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The Hair Game

Ep. 143 • Re-Opening Your Salon: Advice From @danielmasonjones

The Hair Game

Salon Republic

Business, Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.9571 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

What should you expect when you go back to work? ⁠
Daniel Mason Jones re-opened his salon a few weeks back and has some great advice and tips for stylists navigating the 'new normal'.

We discuss:

• The decision to close his salon before the mandate occurred⁠

• Focusing on his employees and trying to ensure their insurance & benefits⁠

• Navigating the Covid crisis as a Salon Owner⁠

• Opening back up: Clients are Ecstatic⁠

• Advice for stylists opening back up & his new process⁠

• His Hair Horror Story!⁠

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hairdressers are coming to work in masks. They're wearing shields while they're doing shampoo services. They're changing their smocks and capes. And so I hope that government officials will hear this and just know that salons, we're serious about what we're doing and we can do this in a safe way. Hello, I'm Rebecca Taylor. Hey, I'm Buddy Porter. This is Ben Malin. Hey, it's Sophie Poe. hi this is kate tori alba and you're listening to

0:21.2

the hair game podcast hey listener i'm eric taylor it looks like almost all counties in

0:29.2

california are allowing salons to be open now san francisco looks like they're still shut down

0:35.2

they're going to be shut down for a few more weeks. Los Angeles County is allowed to open. The cities are now calling some of the shots now.

0:43.3

For example, Beverly Hills, they are threatening to stay closed for a little while more.

0:49.3

We are waiting to hear details from them. City of Santa Monica wouldn't be surprised if they're going to stay shut down a little bit longer as well.

0:58.0

But most cities within LA County are going to be opening imminently.

1:03.0

So check your city's websites for the protocols to follow.

1:06.0

If you're a Salonry Public Beauty Professional, then we will email you and tell you what's going on in your specific location. Okay.

1:14.6

The protocols are largely a local thing. Okay, the city has it. I'm sorry, the state has its own protocols and then the county has his protocols and then this this city is going to

1:27.6

throw out some things as well so do your best to go to the websites of you go to

1:32.6

the website of your city and they will likely mirror some of the protocols from

1:37.2

the state and the county and familiarize yourself with them and prepare yourself

1:43.4

for them and then tell your clients.

1:46.5

Okay.

1:47.5

There's going to be some clients who are likely not going to want to wear a mask, etc.

1:53.4

Tell them in advance.

1:54.3

Look, I'm not going to see you if you don't wear a mask.

1:57.1

These are the rules.

1:58.1

This is what you have to do in order to come see me.

2:00.3

I know you love me. I know you want to come see me. So create that expectation for your clients and things will run more smoothly. So I hope that it's going well for everybody out there as they're listening to this. And as always, you can DM us at the Hairgame podcast or DM me.

2:20.7

Love Eric Taylor to let us know what's going on.

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