk of converting one of the back rooms into a private salon area to avoid this kind of situation.

(A couple other views of the partition. I'm so short I have to jump into the chair when Sanaz raises it up! lol)

Prayer is also accommodated in the salon. The back area has a bathroom in which one can make wudhu and also has a kitchen area which can double as a prayer area. The sitting area and front of the salon can also be used for prayer if one is comfortable.

Small kitchen where one can pray. 

While you wait you have the option of coffee (Keurig - I highly recommend the French Vanilla!) or a bottle of water. There are magazines to flip through like at most salons. Both sisters are highly skilled at doing both curly and straight hair (great for sisters with curly or natural hair! Most people with straight hair just have no clue how to cut it!). Both they and the other stylists employed are so sweet and they will just chat with you about everything! I love when I come in because Mahsa gets so happy to see me and give salaams. <3 

There is also a make-up station and they offer bridal packages and waxing as well. In shaa Allah, if anyone needs henna I may be doing henna upon request! Check out their website here.

In shaa Allah this review helps sisters. Perhaps they can find a hijabi-friendly salon in their town, encourage an existing salon to include privacy measures for covering women, or even open up their own! Here are a few links to some other hijabi-friendly salons in the US: 

Le'Jemalik Salon and Boutique (Brooklyn)

Muslims Hair Salon (Irvine, CA)

Dina Marie Makeup, LLC (Atlanta)

Other Atlanta Salons (reviews)

Jazakum Allahu kheiran! If you know of a hijabi-friendly salon in your home town, drop a link below and help some sisters out!

Sajida.

Me with Sanaz (left) and Mahsa (right).