FROM home dye to root growth and DIY disasters, hairdressers are facing it all as lockdown measures are eased.

Hair salons got the green light to reopen on Saturday, July 4, sparking businesses to open their doors after months of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Salon Manager at Electric in Ship Street, Matt Hide, said: “Our job is so social and after a month in lockdown we really started to feel a bit odd not seeing our customers.

“We were really pleased to open again and get that sense of normality back."

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Rush Hair Salon Manager, Elly Bullen, explained what life was like back in the salon: “It’s been going really well, there was so much preparation that we couldn’t have prepared anymore if we’d tried.

“Reopening was brilliant, we have an amazing team”.

Salons across Brighton have been fully-booked since Saturday with back-to-back clients for the next month as people try to tame their mane.

Mr Hide stated: “We had about 2,000 clients wanting to come in during this first week.

“We just couldn’t do that so we’ve now got bookings until mid-August and the waiting list is still being dealt with”.

During the four months of lockdown, stylists at Rush Hair were keen to keep up with their education and training, researching best practice for fixing home-dye’s, colour correction and regrowth.

Ms Bullen added: “We’ve had a few colour corrections now and the results have been fantastic.”

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We have all tried to maintain our hair as best they can but it’s finally time to let the professionals take over again.

Impressed with his clients efforts Mr Hide said: “We’ve seen a few dodgy dyes but not too many.

“We’ve had a few of our older clients trying to maintain their roots and they’ve not got it far off!”

Never too cautious about the health and safety of their clients both salons could not stress the importance of the Covid-19 measures they’ve put in place.

MR Hide stated that at Electric salon they have dedicated the first half of the week to the most at-risk or anxious clients to give them “extra space and extra time” to enjoy their treatments.

  • Government guidelines to ensure public safety within salons includes: Keeping a temporary log of all customers entering the salon with details remaining on their system for 21 days.
  • Appointment-only booking systems.
  • When customers come they should be alone, arrive on time (not early) and be Covid-screened (asked if they have any symptoms).
  • Hairdressers should wear a visor or facemask and face-to-face talking should be limited.

Ms Bullen stressed that Rush Hair have gone “above and beyond” to ensure the safety and comfort of clients and staff.

The salon is providing PPE goody bags on arrival and taking extra time to ensure “customers are happy with the experience and end result of their hair”.

With a high-demand for salon services across our city it’s clear to see that hairdressers are up to the challenge of fixing our beastly barnets.