No haircuts, manicures or facials: How Ontario’s beauty industry is coping with COVID-19

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Barbers, hair stylists, lash technicians and spa owners face a new reality of suddenly being out of work amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO -- For many workers in the beauty industry, the services they provide go beyond a haircut, manicure or eyebrow wax.

“I miss them, I really do,” Maruf says of her clients. In an effort to keep in touch with them, Maruf does a live video onSome in the industry decided to stop working before Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the closure of non-essential businesses in the province. “It’s challenging. My wife works in a dental office so she’s out of work because of the crisis. I have a kid, bills to pay and rent at the beginning of the month,” Bor said.Canada Emergency Response Benefit

Despite feeling scared about the uncertainty of these times, Sofia Mustafa, a lash technician in Toronto, is paying it forward and encouraging others in the beauty industry to do so too. Mustafa rents a room in Michelle Palmer’s spa Pause Beauty Boutique in Toronto’s Bloorcourt Village. Palmer runs her business on a membership basis that sees clients pay for services on a monthly or yearly basis.

For Palmer’s small team - there’s six of them at the spa - it’s been hard “not to see each other all the time.”

 

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My legs are rough.

Feel sorry for people being out of work. Iam sure hair & make-up will live to fight another day. Stay home.

No wonder we're seeing less & less selfies 🤳 🤔

But furniture and Paint stores are open 😂

Well at least Chrystia won't look any different.

its getting ugly out there

Ugly

Like the rest of the businesses that have had to shut down.

I dyed my own roots today but I need a trim pretty bad....I won’t do that on my own. Lol

How can Ontario maintain looking beautiful during this pandemic? Too funny.

My roots are going to be epic at the end of this.

I'm going full caveman until they reopen. Join me.

Beer goggles and eye bleach will fly off the shelves when this is all over.

too bad the govt aid package didn't include the immediate aid proposed by the NDP

Gonna be a bunch of fat hairy people this summer

But can we have their PPE if they’re not going to use them?Tattoo places, nail salons, etc. masks

The hair is starting to touch my ears and I’m getting really irritated.

Is this an article ?

Well I’m a women. I think people can go without haircuts and manicures for a little while. We need to stop the spread of covid 19. They’ll have plenty of time for that once they’re still alive!!

Oh that's no problem as well, because I clip my hair at home as well, got a 20 set

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