Coronavirus: City Orders Nail, Hair, and Tattoo Parlors Shut Down

 

SAN ANGELO, TX — You can’t cut hair, trim nails, or apply a tattoo without being closer that six feet away from another person. The six-foot rule is what prompted the City of San Angelo to shut down all nail salons, hair salons and tattoo parlors in the city limits.

If a business can operate with no more than 10 people and those at the place of business can separate themselves by at least six feet, that business can remain open, explained City of San Angelo Attorney Theresa James.

For clarity, the City is issuing an order to close down nail salons, hair salons and tattoo parlors tomorrow.

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Above: Autumn Brockman in her ARock Salon at 28 W Concho Ave in downtown San Angelo. (Contributed/Glenna McKenzie, Forever Be Photography)

Over at ARock Salon, owner Autumn Brockman is taking the order in stride. She has already closed her doors.

“This is the only income most of us here have. This is how we support our families. But we all knew this would happen so we worked until they said we can’t anymore,” she said.

All of the stylists at ARock are 1099 contractors, so there is no income for them once the salon closed.

“Three girls here have husbands who lost just their job in the oil field. They got laid off,” Brockman said. Those cosmologists cannot bring in extra income home now.

The economic impact on San Angelo of the coronavirus shutdown is causing hardship for many. Dining rooms of restaurants, bars, and gyms were closed last week by an order by Governor Greg Abbott.

Brockman maintains a positive attitude for her now jobless team. “They are survivors!” she said. We wrote about Brockman and her salon in 2018. See "ARock Your World!"

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Those places should be fined for not closing when the non-essential business's closed.
Those services are not a necessity!

Beverly, do you enjoy provoking catfights over the internet? Asking for a very unhappy, soon-to-be-nappy homegirl...

Just wondering if they are included. I assume they would be, and we'll start seeing some pathetic home cuts soon.

Will these be affected?

Indoor tanning is done one person at a time, and the booth/bed is immediately sterilized after each use.

I always wondered when we will see "extreme breathing salons" since people seem to love paying for things that are free.

For quite a few years now, trendy hipsters are lining up and paying dearly for a nasal cannula dispensing scented oxygen. Google oxygen bars, another American absurdity.

You know what? I've had enough heartbreak for a whole lifetime and then some. I'm going to take your word for it because seeing it for myself is more than my soul can bare.

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