This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Reopen Beauty Salons on July 4th
Open beauty salons on July 4th. Beauty salons have always followed strict hygiene rules and salons have spent months readying themselves for operating under new COVID-safe rules from July 4th.
The government has now suddenly changed its mind. This is unacceptable. Beauty salons are ready to open
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Society likes to see beauty as frivolous, but many beauty treatments are key for women's mental health (think of the stigma surrounding female body hair). It is unacceptable that the mostly male politicians making COVID-laws can get haircuts whilst women are unable to get waxes, eyebrow treatments etc.
Why is a leg wax / eyebrow treatment where you can wear a mask/nail treatment behind a screen more dangerous than a haircut?
Beauty salons are struggling and should not have to wait any longer.
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Since you started your petition the Government has announced that beauty salons are being allowed to reopen, and has published guidance for close contact services.
Read the announcement about the reopening of beauty salons here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/beauty-salons-set-to-reopen-for-some-services-next-week-under-new-government-guidelines
Read the Government's guidance on close contact services here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/close-contact-services
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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