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To: J.B. Pritzker Governor of Illinois
We are Essential Too
Please allow licensed beauty professionals to perform services privately with one client at a time. Please lift restrictions as soon as Monday, April 27, 2020. All necessary precautions and sanitation protocols approved by the state of Illinois and the local Board of Health will be followed. Our industry needs to be recognized & deemed as an essential business so we can better serve our community during this time.
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation requires that all beauty operators perform services with the most high sanitation standards. We are required to sanitize any and all implements and work stations before and after each and every guest. We are required to keep the salons and spas clean and sanitized. Our sanitation solution company - Barbicide - which is used by all operators, has issued a statement that the EPA has approved its efficacy against the Human CoronaVirus including COVID-19 (link: https://barbicide.com/barbicide-statement-regarding-covid-19/).
Because of the above stated, I believe that we should be reinstated immediately. Along with using Barbicide as required to keep our operational licenses, each salon/spa can choose to implement the following precautions to keep everyone safe, and let us keep our livelihoods:
• Masks on guests and operators when appropriate.
• Sanitize stations/area after each client.
• Sanitize front desk and all door handles every 30-60min.
• No one allowed who’s been sick in the last 2 weeks (fever, coughing,
etc.)
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation requires that all beauty operators perform services with the most high sanitation standards. We are required to sanitize any and all implements and work stations before and after each and every guest. We are required to keep the salons and spas clean and sanitized. Our sanitation solution company - Barbicide - which is used by all operators, has issued a statement that the EPA has approved its efficacy against the Human CoronaVirus including COVID-19 (link: https://barbicide.com/barbicide-statement-regarding-covid-19/).
Because of the above stated, I believe that we should be reinstated immediately. Along with using Barbicide as required to keep our operational licenses, each salon/spa can choose to implement the following precautions to keep everyone safe, and let us keep our livelihoods:
• Masks on guests and operators when appropriate.
• Sanitize stations/area after each client.
• Sanitize front desk and all door handles every 30-60min.
• No one allowed who’s been sick in the last 2 weeks (fever, coughing,
etc.)
Why is this important?
The survival of the independent beauty professionals is at risk. We are facing grave financial hardship. It is imperative that salons and spas are reinstated. Most of this industry is self-employed, in order to feed our families, pay our bills, and generally survive we need to work. We are not given Paid Time Off or Insurance Benefits nor unemployment.