Today is May 8, 2020, and I have just finished watching Governor Newsom's daily corona virus address. As of today, salons in California still do not have a guaranteed opening date, however, we are scheduled to open during Phase 3... which at this moment, looks to be in mid June or July.

Across the country, states have set certain reopening standards, and while the CA state board of Barbering and Cosmetology hasn't divulged the full extent of our reopening guidelines, the trend seems to be constant. 

These are the things I know will be changing when I finally am able to open:

• Masks & Sanitizer: Everyone will be required to wear a mask with ear loops (I can provide a loaner mask if you do not have one)

• ​Schedule Adjustments: To allow proper "social distance" requirements, I personally will be changing my workdays to Monday, Thursday, and Sunday. (opposite days from Angela)
  • due to schedule changes, I will be canceling all May and June appointments to allow for proper spaci
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This post has been copied and pasted here from a couple of conversations I've had today with fellow curl artists and a curl advocate. I will not call them out out of respect but they encouraged me to share this with the public. So--Without them, this post wouldn't be possible--so, thank you. 

Here’s what we said: (forgive the casual FB comment tone. lol!)

Question:
what is the importance of conditioner? Can you skip it like the CurlNinja is promoting?

Me:
So this is partially true. (And long) Here’s the deal—in old days shampoo used to be high pH and conditioners used to be low pH but these days they are both relatively pH balanced. After a high pH service, like any chemical service, a low pH conditioner is necessary to balance the moisture levels and readjust the pH so acid conditioners are typically used.
*but the whole reason we started using conditioners in the first place is that shampoo WAS so high pH and the surfactants were so drying that hair was so stripped it needed to be infuse...