Mirror, mirror not on the wall... Deepak’s, a unisex saloon, needed a space that would blend in both feminine and masculine notions of form, material, and mood. One enters the parlour through a statement door, welcomed by a reception area. This space overlooks the working area and the two seamlessly flow into each other. The reception area speaks to the customer with aesthetic attitudes generated with forms and materials through customized designer furniture, lamp shades, upholstery, and hand-painted bespoke wall art. The reception area is comforted with customized loungers and chairs that complement the shapes and shades of the entire design. The hand-painted wall art is an abstraction of human body parts to metaphorically celebrate the beautification of the human body, apt for a saloon. The reception table is both, a statement piece of carpentered furniture; and also anthropometrically crafted to assist users on either side of the table. On the rear side of the reception table, two manicure and pedicure stations are located creating an intimate corner for a much more private experience. Another door behind the reception table leads the employees to a pantry room for lunch and recess breaks. At the heart of the working space, an arc-shaped golden wall from floor to ceiling embellishes the beauty products shelved for sales and marketing. Across the golden wall, another arc-shaped working counter with circular mirrors serves as a hair-cutting station. These two together form a complete circle. The cavity inside this circular arrangement is used as a corner for nail art. A set of toilets for men and women, a store room, and a laundry area are all comfortably tucked behind the golden wall. Another layer of hair-cutting stations is off-setted halfway around the central core. The hair-cutting stations are dressed with circular mirrors framed with gold rims and backed with a fine white base Statuario tile. The white Statuario vitrified tile with veins of grey and gold is also used as countertops of work stations and cladding of reception tables. The arrangement of circular mirrors throughout this space creates dramatic reflections of the interiors. People and spaces are framed into the mirrors randomly creating abstract scenes, giving the space more avenues than it has. Two hair wash stations are raised above the floor level with a change in flooring material to demarcate the level difference. The fluted concrete finish that surfaces on the face of the furniture is also panelled over a partition wall that divides all the open workstation areas from the private facial rooms and body spa rooms. Four such rooms with subtle mood lighting and bespoke wall art with tailored fabrics for the massage beds and massage chairs create a surreal experience for its user. A bold and beautiful setting of colours and materials is thoughtfully played throughout the interiors, furniture, and upholstery of the saloon. With black-bodied vitrified tiles having strokes of gold and grey juxtaposed with fluted concrete panels and jade green walls, embellished with gold-rimmed circular mirrors, bespoke wall art, and designer lamp shades; this saloon has complemented the stature of the twenty-year-old establishment of Deepak’s saloon, shaping it further to ornament itself for an upmarket luxury saloon brand in a tier two city, Belgaum.