Beauty comes at a festive premium
New Delhi: Salons and services apps have doubled prices over last festive season amid sharp surge in demand for services such as dandiya luxe and garba glows to Durga deity looks and Navratri queens. Executives attributed the increase in prices to a combination of a surge in costs of key ingredients such as palm oil, and glass and plastic bottles and aerosols by 25-30% year-on-year on account of the West Asia war, pricing power and the withdrawal of input tax credit on salons last year.“As we s…



