Yesterday we both went to our hair stylist. It's locked down. Only one person in at a time. Must wear mask, everyone wears a mask and gets a temp scan. Lots of sanitizer around.

She sprays everything down after each person. She is like a family member.

It has been 3 months since I've had a cut. My favorite barber shop opened yesterday. I haven't inquired yet to see if I need to make an appointment. They never took appointments before. I'm trying to figure a way to get a cut safely, but that might not happen - can't wear a face mask. Mask parts get in the way. If another month goes by, I'll have a pony tail.

The street in front of my house is being rebuilt. I see burly workmen out there operating giant backhoes and Mack trucks wearing their hair in buns and pony tails. Its a bit strange, but add a little flavor to these tedious days.

I went for my second appointment two days ago. Only one stylist in the salon. Kali got hers done also.

My last cut was in mid February. Since then, I have trimmed the ends once (took about an inch off). It's been difficult, but so far, I have managed to leave my bangs alone. I've been fighting my naturally curly hair my whole life, but now that I've let it be natural, I'm thinking of getting a cut that embraces my curls.

I have an appt for June 20. Temps will be taken, masks worn by both stylists and customers and we are to wait outside in the parking lot until called in for our appts.

Cut 9 months ago. Just colored it myself today- last time was in February. Too much honest color showing. Stores were out of my color for months. Snagged two boxes.

I went yesterday. First time since February. (I had an appointment made for the first week of April and they were closed by then) Cut and color. It was great, so nice to be in a familiar place doing something normal ;0) Following instructions, I called from my car and she unlocked the door. Took my temp, offered me a hand wash or hand sanitizer and had me fill out a form and sign (for future contact tracing if needed). We were both masked and the only two in the shop. I've known her 20 years.

A little later, their masseuse came in, has a separate office and client room in the back. She was masked and didn't come within 6 feet of me, no clients while I was there. No magazines, coffee or tea. She did offer me bottled water. They were asked to not use their desk - I put my payment and tip on the folding table in the coat/laundry room.

Really, I was so glad to see her, it was hard not to hug.

I cut mine in mid-May, the weekend before I went back to work. Like Moni, I also have a thing that attaches to my vacuum cleaner.

February I got just a trim. Nothing since. Just snip off a tiny bit to take care of the straggles. Keeping my roots up at home. Our power hungry county public health director refuses to follow state guidelines. I notice her hair and some of her minion's heads have styled and freshly tinted hair but they happen to live right on the border of an open county. They are special with their perfect power bobs. Hypocrites.

My heart hurts for my stylist and even more for the owner of the salon. It would be easy enough for me to go to the next county but I am loyal to her. I am guessing a lot of shops will end up closing or try moving to nearby counties.

Only about half of six feet but it might help, especially with everyone wearing masks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKKGQTe4EII

I wouldn't want to get a shave that way.

Personally, I just buzz mine as close as I can using my thinnest clipper attachment. For many years.

I trimmed my bangs yesterday. The rest of my hair is past my shoulders now. I haven't gotten a haircut at a salon since some time in early March, I think. I can't even remember now. I also haven't colored my hair since before then either. I don't think I'm going to go back to it. I'm not going into a salon anytime soon.

I think the only stores I'll be going in to are paint and home improvement stores and not that often. I still get my groceries delivered. Have only been to one grocery store and that was last week, went to the new Aldi's in Frankfort out of curiosity.

Something like 20 states are showing an increase in Covid 19 cases, so not going out to movies or restaurants even though they are opening and I miss doing that.

I had my hair cut shorter than usual the first week of March. Thank goodness. No trim or cut since then. However, I have had trouble with frizzy hair on top of my head for the past 10 years, and I have used every product my hair dresser suggests to little effect. Turns out that this longer length is key in helping the products make my hair behave. So now I will be wearing my hair longer. In the meantime, I have given DH 2 haircuts.

I am not sure, put it has probably been a a year or two. My hair does not grow fast.

Sue

April 25. I had a friend use the #4 guide on the shears when we went to the lake cabin on a fishing trip. Now it kind of looks like a brillo pad so I'm going to have him cut it again.

Because I colored my hair so light, I don't think the gray ones are as obvious right now but I am starting to get that growing out your color line. I think it might be less noticeable if I put my hair up in a messy bun.

After reading it is medium to high risk, I think it's going to be messy bun for me for a long while.

last Thursday !! first time since early March! cut and color. she does it out of her house, so i felt comfortable to go. she just resumed working about 2 weeks ago...one client at a time. we both wore masks and she distanced while color processed. she disinfects after each client.

Never ever cut a snip of my hair in 80 years. I have a new hobby. Love cutting my hair and hubs. Have a pixie, and it’s very forgiving. Been cutting our hair every three weeks since end of February. Found a lady on utube that gives very easy instructions. First part that was difficult was getting to back. I am more flexible than I realized. I doubt if I plan on going back to a shop. Have been very happy with our cuts.

donna.....OH! I luv your kitty cat mask....to die for!

I cut my husbands hair with scissors, takes 15 minutes. ☺I cut mine into a bob. For a dye job, Dollar Tree, $1. It's the BEST, no smell to it, hair dye, I've ever used. It's simply the best. For a touch up, I mix half a box, .50 cents. So easy.

I was lucky enough that I got mine cut the Friday before the salons were ordered to close the following Monday.

I called her a few weeks ago to see if she happens to be working out of her home.....she used to before she went to this salon, a year ago. She said she would never take the chance, it's a $5,000 fine if you're caught. I see older ladies with freshly coiffed hair for weeks now, so obviously their home stylist isn't afraid of getting caught. I would never do that, it's the ones older than me that are truly at risk.

Our city has opened in the second stage 2 weeks ago. My hairstylist was inundated with calls when it first came on the news. My app't is for next Tuesday.

Wear a mask, call when you arrive, and sit in your car if you're early. No waiting in the salon. My mask has ties so I'm not sure how she'll work around that, but we'll figure it out.

The capes can't be re-used between clients, and a thorough cleaning of the station between.

My last cut was March 3 and she left it a bit long. Now it's just past my shoulders. It actually stays in back of my shoulders, Alice in Wonderland style. It’s kind of fun but not particularly flattering. I trimmed my sideswept bangs once and have to do that again. I touch up the color around my part and hairline. I think i will cal today to make an appointment for when the salon opens in another week or so.

No haircut since February. I have wanted to go gray for years, and this is my chance. My hairdresser called, but I told her I was not ready. I stop and think: “what’s more important my family or my hair?” So I’m not going. I barely go anywhere, so I do the best I can with my hair as it is. No one cares.

Haircut in February, beginning of May and last week. I usually go every 6 weeks.

I am way overdue for a haircut. I think the last was in February. I kind of wanted to let it grow out a little, and now I am thinking braids!

It's a mess but I don't go anywhere any way.

Coincidentally got a fairly short haircut just a few days before our lockdown began. I had intended to go back every 6 weeks to keep that style & length -- so much for plans, huh? My hairstyle isn't that critical to me, luckily. A sibling who is in our "safe bubble" said she'll cut mine if I cut hers ... mmmm not yet.

December. I was overdue in February, but was putting it off until just before a planned trip to Costa Rica in early March. Neither the haircut nor the trip happened.

Seeing this thread and remembering the place I usually go was opening I just called and made an appointment.

2016. I might get a trim this year. I did just trim my bangs a couple weeks ago.

Last July I got 4 inches cut off length. Actually only wanted 2 inchs cutoff off but the girl went a little crazy on me.

In April I watched the video on how to cut the length so I took an additional two inches off.

A trim my bangs and the top of my hair every three months just a little bit and I think it always turns out okay.

SamKaren Your resident dj

I had to check my calendar. Oh-oh, I hope I won't have to wait four years. I had color and cut Leap Year Day, Feb. 29. I'm happy to stop coloring, but the chin length/shorter in the back/warm brown is now an awkward, raggedy thing. The grey is coming in nicely 'white', but only about 1 1/2 inches and *fine*. I lost my lifetime-thick hair due to chemo. I should have appreciated it more. Now I have these *whisps* all over the place! Do I have to buy hairspray?

Love your mask Donna - I have potholders in the same material. Hahaha!!

Jasdip, were your salons ever re-using the capes between clients?? I hope not! My salon always kept a wicker basket in the changing area to deposit used capes. Now they ask that you return the used cape to the hairdresser to make sure they do not get reused. And of course all the chairs are sprayed and wiped after each client leaves.

I got mine cut in mid February, and only go every six months except for free bang trims. I have cut my bangs once. I have moved 45 minutes away, so I may be auditioning someone new. Our salons are open with restrictions. I may ask my MIL how hers is operating, and go there.

WAY too long since haircut and it shows! Have an app't for 7 July.

The gal who does my hair and I are friends so she knows about my DH. She offered me the last appointment of her first day back (last Tuesday) so we could take our time and catch up. My hair hadn’t been cut in 4 months either. I only got a cut, no high/low lights. My hair grows fast and I liked it longer so much that we left the length. It feels so good. It also felt good to be in the company of a good friend

I think my last "professional " cut was before Christmas. I have been cutting my own most the time.

March 3rd. I normally get a cut every 4 weeks. It's been interesting styling hair that's about 3 inches longer than normal.

March 3 I got my last cut and color at the salon. I normally go in every 4 weeks. On June 6 DH cut my hair and did a decent job. I cleaned it up a bit and it felt so much better. I have a pixie cut and decided to give up the color and embrace the gray. I’m hoping to get a salon appointment later in July if it looks relatively safe to do so.

Oh, professionally cut? Change that 2016 to 2003 then. It might have ben 2004.

My last haircut before quarantine was in February. Went to my salon two weeks ago, the first day the salon opened. One of my close friend’s lives across the street from the owner, so we had a heads up on her opening. I was the only customer in the salon. The salon has very strict sanitizing policies and has a maximum of two customers in the salon at a time, stations are far apart. They do not let you enter until the stylist has disinfected from the prior customer and your temperature has been taken. Everyone wears masks. It is as safe as it can be.

Early March, I think. I'm glad it was a layered cut because it's grown out without looking too awkward. And it's not like lots of people are seeing me either.

No way am I going inside any businesses around here either - too many people have been so reckless, taking zero precautions, and our numbers are setting records now. Our mayor had to issue an ordinance making masks mandatory for employees of all businesses, and is looking to extend it to residents. Encouraging people to follow public health guidelines obviously was not sufficient.

FWIW, foremost epidemiologist in the country was on the radio last week and stated that it's the air we share that poses the greatest risk of infection - surfaces, not so much.

https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2020/06/17/879511495/fresh-air-for-june-17-2020-assessing-covid-19-risk-as-the-u-s-reopens?showDate=2020-06-17

P.S. Does anyone else recall the news from awhile back of salon employees who infected something like 80 people?

P.P.S. Found it - from May - and many more than 80:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/hairstylists-covid-19-exposed-140-people-salon/story?id=70859389

carolb, that was a very unfortunate possible exposure. Happily, it seems to have NOT resulted in any infections.

https://www.today.com/health/missouri-great-clips-hairstylists-coronavirus-did-not-infect-140-clients-t183982   

Other than me trimming my own bangs, my last haircut by a hairdresser was a year ago in July. I've trimmed my bangs 2 or 3 times since. I can finally wear a ponytail!

About 2 yrs ago. I've been rimming my own in the meantime. But, it's time for a pro cut. I have no qualms whatsoever about going into a shop. I'll wear a mask to appease the scared ones. I'm not going to take the vaccine anyway, so no biggie to me.

Yesterday. The place I usually go just reopened a couple of days ago. They used to accept walk-ins, but are now appointments only. I had an appointment for 1:30 and I showed up 10 minutes early, and waited outside after checking in. Everyone in the store was wearing a mask. The stylist was running late, finishing the previous customer, she came out and said that both I and another customer who was waiting there had been scheduled for the same time. I allowed him to go first and went to shop for shoes which I was planning on doing after the haircut.

I returned after that just as that man was paying. I was ushered to the seat, and sat there about 10 more minutes because something was wrong with the computer/register.

The stylist finally started, and she was mostly using clippers rather than scissors. At times while she was proceeding I had doubts because it seemed she was cutting it shorter than I had asked, but I was happy at least that it was no longer going to flop in my eyes or blow around in the wind making me look like Einstein.

The end result is quite a bit shorter than I usually get, but I like the way it looks, and really like the way it feels, and this way if everything has to close again, I'll be fine for longer.

Just returned!!! What a great feeling!! Sadly she has been fighting with teens who are too entitled to wear masks.

Outside Playing, you asked if our salons were using the capes prior, in between clients. Yes, I'm talking about the plastic ones that they put over you. Did yours give each client a new one??? I don't see the issue with using them from one client to the other.

I have a hair cut scheduled for tomorrow morning.

Yesterday. Had to get the vacuum cleaner out again. It was a bit shaggy around the ears.

Well, it’s been 3 1/2 months. I usually get my hair cut every 7 or 8 weeks. At 8 weeks, my hair transitioned to a new style. But last week, well, it is of no use whatsoever.

My stylist called me in April just to check in and say Hi. This week I think I’ll call HER and see what the schedule is looking like. Since I had mine cut just days before they closed, I’m sure I’m on the far end of upcoming appointments. Oh, well, I’m not really going anywhere, so I guess it’s okay. What I really want to do is send my DS20 instead. He had an appointment days after the closedown so he hasn’t had a cut in, oh, 6 months or more. It’s driving me crazy, if not him!

My gal and I discussed the start up orders. They were given the weekend to get their shops compliant and open "on time". This meant a quick trip to the nearest beauty shop supply warehouse for capes, etc. Yep they need a new one for each customer they have to be fully washed/dried after each appointment...She mentioned some salons are only doing cuts--shorter visits. Other's don't blow dry. I guess there's a meme out there about how they sit around waiting for us to call, make appointments and now we will have to wait for them to have openings. Now to decide if I should color. I am in this far to it all being grown out--is it time to just LET IT GO!?!?!

It was last cut and colored early March and I have an appointment for tomorrow at 9:00. I've known my stylist for 24 years and she offered me the first appt. of the day. She's the owner and will be the only person working there since the manicure part won't open yet. It's the typical routine - wait in the car until she opens the door, don't bring anything into the salon (except a credit card or cash), wear a mask, use hand sanitizer, she's discontinued offering coffee and bagels. She'll color my hair and then I'll sit in the nail section while it's processing, then she'll clean her station and take her second client. Then it's a shampoo and cut. I don't know if she's blow drying or not but I don't care, I can do that at home.

My white roots are 2 inches long - I swear my hair is growing faster than normal Since I'm outside a lot the part that was colored brown has oxidized to a Trump-like brassy blond. I've been tempted to color it myself but haven't because I was afraid I'd make it worse. So I have only been using L'Oreal spray root cover up on the part.

Donna, I love your haircut!

I just got home from getting mine cut.

Leaving purses in the car, only bring your money in. I wear a cloth mask with ties, so she gave me a disposable one.

Prices went up. In the grand scheme of things, I guess I shouldn't complain at the price, but hubby and I have the same cut! No wash, just wet with a squirt bottle, cut short, bit of a blow dry and we were done. His was $10 mine was $15. It's now $25. In and out in 15 minutes.