An Exclusive Interview with Rajesh Yadav – Business Head at 7e Wellness & Samir Srivastav – CEO at Looks Salon
In this exclusive interview, Rajesh Yadav, Business Head at 7e Wellness, and Samir Srivastav, CEO at Looks Salon, share their insights on innovation and leadership in India’s dynamic beauty and wellness industry.
Discover their perspectives on industry trends, customer focus, and the future of brand growth in this engaging conversation.
Can you explain the concept behind the collaboration between 7E Wellness and Looks Salon, and what inspired this partnership?
Rajesh Yadav: At 7E Wellness, our vision has always been to make advanced, non-invasive skincare accessible in environments where clients already feel comfortable and cared for. Looks Salon’s reputation for trust, consistency, and luxury made this a natural alliance.
Together, we are shaping a new category of ‘intelligent indulgence’ where clients experience science-backed, results-driven treatments without compromising on the warmth, care, and personal touch of a salon environment.
Samir Srivastav: At Looks Salon, we have always focused on evolving with the needs of our clients. Today, they seek more than just pampering; they look for treatments that are both effective and innovative, without feeling clinical or intimidating.
Our collaboration with 7E Wellness brings advanced, technology-driven facials into a familiar, luxurious salon setting. It is a perfect synergy built on shared values: client trust, education, and delivering consistent and visible results.
What challenges did you foresee or face in blending technology with luxury salon services, and how did you address them from an operational standpoint?
Rajesh Yadav: The key challenge was ensuring that the technology complemented, rather than overshadowed, the luxury experience.
We worked closely with Looks to design the training and treatment protocols that let the microcurrent devices deliver visible results while fitting naturally into their high-touch, hospitality-driven service model. For us, technology succeeds only when it feels effortless for both professionals and clients.
Samir Srivastav: The biggest challenge was maintaining the seamlessness of luxury hospitality while integrating high-tech solutions.
Our clients don’t want a clinical or intimidating environment, so we had to retrain our team to communicate the science of 7E in an approachable, lifestyle-led language.
What are your long-term goals for the 7E Wellness and Looks Salon partnership, and how do you envision its impact on the skincare industry?
Rajesh Yadav: Our vision is to build India’s first large-scale, tech-enabled skincare network—bringing science-backed, results-oriented treatments to over 100 salons across the country.
But beyond scale, it is about redefining what consumers expect from professional skincare. The future lies in what I call ‘precision luxury’ treatments that feel indulgent but are rooted in science and deliver real and visible outcomes.
Through this partnership, we aim to raise the industry standard by blending true luxury with efficacy, all without downtime.
Samir Srivastav: Long-term, we see this as a category-defining alliance. We want to be known for offering skincare that’s not just indulgent but intelligent.
The future of skincare lies in hybrid experiences—equal parts feel-good and science-backed. We believe this partnership will push the industry toward a new gold standard: results without downtime, luxury with integrity.
What specific technologies or innovations are being utilized in the skincare treatments offered through this collaboration?
Rajesh Yadav: At the heart of this collaboration is our US FDA-cleared microcurrent technology, which uses low-level electrical currents to stimulate collagen, elastin, and ATP production at the cellular level.
When paired with our peptide-rich serums, these treatments elevate traditional facials into targeted skin workouts, lifting, firming, and rejuvenating the skin with zero downtime. It is all about delivering clinical-grade efficacy within the comfort and trust of a luxury salon experience.
How do you see the future of professional skincare evolving with the continued integration of technology?
Rajesh Yadav: We are stepping into a new era where salons are evolving from purely pampering spaces into destinations for high-performance skincare.
With technologies like ours, clients can enjoy indulgent experiences that also deliver visible, long-lasting results.
The line between luxury and science is merging – and partnerships like this will shape the future of professional skincare in India for years to come.
From a consumer perspective, how will this partnership make advanced, tech-led skincare more accessible across both Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities?
Rajesh Yadav: With 7E Wellness integrating its microcurrent technology across 250+ Looks Salon locations, we are bringing advanced, science-backed skincare to clients in both metro hubs and Tier 2 cities.
This partnership enables us to take clinical-grade skincare technology and make it accessible, trusted, and available in spaces where clients already feel comfortable and cared for.
How does the integration of 7E Wellness technology enhance the luxury skincare experience for clients at Looks Salon?
Samir Srivastav: The collaboration with 7E Wellness allows us to elevate the skincare journey from indulgent to intelligent. Our clients come to us for visible results—radiance, lift, and rejuvenation—but they also expect a serene, luxurious environment.
7E’s non-invasive microcurrent technology gives us the best of both worlds: clinically-backed efficacy without disrupting the sensory experience.
By integrating this technology, we offer facials that are not just relaxing but truly transformative.
It’s a shift from traditional facials to precision skin workouts—where clients can feel pampered and walk away seeing immediate results. This is what modern luxury demands: innovation that feels personal, aspirational, and result-oriented.
How are you ensuring that the high standards of luxury and service that Looks Salon is known for are maintained while incorporating advanced technology into your offerings?
Samir Srivastav: At Looks, our service philosophy has always been rooted in human touch, personalization, and consistency. Integrating advanced technology like 7E Wellness meant we had to upskill—not overhaul.
We built a comprehensive training ecosystem where our skin experts learn to blend high-performance tools with luxury protocols seamlessly.
From the ambience of the treatment rooms to the way consultations are handled, everything is curated to ensure guests never feel the shift from comfort to clinical.
In fact, the introduction of technology has only raised the bar internally—our teams are more knowledgeable, our services more precise, and our brand promises are more future-ready.
Luxury today isn’t just about plush interiors—it’s about offering innovation in a way that feels effortless. That’s the benchmark we’re setting with this partnership.
Their combined expertise reflects the evolving landscape of beauty and wellness in India. Rajesh Yadav and Samir Srivastav’s visionary approaches continue to inspire industry transformation and set new benchmarks for customer-centric growth.
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