Explorer Unisex Salon · Sector 43, Gurugram

A 9pm walk-in became a finished colour by midnight

Explorer Unisex Salon in Sushant Lok Phase I does hair colour, keratin, hair botox, hair spa, cuts and beard work — and reviewers describe a team that doesn't send you home when the evening gets late.

4.5 out of 5, across 224 Google reviews

Not watching the clock

Explorer doesn't publish a closing time, but its reviewers keep describing the same thing: a client who arrived after 9pm for a colour service, and a team that stayed on well past midnight rather than send her home half-finished.

That is not a promise of a specific hour tonight — it's a pattern across a large review base, and the honest way to use it is to ask before you set out.

Keratin and hair botox, done often enough to be good at it

Reviewers name these two chemical treatments, along with hair spa, more than anything else on Explorer's menu.

A client leans back into a wash chair, hair damp and freshly coloured with visible highlights, during a keratin treatment at a styling station.

Keratin treatment smooths the hair shaft and cuts down blow-dry time — the classic choice for taming frizz. Hair botox works differently: it conditions and rebuilds strand thickness without keratin's formaldehyde-releasing chemistry, which is why some clients choose it instead.

Both are multi-hour services. Which one suits your hair depends on its current condition and what you want it to do afterwards — worth a two-line message before you decide.

Read: keratin vs hair botox vs smoothening, and how long each lasts

Book by name, not by chance

Two names come up again and again in Explorer's Google reviews. Regulars ask for them specifically.

Sofie’s station

Named again and again in Explorer’s Google reviews as a go-to stylist — clients return and ask for her directly, and describe her as attentive and thorough.

Monty ji’s station

The other name reviewers ask for by default. Regulars credit him with making a longer or more complicated service feel unhurried, and with putting first-time clients at ease.

More about the team

What's actually on the shelf

A row of styling stations along a mirrored wall, each with a bulb-lit round mirror, a leather chair and a marble-look counter. A lit display case of KeraCare hair care products stands in the foreground.
Explorer's styling row, photographed at the salon — the lit KeraCare display sits at the front counter.

Reviewers single out product quality as one of the things Explorer gets right, and the salon's own photographs back that up: a lit KeraCare display stands at the front counter, next to the styling row shown above.

If you want to know exactly which professional range is used for a specific treatment before you book it, that's a fair question to ask upfront.

Questions worth asking

Any of these can be asked on WhatsApp before you commit to anything.

  1. How late are you open?

    Explorer does not publish fixed hours, but its reviewers do describe walking in well into the evening — one client arrived at 9pm for a colour job and the team stayed on past midnight to finish it.

    The honest answer is to ask what tonight's closing time actually is before you set out.

  2. How much does keratin treatment or hair botox cost?

    Explorer does not publish a price list for any service, so this site does not print one either.

    Message with the treatment you want and your hair length or thickness, and you will get a straight answer before you commit to anything.

  3. Can I ask for Sofie or Monty ji specifically?

    Yes. Both are named repeatedly in Explorer’s Google reviews by clients who return and ask for them directly, and both take requests for a specific person rather than whoever is free.

    Meet Sofie and Monty ji
  4. What is the difference between keratin, hair botox and smoothening?

    They solve similar problems in different ways, and the right one depends on your hair and how long you want the result to last.

    Read: keratin vs hair botox vs smoothening
  5. Do you take walk-ins, or do I need to message ahead?

    Reviewers describe both — including a same-evening walk-in that turned into a full colour transformation. Messaging ahead is still the safer way to make sure a chair and the right stylist are free when you arrive, especially for a longer chemical treatment.

  6. Do you do beard styling and shaving for men?

    Yes — beard styling and shaving are both on Explorer’s regular menu alongside haircuts, colour, keratin, hair botox and hair spa.

    See the full menu
  7. Where in Sector 43 are you?

    Explorer Unisex Salon is on Block C, Sushant Lok Phase I, Sector 43, Gurugram.