Beach
Riviera Bay
Riviera Bay, Mġarr
Her favourite place on the island, and not only in summer.
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Zsuzsanna Lovasz-Nagy
Zsuzsanna Lovasz-Nagy runs the beauty side of Alpha Hair & Beauty in Birkirkara, Malta.
Zsuzsanna Lovasz-Nagy runs the beauty side of Alpha Hair & Beauty in Birkirkara, Malta. Born in Hungary, she moved to Malta at twenty and has lived here eighteen years, fourteen of them in the beauty industry — first as a spa manager, then as a qualified beautician. She specializes in personalized facials for hot-climate skin.
Writes about
Malta
LatestSPF, Heat and Pigmentation: A Malta Beautician’s Guide to Skin in the Sun
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Places Zsuzsanna recommends
From Zsuzsanna’s own stories, with the addresses as published.
Place
Ħaġar Qim
Triq Ħaġar Qim, Il-Qrendi QRD 2501
A 5,000-year-old temple, UNESCO-listed, sheltered under a protective canopy so you can walk it in the shade.
Place
Blue Grotto boat trip
Blue Grotto Boat Service, Qrendi
Her pairing for Ħaġar Qim — the two are ten minutes apart, so it makes one morning.
Place
Agora
Triq l-Abate Rigord, Ta' Xbiex XBX 1020
Where she goes when the meal is meant to be a bit special.
Place
The Dubliner
George Borg Olivier Street, St Julian's
Her choice for a night with nothing to think about.
Place
Sako Sushi
St George's Road, St Julian's
When it's a sushi mood.
Quoted
In Zsuzsanna’s own words
It isn't the beach days that do it. It's the ten minutes nobody counts.
I don't want to sell a brand. I need to believe in what I put on someone's face.
A facial shouldn't only treat the skin. It's how you feel when you walk out.
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Stories by Zsuzsanna
SPF, Heat and Pigmentation: A Malta Beautician’s Guide to Skin in the Sun
Zsuzsanna Lovasz-Nagy is Hungarian, arrived in Malta at twenty with no English and a job in hotel housekeeping, and now, together with Mikki runs the beauty side of Alpha Hair & Beauty in Birkirkara — fourteen…
19 September 2026 · By Zsuzsanna Lovasz-Nagy
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