KOLKATA: To add a positive spin to the ugly turn demonetisation has taken on businesses and consumers, several branded salons and wellness service providers are offering beauty spa packages that can be paid for using the old notes.Branded salons such as Jawed Habib’s and Head Turners continue to accept the demonetised notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, with the latter even launching a special membership offer whereby with cash deposit of Rs 25,000 one can avail services worth up to Rs 50,000, in a bid to ensure demand for their premium services.“We are raising an invoice for every service offered, so accepting the currency notes is not an issue for us. Also we are accepting it only on request People who are using the big denomination notes are the ones who are opting for the expensive services we offer at the salon,” said an employee at the Jawed Habib Hair and Beauty Salon, Khan Market, the only company owned outlet in Delhi.The salon has recorded a 20% increase in demand for high end services like hair smoothening, straightening and highlighting in the last one week.Silhouette at The Claridges in New Delhi was accepting the demonetised notes for purchase of its beauty products till Monday. “We didn’t accept the notes on the services but we wanted to popularise our products so we were accepting the notes for the three brands of beauty products we sell at the store,” said Sanjeev Sharma, assistant manager at the Silhouette.Several wellness service providers, too, are accepting old currency payment to keep their loyal customer base intact and attract new ones. Play Salon & Spa in Bengaluru is pushing its loyalty programmes by accepting cash payments in denominations of Rs 1,000 or Rs 500.The membership programme, which costs Rs 40,000, allows customers to avail the services later. However, while some players in the segment are still cashing in on people’s rush to get rid of old notes, some had to let go unable to handle the unprecedented rush at their outlets. “As soon as we announced accepting the soon to be invalid notes the crowd grew by four-folds,” said Praveen Singh, manager at the 5th Element Spa in Bengaluru.