Beauty salons can fully reopen in England on this date
The government have been announcing the relaxing of various lockdown restrictions in England on a regular basis lately, from hairdressers reopening to pubs and restaurants welcoming back their regulars for the first time since March.
Monday 13th July saw beauty salons and nail bars open after but with 'some restrictions on particularly high-risk services'. Said services included treatments facial treatments such as face waxing, eyelash treatments, make-up application and microblading.
However, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today announced that all beauty services in England can resume from August 1. This will include close contact services, such as eyebrow threading and facials, which have been banned under public health rules during lockdown.
In a briefing this morning, Boris Johnson said: 'From August 1, we will reopen most remaining leisure settings, namely bowling, skating rinks, casinos and we will enable close contact services - beauticians- to resume.'
The news will come as a relief to many beauty professionals up and down the country who have been preparing for the reopening of their businesses for weeks, and have been left devastated by the prolonged closure of their services.
WHAT TREATMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE?
All nail and beauty treatments can now go ahead in England from 1st August, including, but not limited to:
Face waxing, sugaring or threading services
Facial treatments
Advanced facial technical (electrical or mechanical)
Eyelash treatments
Make-up application
Dermarolling
Dermaplaning
Microblading
Electrolysis on the face
Eyebrow treatments
WHAT WILL NAIL APPOINTMENTS LOOK LIKE?
In order to ensure health and safety for all those in nail bars, strict social distancing procedures are currently being adhered to. The government has previously outlined guidelines for businesses to make them 'Covid-19 secure'.
These guidelines include:
Encouraging clients to use hand sanitiser or hand washing facilities when they enter the premises.
Limiting the number of appointments to ensure that 1m+ social distancing rules can be upheld.
Clients attending appointments on their own and waiting areas closed.
One-way flows through the salons with designated entrance and exits if possible.
No walk-ins and an appointment-only system in place.
Covid-screening questions before the appointment, e.g. Do you have a new and persistent cough?
To adhere to the government’s Test & Trace programme, nail and beauty salons — just like hairdressers and restaurants — are also required to hold onto your details for 21 days and hand over information surrounding your visit if requested.
This article will be updated in line with government changes.
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