The survival of the independent Beauty and Barber professionals is at risk. We are facing grave financial hardship and the permanent closing of many Salons and Barber Shops. We need to save the salons in Michigan from closing there doors for good. Please Hear US remember We’re in this TOGETHER 👥

The survival of the independent tattoo professionals is at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship. We need to work too!

Because it falls under hygiene… Some jobs require specifications for lengths of haircuts such as military, delivery services in the food industry. Also pertains to medical nurses and doctors. One nurse quoted:”I want to feel & look good for my patients.” Hairstylists need to be able to go back to work and provide an essential hygienic service – mostly haircuts

Pets are part of the family and need regular care to maintain their coat, ears, nails and overall health. Some pets need regular medication baths to control skin issues or help with their owners allergies. Pets need their nails trimmed so they do not hurt their owners skins. These services need done by professionals to prevent injuries.

The survival of the independent tattoo professionals is at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship.

The survival of the independent tattoo professionals is at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship.

Ever since COVID-19 it has been affecting us in major ways and forcing people to make tough decisions for their families. We are going through financial hardship. we were promised bail outs through small business loans or grants. Yet the government has made the stipulations on these grants nearly impossible for our type of business to qualify for the loan to become a grant. Most tattoo shops if not all tattoo shops have been/ will be denied . We have no help when we have been promised help. The Quarantine was implemented to flatten the curve of the spread of COVID-19 to assure that hospitals were not overwhelmed all the once in to help prevent such a rapid spread . The numbers of infected people is on the decline . We tattoo artists are trained and certified in blood-borne pathogen‘s and cross-contamination as well as many other medical safety and sterility procedures we are just as safe if not safer than most hospitals. tattoo shops are very clean we take this serious this is our livelihood if we do not return back to work by May 1st many small businesses will be lost . We will not be able to pay our bills, rents/mortgages, Insurances, we have the very potentially of losing everything. We still have to pay our mortgages/ rents and phone bills and gas and electric none of this has stopped for us . Yes, we can postpone them, but they’re not going away! Some of us can still sustain for a while, but that doesn’t mean that we are doing OK this is how we pay our bills this is how we feed our families and we are not getting any help from anyone, nor are we asking for it. We just want to be allowed to return to work in a safe manor

The survival of the independent tattoo professionals is at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship.

Because a two month shutdown for tattoo shops can be devastating to their ability to remain in buisness, and the tattoo community deserves to be able to support their businesses and their home lives..

Barbers and hairstylists want to work for their money; they have bills and overhead to pay.

Massage therapists help so many people, but right now we need help. Self-employed and independent massage therapists are experiencing financial hardship as a result of the mandated closure. We provide a valued health service that is worthy of evaluating if the benefits outweigh the risk when appropriate precautions are taken.

Like most beauty professionals, my salon business is my sole source of income and most of us live week-to-week, dependent on being able to provide services to our clients. While we are generally small businesses and sole-proprietors, we make up a large segment of our local economies. Our survival is at risk - we are dependent on being able to serve our clients to earn an income. In addition, we still have overhead to pay, such as rent and utilities in order to even have a business to return to.