Asha Hair & Beauty Salon is Palmerston North's trusted women-only hair and beauty salon, located on Broadway Avenue in the city centre. Run by Asha Rani, a hairdresser and beautician, it offers professional, personalised services in a comfortable, welcoming environment created especially for female clients.
The salon specialises in Nanoplasty Hair Treatment — premium, formaldehyde-free smoothing and straightening that leaves hair healthier, shinier, smoother and frizz-free. Alongside it sits a full hair menu: colouring, balayage highlights, foils, root touch-ups, haircuts and trims, styling, hair spa treatments and deep conditioning.
The beauty offering is just as thorough. Body waxing uses Italian-made sugar wax and hot wax, facial threading and waxing covers brows to full face, and facials range from quick mini clean-ups to luxurious gold and bridal treatments. Massage and wellness options — Swedish, deep tissue, pregnancy and Indian acupressure massage, cupping therapy and traditional Indian hot oil head massage — complete the picture, all for women only.
Quality, hygiene and customer satisfaction guide everything the team does, and appointments can be booked online, with gift vouchers available for someone special.
On Broadway Avenue in the heart of Palmerston North CBD, Asha Hair & Beauty Salon has made its name as the city's trusted women-only salon. Run by Asha Rani, a hairdresser and beautician, it brings hair care, beauty therapy and traditional Indian wellness treatments together in one calm, welcoming space reserved exclusively for female clients.
The salon's philosophy is straightforward: professional, personalised service with a strong focus on quality, hygiene and customer satisfaction. Whether you are popping in for a quick eyebrow tidy or settling in for a two-hour full-body treatment, the goal is the same — helping you look and feel your best.
Asha's standout specialty is the Nanoplasty Hair Treatment, a premium, formaldehyde-free smoothing and straightening service. Where older straightening treatments could be harsh, nanoplasty is designed to improve the hair as it smooths it: clients leave with hair that is healthier, shinier, smoother and frizz-free.
Around that signature service sits a full hair menu — colouring, balayage highlights, foils and highlights, root touch-ups, haircuts and trims, styling, hair spa treatments and deep conditioning — delivered by stylists the salon describes as experienced in advanced hair care. Colour and smoothing clients can also maintain their results with hair spa treatments and deep conditioning between visits.
The beauty menu is notably deep. Body waxing is carried out with Italian-made sugar wax and hot wax, and spans everything from a five-minute underarm wax to full legs, full back and a comprehensive two-hour Full Body Wax Package that takes in legs, arms, underarms, Brazilian, back, tummy, full face and eyebrows.
Facial threading and waxing is a house strength as well — brows, upper lip, chin, nose, forehead, face sides and full-face options, often as quick three-to-five-minute appointments. Brows have their own following here: threading, tinting and lamination, plus combinations like the eye trio with upper lip, chin and under-chin.
Facials run from a 40-minute mini clean-up to luxurious gold treatments, including a Bridal Deluxe Gold Facial — 90 minutes of bleaching and de-tanning, gold-cream massage, steaming, blackhead removal and a golden peel-off mask across face, neck and chest. Targeted options include an herbal acne facial safe for sensitive, acne-prone skin, along with anti-ageing, hydra, fruit and skin-brightening facials, nearly all with eyebrow shaping included.
Wellness is where the salon's Indian heritage shines brightest. Women-only massages include Swedish, aromatherapy, deep tissue, pregnancy and stress-relief styles, along with Indian acupressure deep tissue work, cupping therapy and the traditional Indian hot oil head massage — available on its own or paired with a head wash and dry.
Massage options are thoughtfully tiered: a 20-minute neck and head massage when time is short, 40- and 60-minute back and full-body sessions, and a 90-minute full body massage when only the works will do. Feet, legs, face and shoulders each get dedicated treatments too, so you can focus relief exactly where you need it.
For many clients, the women-only policy is the whole point. It shapes every part of the menu — waxing, facials, massages and acupressure are all for female clients — and creates a private, relaxed environment where comfort comes first.
Everything is by appointment, with each service listed alongside its duration so you know exactly how much time to set aside. Gift vouchers are available too, which makes the salon an easy answer for birthdays, bridal celebrations or a treat for someone special.
One to plan around: the Super Deluxe Gold Facial, with its head massage and eyebrow shaping, is booked in the evening window from 5pm to 7pm, Monday to Saturday — a neat after-work wind-down.
From nanoplasty smoothing to an old-fashioned hot oil head massage, Asha Hair & Beauty Salon packs a genuinely comprehensive women-only menu into one friendly Palmerston North address.