RED STAR
Well-Known Member
If we follow Ireland - it looks like we won’t be opening our salon doors until late July.....
What are your thoughts?
What are your thoughts?
If we follow Ireland - it looks like we won’t be opening our salon doors until late July.....
What are your thoughts?
We have no control of the time line and I have written and deleted my reply three times. People are going through some really tough times and our lovely industry is a positive sanctuary that we hope they are missing. After 15 years of having my salon I am now thinking do I want to work under the new constraints that will have to be put in place. Will it be the same joyful workplace as before ? The fear of staff being off or closing the salon to self isolate if a client proves to be covid positive or another lockdown. The stress is going to be immense. I will happily take on the challenge, be prepared and try to remain driven however it may be spatulas down for me I’m afraid
I was so reluctant to post anything but feel so much better to hear others are struggling too. I’ve honestly worked so hard to build my lovely business and the stress of it all and conflicting opinions on how and when we get the opportunity to suck it and see is overwhelming. I feel though that in war torn countries these poor people have no way forward. We are in a way fighting this war and when a vaccine becomes available (which we hear is in the pipeline) we can be those passionate, smiley, attentive therapists again. It’s a short time I suppose and hopefully we can all hang in there ! I would like guidelines and plans to ease the tension. Babtac and The Guild are who I will be intently following to look to how we can move forward.This is how I'm feeling too. I've had my salon for 9 years and qualified for nearly 15 years. The thought of having to wear PPE all day and having shields separating us from clients, absolutely breaks my heart. This is not what our job is about. I can't help but think this is it for me. I just can't get excited about reopening.
If I’m REALLY honest..... it’s not fear that has any bearing on my reluctance to return.... for the first time in 40 years I’ve had a proper break!
Even when I had my girls - I only gave myself 3 weeks away - and my first was a C section!
I have enjoyed my career don’t get me wrong.
However this break has made me see things differently.
You kind of kid yourself over the years that your clients love you - you’re needed & it makes you feel valued....
Now I suspect it was less about my skill set and more about my easy going nature & a willingness to please
So true, I guess I'm lucky in that I had a few clients break my heart early on and realised I'm just a commodity to them really. Whilst we are friendly, we are not friends. It's a hard lesson to learn, especially for those doing our type of work, we essentially hold hands with people for over an hour at a time, a couple of times a month, we invest our heart and soul in what we produce, it's easy to transfer that affection to the owner of the hands, but it doesn't come back the other way.
HiI have completed the covid course on line with the guild. It is written specifically for salons reopening.
It gives you a certificate and a policy template to help you set out what precautions and PPE you will do.
I felt loads better after doing this as It confirmed what I thought I should be doing.
I posted my certificate on my salon Facebook page and I have had so much positive response from clients.
It really gives them confidence to come back.
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