Top 5 beauty salons in Pristina
This list extends the podium to five names and shows the full scores behind each of them. B&B Elegance leads with 70 of 75 possible points, estethica follows with 69, then come FRK Beauty Kosova with 56, Etrit Hair with 52 and A&L Hair Studio with 45. Each name in the table links to a full profile with everything we could verify.
The five cover surprisingly different ground: a family salon that combines hair, makeup and skin, a medical-aesthetic clinic, a lash and bridal studio with a huge Instagram following, a balayage specialist with his own salon, and a two-person studio known for colour correction. Whatever you are booking, at least one of them fits.
| # | Salon | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B&B Elegance A mother-and-daughter family salon: Besirja on hair with over 20 years of experience and Biondina on facial treatments. Hair, makeup and skin in one visit, with a public price list. | 70 |
| 2 | estethica An aesthetic clinic, the Kosovo branch of the Turkish estethica brand, operating since 2012. Skin-focused: hydrafacial, laser and medical-aesthetic procedures rather than a hair salon. | 69 |
| 3 | FRK Beauty Kosova A big name on social media with around 84 thousand Instagram followers. Offers lashes, microblading, bridal makeup, hair removal and courses. Does not take appointments through the usual channel. | 56 |
| 4 | Etrit Hair A hair salon opened in 2019 by stylist Etrit Tullumi, specialized in colour and balayage. It does not offer makeup. It has its own website with a gallery and team. | 52 |
| 5 | A&L Hair Studio A hair studio run by Lumnije and Agim, with over 30 years of experience and a focus on colour and colour correction. It works by appointment only. | 45 |
We could not verify Google star ratings for any salon in this ranking, so we do not show them. Positions rest on the panel scores and on facts from the salons' own public channels.
How to read the scores
Each of our five reviewers, Elira, Arta, Fjolla, Donika and Klea, ranked the complete field of 15 salons from 1 to 15, using every value exactly once. The totals in the table are simply the sum of five such rankings, so 75 is a perfect result and any total above 50 means a salon sat in the upper third for most of the panel.
The gaps tell their own story. One point separates first and second, a genuine tie in practice. Then the table drops by thirteen points to FRK, by four more to Etrit Hair and by seven to A&L. Sixth place, the nail academy Red Beauty Corner, missed this list by just two points, so treat the bottom of the top five as a fluid zone rather than a hard border.
1. B&B Elegance, 70 points
The leader needs little introduction: a mother-and-daughter team in the Muharrem Fejza area where Besirja covers hair with over 20 years of experience and Biondina covers facials. The range goes from cuts, colour, ombre, balayage and highlights to brows, makeup, deep cleansing, hydrafacial, dermaplaning, radiofrequency and LED, which means a wedding morning or a job interview can be handled start to finish in one chair.
The scores were the most united of the whole exercise: 15 from Elira and Fjolla, 14 from Arta and Klea, 12 from Donika. Just as important, every price is public, from the 15 euro haircut and 7 euro brow shaping to combined offers such as deep cleanse plus hydrafacial at 50 euro, so you can budget the entire visit before calling. Hours are Monday to Saturday, 09:00 to 17:00.
2. estethica, 69 points
Second place is a clinic, not a salon. estethica has operated in central Pristina since 2012 as the Kosovo branch of the Turkish estethica brand, with a treatment list built around HydraFacial, laser, mesotherapy, Tixel and the Alma Harmony XL PRO platform. Opening hours are the longest in the top five, Monday to Saturday from 08:00 to 20:00, which suits anyone booking around a work schedule.
Four of five reviewers put it at 14 or 15; only Fjolla went lower with 11. The pattern is easy to read: as a pure skin clinic it cannot help with hair, nails or makeup, so its value depends entirely on what you need. No prices are published, so ask for a clear quote when you book by phone or WhatsApp, especially for treatment courses that run over several sessions.
3. FRK Beauty Kosova, 56 points
FRK is the specialist of the top five for lashes, brows and bridal makeup, with microblading, skincare, hair removal and hair styling alongside, plus its own courses for aspiring makeup and lash artists. Around 84 thousand people follow it on Instagram and it runs a loyalty app on Google Play, an unusual level of digital investment for a Pristina studio.
All five scores landed between 9 and 13, the narrowest spread in the field, which reads as respect without full conviction. The missing pieces are practical: no published address, hours or prices, and a bio that says appointments are not taken the usual way. If its portfolio matches what you want, start the conversation early through the app or Instagram.
4. Etrit Hair, 52 points
Etrit Hair is the first pure hair salon in the ranking. Stylist Etrit Tullumi opened it in 2019 after more than 15 years in the trade, and the salon on Rruga C runs a clear specialist programme: cuts, professional colour, highlights and above all balayage, supported by a proper bilingual website with gallery, team page and a retail line of premium haircare. It explicitly does not offer makeup.
The scores split in a telling way: Elira and Donika gave 13, Arta 12 and Fjolla 10, while Klea went down to 4. A hair-only salon that skips makeup will always divide a panel that rates one-stop convenience highly, and that is exactly what the numbers show. For colour work on its own terms, though, it sits behind only B&B Elegance among the hair salons. Hours are Monday to Saturday, 10:00 to 18:00; prices are not published.
5. A&L Hair Studio, 45 points
A&L Hair Studio is run by Lumnije and Agim, a duo described with more than 30 years of experience who position themselves as colour technicians, including colour correction, the rescue work many other salons turn away. The studio is central and works strictly by appointment, which keeps the pace personal but also means you will not simply walk in.
This was the most divisive result in the top five: Donika made it her number one with 15 points, Elira and Arta gave 10, Klea 6 and Fjolla 4. The upside is obvious, decades of experience and a niche nobody above them claims. The downside is documentation: no published hours, no prices, and even the street address differs between sources, so confirm the details when you book.
Which one to pick for what
The quickest way to use this list is by need rather than by rank:
- A full look in one visit, with prices known in advance: B&B Elegance.
- Clinical skin treatments, laser and device-based care: estethica.
- Lashes, brows, microblading and bridal makeup: FRK Beauty Kosova.
- Balayage and modern colour from a dedicated specialist: Etrit Hair.
- Colour correction and one-on-one attention by appointment: A&L Hair Studio.
The hardest call is between the two hair specialists at four and five. Etrit Hair publishes more, a website, fixed hours and a visible team, which makes a first visit easier to plan. A&L trades that visibility for an appointment-only rhythm and a colour-correction niche. If your hair needs repair after a colour gone wrong, ask A&L first; for a planned balayage with reference photos, Etrit Hair is the more documented starting point.
A budget picture for the top five
Only the leader gives you numbers to plan with: at B&B Elegance a cut is 15 euro, colour 40, an occasion pairing of hairstyle and makeup 50, and facials run from 10 to 60 euro with a genuinely discounted 50 euro deep-cleanse-plus-hydrafacial combination. Those figures double as the city's reference sheet when you weigh quotes from the other four.
estethica, FRK, Etrit Hair and A&L all price individually. That is not a warning sign in itself, specialist work varies with each head and each skin, but it moves the burden to the enquiry: ask for a written total, ask what happens if extra work turns out to be needed, and for multi-session skin treatments at estethica ask for the series price rather than paying session by session blind.
Beyond the five, the drop is gentle: Red Beauty Corner misses the list by two points with its nails-plus-academy profile, and the hair houses The Hair Space and VOGUEhair follow. If none of the five covers your service, the top-10 page continues the table and the full ranking covers all fifteen.
Frequently asked questions
Which of the five suits appointments after work best?
estethica publishes the longest hours, 08:00 to 20:00 Monday to Saturday. Etrit Hair works to 18:00, B&B Elegance to 17:00. FRK and A&L publish no hours, so plan those two with more lead time.
How do you rank the salons?
The ranking comes from the scores of five reviewers, each of whom ranked all 15 salons from 1 to 15. The sum gives the total, out of a maximum of 75.
Why is a skin clinic in second place?
Because the ranking covers beauty services as a whole, not just hairdressing. estethica scored 14 or 15 with four of five reviewers thanks to its specialised, device-based skin care, even though it offers no hair services at all.
Which of the five is best for hair alone?
B&B Elegance leads overall and covers the full hair menu with public prices. Among the pure hair specialists, Etrit Hair, opened in 2019 around balayage and colour, ranks highest, with A&L Hair Studio as the colour-correction alternative.
What does it mean when a salon's scores vary a lot between reviewers?
Usually that the salon is a specialist. A&L ranges from 4 to 15 and Etrit Hair from 4 to 13 because reviewers who value one-stop breadth rank narrow specialists lower, while reviewers who value depth in one craft rank them higher. The totals balance both views.
Do any of them publish prices?
Only B&B Elegance. Its list covers hair, makeup, brows and facials, for example hair colour at 40 euro, highlights at 100 euro and a hydrafacial at 60 euro. estethica, FRK, Etrit Hair and A&L all quote individually, so ask for the total cost, including any treatments added on the day, before you sit down.