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Journal
Guides to the things people ask us about in the chair — what the treatments actually are, what they cost around the city, and how to pick.
Everything below started as a question someone asked us mid-treatment. Head spa traditions and what separates them, what things actually cost around this city, and what the words on a nail menu really mean.
Japanese head spa or Vietnamese gội đầu dưỡng sinh?
Both are sold as head spa in Saigon. They come from different places, do different things, and suit different scalps. Here is how to tell them apart before you book.
What a head spa actually costs in Saigon
Prices for gội đầu dưỡng sinh in this city run from about 59.000₫ to over 900.000₫ for what looks like the same thing. Here is what the difference buys.
Russian manicure, BIAB and Gel X, explained
Five terms you will see on every nail menu in District 1, what each one actually is, and how to work out which belongs on your hands.