Prices, timing and a skin plan that suits Rajkot.
Peak: November to February. Quiet: April to June.
Kathiawadi Gujarati and Jain families, with big community-hall weddings.
Dry, hot and dusty. Winter is short.
Hard and often saline.
Saline water here roughens hair fast. A weekly deep-conditioning mask for eight weeks does more for the wedding-day blow-dry than any last-week smoothening treatment.
Community halls and party plots across the 150 Feet Ring Road.
Bride's own makeup and hair on the wedding day: about Rs 8000 to Rs 38000. Family or party makeup: about Rs 2500 to Rs 9000. A full pre-bridal package: about Rs 4500 to Rs 18000. These are ranges people actually pay, not quotes.